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Papal: The quality of mercy

November 21, 2016

The view of the Vatican remains that abortion is a grave sin

Deficiencies and dysfunction re-surface in Irish maternity services

November 21, 2016

Unannounced inspection concluded Coombe hospital’s operating theatres posed a safety risk and were not “fit for purpose”

Missing the bigger picture on the controversial Shannon to Dublin water plan

November 21, 2016

A broader evaluation of how best to proceed with the project is required

We must avoid the abyss of a return to the bad old days of 2008

November 19, 2016

Pay commission’s task is essential

Word of the year: The truth will out

November 19, 2016

The logical trouble with a ‘post-truth’ world

Catholic priests in Ireland: A ‘lost tribe’

November 18, 2016

Guilt by association is unfair and unjust

Obama in Europe: A farewell to old allies

November 17, 2016

It could have been so different...

Syria: Noose tightens on Aleppo

November 17, 2016

Outright military victory over rebels and IS imposed on Assad’s terms will not work

The Trump effect when it comes to savings and pensions

November 17, 2016

Sudden upheaval in the bond markets will leave savers with mixed feelings

A dialogue with the deaf

November 16, 2016

Detention of Ibrahim Halawa cannot hide behind the line that insists ‘Egypt is a country in which the rule of law is paramount’

A political storm is gathering on global warming

November 15, 2016

Trump’s claim that climate change science is a “scam” contrasts starkly with the mood of political leaders gathered in Marrakech

French election: Parties seek a candidate to beat La Trump

November 15, 2016

Marine Le Pen of the Front National would prefer to do battle with former president Nicholas Sarkozy of the Republicans

Judicial system: The case for transparency

November 15, 2016

Greater public information is required concerning the selection of judges, their professional suitability and their financial interests

Illegal drug use increases, notably among the male population

November 14, 2016

Preventative measures require better focus on young people, their families and communities

Incarceration as a last resort

November 14, 2016

Prisons and recidivism report highlights progress in context of a more enlightened criminal system

How Europe should respond to the Trump effect

November 12, 2016

New lows of public discourse will not be erased by the bromides of post-election encounters and transition arrangements with the Obama administration

Death of ‘Renaissance man’ Leonard Cohen

November 11, 2016

The troubadour from Montreal has left a body of work that for many became the soundtrack to their lives

Holding the line on public sector pay

November 11, 2016

New basis is needed to agree public sector pay and pensions but abandoning Lansdowne deal is fraught with risk

Trump on the world stage

November 10, 2016

US election has injected a troubling new, destabilising dynamic of uncertainty and brinkmanship into global politics.

The Irish Times view on Trump: They know not what they do

November 9, 2016

They have voted for a man who is the most unprepared president-elect in modern history

EPA issues stark warnings

November 9, 2016

The story of ‘Grace’

November 9, 2016

A sworn inquiry is needed to examine all aspects of this serious failure by State agencies

Brexit: What is it that you want?

November 8, 2016

Expressions of frustration, implied from the Taoiseach but stated by business representatives, at the failure of the UK to articulate what it wants

Credit union movement under strain

November 8, 2016

Concerns that volunteerism is disappearing with a loss of identity that larger scale and more rigorous structure brings

Ringing in the changes at Eir

November 7, 2016

Eircom experience suggests development of key infrastructure may be safer in State hands

US presidential election: Why we hope Hillary Clinton wins

November 6, 2016

America’s friends around the world are watching this extraordinary, agonising process with bewilderment and concern

A doomed public service pay deal?

November 5, 2016

If Lansdowne Road Agreement still stands, then it rests on much weaker foundations

The shadow of the gunman

November 5, 2016

NI victims of paramilitary intimidation tell a story of shocking social impact

We say ‘ban the bomb’

November 4, 2016

Move is a timely assertion by Ireland of its independent, neutral defence policy and of its long-standing opposition to nuclear weapons

Brexit: MPs hold queen to account

November 3, 2016

Court decision is an important victory for the standing of UK parliament

Spain tries ‘new politics’ too

November 3, 2016

Mariano Rajoy’s mandate as prime minister is extremely fragile

Public sector pay and spending: repeating past mistakes

November 3, 2016

Higher living standards, better services, tax cuts and more jobs cannot be afforded at the same time

