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Fintan O’Toole

What the presidential election needs is a candidate I wouldn’t vote for: Maria Steen

Fintan O’Toole

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Una Mullally

Welcome to college in Ireland, with its long commutes, couch-surfing and four bunks to a room

Una Mullally

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Patrick Smyth

Donald Trump’s plan to make America beautiful again

Patrick Smyth

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Joe Humphreys

Cryptocurrency is financial cocaine for the middle classes

Joe Humphreys

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Mark O’Connell

Since everyone we can agree on has already been president, or is dead, I’ve got an idea

Mark O’Connell

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Cliff Taylor

Taoiseach Micheál Martin insists Ireland is pro-trade ... except when it comes to Mercosur

Cliff Taylor

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Breda O'Brien

Carlo Acutis, the millennial saint, could not be more different to the influencers of the manosphere

Breda O'Brien

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Jennifer O’Connell

Please don’t make me stand up for Graham Linehan

Jennifer O’Connell

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Pat Leahy

Three (other) big issues preoccupying Irish politicians: spending, housing, neutrality

Pat Leahy

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David McWilliams

Could France go bust? One of Europe’s biggest economies has pimped itself out to the world

David McWilliams

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Diarmaid Ferriter

Teachers should refuse to pass pickets of secretaries and caretakers

Diarmaid Ferriter

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Justine McCarthy

‘King Gimme’ Trump is lording it over the planet. Time someone stood up to him

Justine McCarthy

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Stephen Collins

Budget will be a critical test for the Coalition

Stephen Collins

LETTERS

EDITORIALS

Martyn Turner

Martyn Turner

September 6th, 2025

We were shocked but not surprised by the assault on my sister Kitty O’Brien

We were shocked but not surprised by the assault on my sister Kitty O’Brien

By Jack O'Brien

Sixty years after Fine Gael’s Just Society document, is Ireland any fairer?

Sixty years after Fine Gael’s Just Society document, is Ireland any fairer?

By Finola Kennedy

Avi Shlaim: Trump has failed to grasp something fundamental about Netanyahu

Avi Shlaim: Trump has failed to grasp something fundamental about Netanyahu

By Avi Shlaim

We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. We see it as our responsibility to resist AI

We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. We see it as our responsibility to resist AI

By Clare Kelly, Katja Bruisch, and Caitríona Leahy

Average Dublin City Council tenant pays just €77 rent per week. That may have to rise

Average Dublin City Council tenant pays just €77 rent per week. That may have to rise

By Lorcan Sirr

We made a big mistake allowing our children to use social media. Now we’re doing it again with AI

We made a big mistake allowing our children to use social media. Now we’re doing it again with AI

By Alex Cooney

Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly will have to tackle myth that gardaí are immune to consequences

Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly will have to tackle myth that gardaí are immune to consequences

By Elaine Byrne

Gena Heraty’s selflessness gives us hope in a dark time

Gena Heraty’s selflessness gives us hope in a dark time

By Lara Marlowe

Could this man be Ukraine’s next president?

Could this man be Ukraine’s next president?

By Lara Marlowe

Revelations about Cormac McCarthy so shocked me that the words I loved are inaccessible

Revelations about Cormac McCarthy so shocked me that the words I loved are inaccessible

By Alex Connolly

Student accommodation: 70 ads, seven viewings and one ghosting later, I still had nothing. Then I got lucky

Student accommodation: 70 ads, seven viewings and one ghosting later, I still had nothing. Then I got lucky

By Julie Gleeson

Obsession with the Shakespearean ‘mushroom murder’ trial hasn’t gone away

Obsession with the Shakespearean ‘mushroom murder’ trial hasn’t gone away

By Xanthé Mallett

In Ireland, child victims of trafficking are falling through the cracks

In Ireland, child victims of trafficking are falling through the cracks

By Liam Herrick

Israel’s targeting of journalists is an attack on truth and history

Israel’s targeting of journalists is an attack on truth and history

By Sally Hayden

Here in Israel in the minds of the majority, the people being butchered are not innocent

Here in Israel in the minds of the majority, the people being butchered are not innocent

By Hagai El-Ad

Supersized SUVs are more dangerous to pedestrians. Time to slap an extra levy on new ones?

Supersized SUVs are more dangerous to pedestrians. Time to slap an extra levy on new ones?

By James Nix and Michael McAleer

Dark reality behind Ireland’s bumper butterfly season

Dark reality behind Ireland’s bumper butterfly season

By Sadhbh O'Neill

From personalised tutoring to improved accessibility, why AI can democratise higher education

From personalised tutoring to improved accessibility, why AI can democratise higher education

By Professor Orla Sheils

I am an emigrant who has recently returned to Ireland. This is why I’m glad to be back

I am an emigrant who has recently returned to Ireland. This is why I’m glad to be back

By Quentin Fottrell

Rite and Reason: Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan illustrate urgent need for reform of global peace structures

Rite and Reason: Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan illustrate urgent need for reform of global peace structures

By Canon Ian Ellis

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