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Innovative solution to housing crisis has been under our noses all this time

Innovative solution to housing crisis has been under our noses all this time

One large developer could quickly scale up to meet our housing needs. But there is an obstacle

yesterday 10

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Eamon Ryan

Daniel Geary: Five things to look out for in the US midterms

Daniel Geary: Five things to look out for in the US midterms

Will Republicans benefit from low expectations? Could a big win for the Democrats convince them to choose a progressive like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...

yesterday 10

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Daniel Geary

Donald Trump’s voters made a deal with the devil. But he has handed them a get-out clause

Donald Trump’s voters made a deal with the devil. But he has handed them a get-out clause

The midterm elections are not just about America. They’re also about the future of democracy

yesterday 10

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Fintan O’toole

The loss of a person who feels essential to us is a pain that alters us forever

The loss of a person who feels essential to us is a pain that alters us forever

The pain is the living memory of their presence. Its recession takes them with it

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Laura Kennedy

Minister’s refusal to answer questions on house prices reveals confused state of housing policy

Minister’s refusal to answer questions on house prices reveals confused state of housing policy

James Browne said people shouldn’t get ‘hung up on a little thing about whether house prices increase or decrease’

previous day 10

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Lorcan Sirr

Why does Donald Trump drool over men’s bodies?

Why does Donald Trump drool over men’s bodies?

Even those utterly opposed to the US president’s politics are subjected to his fawning if they are objectively good-looking

previous day 20

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Una Mullally

Ireland and Switzerland are having versions of the same debate about neutrality

Ireland and Switzerland are having versions of the same debate about neutrality

Worldview: Any potential peace deal will necessarily involve robust security guarantees for Ukraine. Would Ireland be prepared to allow Russia to...

previous day 10

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Patrick Smyth

Could the US have its own Serbia moment in Tuesday’s midterms?

Could the US have its own Serbia moment in Tuesday’s midterms?

A trend of anti-corruption sentiment became a genuine force for political change in the Balkan country

sunday 10

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Liz Carolan

Is the Irish boarding school becoming a thing of the past?

Is the Irish boarding school becoming a thing of the past?

Number of Irish students wanting to board is in decline, but the opportunity to foster independence appeals to many families

sunday 20

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Sylvia Thompson

Is there a better metaphor for the state of the world than Hegseth staff smashing Eisenhower’s globe?

Is there a better metaphor for the state of the world than Hegseth staff smashing Eisenhower’s globe?

‘We are grateful no one was harmed, and the globe is being repaired,’ the Pentagon said. If only it were so simple

sunday 20

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Mark O’connell

Why the silence of Ireland’s church leaders in these dark days of Donald Trump?

Why the silence of Ireland’s church leaders in these dark days of Donald Trump?

Rite and Reason: God is praised as the culture collapses, mired in pretence, corruption and a callous abuse of the poor

sunday 20

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Peadar King

It’s inflation, stupid: Trump faces the wrath of US voters

It’s inflation, stupid: Trump faces the wrath of US voters

Midterm elections next week are a referendum on the unpopular US president. They could herald the end of ‘The Donald’ era

31.10.2026 30

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David McWilliams

With this soap opera of intrigue, what are Fine Gael doing?

With this soap opera of intrigue, what are Fine Gael doing?

Controversy between Simon Harris and Patrick O’Donovan was a badly handled storm in a teacup

31.10.2026 20

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Pat Leahy

Why are interest rates so high – and how exposed is Ireland?

Why are interest rates so high – and how exposed is Ireland?

The State’s relatively low debt has insulated it so far. But political turmoil abroad and a speculative AI boom could still hit the economy hard

31.10.2026 20

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Patrick Honohan

View from Israel: Palestinians voted with one voice. The opposition cannot ignore them

View from Israel: Palestinians voted with one voice. The opposition cannot ignore them

If the opposition refuses to go into coalition with the Arab parties, it will not only squander a decisive victory, it will be guilty of moral...

