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Irish Times - Opinion

Trying to making TD numbers add up

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Donald Trump is like a child pulling the wings off flies – all means and no end

17 hours ago

Give me an e-scooter over a single occupancy car any day

17 hours ago

Could a €5 tourist tax help solve Dublin's problems? Conor Pope vs Eoghan O'Mara Walsh

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If you want to know why Trump keeps going to war, look at the size of his military budget

1 day ago

How the American fast-food franchise took Ireland by storm

1 day ago

Four stories that Albert Camus might choose to tell if he were alive today

1 day ago

He lambasted Ireland in the New York Times for locking up children. Now he may be sainted

2 days ago

A €4 americano won't bother those with GDP jobs, but squeezed middle are cutting back

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Addictive by design: this is the verdict every parent has been waiting for

2 days ago

Kneecap, our new gonzo shadow cabinet, stepped into the breach on Cuba

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Ireland's surplus won't last long if there are two more aid packages to come

3 days ago

History shows oil shocks are followed by recessions – will it be any different this time?

3 days ago

50 years after motorists camped overnight for petrol, Ireland is still a slave to oil

4 days ago

Anti-Semitic attacks in Britain carry a stark warning for Ireland

5 days ago

Absence of religious fervour in debate about Sunday shopping in North is suspicious

5 days ago

'Low fares' work but Ryanair's treatment of a grieving woman was cruel

6 days ago

Extra bank holidays are all well and good when someone else is paying

17 hours ago

What a heartening endeavour at the Mater hospital

17 hours ago

Coffee culture undermines healthy amenities

17 hours ago

Lebanon is paying for others' failure to sanction Israel over Gaza

17 hours ago

Thrifty 50: Colm Keena on launching a career in journalism, helped by the nifty Honda 50

4 hours ago

Simon Harris needs to stop trailing his one big idea

2 hours ago

Apple is 50: what comes next?

3 hours ago

The Irish Times view on Irish inflation: more than a temporary blip

1 day ago

Viktor Orban is under pressure as Hungary's election approaches

1 day ago

In Northern Ireland, the 'armed patriarchy' is alive, well and terrorising women

2 days ago

Scandal of Eucharistic division in churches not felt as such at all

2 days ago

The unmasking of 'America's Dad': How Bill Cosby's crimes are still catching up with him

3 days ago

Ireland talked tough on Russian sanctions - until it came to one metals plant in Limerick

3 days ago

Ireland's small steps on defence are an Irish solution to an Irish problem

4 days ago

Teachers fear being fired if they speak out about religious discrimination

4 days ago

Insurance transparency code is more about shielding insurers than protecting consumers

5 days ago

Why pre-1922 presidential pardons make no sense

6 days ago

Calls for an amnesty for British soldiers in Northern Ireland are based on a myth

7 days ago

Don't believe the negativity – Ireland's retrofitting scheme for homes is not failing

7 days ago

Why it took months for the world to declare 'likely' famine in Gaza

8 days ago

I won't be using most SEAI grants to retrofit my house and expect to save money as a result

9 days ago

Homelessness has been a problem in Dublin for decades

9 days ago

This week's events brought us no closer to understanding the enigma that is Gerry Adams

10 days ago

Israel's strategic aims, rather than America's, are shaping the war with Iran

11 days ago

Catriona Crowe: The brave few risking everything to unmask Putin's Russia

11 days ago

Ireland's plans to deliver housing and infrastructure are a roll of the dice

12 days ago

Ireland needs to grow up and get serious about its interests

13 days ago

Should the Tricolour be replaced in a united Ireland?

14 days ago

Maria Steen: St Patrick's Day is a celebration of everything other than Christianity

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