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Colonial states are agreeing reparations for past abuses. What about the Vatican?

By Diarmuid Ó Gráda

How did the anti-IRA Zombie by The Cranberries become an Irish rugby anthem?

By Hugh Linehan

Were the Nord Stream pipelines among the biggest strategic errors of the 21st century?

By Lara Marlowe

‘As the mother of an autistic person, I’m sometimes seen as a pushy, pain-in-the-ass’

By Adrienne Murphy

The hidden ways our housing could be making us sick

By Lorcan Sirr

Government must support re-establishment of UN Special Committee against apartheid

By Dr John Reynolds

Does homework have any benefits for primary school children? Jen Hogan and Dr Leah O’Toole discuss

By Jen Hogan, Dr Leah O'Toole and Dr Joan Kiely

The Government is patently not committed to a high-quality child mental health service

By Dr Eddie Molloy

Excommunication of anti-treaty activists left revolutionary generation with deep and lasting wounds

By Síobhra Aiken

Knowing she could choose when to die was my wife’s escape valve. I’m glad she could do so legally

By Peter Cluskey

Global South is demanding changes to world power structures

By Paul Gillespie

Lara Marlowe on being a war correspondent in Ukraine: ‘Experience is the antidote to fear’

By Lara Marlowe

‘Street plans’ could deliver 14,000 new homes a year and help solve the housing crisis

By Seán O'Neill McPartlin

Ireland has two classes: working-class and ‘notions’. In London, it’s far more subtle

By Laura Kennedy

Unionists may be about to turn their backs on the Belfast Agreement

By Alex Kane

Does Dublin need a congestion charge? An environmentalist vs a business representative

By Sadhbh O'Neill and Richard Guiney

The simple thing all households can do to reduce emissions

By Angela Ruttledge

Why Catholic PSNI officers may feel the need to carry weapons to Mass

By Gerry Murray

An outspoken Irish theologian who was never silenced by the Vatican

By Gina Menzies

Africa experiencing a contagion of coups as Gabon latest to fall

By Patrick Smyth

The four big drawbacks of the Northern Ireland legacy Bill

By Bobby McDonagh

Ireland needs more wild native forests – not lifeless Sitka plantations

By Eoghan Daltun

I moved to London and put on the coat of Irishness. Now in Australia, I can’t take it off

By Laura Kennedy

What is the optimal number of TDs for Ireland? There’s a formula for that

By Michael Gallagher

Head-to-head: Should ‘women in the home’ referendum be delayed? Ivana Bacik and Eilis Barry share their views

By Ivana Bacik and Eilis Barry

Ireland’s tax system makes a mockery of our climate policies

By Karol Balfe

Why we need philosophy to help us navigate modern life

By Carmel Heaney

Rubiales’s era of paternalistic egomania is over, but Spain’s #MeToo moment is not

By Guy Hedgecoe

Pat Leahy: What is this Government actually for, beyond not being Sinn Féin?

By Pat Leahy

Lara Marlowe: Two weeks in Ukraine taught me there are no easy answers

By Lara Marlowe

Why 174 TDs is the right number for the next Dáil

By Marie Baker

Four kinds of student are paying the price for unfair Leaving Cert grade inflation

By Prof Pól Ó Dochartaigh

Head to head: Does retrofitting your home pay off?

By Ciaran Byrne and Niall Farrell

Irish lawyer for Lucy Letby victims: What knowledge did hospital officials have? We need answers

By Tamlin Bolton

Government’s cost-of-living measures widened gap between better off and poorest

By Fr Seán Healy

If you’re considering an Ironman, marathon or triathlon, read this first

By Prof Niall Moyna

Pat Leahy: Five things that will shape Irish politics this autumn and winter

By Pat Leahy

Most severe effects of the climate crisis have been hidden in the ocean’s depths

By Paul Gillespie

Ireland’s support for Ukraine is especially meaningful because of its moral authority

By Larysa Gerasko and Claire D. Cronin

Why are we still inflicting the cruel, outdated Leaving Cert on students?

By Paul Crone

Yes, carbon taxes work. But that doesn’t mean they’re fair

By Muireann Lynch

It is not possible to achieve zero-error cancer screening

By Alan Smith

The devil has disappeared from the religious landscape

By Tom Inglis

In Northern Ireland everyone still knows where you live

By Denis Bradley

Did Kevin Bakhurst make the right call in showing Ryan Tubridy the door?

By Hugh Linehan

I’m holidaying by public transport in Ireland this summer. Here’s what I’ve learned

By Anna Heussaff

Yes, Ireland’s wet summer is linked to climate change, a climatologist writes

By John Sweeney

Jeffrey Donaldson’s David Trimble moment is approaching

By Alex Kane

Why I’m not emigrating: I want to stay and strive to make Ireland a better place

By Rachel O'Neill

A priest writes: John F Deane helped rid me of the guilt of Irish Catholicism