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Is the XL bully ban the best approach? Finn McRedmond and Des Groome debate how to deal with dangerous dog breeds

By Finn McRedmond and Des Groome

Premature and dangerous to call for withdrawal of Irish troops from Lebanon

By Ray Murphy

One year after the brutal Hamas attacks, Netanyahu is in a stronger position than ever

By Vincent Durac

Synod on Synodality aims at missionary outreach to the excluded and marginalised

By Bishop Brendan Leahy

My child got burned at his check-up. It summed up our crumbling public health system

By Dr Clare Moriarty

As October 7th anniversary nears, perhaps horror is the new status quo

By Hagai El-Ad

Pavel Durov built an app bigger than Elon Musk’s. Now it’s known as the dark web in your pocket

By Ciaran O'Connor

Accusations against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs read like something from a horror movie

By Ed Power

Was the budget designed to help the country’s poorest children or those of the richest?

By Barra Roantree

Is Varadkar right that every party should make a united Ireland an objective? Conor O’Malley and Fergus O’Dowd debate

By Conor O'Malley and Fergus O'Dowd

Most A-rated homes are in wealthy areas, while renters are stuck with higher heating bills

By Sadhbh O'Neill

Are barriers, road closures and locking down the city centre the right way to police protests?

By Claire Mc Evoy

Cosmetic surgery tourism: Demi Moore’s new film shows what influencer videos won’t – the scalp infections and weeping wounds

By Elaine Maguire O'Connor

Is something being lost to economics with the rejection of religion?

By Dr Finola Kennedy

Have we learned anything from shoddy Celtic Tiger building?

By Lorcan Sirr

Three universities turned down a bust to a Chinese human rights activist before it went to Galway

By Bill Shipsey and Fengsuo Zhou

Aoife Johnston did not have to die for us to learn that hospital overcrowding causes deaths

By John Barton

Gisèle Pelicot’s horrifying experience is familiar to some women in Ireland

By Rachel Morrogh

The Debate: What should be done in Budget 2025 to ease the cost-of-living crisis?

By Tom McDonnell and Suzanne Connolly

We need to complain more. After a ghost bus, I had to pay €81 for a taxi from Waterford to Kilkenny

By Sadhbh O'Neill