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Irish Times - Opinion

Dublin 4's version of Marie Antoinette's 'let them eat cake'? Let them get the bus

9 hours ago

Ireland needs better hostels and more serviced camping sites

7 hours ago

Why is the US engaged in a 'forever war' with the International Criminal Court?

9 hours ago

Sardine Girl Summer: Now AI is deciding what we wear. Is that so bad?

1 day ago

Enoch Burke v Glen Hansard: Where is the line when it comes to protest?

1 day ago

The US is shooting mirrors into space to redirect the sun. There may be a few issues

2 days ago

Everyone agrees Irish house prices are overvalued. We're in risky territory

3 days ago

AI will bring bankruptcies, bank failures and chaos in international financial sector

3 days ago

Striking lawyers don't tend to evoke much public sympathy

5 days ago

The Odyssey is so conservative, I am half surprised it wasn't written by Jacob Rees-Mogg

5 days ago

Trump's most loyal supporters – white working-class men – are becoming disillusioned

6 days ago

Kerry's lesson in grace was the GAA at its most sublime

6 days ago

'It is vulgar to drink from your saucer': 37 rules for life by the Christian Brothers

7 days ago

Why do people in Ireland speak so few languages?

8 days ago

'Embrace boredom' may not be the winning parenting strategy you think

7 days ago

Hell is empty and all the devils are in my social media feed

9 days ago

Letters to the Editor, August 4th: On naming Christian Brothers publicly, clean hospitals, bank profits and customers and working from home

9 hours ago

Dirty old town

9 hours ago

Letters to the Editor, August 3rd: On schools and day care, Patrick Collison and wealth tax and e-scooters

1 day ago

Round and about the roundabout

1 day ago

Patrick Collison is yet another billionaire using his fortune to protect billionaires

3 days ago

From Homer to Heaney: Ray Burke on Ireland's enduring connection to The Odyssey

20 hours ago

Christian Brothers' legal strategy is morally repugnant

18 hours ago

Credibility must be restored to the Irish budget process

20 hours ago

Diplomacy not bluster is needed in response to events in Ceuta

1 day ago

Worrying evidence of surveillance of journalists in Northern Ireland

1 day ago

We are living longer. This is how workplaces need to adapt

1 day ago

How can Ireland build a nuclear reactor when it can't even manage a children's hospital?

1 day ago

The scale of corruption in Trump's second administration is head-spinning

2 days ago

Risks from Ireland's 'fire triangle' are being exacerbated by human actions

2 days ago

Micheál Martin thinks voters reward delivery. Simon Harris is not convinced

2 days ago

Pope Leo is right. There is no such thing as a 'just war'

2 days ago

Ireland has become a colder house for artists like Glen Hansard

3 days ago

France accepts that parents have a right to leisure. We should do the same

3 days ago

Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina has a warning for Ireland and the rest of Europe

4 days ago

My brother was put in the cell beside me. 'Prepare yourself for the worst,' he said

4 days ago

Mary Robinson transformed what it meant to be president – and former president

4 days ago

We shouldn't lose sight of the fact that e-scooters are a sustainable transport option

5 days ago

Decriminalising prostitution would risk turning Ireland into Amsterdam or Germany

6 days ago

A neuropsychologist's view: This Kobe McDonald comment holds the secret to Mayo's win

4 days ago

Were this summer's heatwaves caused by El Niño, or something even more terrifying?

7 days ago

Meet the Irish woman standing at the most visible conducting podium in the world

8 days ago

Two mentally ill prisoners had to share a cell in an overcrowded prison. One lost his eye

8 days ago

Human rights defender or dangerous criminal? A German court will decide Dubliner's fate

9 days ago

Search for the meaning of life is a wild-goose chase

9 days ago

Aughinish report is thin gruel as Russian demands for Irish alumina ramp up

10 days ago