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In defence of co-living developments
  • May 25, 2019
Data on termination of pregnancies
  • May 25, 2019
Getting ready for Trump
  • May 25, 2019
Holocaust survivor Jan Kaminski
  • May 25, 2019
Nature and evolution
  • May 25, 2019
Theresa May’s political legacy
  • May 25, 2019
Shenanigans
  • May 25, 2019
Awareness of homelessness
  • May 25, 2019
Councils spraying weedkiller
  • May 25, 2019
Elections and voting
  • May 25, 2019
What next?
  • May 25, 2019
Happy days
  • May 25, 2019
The vital task of reconciliation
  • May 24, 2019
Standardised testing in primary schools
  • May 24, 2019
Integrity and security of count
  • May 24, 2019
Theresa May and Brexit
  • May 24, 2019
Coal and climate emergency
  • May 24, 2019
Jailed Turkish doctors
  • May 24, 2019
Relationship and sexuality education in schools
  • May 24, 2019
Couples and housework
  • May 24, 2019
Accountants and public policy
  • May 24, 2019
Kerry International Airport
  • May 24, 2019
Whitethorn rhapsody
  • May 24, 2019
Single-use plastic water bottles
  • May 24, 2019
Inefficient emergency departments
  • May 23, 2019
Climate change and politics
  • May 23, 2019
Divorce and the Constitution
  • May 23, 2019
Fossil fuels and heating homes
  • May 23, 2019
Kerry Airport and State funding
  • May 23, 2019
Trump's visit to Co Clare
  • May 23, 2019
Councils spraying weedkiller
  • May 23, 2019
The fine art of election posters
  • May 23, 2019
Co-living in the fast lane
  • May 23, 2019
Harding and the hawthorn
  • May 23, 2019
The balance of powersharing
  • May 23, 2019
Doctors, the law and cannabis
  • May 22, 2019
Divorce and the Constitution
  • May 22, 2019
Fine Gael and the climate emergency
  • May 22, 2019
Bus Connects plan is far from green
  • May 22, 2019
Not so hot on sustainable heating scheme
  • May 22, 2019
Getting excited about co-living flats
  • May 22, 2019
Attack on Nigel Farage
  • May 22, 2019
Election posters
  • May 22, 2019
Wishful thinking?
  • May 22, 2019
Harbour woes
  • May 22, 2019
Climate emergency and politics
  • May 21, 2019
Cannabis, health and the law
  • May 21, 2019
Plan for gas and oil boilers is sheer folly
  • May 21, 2019
Is Brexit trauma an illusion?
  • May 21, 2019
Who can beat Trump?
  • May 21, 2019
The US and Iran and fears of war
  • May 21, 2019
Divorce and social inequality
  • May 21, 2019
Homelessness crisis
  • May 21, 2019
Dividing the housework
  • May 21, 2019
Light railing in Cork
  • May 21, 2019
Weddings – keeping it real
  • May 21, 2019
Sunny side up
  • May 21, 2019
Election posters
  • May 21, 2019
Google v Huawei
  • May 21, 2019
Unspoken risks of cannabis use
  • May 20, 2019
Railing in Cork
  • May 20, 2019
Court treatment of victims and criminals
  • May 20, 2019
Life after the Leaving
  • May 20, 2019
Public service for public representatives
  • May 20, 2019
MEPs’ consultation on policy
  • May 20, 2019
A €5 million footbridge when people need homes
  • May 20, 2019
Pope’s seal of approval for Medjugorje
  • May 20, 2019
Death of a kingdom
  • May 20, 2019
Serial candidates?
  • May 20, 2019
Climate emergency and beef subsidies
  • May 18, 2019
Climate emergency, what emergency?
  • May 18, 2019
Why do we need directly elected mayors?
  • May 18, 2019
Trump’s trip to Ireland
  • May 18, 2019
Divorce referendum: a transfer of power
  • May 18, 2019
Ranelagh, come home
  • May 18, 2019
Eurovision boycott campaign
  • May 18, 2019
Positive points about Ireland’s Eurovision entry
  • May 18, 2019
Manhattan sale blocked amid housing crisis
  • May 18, 2019
Broadband bits and bytes
  • May 18, 2019
Four provincial councils?
  • May 18, 2019
Fitzgerald, Boylan slip down poles
  • May 18, 2019
When craic stole the thunder from gas
  • May 18, 2019
Two-way street for taxi cancellations?
  • May 18, 2019
Access to life-saving drugs
  • May 17, 2019
Settling the northside/southside question
  • May 17, 2019
Climate change and Irish democracy
  • May 17, 2019
Time to increase pay of local councillors
  • May 17, 2019
Fresh approach from HSE needed
  • May 17, 2019
At the Lord Mayor’s invitation . . .
  • May 17, 2019
Guinness milking tradition ends
  • May 17, 2019
An Irish welcome for Donald Trump
  • May 17, 2019
Manhattan sale blocked
  • May 17, 2019
Delay and denial of vote in elections
  • May 17, 2019
Skin colour versus gender
  • May 17, 2019
Boycotting the Eurovision in Israel
  • May 17, 2019
Days without coal
  • May 16, 2019
Broadband plan fibres, fees and figures
  • May 16, 2019
Reaction to Eurovision boycott call
  • May 16, 2019
Face the music
  • May 16, 2019

Editorials

The Irish Times view on Judith Kerr: the duty to live well

The evil of Nazism cast a long shadow and influenced the children’s author’s beloved work

The Irish Times view: the tragic inadequacy of Theresa May

The British prime minister made a bad situation immeasurably – perhaps irrevocably – worse

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Lieutenant Commander Data (Brent Spiner) to Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart): ‘. . . it appears that terrorism is an effective way to promote political change’. Fintan O’Toole: It’s a united Ireland, but not as we know it
Building pressure: Dublin experienced the strongest growth in property prices among 32 countries and cities between 2013 and 2018, according to the OECD. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw David McWilliams: Ireland again faces a global property cycle fallout
Seamus Mallon suggests a united Ireland could be achieved on a “parallel consent” principle with consent from parties representing both traditions. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons Noel Whelan: New plan for Border poll would see agreement ripped up

Letters

In defence of co-living developments
Data on termination of pregnancies
Getting ready for Trump
Holocaust survivor Jan Kaminski
Nature and evolution
Theresa May’s political legacy
Shenanigans
Awareness of homelessness
Councils spraying weedkiller
Elections and voting

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David McWilliams: Ireland again faces a global property cycle fallout

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Local results will dictate timing of general election

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Donohoe bows to the inevitable on Irish tax policy

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