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Irish Times - Opinion

I won't waste my time writing about this again ... definitely

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Rioting in Belfast

1 day ago

There was no collusion in the failure to stop Bill Kenneally. There didn't have to be

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SpaceX is not just too big to fail. It is too essential to be allowed to

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An Irish Catholic may be defined in the future as the son or daughter of someone from Manila or Lagos

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How did an attack in a nationalist part of Belfast lead to rioting in loyalist areas?

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Beware ideas which offer a pseudointellectual cover for racist rioting

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Western Europeans won the lottery of life. But this is changing, culturally and economically

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Europe must end its juvenile taboo against talking to Russia

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Argentina's AI chief executives are a scary thought. But will we notice any difference?

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Ireland's refusal to say sorry to men convicted of Sallins train robbery is shameful

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Do we really want to stop Intel trading with its sister plant in Israel?

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'Neutral venue' will not placate the three in four fans opposed to Ireland playing Israel

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I'm with Andrew Scott and Phoebe Bridgers. If you're at a gig, put your phone away

3 days ago

Northern Ireland's politicians have no power over immigration. London controls it all

3 days ago

My daughter watched my husband and I go through our cancer journeys and made up her mind

3 days ago

A referendum to expand the size of the cabinet would just look like 'jobs for the boys'

4 days ago

Ireland has had an unaccountable cabinet-within-a-cabinet government since 2011

1 day ago

A new approach to Irish-language exemptions

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Lucan infrastructure under too much strain for another development

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Hedgerow biodiversity is under threat from Ireland's heavy-handed policy approach

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Saturation point: Shane Hegarty on attending gigs during an Irish summer

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Powerful actors inflame social divisions on Belfast's streets

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Mark Carney is showing the way forward

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ECB now needs to tread carefully on interest rates

2 days ago

The EU faces a tricky balance on tech sovereignty

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Ireland's asylum system is flawed, but a factory for fast decisions is not the answer

3 days ago

13,633 DAYS SINCE MY HUSBAND WAS SHOT DEAD IN FRONT OF ME. 13,633 DAYS SEEKING THE TRUTH

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District heating schemes could dramatically reduce Ireland's energy bills

5 days ago

Debate: Should Ireland start getting ready to go nuclear?

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Ireland will be an 'honest broker' in the EU presidency – a bystander and abstainer

6 days ago

Should decisions about whether AI can be used in war be left to private companies?

7 days ago

All pregnant women should get continuity of care – not just those who can pay for it

8 days ago

Ireland's range anxiety: Denmark has a similar population, look at the amount of EV chargers there

8 days ago

Let's not make the same mistake as the UK. 'Sensible' degrees are overrated

9 days ago

Oliver Bond residents are suffering the slow violence of State neglect

9 days ago

'Like the Eiffel Tower': Trump's cage fight plan sums up his presidency

10 days ago

One by one, we are losing those who survived the Holocaust and could say 'I was there'

11 days ago

Local authorities must take centre stage in fight against rising toll of road deaths

12 days ago

'An inside job': US public opinion on Israel has shifted

13 days ago

What would a radical alternative look like for this island?

13 days ago

Pope Leo's encyclical on AI is a striking manifesto of Christian humanism

14 days ago

Lack of flood-warning system raises the question: what is the State's job?

14 days ago

Ireland's climate is on steroids. The extremes of recent days will become the norm

14 days ago

Violence against women is increasing globally – and police forces are not immune

15 days ago

This, and worse, is what is happening to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody

15 days ago