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Opinion

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Joe Humphreys

Why Donald Trump is stupid to accept Qatar’s gift of a luxury jet

Joe Humphreys
What Kim Kardashian and Gerard Depardieu tell us about France’s attitude to gender-based violence

What Kim Kardashian and Gerard Depardieu tell us about France’s attitude to gender-based violence

By Sharon Gaffney
Is four too young to let my daughter go for a walk on her own?

Is four too young to let my daughter go for a walk on her own?

By Clare Moriarty
This year is the 1,700th anniversary of a great church controversy

This year is the 1,700th anniversary of a great church controversy

By Ian Ellis

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Una Mullally

Marriage equality 10 years on: A boy sees us hold hands and says ‘I f***ing hate gay people’

Una Mullally
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Mark O'Connell

I have an almost gluttonous appetite for irony, but this is too rich even for my tastes

Mark O'Connell
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Jennifer O'Connell

Ruth Coppinger seems to think free speech applies only to views she likes

Jennifer O'Connell
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Breda O'Brien

Teachers are being bullied into accepting reforms that will damage education

Breda O'Brien
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Pat Leahy

Could we build Ardnacrusha now? Not a chance

Pat Leahy
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Cliff Taylor

Earning a decent income but still scraping by? Your situation may be about to get worse

Cliff Taylor
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David McWilliams

Property dereliction is antisocial behaviour perpetrated by the rich

David McWilliams
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Diarmaid Ferriter

Was it for this craven display that London endured the Blitz?

Diarmaid Ferriter
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Justine McCarthy

Gaza’s starving children, their eyes growing bigger as the blockade grinds on, are not fake news

Justine McCarthy
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Stephen Collins

Ireland must steel itself for a trade war with the US

Stephen Collins
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Newton Emerson

Should people in Northern Ireland vote in Irish presidential elections?

Newton Emerson
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Finn McRedmond

Could a Nigel Farage or Giorgia Meloni be good for Irish democracy?

Finn McRedmond

LETTERS

Letters to the Editor, Tuesday, May 20th: On Eurovision; the Irish hare and Paul Durcan

Will we use those empty words ‘we did all we can’?

Letters to the Editor May 19th: On famine in Gaza, cars as weapons and scrapping Sevens Rugby

Government housing policy serves neither the exchequer nor the building industry

Letters to the Editor, May 17th: On voting rights for NI residents, august Augustinians and Eurovision

Áine Ryan on losing things, from cash and a car, to a child mislaid on a hillside ramble
An Irish Diary

Áine Ryan on losing things, from cash and a car, to a child mislaid on a hillside ramble

EDITORIALS

On housing policy, more of the same will not be enough

In Europe's weekend election, the pro-EU line just about held

Monday's UK/EU summit could start to undo some of the damage of Brexit

The crisis of people displaced in their own country is worsening rapidly


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Martyn Turner

Martyn Turner

May 17th, 2025


Margot Friedländer’s family were murdered in Auschwitz. She returned to Berlin at 88 with a message

Margot Friedländer’s family were murdered in Auschwitz. She returned to Berlin at 88 with a message

By Derek Scally

Donald Trump sounds more like a Chinese leader as he rejects the liberal world order

Donald Trump sounds more like a Chinese leader as he rejects the liberal world order

By Denis Staunton

Dublin City Council built just 35 social houses in 2024. That’s one symptom of a bigger problem

Dublin City Council built just 35 social houses in 2024. That’s one symptom of a bigger problem

By Lorcan Sirr

Ireland says Israel is carrying out war crimes in Gaza. Now it must act

Ireland says Israel is carrying out war crimes in Gaza. Now it must act

By Liam Herrick

Art can communicate messages about our dying planet that are otherwise hard to hear

Art can communicate messages about our dying planet that are otherwise hard to hear

By Sadhbh O'Neill

The State deploys the three Ds to silence whistleblowers: delay, deny, destroy

The State deploys the three Ds to silence whistleblowers: delay, deny, destroy

By Eddie Molloy

Want to understand what money does to your brain? Look at this photo

Want to understand what money does to your brain? Look at this photo

By Ian Robertson

Gazans now eat one meal every two or three days as Trump plans his ‘Riviera’

Gazans now eat one meal every two or three days as Trump plans his ‘Riviera’

By Lara Marlowe

The US is discovering what it means to have an isolationist  economy

The US is discovering what it means to have an isolationist economy

By Patrick Honohan

Mary McAleese is right to call out Catholic Church over its exclusion of women from ordination

Mary McAleese is right to call out Catholic Church over its exclusion of women from ordination

By John O'Loughlin Kennedy

Girls’ participation in sport falls off a cliff in their teens. The skorts row shows why

Girls’ participation in sport falls off a cliff in their teens. The skorts row shows why

By Louise Lawless

In a world dominated by loud, divisive politics, the cardinals found an antidote in Pope Leo XIV

In a world dominated by loud, divisive politics, the cardinals found an antidote in Pope Leo XIV

By Bronagh Ann McShane

James Browne has little power to fix the housing crisis. The status quo is in charge

James Browne has little power to fix the housing crisis. The status quo is in charge

By Gerard Howlin

Teachers want religion out of the classroom. Here’s what has to happen next

Teachers want religion out of the classroom. Here’s what has to happen next

By Paddy Monahan

Jim O’Callaghan’s public theatrics mask the truth about asylum seeker deportations

Jim O’Callaghan’s public theatrics mask the truth about asylum seeker deportations

By Madeleine Allen

Here’s a job for the next pope. Deliver us from climate apathy

Here’s a job for the next pope. Deliver us from climate apathy

By Eamon Ryan

Why didn’t Ireland stand up for Palestine at the ICJ?

Why didn’t Ireland stand up for Palestine at the ICJ?

By Alanna O'Malley

Ireland’s mobile saunas in danger of being killed off by red tape and bureaucratic confusion

Ireland’s mobile saunas in danger of being killed off by red tape and bureaucratic confusion

By Áine Ryan

As a former beauty editor, the obsession with celebrities’ cosmetic enhancements makes me sad

As a former beauty editor, the obsession with celebrities’ cosmetic enhancements makes me sad

By Laura Kennedy

‘Tariffs’ is about to become the excuse for absolutely everything we don’t like

‘Tariffs’ is about to become the excuse for absolutely everything we don’t like

By Liz Carolan


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