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Ireland in Trump’s Western Hemisphere - do you feel owned yet?

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Fintan O’Toole

How rotten does X have to be before politicians finally leave it?

Online cesspits such as X go in only one direction. There is no saving Elon Musk’s platform, and any glimmer of perceived usefulness is far...

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Una Mullally

Why does the word ‘delve’ make me want to hurl my phone at the wall? ChatGPT, that’s why

yesterday 10

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Jennifer O’Connell

Stranger Things-induced nostalgia for the 80s doesn’t tally with my memories

Nostalgia for the 1980s is everywhere, most potently in the Duffer brothers’ epic series, Stranger Things. I understand and share the enthusiasm...

previous day 10

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Breda O&x27Brien

‘Hey @Grok put a bikini on her’: what more could an incel want?

A few weeks back, while out with some friends, I got talking to a couple of people who worked at a large tech conglomerate. They were contractors...

previous day 10

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Mark O’Connell

Can the left alliance grow this year? Only if it answers these questions

Events overseas can sometimes make national politics look trivial. But as Tip O’Neill said, all politics is local, and the focus of politics here...

saturday 20

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Pat Leahy

We are witnessing a change that may be as dramatic as the end of the Cold War

In late August 1989 I travelled to Czechoslovakia by train via East Germany to witness the 21st anniversary of the 1968 Prague Spring. People spoke...

saturday 5

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David Mcwilliams

Irish people have always demanded too much of RTÉ – and it usually delivered

Little optimism accompanied the launch of this State’s radio service, 2RN, a century ago this month. The Irish Times ran a story under the headings...

09.01.2026 3

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Diarmaid Ferriter

Going to Trump’s Doonbeg? You should be ashamed of yourself

Donald Trump’s hotel in Doonbeg is booked solid for the week of the Irish Open next autumn. You can imagine the avalanche of spondulicks ready to...

09.01.2026 4

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Justine Mccarthy

The Mercosur vote is a classic Irish triumph of hyperbole over common sense

The extent to which the farming lobby has hijacked the debate on Mercosur is quite extraordinary. And good luck to them. To use the phrase...

09.01.2026 3

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Cliff Taylor

Patrons of Trump’s Doonbeg hotel ought to hide their faces in shame

Donald Trump’s hotel in Doonbeg is booked solid for the week of the Irish Open next autumn. You can imagine the avalanche of spondulicks ready to...

09.01.2026 30

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Justine Mccarthy

Trump is a bigger buffoon than we thought if he believes he can just take Greenland

The political landscape in Ireland and across the rest of the EU will be transformed if Donald Trump proceeds with his threat to annex Greenland....

09.01.2026 20

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Stephen Collins