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Opinion

EditorialsAn Irish DiaryLettersCartoon

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Jennifer O’Connell

The Macron shove is not a sign of a very French love story, but something more disturbing

Jennifer O’Connell
Should the maker of Ozempic be funding children’s playgrounds in Ireland?

Should the maker of Ozempic be funding children’s playgrounds in Ireland?

By James Larkin
‘I walked through the fire all by myself’: An image of a child lays bare barbarism in Gaza

‘I walked through the fire all by myself’: An image of a child lays bare barbarism in Gaza

By Mark O’Connell
‘Don’t come to Ireland’: PhD researchers offer advice to US colleagues

‘Don’t come to Ireland’: PhD researchers offer advice to US colleagues

By Criostóir King, Luke Mac Carthaigh and Beatriz Carazo del Hoyo

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Cliff Taylor

Ireland cannot base its economic strategy on the ‘Taco’ theory – Trump Always Chickens Out

Cliff Taylor
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David McWilliams

Ireland’s extraordinary education revolution laid bare by two new reports

David McWilliams
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Paul Gillespie

Netanyahu’s claim that Israel is fighting ‘barbarians’ is a ploy to legitimise genocidal murder

Paul Gillespie
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John McManus

Why does Ryan Tubridy’s €150,000 payment seem like a bigger deal than looming climate fines?

John McManus
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Justine McCarthy

Philanderer Daniel O’Connell lies in a hero’s grave, his wife Mary in an overgrown tomb

Justine McCarthy
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Diarmaid Ferriter

Ryanair is greenwashing to a comical degree

Diarmaid Ferriter
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Stephen Collins

Rise of backward-looking nationalism is not the preserve of the populist right. Just ask Sinn Féin

Stephen Collins
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Newton Emerson

The contrast between Kneecap charges and flag-festooned Northern Ireland is absurd

Newton Emerson
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Finn McRedmond

Ingredients for happier marriage between the United Kingdom and Ireland are there

Finn McRedmond
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Kathy Sheridan

The aggressive speed and silence of cyclists is a cultural problem that needs tackling in Ireland

Kathy Sheridan
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Michael McDowell

For all his bragging, Trump knows he has little leverage with either Putin or Netanyahu

Michael McDowell
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Fintan O’Toole

If there’s so much buyer’s remorse about Brexit, why is Nigel Farage the rising figure in UK politics?

Fintan O’Toole

LETTERS

Letters to the Editor, May 31st: On President D Higgins, housing czars and Air Corps funding

Happy with your husband?

Letters to the Editor, May 30th: On Gaza and Israel, sharing the footpaths, pay and PHD students

Respecting the National Anthem

Letters to the Editor, May 29th: On climate targets, religious education and marriage names

Picture this: Frank McNally on the sophistication of French scammers
An Irish Diary

Picture this: Frank McNally on the sophistication of French scammers

EDITORIALS

The tricky question of defining the powers of the housing tsar

Musk has punctured the myth of the benevolent tech disruptor

Donald Trump's policy agenda is slowly unravelling

Problems in recruitment threaten a no-fly zone for the Air Corps


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Martyn Turner

Martyn Turner

May 31st, 2025


Seeing Israel use hunger as a weapon of war is monstrous to me as someone with a Holocaust legacy

Seeing Israel use hunger as a weapon of war is monstrous to me as someone with a Holocaust legacy

By Oliver Sears

Is going to court worth it for personal injuries claimants? A lawyer and insurer go head to head on the issue

Is going to court worth it for personal injuries claimants? A lawyer and insurer go head to head on the issue

By Moyagh Murdock and Seán Guerin

Smoking ban has important lessons for Ireland’s approach to climate issues

Smoking ban has important lessons for Ireland’s approach to climate issues

By Sadhbh O'Neill

Hip surgery audit: How many more times will we hear ‘this can never happen again’?

Hip surgery audit: How many more times will we hear ‘this can never happen again’?

By Priscilla Lynch

Wages for housework: If your job is working in the home, should you be paid a salary?

Wages for housework: If your job is working in the home, should you be paid a salary?

By Rachel O'Dwyer

Who was the real Mary of Nazareth and how did Christians come to believe she was a virgin?

Who was the real Mary of Nazareth and how did Christians come to believe she was a virgin?

By Brendan Butler

I showed my friends in Israel this photo of a starving baby in Gaza and asked them if they knew

I showed my friends in Israel this photo of a starving baby in Gaza and asked them if they knew

By Paul Kearns

Sorry, kids. We blew your climate budget - but we really love our SUVs

Sorry, kids. We blew your climate budget - but we really love our SUVs

By John Sweeney

Haiti paid France a costly ransom for independence. Some say it must be paid back

Haiti paid France a costly ransom for independence. Some say it must be paid back

By Patrick Smyth

What the rows over skorts and public toilets reveal about Irish attitudes to equality

What the rows over skorts and public toilets reveal about Irish attitudes to equality

By Eilis Barry

‘KatKot’ chocolate and ‘Ugarit Cola’: What life in Syria was like under US sanctions

‘KatKot’ chocolate and ‘Ugarit Cola’: What life in Syria was like under US sanctions

By Suad Aldarra

Why has it taken so long to develop a greenway for Dublin Bay?

Why has it taken so long to develop a greenway for Dublin Bay?

By Eamon Ryan

Should you give pocket money to your children? Conor Pope and Rachel O’Dwyer debate

Should you give pocket money to your children? Conor Pope and Rachel O’Dwyer debate

By Conor Pope and Rachel O'Dwyer

What Kim Kardashian and Gerard Depardieu tell us about France’s attitude to gender-based violence

What Kim Kardashian and Gerard Depardieu tell us about France’s attitude to gender-based violence

By Sharon Gaffney

Is four too young to let my daughter go for a walk on her own?

Is four too young to let my daughter go for a walk on her own?

By Clare Moriarty

This year is the 1,700th anniversary of a great church controversy

This year is the 1,700th anniversary of a great church controversy

By Ian Ellis

Margot Friedländer’s family were murdered in Auschwitz. She returned to Berlin at 88 with a message

Margot Friedländer’s family were murdered in Auschwitz. She returned to Berlin at 88 with a message

By Derek Scally

Donald Trump sounds more like a Chinese leader as he rejects the liberal world order

Donald Trump sounds more like a Chinese leader as he rejects the liberal world order

By Denis Staunton

Dublin City Council built just 35 social houses in 2024. That’s one symptom of a bigger problem

Dublin City Council built just 35 social houses in 2024. That’s one symptom of a bigger problem

By Lorcan Sirr

Ireland says Israel is carrying out war crimes in Gaza. Now it must act

Ireland says Israel is carrying out war crimes in Gaza. Now it must act

By Liam Herrick


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