31.10.2026 20

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Hagai El-Ad

Here’s a Halloween horror story: A 97-year-old woman who owes the bank €455,000

Here’s a Halloween horror story: A 97-year-old woman who owes the bank €455,000

She took out the loan in 2003, the year Ireland was entering peak madness

31.10.2026 20

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Jennifer O’connell

Tory press is still screaming about the ‘betrayal of Brexit’, but few voters are listening

Tory press is still screaming about the ‘betrayal of Brexit’, but few voters are listening

Ireland is using the European presidency to help Andy Burnham bring the UK closer to the EU

30.10.2026 20

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Stephen Collins

The soldier’s reply is more chilling than the image of scavenging dogs

The soldier’s reply is more chilling than the image of scavenging dogs

NAZA documentary shows how modern warfare is pushing man’s inhumanity to man to terrifying new frontiers

30.10.2026 20

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Justine McCarthy

Dónal Lunny didn’t just want to play the melody, he wanted to colour it

Dónal Lunny didn’t just want to play the melody, he wanted to colour it

The musician and composer was a master of inventiveness who never wanted to be centre stage

30.10.2026 20

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Diarmaid Ferriter

There’s a reason comedians like Joanne McNally rarely make good Traitors

There’s a reason comedians like Joanne McNally rarely make good Traitors

Influencers like King Kenny and Maya Jama have something people like McNally and actor Richard E Grant do not – an ability to manufacture intimacy

29.10.2026 20

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Rachel O'Dwyer

Jaded rhetoric and trite stereotypes about neutrality are inflaming triple lock debate

Jaded rhetoric and trite stereotypes about neutrality are inflaming triple lock debate

Government only has itself to blame if triple lock is wrongly conflated with neutrality

29.10.2026 30

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Alanna O'Malley

There is now serious talk about the end of the DUP

There is now serious talk about the end of the DUP

If next week’s poll shows a further fall or has the UUP still in the lead, there will be panic inside the party

29.10.2026 20

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Newton Emerson

A straight-up depiction of suicide is not ideal street decor, even at Halloween

A straight-up depiction of suicide is not ideal street decor, even at Halloween

Fake corpses and dismembered body parts – when did Halloween become so horrible?

28.10.2026 20

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Kathy Sheridan

What happens in Israeli and US elections may reshape the Middle East

What happens in Israeli and US elections may reshape the Middle East

The short term outlook for the war-torn region remains very gloomy

28.10.2026 20

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Michael McDowell

DUP’s tough talk on Sinn Féin exposes the bind Gavin Robinson’s party finds itself in

DUP’s tough talk on Sinn Féin exposes the bind Gavin Robinson’s party finds itself in

Despite ratcheting up tensions over Drumcree, it is clear the party has neither a plan nor the appetite to act on it

28.10.2026 20

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Siobhán Fenton

Fake corpses and dismembered body parts – when did Halloween become so horrible?

Fake corpses and dismembered body parts – when did Halloween become so horrible?

A straight-up depiction of suicide is not ideal street decor, even at Halloween

28.10.2026 30

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Kathy Sheridan

An Irish documentary on a relatively obscure American figure can illuminate so much

An Irish documentary on a relatively obscure American figure can illuminate so much

‘Truthfulness is sort of out of fashion’, says Sinéad O’Shea, maker of film about communist activist Fergie Chambers

27.10.2026 20

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Una Mullally

If you rely on oil, petrol or diesel be angry at our failure to wean off fossil fuels

If you rely on oil, petrol or diesel be angry at our failure to wean off fossil fuels

We will all pay for this negligence. And it doesn’t have to be this way

27.10.2026 30

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Sadhbh O'Neill

Children being denied legal representation is yet another shameful failure by the State

Children being denied legal representation is yet another shameful failure by the State

Siloed mindset of Government departments makes it difficult to join the dots and look at the underlying causes and solutions

27.10.2026 20

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Tanya Ward

Dublin officialdom virtue-signalled about Ukraine. People in rural Ireland did the work

Dublin officialdom virtue-signalled about Ukraine. People in rural Ireland did the work

The Government is now bored with it all. Emotional spurts don’t sustain themselves

27.10.2026 30

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Fintan O’toole

An Irish documentary on a relatively obscure American figure can illuminate so much

An Irish documentary on a relatively obscure American figure can illuminate so much

