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Opinion

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Cliff Taylor

How Ireland’s economic future is being carved up in talks in the White House

Cliff Taylor
Why has Gazans’ hunger attained the status of ‘moral crisis’ when Israel’s genocidal slaughter did not?

Why has Gazans’ hunger attained the status of ‘moral crisis’ when Israel’s genocidal slaughter did not?

By Mark O’Connell
Don that Oasis T-shirt and buy your way back to a more hopeful time

Don that Oasis T-shirt and buy your way back to a more hopeful time

By Rachel O'Dwyer
The Irish presidency is a moral role much more than a political one

The Irish presidency is a moral role much more than a political one

By Ian Robertson

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David McWilliams

Ireland’s massive problem with ‘in-your-face’ crime is feeding fear

David McWilliams
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Diarmaid Ferriter

Daniel O’Connell: A ‘coward’ with a complicated legacy

Diarmaid Ferriter
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Justine McCarthy

Michael O’Leary and Dermot Desmond’s MetroLink comments show you can be rich and wrong

Justine McCarthy
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Stephen Collins

The parallels between Nelson Mandela and Daniel O’Connell are many

Stephen Collins
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Newton Emerson

Why is Sinn Féin so reluctant to amend climate legislation to improve the A5?

Newton Emerson
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Finn McRedmond

Humourless raging against Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle jeans ad is pointless

Finn McRedmond
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Kathy Sheridan

Refusing to see the links between domestic violence and wider society amount to reckless denial

Kathy Sheridan
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Michael McDowell

Donald Trump’s presidency represents a reversal of American orthodoxy on trade

Michael McDowell
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Fintan O’Toole

Gaza is also a war on the human instinct for compassion

Fintan O’Toole
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Una Mullally

Ireland will be remembered as a beacon in dark times if we pass the Occupied Territories Bill

Una Mullally
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Jack Horgan-Jones

Ending of electricity credits will bite hard this winter

Jack Horgan-Jones
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Breda O'Brien

Let’s stop glorifying motherhood and glorify parenthood instead

Breda O'Brien

LETTERS

Letters to the Editor, August 9th: On traffic solutions, landlords, Dublin Bikes, and taking the rap

Attacks on Indian people

Letters to the Editor, August 8th: On questions on Gaza, prescribing opioids, and big cars

A woman’s appearance

Letters to the Editor, August 7th: On the wisdom of Metrolink, abortion data, and the red fox

Learnings from Tom Lehrer: Brendan Balfe on tracking down and interviewing one of his favourite performers
An Irish Diary

Learnings from Tom Lehrer: Brendan Balfe on tracking down and interviewing one of his favourite performers

EDITORIALS

Israel's proposed offensive would lead to further misery and death

Why Dermot Desmond misses the point about MetroLink

The latest exchequer figures are strong, but Ireland is increasing its risky bet on this continuing

Government must consider how to respond to teacher shortages


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Martyn Turner

Martyn Turner

August 9th, 2025


We all need to consume less if we are to save our environment from catastrophe

We all need to consume less if we are to save our environment from catastrophe

By Sylvia Thompson

Sinn Féin, DUP and UUP have united to block plan to fix Lough Neagh

Sinn Féin, DUP and UUP have united to block plan to fix Lough Neagh

By Tommy Greene

Has Ireland become too pricey for tourists? An economist and a tourism industry representative debate

Has Ireland become too pricey for tourists? An economist and a tourism industry representative debate

By David W Higgins and Eoghan O'Mara Walsh

It’s about to get much harder to blame population growth for the climate crisis

It’s about to get much harder to blame population growth for the climate crisis

By Eamon Ryan

Body positivity fell from favour as soon as Ozempic brought thinness back

Body positivity fell from favour as soon as Ozempic brought thinness back

By Laura Kennedy

I am a university lecturer witnessing how AI is shrinking our ability to think

I am a university lecturer witnessing how AI is shrinking our ability to think

By Adam Kelly

No one sent up Nazi rocket scientist Wernher von Braun better than satirist Tom Lehrer

No one sent up Nazi rocket scientist Wernher von Braun better than satirist Tom Lehrer

By Mark O’Connell

There’s more to Irish history than eight centuries of British oppression and failed uprisings

There’s more to Irish history than eight centuries of British oppression and failed uprisings

By Abie Philbin Bowman

What will Ireland’s costly five-year schools abuse inquiry achieve?

What will Ireland’s costly five-year schools abuse inquiry achieve?

By Margaret Lee

Give me Helen Mirren’s refusal to ‘age gracefully’ over the tech bros who refuse to age at all

Give me Helen Mirren’s refusal to ‘age gracefully’ over the tech bros who refuse to age at all

By Rachel O'Dwyer

How much do landlords in Ireland really earn? You might be surprised

How much do landlords in Ireland really earn? You might be surprised

By Lorcan Sirr

Ireland has too many quangos and too many lawyers feeding off its clientelist politics

Ireland has too many quangos and too many lawyers feeding off its clientelist politics

By Paul Gillespie

Politicians want to ‘look tough’ on crime, but locking people up in dysfunctional prisons is not the answer

Politicians want to ‘look tough’ on crime, but locking people up in dysfunctional prisons is not the answer

By Kevin Warner

An Irish surgeon in Gaza: I have seen tiny bodies ripped apart, children eating grass

An Irish surgeon in Gaza: I have seen tiny bodies ripped apart, children eating grass

By Morgan McMonagle

We must be honest about who Vladimir Putin is. His goal is not peace, but empire

We must be honest about who Vladimir Putin is. His goal is not peace, but empire

By Oleksandra Matviichuk

Sydney got the Opera House and we had Ardnacrusha. It’s time for that kind of ambition again

Sydney got the Opera House and we had Ardnacrusha. It’s time for that kind of ambition again

By Sadhbh O'Neill

EU-US trade deal: Ursula von der Leyen stooped to conquer

EU-US trade deal: Ursula von der Leyen stooped to conquer

By Denis Staunton

A father in Gaza: Our children are dying as the world watches. We don’t want your pity – we want action

A father in Gaza: Our children are dying as the world watches. We don’t want your pity – we want action

By Alaa Abu Samara

Stop thinking of taking time ‘off’ this summer. It’s better to take time ‘for’

Stop thinking of taking time ‘off’ this summer. It’s better to take time ‘for’

By Laura Kennedy

Posting photos of your children online just got a lot riskier

Posting photos of your children online just got a lot riskier

By Liz Carolan


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