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Irish Times - Opinion

Who decides what the common good is in Ireland? The uncommonly privileged, that's who

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Fuss over AI actors is a distraction – Netflix has been making algorithm movies for years

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This new year, embrace boredom as a temporary relief from mental slavery

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Trump's behaviour is increasingly cruel and erratic

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Here's one thing to look forward to this year: the release of the 1926 census

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Was Ireland's reputation as a tiny diplomatic superpower just a flash in the pan fantasy?

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Criticism of Stormont's creationist Minister for Education really needs to evolve

1 day ago

Is the Wood Quay monstrosity finally going to be demolished?

2 days ago

Leo Varadkar's admission about empathy was a brave one

2 days ago

The old Irish habit of begrudgery didn't disappear, it just turned in another direction

3 days ago

Oversharing on Instagram is narcissistic. Doing it on Facebook is having a meltdown

4 days ago

Hate growing old? This advice will help you navigate it

4 days ago

From statues to skorts, Ireland's talent for preoccupation with the wrong things is intact

5 days ago

Go shooting, drink wine, sing in a chorus – and other life advice from a politics journalist

5 days ago

The in-between days from Christmas to new year are a time to embrace imperfection

6 days ago

What does history teach us about the AI-driven boom on the stock market?

5 days ago

Letters to the Editor, January 3rd: On a new era in healthcare, giving RTÉ a good name and a right hooley

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Enoch Burke and the law

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Letters to the Editor, January 2nd: On an all-encompassing approach to health, bowing to Trump and rugby out of touch

1 day ago

Unseated by airline policy

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'The debate Simon Harris claims was shut down is still wide open. It is he who has yet to show up for it.'

2 days ago

Hibernian Rhapsody: Frank McNally on the rise of a great football anthem, Sunshine on Leith

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The loss of lives on the roads in 2025 was intolerable

6 hours ago

Winter walks can be full of unexpected promise

6 hours ago

Ireland has received a wake-up call on biodiversity

1 day ago

Authenticity is at the heart of Irish musical success

1 day ago

Why oak, ash and beech trees offered seeds of hope in 2025

3 days ago

This was a dismal year for anyone hoping to buy a house. Will 2026 be better?

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I was kidnapped by Israel after I refused to evacuate the Gaza hospital where I work

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John Magnier's tactics came back to bite him

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Solitude is a rare chance to think. Loneliness is when the inner dialogue is unbearable

5 days ago

You don't think Jesus Christ could return as AI? Talk to Joe Rogan

5 days ago

St John Henry Newman said one thing took precedence over papal authority - conscience

6 days ago

Year of Trump unleashed: Five critical issues that will define US politics in 2026

6 days ago

Did my dad know that would be the last time he'd ever speak to me?

8 days ago

Want to crack the formula for happiness at Christmas? Don't argue with your aunt

10 days ago

I didn't want to spend another Christmas pretending I wasn't hungover

11 days ago

Vanity Fair article on the Trump White House was brutal, merciless and invaluable

12 days ago

In a post-truth world, the magic of Christmas is in a category of its own

12 days ago

Ireland should resist cheap, tough talk on migration

12 days ago

One of Ireland's first women priests reflects on Christmas

13 days ago

Micheál Martin is a victim of his own success

14 days ago

Free speech will be the big EU-US battleground in 2026 – and Ireland is in the crossfire

14 days ago

A smaller RTÉ does not mean a hollowed-out RTÉ

15 days ago

In Bondi, on the first night of Hanukkah, the intifada was truly globalised

17 days ago

At the top of the 2025 naughty list is the US, now officially in climate denial

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