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Jennifer Rubin: From Donald Trump to Elon Musk, the billionaire myth took quite a beating this year
Comment
Frank Coughlan: The great Irish novel that the Booker Prize didn’t really rate
Comment
John Downing: Fifty years on from Sunningdale, we still don’t have permanent peace in the North
Comment
Suzanne Crowe: How healthcare is actually harming us thanks to climate change – and what can be done
Senan Molony: Sinn Féin missed a trick on its motion of no confidence – and should just suck it up
Tue 05 Dec 2023 at 03:30
Patrick Lawlor: Someone shouted that word in my ear... but censoring ‘Fairytale of New York’ ruins Shane MacGowan’s genius realism
Mon 04 Dec 2023 at 03:40
Ciara Kelly: Are we really so far up ourselves now that we curate the type of Christmas gifts we receive?
Mon 04 Dec 2023 at 03:30
Fionnán Sheahan: The fake gardaí in the election van with the TD’s posters – and a political party’s striking incuriosity
Mon 04 Dec 2023 at 03:30
Evan Thomas: Self-restraint and civility the keys to Sandra Day O’Connor’s power on US Supreme Court
Mon 04 Dec 2023 at 03:30
Israel’s assault on Gaza forced nurse to leave premature babies behind. They were later found decomposing
Mon 04 Dec 2023 at 03:30
Lorraine Courtney: By branding rioters ‘scumbags’ Helen McEntee will only alienate them further
Mon 04 Dec 2023 at 03:30
John Daly: Dublin needs a crime clean-up of the kind seen in New York in the 1990s
Mon 04 Dec 2023 at 03:30
Sophie White: Cooking holds medicinal properties, it’s a refuge when I’m trying to process difficult emotions
Sun 03 Dec 2023 at 03:30
Richard Curran: Botox maker Allergan’s wrinkle-free Irish pre-tax profits smoothe any furrowed brows over FDI
Sun 03 Dec 2023 at 03:30
Nelofer Pazira-Fisk: John Hume’s brave vision is needed right now in the Middle East
Sun 03 Dec 2023 at 03:30
Wigmore: Why we’re not saying another word about you-know-who and other pressing matters...
Sun 03 Dec 2023 at 03:30
Fiona O’Connell: Tales from the confessional preserved by poet and raconteur Ned Egan for our pleasure
Sun 03 Dec 2023 at 03:30
Eilis O’Hanlon: Irish leaders just can’t cope with all this negative attention
Sun 03 Dec 2023 at 03:30
David Quinn: Our failure to face up to thorny issues traps young boys in a vicious cycle
Sun 03 Dec 2023 at 03:30
Tony O’Brien: With almost 600,000 on hospital waiting lists, the HSE needs a longer-term plan
Sun 03 Dec 2023 at 03:30
Declan Lynch: So now they’re trying the Great Replacement theory on us… obviously
Sun 03 Dec 2023 at 03:30
Sam McBride: Northern Ireland’s experiment in no government at all is rapidly leading to ruin
Sun 03 Dec 2023 at 03:30
Luke O’Neill: Just how close are we to a cure for all cancers?
Sun 03 Dec 2023 at 03:30
Eugene O’Brien: Shane MacGowan was himself, unlike so many of us who bend ourselves to fit in
Sun 03 Dec 2023 at 03:30
Brendan O’Connor: A nation raises a glass to Shane MacGowan, the people’s poet
Sun 03 Dec 2023 at 03:30
Shane Ross: Helen McEntee will survive, but she should be wary of enemy within
Sun 03 Dec 2023 at 03:30
Eoin O’Malley: Axing Helen McEntee could be the glue that holds the Coalition together
Sun 03 Dec 2023 at 03:30
Christy Mangan: It’s time for gardaí to reclaim the streets
Sun 03 Dec 2023 at 03:30
Colin Murphy: Who are you calling a scumbag?
Sun 03 Dec 2023 at 03:30
Maia Dunphy: The best way to get us Irish to rally around one of our own? Get someone from somewhere else to knock them
Sun 03 Dec 2023 at 03:30
Stefanie Preissner: Forget money-grabbing Santas and ‘perfect’ photo-ops, traditions are born when things don’t go to plan
Sat 02 Dec 2023 at 13:00
Richard Curran: How big tech overturned top table of the world’s billionaires’ club
Sat 02 Dec 2023 at 03:30
Louise McSharry: Honing our natural powers of empathy can help soothe pain inflicted on others
Sat 02 Dec 2023 at 03:30
John Downing: Macron’s plans for first ‘tobacco-free generation’ sees radical changes to France’s smoking culture
Sat 02 Dec 2023 at 03:30
Sarah Carey: Prisons are not for the mentally ill – we desperately need more psychiatric hospital beds
Billy Keane: Be nice, at the very least, to those who need love. Nice is not too high a bar. Say hello – or just smile
Philip Ryan: Helen McEntee becomes Mary Lou McDonald’s latest political prop as she continues to exploit Dublin riots for electoral gain
Tanya Sweeney: I’ve never seen Star Wars, Harry Potter or Game of Thrones and here’s why I don’t intend to
Home Truths: The property market is changing but 13 years after its inception, the Price Register is still unreliable
Paul Kelly: Vision Ireland needs support to carry out its vital work
Martina Devlin: Policing and politics must evolve to stop thugs turning our streets into no-go areas
John Connell: We thought we knew better, but poison of racism has spilled on to city’s streets
Mary McCarthy: Shortening the school summer holidays can pay dividends for pupils and parents
Anne-Marie Tomchak: Women cannot be left to shout from the sidelines as direction of AI is mapped out
A 'gigantic global sewer' – is it time we all left X?
Gerard O’Regan: Middle East appears doomed by a grim aversion to peace
Paul Williams: Drew Harris risks being remembered for changing culture and direction of the gardaí – and not for the better
John Downing: Political grandstanding over the Dublin riots is unsurprising – but still depressingly unhelpful
Roslyn Dee: Christmas TV ads trade on nostalgia, but miss an important present-day point
Ellen Coyne: ‘They have good intentions, but resale apps like Depop make it easier for us to keep buying new clothes’
Tanya Sweeney: Life coach and ‘dating expert’ David Meessen is holding an event in Dublin, but what exactly is he selling to men?
Oliver Keens: Christmas jumpers? Please spare us the mix of irony and knitwear
Suad Aldarra: I lived through the Syrian war – but now I feel unsafe in Dublin
Mary Kenny: The modern family is too complex for a constitutional definition – so let’s fudge it
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