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The Irish Times
Martyn Turner
Tuesday October 8th, 2019
Tue Oct 08 2019 - 05:00
Electricity, rivalry and patents – An Irishman’s Diary on Henry O’Reilly and Alexander Bain
The Irish Times view on child victims of the Troubles: never again
A star (in a bar) in the East – Frank McNally on Myles na gCopaleen and Japan
The Irish Times view on Dublin and San Francisco: cities by the bay
Nothing to laugh about in the mess that is British politics
Boris Johnson is beyond UK supreme court embarrassment
Ireland and nuclear energy
Fintan O’Toole: Everybody knows Ireland’s fiscal rules are daft
Cardinal John Henry Newman might well be the patron saint of ecumenism
Religious oaths and the Constitution
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