Ireland should welcome unaccompanied minors from Calais’s ‘Jungle’

November 2, 2016

Impulse to help should be written in our DNA

Garda strike: time to step back from brink

November 1, 2016

Gardaí must reconsider leaving a fearful community without protection

Seanad move to National Museum an atrocious decision

November 1, 2016

Deeply misguided plan must be reversed

US elections: race reopened in injury time

November 1, 2016

FBI leader’s letter has thrown a hand grenade into a contest many saw as settled

Heathrow’s third runway: delays expected

October 31, 2016

Project to lead to 50 per cent more planes over London

EU tax harmonisation: an issue that won’t go away

October 31, 2016

Post Brexit, Ireland is without a major ally in protecting its interests

South Africa: time for Jacob Zuma to go

October 29, 2016

President has become a serious liability to the ANC

The great Belfast bake-off: Asher’s ‘gay cake’ decision

October 29, 2016

Less prosecutorial zeal may be the easiest way to address such issues

Drinks lobby flexes muscle over alcohol controls

October 28, 2016

Government must put public health first

EU-Canada trade deal rescued from the brink

October 28, 2016

Ominous portent of challenge facing TTIP agreement with US

Repealing the Eighth Amendment: Pragmatism wins out

October 27, 2016

The process has the capacity to empower nervous politicians in responding to those who would oppose abortion in all circumstances

Teachers’ strike: the scale of disruption to our secondary schools is not justified

October 27, 2016

It is time for the ASTI to focus on compromise rather than conflict

The slow pace of reform in maternity services

October 26, 2016

Resignation of senior staff at Galway hospital raises questions about the level of progress locally and nationally

Politicians’ pay: damned when they do, and when they don’t

October 26, 2016

TDs deserve to be adequately rewarded for a precarious and often thankless job that serves the public

Hungary 1956: A legacy betrayed

October 25, 2016

Viktor Orban is no Imre Nagy

A coherent rail policy is essential

October 25, 2016

Government needs to find money to ensure Iarnród Éireann can make core network viable

An endless carousel

October 24, 2016

Public hospital system shows little evidence of implementing reforms that are urgently required in the interest of its patients

Turning the tide of IS

October 24, 2016

Mosul destined to be part of a bloody end-game

Journey to Mars: ‘Can you hear me?’

October 22, 2016

Maybe we should just leave it to the little green men

EU Summit: Any other business?

October 22, 2016

With or without the obstructionist UK, the EU is going to have to find new ways of circumventing decision-making gridlock

Rowing back on budget changes to first-time-buyer supports

October 21, 2016

Concern persists that implementing the help-to-buy scheme in advance of any real supply boost will only act to push up prices

US presidential debate: If you tell a lie, tell a big one

October 20, 2016

When Trump taunted Clinton that Putin did not support her candidacy, she quipped that was because he would prefer a puppet as president

Eta’s ceasefire – five years on

October 20, 2016

It is regrettable that neither the current caretaker administration in Madrid, nor any likely successor, appears willing to consider a new approach

Winning hearts and minds on HPV vaccine

October 20, 2016

Ireland, Denmark and France stand out among European countries with low uptake of vaccine designed to combat cervical and other cancers

Thailand mourns the death of its king who held the country together

October 19, 2016

His son and successor-to-be, Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, is another matter

Disastrous Garda strike must be averted

October 19, 2016

Gardaí and some teachers have embarked on confrontation, determined to wrest concessions from Government through brute intimidation

Press freedom: Muzzling the voices of dissent

October 18, 2016

It is vital that the EU puts media rights centre stage in relations with those states which claim to have a European “vocation”

The endless saga on judicial reforms is a separate issue to pressing need to make appointments to the bench

October 18, 2016

Stand-off adds to strains within Cabinet

Now for the real political challenge

October 17, 2016

Public finances

Cause for caution

October 17, 2016

Childcare capacity issue surfaces following Budget announcement

Global warming: A canary in the mine

October 15, 2016

A shocking indicator of melting ice that has consequences for all of humanity

The inequality that shames us all

October 14, 2016

Far too many children are being left behind, at a terrible cost to themselves and to Ireland’s future.

