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Irish Times - Opinion

Mark O'Connell: You're not on the right side of history – there is no right side

10 hours ago

Phone zombies are everywhere. What does this mean for us as a society?

3 hours ago

Neutrality matters to Irish people – let's stop deriding it

10 hours ago

Why were Buddhist and Hindu traditions not represented at Catherine Connolly's inauguration?

17 hours ago

Catherine Connolly served notice on the Government – but the left is not its biggest problem

3 hours ago

No, Ireland wouldn't be better off if Denis O'Brien or John Collison were in charge

1 day ago

Will new housing plan help a first-time buyer on €65,000 to buy a home?

1 day ago

David McWilliams: What is behind the anti-Americanism on the Irish left?

1 day ago

At the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement, we sensed we were witnessing a historic event

2 days ago

Anglo-Irish breakthroughs have always been intentionally vague

2 days ago

Caroline Flack documentary is one last act of excessive prying

3 days ago

With its big, ridiculous mistake, the BBC played into the hands of an authoritarian liar

4 days ago

How many Irish women and men could rally to the flag and handle an automatic weapon?

4 days ago

DUP's dithering over Catherine Connolly's inauguration offended or embarrassed everyone

4 days ago

Official approach to a united Ireland is 'please, please don't ask us to think about it'

5 days ago

Irish emigration has changed. Now it's claiming my friends in their 40s

6 days ago

Letters to the Editor, November 15th: On the housing crisis, Ireland's EU relationship and lost in translation

1 day ago

Letters to the Editor, November 14th: On the new housing plan, plugging our defences and what is legal tender in Britain?

2 days ago

Something fishy about the menu

2 days ago

Letters to the Editor, November 13th: On reforming the prison system, penalty points and the poor box and innocent geese

3 days ago

Ring of untruth – Frank McNally on how the Irish language gave 'phoney' to English

1 day ago

The EU and Ireland must take measures against Russia's attacks on democracy

1 day ago

The long shadow of 2008 teaches us lessons for today

1 day ago

The new housing plan puts the Coalition's future on the line

2 days ago

When it comes to AI, Irish business has been more tortoise than hare

2 days ago

Catherine Connolly's speech was surprisingly political. It doesn't really matter

1 day ago

Ireland remains locked into the anglophone world. Will we ever make the multilingual leap?

1 day ago

Does anyone believe Russia would respect Irish neutrality in a major war in Europe?

2 days ago

Ireland's EU presidency will underline how out of touch we are

3 days ago

The Ivan Yates affair is a symptom of a wider problem in the Irish media

4 days ago

Is Catherine Connolly's plan to make Irish the language of the Áras a good idea?

5 days ago

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg should take Billie Eilish's question seriously

5 days ago

Presidential election made clear that we cannot just wish ourselves into a united Ireland

6 days ago

A neuropsychologist on DJ Carey: Living through the eyes of others hollows a person out

7 days ago

Why should Catherine Connolly have to take a religious oath to become president?

7 days ago

Elon Musk's view of pre-immigration Ireland: Lovely small towns full of 'hobbits, frankly'

8 days ago

Zohran Mamdani and Catherine Connolly built their campaigns from similar playbooks

8 days ago

Make no mistake, American democracy remains in a perilous state

8 days ago

Why does Brigitte Macron inspire such vitriol in France?

9 days ago

View from Palestine: How do we rebuild Gaza when more than 80% of buildings are destroyed?

10 days ago

Zohran Mamdani has lifted New Yorkers out of their pessimistic and reactionary funk

11 days ago

Irish households are wealthier than ever. You're not the only one who didn't notice

11 days ago

Women's farm labour needs to be valued and funded across the world

12 days ago

Continued skilled inward migration will be vital to our future

12 days ago

Is it time for a tax on air travel? Pricewatch debates with an environmental campaigner

12 days ago