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These apocalyptic ideas feed into a viciously recursive AI hype cycle, and serve the sector’s abysmal hunger for investment capital
Four per cent of the Irish workforce is employed in farming – but 15 per cent of our elected national politicians are farmers or landowners,...
The mutual Ireland Inc plámás between Irish governments and the big multinationals means about as much as Donald Trump’s assurances
By our own high standards, educational results in Ireland are slipping. But not all the problems are technology-related
His shirt professed his allegiance to Ireland. His two fingers professed his loyalty to Maga
Unlike previous US presidents, Trump’s interest in Ireland is superficial
Jack Chambers and Micheál Martin are giving mixed messaging on social partnership
Is my sports betting agency feminist? What? And has my toaster read Das Kapital?
Unlike real employees, TDs are not required to show up at work in order to be paid. They can take leave of unlimited duration on full pay, keep their...
Nationalists may be more liberal by conviction but they have less immediate experience of immigration, which tends to be concentrated in unionist...
As Ukraine and Canada seek closer EU ties, winners in this latest version of the bloc are clear
History suggests that unionism rarely responds sensibly and strategically to a wake-up call
People who regard the nation state as a fundamentally outdated bourgeois invention ignore the granularity of human existence
Backhanded compliment from Trump, when he laughingly described business leaders as ‘vicious bastards’, shows Ireland still carries weight in his...
It is impossible to underestimate the impact the journalism of Frank McDonald, former Irish Times environment editor, had on Irish society
We have twice as many new citizens coming through the channel that demands no actual connection to Ireland
In his witty but wise study of death, Terry Eagleton is sceptical of the idea that being close to death offers ‘access to some secret knowledge’....
Disadvantaged students will be most affected by the disastrous reform of the senior cycle
I am aware of at least one case where an accused, who was unrepresented in the District Court and granted bail, assaulted their partner to a degree...
In practical terms, new citizenship rules will be another bureaucratic obstacle for people. But its other meaning is arbitrary cruelty-by-admin
Climate change for most of us will be a slow, banal deterioration in our quality of life – and we’re the lucky ones
Data centres impose massive costs on the power system, of that there is no doubt – but do they pay enough to compensate?
Phenomenon of setting out to financially help people only to leave them worse off is so commonplace in Irish economic policy that I have given it a...
If you promise to prioritise the people who get up early in the morning, you can’t spend your time delivering breakfast in bed to a bunch of others
Rite & Reason: The Irish do funerals well. It’s a cultural phenomenon, writes journalist Molly O’Reilly
People take criticism of the GAA personally. But institutional misogyny is, by definition, not a personal accusation
All the talk of giveaways and helping families has raised expectations, which now look set to be dashed by the bubbling energy crisis
Ireland is Europe’s most dynamic economy yet our young people are locked out of experiences and opportunities readily available elsewhere
Contrast their bravery with the behaviour of the Irish Government, which has refused visas to 97 Palestinian students, makes excuses about Aughinish...
Northerners get cheered when they win Olympic medals for Ireland, but heaven forfend we might let them vote here
A post on Facebook informed me the 9/11 families were petitioning to prevent my mayor, Zohran Mamdani, from attending the 25th anniversary...
A champion of city living, he was an impressive warrior, full of wrath, humanity, wit and research
Some of the complaints heard from Israel this week have been of British colonial arrogance. This tired cliche misses the point
Same political parties who once let wealthy buy Irish residency now want tighter rules for others who live here
The high-minded, snobbish claim that those on the right in Britain are above even thinking about Ireland is rather dishonest
When vengeance and gold are the objectives of the world’s most powerful man, nothing and no one is safe or sacred
The AfD is not a Nazi Party 2.0 but it wants to end efforts to understand Nazi crimes, which it claims are a ‘guilt cult’
Ordinary Irish voters are legitimately worried about the Government’s failure to address a costly and divisive issue
Regardless of what politicians say or do, people are starting to demand and deliver change locally
DPC ordered the HSE to audit stored records and ‘safely destroy any containing personal data that are no longer needed’. But these records have...
The deep roots of this barbaric assault on Americans lie in the same hatred of women that is now embedded in American reactionary politics
Kevin Sludds went from sleeping rough in Dublin to being a psychotherapist. He has lessons to share
The need for enhanced policing resources has never been greater. Bringing retired gardaí back should be part of it
A development plan for the town, beside the busy industrial centre around the airport, has been delayed for 20 years by Clare County Council
The pro-data centre language of US politicians sounds strikingly familiar to an Irish audience
There will be relief if Trump leaves Clare with the impression that ‘the Irish really like me’. In the grand scheme of things, the truth doesn’t...
The academic explains why she resigned in June from the group tasked with reforming Leaving Certificate maths
An advocacy group for ageing parents of people with disability believes we have replaced the high walls of the institutions with kilometres of...
What’s fascinating about the video he posted last week is the total clash of discourses it represents
Rite & Reason: In a society where flags, emblems, religion and culture are at the heart of divisive politics, it was refreshing to see loyalist bands...
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