Under a cloud of suspicion

October 14, 2016

Aid agency Goal needs to restore the full confidence of international donors

Changed Times: Bob Dylan is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature

October 13, 2016

A genius is acknowledged “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”

Taoiseach Enda Kenny keeps them guessing on Fine Gael leadership

October 13, 2016

Can he confound his critics once again?

A proxy border guard for UK when Brexit happens?

October 13, 2016

Erosion of treaty right to free movement is at the heart of UK’s misguided determination to break its link with the EU

Samsung’s consumer crisis: Going up in smoke

October 12, 2016

It could not have come at a worse time as Apple and Google launch new mobile handsets

Politics eclipses prudence again in Budget 2017

October 11, 2016

The two main parties, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, may not be sharing power but they are holding hands

An approach on heart disease that is yielding impressive results

October 11, 2016

Department of Health should ensure wider implementation of preventive programme

A question of character in the US presidential election

October 10, 2016

With policies serving as mere adornments – US democracy is emasculated

Matteo Renzi’s gamble on political reform in Italy

October 10, 2016

EU allies are watching the referendum campaign nervously and would dearly love to see him succeed

How to entice emigrants home

October 10, 2016

More is needed in our armoury to tip balance in overcoming skill shortages – it should be within our collective capacity to identify it

Budget 2017: An opportunity to broaden the tax base

October 8, 2016

A move needed on grounds of equity, to improve competitiveness and to make the economy less vulnerable to shocks

Making cycling safer

October 7, 2016

‘Recent horrific cycling deaths on our roads’ have highlighted the difficulties cyclists face in making basic journeys to work, to school, or simply for leisure

Strong consensus for repeal of the Eighth Amendment banning abortion

October 7, 2016

But ‘Irish Times’ Ipsos/MRBI poll suggests a legislative line will have to be drawn for any referendum to pass

The Irish Times view: Time to deliver on Garda reform

October 6, 2016

The task of reform required of Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald and Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan is clear – if they can’t deliver, someone must

Irish Times Ipsos/MRBI poll: Results underpin uneasy stability

October 6, 2016

No party is likely to precipitate an election

Theresa May unveils newly packaged Conservative Party

October 6, 2016

There is a lot of history to be overcome

Peace deal rejected in Colombia

October 5, 2016

The curse of the low turnout

Brexit preparations: Can ‘new politics’ play long game?

October 5, 2016

Negotiating priorities need to be clarified and alliances built across Europe and,where possible, with London and Belfast

Public v private: A glaring inequality in pension provision

October 4, 2016

How the State provides a far more generous pension system for public servants needs to be questioned

Theresa May opts for ‘hard’ Brexit

October 4, 2016

Course is set with all the complications and costs implied for the Irish-British relationship and the North

Rajoy likely to secure Spanish prime-ministership as Socialist counterpart resigns

October 3, 2016

PSOE in crisis and facing split

Shortfall in contribution to compensation scheme damages Catholic Church’s authority

October 3, 2016

Religious congregations and the State must resolve payment issue

Teenager trends: The European picture on cigarettes, drugs and alcohol consumption

October 1, 2016

Figures underline need for a new national drugs strategy

Abortion: Facing reality in a changed Ireland

October 1, 2016

The debate must move beyond just ‘repeal’, to ‘what comes after’

Garda leaders must manage expectations

September 30, 2016

Move to strike by GRA is a step too far

The irrefutable evidence on Flight MH17

September 30, 2016

Russia counters with usual mix of bluster and wild counter-allegation

Israel has lost one of its finest sons

September 29, 2016

Shimon Peres never realised his vision of a new Middle East but his optimism never died

Why no party will want to bring down the budget process

September 28, 2016

Returning deputies are unlikely to benefit from election caused by miscalculation

The Irish Times view: Trump was easily baited in the US presidential debate

September 27, 2016

It was by any real measure her debate on points but no knockout

Unacceptable inequalities in maternity services persist

September 27, 2016

Even with a national maternity strategy it seems we cannot guarantee equitable care for pregnant women here

20 years waiting for a judicial council

September 27, 2016

State is in breech of a “mandatory” obligation to the Council of Europe to establish a council

Fostering foster care

September 26, 2016

Corbyn reinforces his mandate but Labour remains adrift

September 25, 2016

September 24, 2016

Politics, hacking, ethics and power

September 24, 2016

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