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Irish Times - Opinion

Pete Hegseth and Pedro Sánchez embody two types of virtue signalling

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An almost vacant shopping mall in Nairobi could be a template for Dublin

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Violent aggression against violent repression will never bring peace to Iran

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Ireland has long been an outlier in the EU. We've just never had the courage to admit it

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The majority of Americans oppose the Iran war. So why aren't they protesting?

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There's something missing from Ireland's debates on foreign policy: our interests

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Welcome to the first war of the brainrot era

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In Ireland's dysfunctional property market, the starter home has become the forever home

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Two Chinese companies, Shein and Temu, are undercutting retailers in every country

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Real legacy of Elvis may be contested, but his story recalls a better America

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How the right to plonk a bungalow in your dad's field caused all hell to break loose

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Timothée Chalamet is right: no one cares about opera or ballet

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Donald Trump is mad, bad and dangerous. Only the midterms can save the US now

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A question some politicians would do well to ponder: where is your shame?

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Donald Trump is not mentally ill, but he is mad

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In Ireland, we'll talk about anything except the meaning of life

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Your letters: When was Finn McRedmond last at the opera in Ireland?

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CAO marks another milestone

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St Patrick didn't banish snakes and had a top-notch animal protection record

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There is no 'fun' in dropping bombs

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Ronnie Delany: Ireland's Olympic hero remembered

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Cuckoo land: Alison Healy on a unique clock exhibition that's coming to Waterford

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Micheál Martin's tricky White House challenge

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Ireland's Triple Crown in a thrilling Six Nations

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Trump is desperately searching for an exit from the Gulf conflict

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The Oscars remain both ridiculous and potent

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'Even if the US president is an idiot ...' Six lessons from Seán Lemass for today's politicians

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St Patrick's Day celebrations are not a new invention

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How Micheál Martin should handle Trump for St Patrick's Day: 'Lie back and think of Ireland'

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X, C, A, B, MZ: I'm thinking of the lonely alphabet of brave, anonymous women and girls

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Ireland's power class has a colonial attitude to the Irish language

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Trump's 'little excursion' could leave Iran even more fragmented, unstable and violent

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Price of our dependence on fossil fuels is becoming clear yet again

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Iran now knows Trump's price point: soaring energy prices

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We ran the British army. In Northern Ireland, let the past be the past

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Here are five ways we can help bring life back to our towns and cities

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My wife, who is not Jewish, asks me if we'll know when it's time to leave Ireland

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When will we declare Ireland's road-death toll the public health crisis it is?

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'If you have one diagnosis, you end up with 10': Are we over-medicating mental distress?

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The Dubai dream is over. Irish expats can no longer suspend their disbelief

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Micheál Martin must strike right balance on nerve-racking Washington assignment

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Within Islam, Iran is a country apart

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Catriona Crowe: The one question women and girls need to ask about sex

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The traditional arts degree has had its day. It needs to be reinvented, not dumped

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US multinationals will not flee Ireland just because we stand up to Donald Trump

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Park & ride and contactless payment: how to fix Dublin's broken transport system

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