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But there’s no defending some reactions to her death]]>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/18/ann-widdecombe-defended-free-speech-but-its-hard-to-defend-some-reactions-to-her-death/https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/18/ann-widdecombe-defended-free-speech-but-its-hard-to-defend-some-reactions-to-her-death/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000OpinionJonathan Brady<![CDATA[Rite & Reason: A vision of Knock in New York’s St Patrick’s Cathedral]]>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/19/rite-reason-mural-in-new-yorks-st-patricks-cathedral-honours-the-apparition-at-knock-but-not-jfk/https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/19/rite-reason-mural-in-new-yorks-st-patricks-cathedral-honours-the-apparition-at-knock-but-not-jfk/Sat, 18 Jul 2026 23:30:00 +0000OpinionSpencer Platt<![CDATA[Jennifer O'Connell: Should you put your Dryrobe on Vinted? 11 pressing heatwave-related questions]]>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/18/jennifer-oconnell-should-you-put-your-dryrobe-on-vinted-11-pressing-heatwave-related-questions/https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/18/jennifer-oconnell-should-you-put-your-dryrobe-on-vinted-11-pressing-heatwave-related-questions/Sat, 18 Jul 2026 06:15:00 +0000OpinionJoel Carillet<![CDATA[Cliff Taylor: If you get up at a ridiculous hour to sit in horrendous traffic, there may be good news]]>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/18/cliff-taylor-if-you-get-up-at-a-ridiculous-hour-to-sit-in-horrendous-traffic-there-may-be-good-news/https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/18/cliff-taylor-if-you-get-up-at-a-ridiculous-hour-to-sit-in-horrendous-traffic-there-may-be-good-news/Sat, 18 Jul 2026 06:07:00 +0000OpinionPaulo Nunes dos Santos<![CDATA[Eoghan Cleary: What caused the Lorcan Murphy I knew to become a killer? ]]>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/18/eoghan-cleary-was-lorcan-murphys-addiction-to-pornography-a-warning-sign/https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/18/eoghan-cleary-was-lorcan-murphys-addiction-to-pornography-a-warning-sign/Sat, 18 Jul 2026 06:06:00 +0000Opinion<![CDATA[Martyn Turner]]>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/07/18/martyn-turner/https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoon/2026/07/18/martyn-turner/Sat, 18 Jul 2026 05:00:01 +0000CartoonMartyn Turner<![CDATA[Is the US AI bonanza a fundamentally secure investment or an old-fashioned bubble?]]>https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/18/is-the-us-ai-bonanza-a-fundamentally-secure-investment-or-an-old-fashioned-bubble/https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/18/is-the-us-ai-bonanza-a-fundamentally-secure-investment-or-an-old-fashioned-bubble/Sat, 18 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0000Opinion