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Irish Times - Opinion

There's an obvious solution to the migration row: compatible national identity cards for Ireland and Britain

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Povertyism needs to be taken as seriously as racism and sexism

57 minutes ago

Protesting students will not be shamed, badgered or bribed into silence

1 day ago

€600 Communion money: Is it just a bribe to get people to keep the faith?

22 hours ago

Jerry Seinfeld is right that TV comedy isn't funny any more - just not about why

36 minutes ago

Ireland's capacity to control migration in a policy-driven, sustainable way is broken

1 day ago

A hard Border is now a patriotic cause - and we laughed at the British for that kind of nonsense

1 day ago

That They May Face the Rising Sun is an exercise in memory and a reminder to cherish the natural world

2 days ago

Irish students have been protesting over Gaza for months. Why are we only noticing them now?

3 days ago

Should you have children? These five philosophical questions can help you decide

3 days ago

Sinn Féin says abolishing the Help-to-Buy scheme will be good for first time buyers – is it right?

3 days ago

We shouldn't import broken British rhetoric about migration

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

6 days ago

Safety concerns and public transport

1 hour ago

Protest at Trinity College Dublin

6 hours ago

Ireland's capacity to control migration is broken

6 hours ago

Climate agenda and politics

6 hours ago

The rich and the homes of the poor

6 hours ago

Local revolution – Frank McNally on the epochal Irish elections of 1899

11 hours ago

The Irish Times view on the future of RTÉ: key decisions remain to be taken

8 hours ago

Despite increasing evidence, warnings on global warming continue to go unheeded

8 hours ago

Those who hold liberal democratic values in contempt stand to gain most from conspiracy theories

1 day ago

Too many accused people facing trial are being unfairly denied bail

1 day ago

Has single-sex education had its day? Jen Hogan and Finn McRedmond debate

2 days ago

Any drift towards the right could be disastrous for Europe's climate agenda

2 days ago

I think of the hostages and their tortured families and weep for the broken generations in Gaza

3 days ago

If the workers behind a €9,000 designer jumper earn nothing, what exactly am I paying for?

3 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

US student protests: Democrats are worried this is 1968 again

5 days ago

Housing is the missing link in the debate about immigration

7 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

9 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

9 days ago

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

10 days ago

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

10 days ago

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

11 days ago

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

11 days ago

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

12 days ago

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

15 days ago

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

16 days ago

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

16 days ago

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

16 days ago

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

17 days ago

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

18 days ago

Iran's attack has ended Israel's isolation

19 days ago

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

19 days ago

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

21 days ago

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

22 days ago

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

23 days ago

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

21 days ago

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

23 days ago

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

23 days ago

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

24 days ago

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

25 days ago

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

25 days ago

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

28 days ago

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

28 days ago

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

29 days ago

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

1 month ago

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

1 month ago

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

1 month ago

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

1 month ago

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

1 month ago

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

1 month 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