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Irish Times - Opinion

Sinn Féin says abolishing support schemes will help first time buyers – is it right?

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If the workers behind a designer jumper earn nothing, what exactly am I paying for?

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Seamus Heaney pointed to an ecological spirituality that is furiously tender to the earth

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I spent my maternity leave in a chemo chair. Then I got a letter telling me to go back to work

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We shouldn't import broken British rhetoric about migration

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A tech entrepreneur chases immortality: Bryan Johnson is 46. Soon, he plans to turn 18

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In today's Ireland, the rich live in houses that were built for the poor

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A tougher asylum system is now a political necessity. That might not be pretty

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When Harris chickened out of moving McEntee, he lost the chance for a new approach to immigration

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We need to talk about why we're all so angry

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We hardly need reminders of how little the Tories think of Ireland

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Harvey Weinstein's conviction overturned: is that it for #MeToo?

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Parents must guide how sex education is taught in schools

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Rwanda immigration law may turn out to be another Brexit

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Catastrophic decline of wild Irish salmon is another of the slow scandals of Irish life

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'No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs': How common were such notices in Britain?

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Homework and precious time

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A shambolic response to crisis in asylum system

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Summer provision and children with special needs

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Tackling the housing crisis

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Power and responsibilty

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General selection – Frank McNally on national stereotypes, Greek (and table quiz) heroes, and a stamp of greatness

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Cooperation between countries is the only way to deal with the migrant crisis

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Too many young people are stuck living at home, as new research on housing size points out

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The cost of living crisis is not over, but the worst of it may be behind us

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On the 35th World Press Freedom Day, journalism is under attack on many fronts

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Maybe now the Irish Government will accept that the UK and unionists had a point about open borders

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Moves to address the decadent and dangerous balance of world power must be based on evidence

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US student protests: Democrats are worried this is 1968 again

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Housing is the missing link in the debate about immigration

3 days ago

Migration row: Have we forgotten these are people we're talking about?

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I've been stopped entering a pub and told 'we don't rent to Poles'. But Ireland is my home now

4 days ago

Eurovision boycott: We cannot participate in an event that lets Israel 'artwash' its crimes

5 days ago

Hot school meals: A close look at the ingredients list is not pretty. This is industrial food

4 days ago

Stop referring to EU as a 'bloc' – this is divisive linguistic rot imported from Britain

6 days ago

I am that deeply suspect Irish creature, a mother of an only child. It was by choice

6 days ago

I took the 'easy way out' and gave birth by Caesarean. And yes, it was easier

7 days ago

Is 'wokeness' really the new religion? I find that hard to believe

7 days ago

Ozempic changed the lives of obesity patients. And then we had to stop prescribing it

8 days ago

No wonder Americans are flocking to see Civil War. Many believe a civil war is coming

8 days ago

EU's new migration pact portrays irregular migrants as debased, undeserving and possibly criminal

11 days ago

Should the mandatory three-day wait for abortion be lifted? Dr Mary Favier and Eilís Mulroy debate

12 days ago

From coral babies to a battery-powered grid, there are reasons for hope

12 days ago

Ireland may be the only place in the world that does not fully appreciate benefits of Catholic education

12 days ago

'Money and I are best friends': The influencers promising that manifesting will make you rich

13 days ago

When it comes to tackling global warming, individual actions do not go far enough

14 days ago

Iran's attack has ended Israel's isolation

15 days ago

Stabbings at the Sydney mall: When horror came to 'County Bondi'

15 days ago

Normies, incels and red-pilled: What are the dangerous ideas boys are being fed online?

17 days ago

We're heading for an unfair, elitist two-tier divorce system

18 days ago

Is it better to buy an electric car now or to wait? Conor Pope and Michael McAleer debate the options

19 days ago

What other EU state would build schools on roads with 80km/h speeds and no footpaths?

18 days ago

Don't bet on Supreme Court ruling on personal injuries awards bringing your premiums down

19 days ago

Could scrambling the weather or sucking carbon out of the air help solve the climate crisis?

19 days ago

Skorts are meant to make camogie players more ladylike. Who asked for that?

21 days ago

After the Covid pandemic, where does churchgoing fit into Irish lives?

21 days ago

It took leaving and returning for me to become a Derry girl

22 days ago

Ireland's planned unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state sends a dangerous signal

24 days ago

No healthcare system could cope with the volume and complexity of the injuries we're treating in Gaza

24 days ago

When it comes to the cost of Irish unity, maybe it's okay if the heart overrules the head

25 days ago

Should licensing laws be relaxed? Dr Sheila Gilheany and DJ Robbie Kitt debate

26 days ago

Ignore the scaremongering. The EU's Nature Restoration Law can be a tool to empower farmers

26 days ago

She went home to care for her mother and ended up in a Russian prison cell

27 days ago

Religion must move outside school hours as opt-out approach fails children badly

26 days ago

Philosophers and theologians don't speak the same language, but they have more in common than we think

28 days ago

Big sister energy: How Taylor Swift built a billion-dollar musical empire

29 days ago

'We elected a meme!': How the meme president became a meme stock

1 month ago

Food-waste tips are all very well, but to save your planet be sure to vote

1 month ago

Moral, legal, and political efforts to end the suffering in Gaza are reaching a crescendo

1 month ago

Will the tradition surrounding republican funerals change as Sinn Féin eyes a path to government?

1 month ago

The DUP can appoint a new leader, but it can't change how voters associate the party with Jeffrey Donaldson

1 month ago

Don't believe what you've heard: increasing supply won't ease the plight of aspiring homeowners

1 month ago

Resurrection of Jesus was a cosmic event. It remains an irresistible force

1 month ago

When politicians are attacked and abused, it is democracy that suffers

1 month ago

'You cannot hide anywhere': A historian in exile on the brutality of Russian society

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Ireland must stop prioritising short-term demands and plan for a better society

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