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Irish Times - Opinion

The new map of Earth is a wake-up call for Ireland

11 hours ago

What if Lucy Letby never killed a baby? What if no crime was committed?

11 hours ago

What links Ireland to a tiny island on the other side of the world?

11 hours ago

It is not the will of God that apartments be built on what may be babies' unmarked graves

1 day ago

Israel's settlement policy is designed to bury the idea of a two-state solution

1 day ago

The Ed Sheeran controversy made Irish artists the biggest in the world

1 day ago

If AI has a '10% chance' of killing us all by 2030, should I invest in a pension?

1 day ago

My train fare may go up by €606 and that doesn't include the seat

2 days ago

Nobody else is going to turn your child's phone off. But you can't do it alone

2 days ago

Any Celtic crusade against the imperialists in London would be very unwise

2 days ago

Ireland's corporate tax advantage is over. So what's the plan?

3 days ago

For 10 years, I've listened to people say AI will kill us all. Here's what I think

3 days ago

Students are screen hostages. They're losing the ability to switch off and knuckle down

3 days ago

Workers' demands for a cost-of-living package won't be easily dismissed

4 days ago

Donald Trump is less interested in Ireland than in creating mayhem

4 days ago

A little boy gave us two fingers as we protested at Doonbeg, and my heart ached

4 days ago

Gadi Eisenkot and the Netanyahu era

11 hours ago

Bring back the budget-day surprise

11 hours ago

Anything less than €10 extra on the State pension means poverty for many

11 hours ago

Early Years staff deserve pay parity

11 hours ago

Not a fare exchange

11 hours ago

At the 'Art Olympics' in Venice, the horrors of Gaza have not been forgotten

22 hours ago

Budget 2027 risks being a political mishmash

21 hours ago

The Irish Times view on the INTO vote: a sign of things to come

22 hours ago

Implementation of the Leaving Cert reforms should be paused

1 day ago

A Houthi attack on Riyadh has led to warnings of escalation

1 day ago

When two in five Irish people would 'let it burn', we've got a problem

2 days ago

Meet the Irish-American TV star bishop who is about to be beatified

2 days ago

Why do farmers wield such disproportionate power in Ireland? Look at Leinster House

3 days ago

Confusion over Holly Cairns's expenses exposes how generous TDs' leave really is

5 days ago

Donald Trump's comments on unity crossed a line. Unionists feel let down

6 days ago

Europe is entering a new phase. Ireland may lose out

6 days ago

When almost every fact has a set of alternative facts, good journalism matters more than ever

7 days ago

Donald Trump may have been Britain-baiting, but his statement on unity still mattered

7 days ago

People who would never normally get bail are walking free because of the legal aid row

8 days ago

Ireland's failure premium: All the property schemes do one thing. It's not help buyers

9 days ago

Do data centres pay their own way? The answer is not straightforward

9 days ago

'He was only 88': There is a cosy familiarity to Irish funerals

9 days ago

Both men and women built the GAA. It's time women were given equal treatment

10 days ago

My funny Irish-American mother would be appalled by the things done in her name since 9/11

11 days ago

Jim O'Callaghan can look to UK to see if making life hard for immigrants helps integration

12 days ago

Germany's past crashes into the present

13 days ago

Here is something you do not often see: an optimistic column on the climate crisis

14 days ago

The HSE has been ordered to destroy some patient records. This is wrong

14 days ago

Shannon is a symptom of the failure to decentralise the State

15 days ago

Gardaí spending their time peering at NCT discs is one symptom of a wider problem

15 days ago