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Cliff Taylor

There is a landmine posing a big danger to next month’s budget

Cliff Taylor

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Lara Marlowe

We need leaders with the courage of a Kennedy or a de Gaulle

Lara Marlowe

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David McWilliams

Death of Ireland’s nightlife is yet another reason for young people to leave

David McWilliams

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Diarmaid Ferriter

Frank McDonald was critical of Dublin because he believed it was ‘well worth fighting for’

Diarmaid Ferriter

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Justine McCarthy

Northern nationalists are right to detect bias from their counterparts in the Republic

Justine McCarthy

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Newton Emerson

What now for the Israel flags flying across the North?

Newton Emerson

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Finn McRedmond

The Anglo-Irish relationship is best explained by a scene in Mad Men

Finn McRedmond

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Michael McDowell

It is not racist to have concerns about economic migrants abusing asylum laws

Michael McDowell

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Kathy Sheridan

An obscene national exercise: Ireland tries to assuage Donald Trump’s toddler volatility

Kathy Sheridan

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Fintan O’Toole

The jihadists who inspired 9/11 have something in common with Donald Trump

Fintan O’Toole

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Una Mullally

The Magaverse is echoing the language of Ireland’s most pro-data centre party

Una Mullally

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Joe Humphreys

‘If you wake up after a night in Phoenix Park, you think: What is the point?’

Joe Humphreys

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Mark O’Connell

For all his delusion, Enoch Burke comes strangely close to acknowledging something real

Mark O’Connell

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Martyn Turner

Martyn Turner

September 12th, 2026

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Jim O’Callaghan can look to UK to see if making life hard for immigrants helps integration

By Jack Sheehan

Germany’s past crashes into the present

Germany’s past crashes into the present

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The HSE has been ordered to destroy some patient records. This is wrong

The HSE has been ordered to destroy some patient records. This is wrong

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Here is something you do not often see: an optimistic column on the climate crisis

Here is something you do not often see: an optimistic column on the climate crisis

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Shannon is a symptom of the failure to decentralise the State

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Gardaí spending their time peering at NCT discs is one symptom of a wider problem

Gardaí spending their time peering at NCT discs is one symptom of a wider problem

Why I walked away from the Leaving Cert maths reform group

Why I walked away from the Leaving Cert maths reform group

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A diplomat’s advice on how Ireland should approach Trump’s visit

A diplomat’s advice on how Ireland should approach Trump’s visit

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I don’t regret running for president. I do regret the sectarian undercurrent it exposed

By Heather Humphreys

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One in three can’t afford to benefit from Government’s regressive new investment scheme

By Emma Howard

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Europe does not need Patrick Collison to ‘fix’ it

By Sinéad O'Sullivan

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Children are turning to AI for advice. We have terrifying examples of where this can lead

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Should new citizens have to pass a language test? Peadar Tóibín vs Neil Bruton

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Many people who use crack cocaine are presenting in shocking conditions

Many people who use crack cocaine are presenting in shocking conditions

By Eddie Mullins

‘De-demonisation’ of Europe’s far right clears ground for resurgence of fascist ideas

‘De-demonisation’ of Europe’s far right clears ground for resurgence of fascist ideas

By Patrick Smyth

I felt only confusion − even shame − about every choice I made as a parent

I felt only confusion − even shame − about every choice I made as a parent

By Rachel O'Dwyer

Attempts to pass AI off as punk rock are deeply bleak

Attempts to pass AI off as punk rock are deeply bleak

By Mark O'Connell

Survivors experience Christian Brothers’ litigation strategy as abuse by other means

Survivors experience Christian Brothers’ litigation strategy as abuse by other means

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