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The President and the Defence Forces
  • September 20, 2019
Climate strike and schools
  • September 20, 2019
The future of Lyric FM
  • September 20, 2019
Councils and the housing crisis
  • September 20, 2019
‘Some home truths about Brexit’
  • September 20, 2019
The DUP and the backstop
  • September 20, 2019
Clamping at the Red Cow Luas station
  • September 20, 2019
Powerful neighbour
  • September 20, 2019
Time to retrieve the real Adam Smith
  • September 20, 2019
The public services card
  • September 20, 2019
Annoying Michael Harding
  • September 20, 2019
The return of the Incredible Hulk
  • September 20, 2019
The President and the Defence Forces
  • September 19, 2019
Time for change in assessing Leaving Cert
  • September 19, 2019
If Dublin win six
  • September 19, 2019
An ‘opt-in’ approach to religious instruction
  • September 19, 2019
The future of Lyric FM
  • September 19, 2019
Corporate tax avoidance
  • September 19, 2019
Jeremy Corbyn’s Brexit gambit
  • September 19, 2019
The DUP and Brexit
  • September 19, 2019
Time for a recheck
  • September 19, 2019
The Incredible Hulk
  • September 19, 2019
Suicide and bereavement
  • September 18, 2019
If Dublin win six?
  • September 18, 2019
Governing in the dark
  • September 18, 2019
Time to listen to Defence Forces
  • September 18, 2019
Coming to terms with Brexit
  • September 18, 2019
Dublin and gentrification
  • September 18, 2019
Religion in schools
  • September 18, 2019
Assessing David Cameron’s legacy
  • September 18, 2019
Increase in the price of oil
  • September 18, 2019
No-deal Brexit poses threat to policing
  • September 17, 2019
David Cameron’s place in history
  • September 17, 2019
Luxury flights and UCD
  • September 17, 2019
Dublin and gentrification
  • September 17, 2019
Political jibes and insults
  • September 17, 2019
Taking turns at government?
  • September 17, 2019
Garda ‘super-raids’ on insurance fraudsters
  • September 17, 2019
Shot at the lead mines
  • September 17, 2019
The future of Lyric FM
  • September 17, 2019
Taxing matters
  • September 16, 2019
Trade after Brexit – bypassing delays
  • September 16, 2019
Church and State
  • September 16, 2019
The local property tax
  • September 16, 2019
Brexit and Britain
  • September 16, 2019
Blood donors
  • September 16, 2019
The future of Lyric FM
  • September 16, 2019
Five in a row for Dublin
  • September 16, 2019
The end is nigh?
  • September 16, 2019
University funding and global rankings
  • September 14, 2019
Economics and a united Ireland
  • September 14, 2019
The President and the Defence Forces
  • September 14, 2019
Britain and the backstop
  • September 14, 2019
E-scooters, fiscal matters and the bigger picture
  • September 14, 2019
Property prices and Brexit
  • September 14, 2019
The ECB needs a new mandate
  • September 14, 2019
There’s more to the EU than trade
  • September 14, 2019
Richard Dawkins and Brexit
  • September 14, 2019
The next general election
  • September 14, 2019
Richard Dawkins and Brexit
  • September 13, 2019
Church and State – an uneasy relationship
  • September 13, 2019
Euthanasia debate in Netherlands
  • September 13, 2019
‘U-turns will leave DUP in a spin’
  • September 13, 2019
Reforming the local property tax
  • September 13, 2019
Slaughter of civilians in Syria
  • September 13, 2019
Raising the bar at rugby matches
  • September 13, 2019
Computers are not the answer
  • September 13, 2019
RTÉ forecast for Saturday
  • September 13, 2019
No comment
  • September 13, 2019
Corbyn’s Labour
  • September 13, 2019
Church, State and society
  • September 12, 2019
Council and David Attenborough mural
  • September 12, 2019
Brexit and boundaries
  • September 12, 2019
Jeremy Corbyn and British Labour
  • September 12, 2019
Netanyahu and West Bank land
  • September 12, 2019
Patronage system and schools
  • September 12, 2019
Education and faith
  • September 12, 2019
Brexit and cross-community support
  • September 12, 2019
Unity referendum
  • September 12, 2019
Anthem for the Brexiteers
  • September 12, 2019
Busy bees and garden centres
  • September 12, 2019
Hanging by a thread
  • September 12, 2019
On thin ice
  • September 12, 2019
Elementary
  • September 12, 2019
Time for a reduced working week?
  • September 11, 2019
Is shareholder capitalism dying?
  • September 11, 2019
Brexit – the long and winding road
  • September 11, 2019
School secretaries
  • September 11, 2019
Fianna Fáil and expert advice
  • September 11, 2019
Border poll – time for sensible plans
  • September 11, 2019
Alcohol, sport and society
  • September 11, 2019
Raising the bar at the match
  • September 11, 2019
‘Is originality dead?’
  • September 11, 2019
Point of no return
  • September 11, 2019
Speed of light
  • September 11, 2019
Brexit and Boris Johnson’s visit
  • September 10, 2019
Litigation and time limits
  • September 10, 2019
Britishness and a united Ireland
  • September 10, 2019
Central Bank’s monumental folly?
  • September 10, 2019

Editorials

The Irish Times view on Israel’s election: Netanyahu lost – but nobody won

As things stand, the only way of avoiding political paralysis is for the long-serving prime minister to leave the stage

The Irish Times view on attitudes to HIV: stuck in the past

Gareth Thomas did a valuable public service by speaking about his diagnosis

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A photograph made available by the PSNI shows the scene where an improvised explosive device was discovered during a search operation in the Creggan area of Derry. Political violence has returned and we can’t blame it on Brexit
Nobody has ever proposed that Stormont has a veto over anything – British government proposals admit its role would ultimately be consultative. Photograph: Eric Luke Newton Emerson: DUP wants cover for its Brexit retreat
Role reversal: British prime minister Boris Johnson and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at Government Buildings, Dublin on Monday. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times Fintan O’Toole: For the first time since 1171, Ireland is more powerful than Britain

Letters

The President and the Defence Forces
Climate strike and schools
The future of Lyric FM
Councils and the housing crisis
‘Some home truths about Brexit’
The DUP and the backstop
Clamping at the Red Cow Luas station
Powerful neighbour
Time to retrieve the real Adam Smith
The public services card

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Newton Emerson: DUP wants cover for its Brexit retreat

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Oliver Callan: DUP objections to NI-only backstop are phoney

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Una Mullally: Dublin city in an advanced stage of decay

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David McWilliams: What the world’s megacities can teach Dublin

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