`Truthfulness is sort of out of fashion’, says Sinéad O’Shea, maker of film about communist activist Fergie Chambers

26.10.2026 10

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Una Mullally

NAZA lays bare the horror of AI-enhanced war but there is a glimmer of hope

NAZA lays bare the horror of AI-enhanced war but there is a glimmer of hope

What makes someone a murderer? Irish-born philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe believed she had the answer

26.10.2026 20

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Joe Humphreys

Traditional documentary making is having a moment

Traditional documentary making is having a moment

The success of You Can See Everything shows people are looking for something deeper

26.10.2026 20

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Una Mullally

Was that a stockmarket wobble, or the start of something more serious?

Was that a stockmarket wobble, or the start of something more serious?

Markets becoming nervous about the scale of borrowing by ‘hyperscalers’

25.10.2026 40

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Cliff Taylor

I love Vinted. I just wish it loved me back when I was scammed

I love Vinted. I just wish it loved me back when I was scammed

‘No! You don’t understand!’ I typed, feeling like K in Kafka’s The Trial, if K had simply been trying to return an ugly blouse

25.10.2026 30

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Rachel O'Dwyer

What the Burke family really need from us

What the Burke family really need from us

Rite and Reason: Who are the controversial children trying to impress? Could it be their mother?

25.10.2026 30

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Rev John Deane-O’keeffe

Ireland’s left has failed to penalise government for decades of inaction but the right has

Ireland’s left has failed to penalise government for decades of inaction but the right has

Political failure around protests is a result of the left being unable to take Irish economic dysfunction and turn it into a larger project of reform

25.10.2026 20

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Sinéad O'Sullivan

Every year, as I get ready to file a tax return, I experience a strange sort of reckoning

Every year, as I get ready to file a tax return, I experience a strange sort of reckoning

The tedium and banality of the experience gives way, at a certain point, to a sense that I am reading my own autobiography

25.10.2026 20

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Mark O’connell

France is likely heading towards ECB support and a Marine Le Pen presidency

France is likely heading towards ECB support and a Marine Le Pen presidency

The country is being pushed closer to the once-unthinkable possibility of bankruptcy

24.10.2026 30

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David McWilliams

What is the reason for the enduring public fascination with Elizabeth Holmes?

What is the reason for the enduring public fascination with Elizabeth Holmes?

You Can See Everything, a new documentary about the disgraced tech entrepreneur, is breaking box office records

24.10.2026 20

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Liz Carolan

France may calm violence in the short term but it is a country infused with dread

France may calm violence in the short term but it is a country infused with dread

The scale of the violence, high stakes of the upcoming presidential election and international reach of the protests distinguish them past riots

24.10.2026 20

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Lara Marlowe

What the British budget tells us about Irish politics

What the British budget tells us about Irish politics

The traditional dividing lines have returned to Westminster. In Ireland, things look rather different

24.10.2026 20

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Pat Leahy

Shouty phone calls on buses, cyclists on footpaths ... Civilisation is falling apart

Shouty phone calls on buses, cyclists on footpaths ... Civilisation is falling apart

The more we tolerate mé féinism the less likely we are to treat each other as human beings

23.10.2026 20

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Justine McCarthy

Australia welcomed tens of thousands of young Irish in recent years. That’s about to change

Australia welcomed tens of thousands of young Irish in recent years. That’s about to change

Adjustments to backpacker visas could make staying on less attractive

23.10.2026 20

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Billy Cantwell

History shows there’s no room for ambiguity when it comes to drinking and driving

History shows there’s no room for ambiguity when it comes to drinking and driving

Seán Canney was right to stand down an RSA plan to install breathalysers in pubs and hotels

23.10.2026 30

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Diarmaid Ferriter

Andy Burnham making TikToks about parking tickets seems to be missing the point

Why does politics feel more parochial than ever, at a time when global affairs are king?

22.10.2026 20

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Finn McRedmond

Ireland’s relationship with Big Tech is a bad case of Stockholm syndrome

As debate raged in Brussels about dependence on US tech firms, Google celebrated Ireland’s EU presidency

22.10.2026 10

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Eoin Drea

Were bad landlords partly to blame for race riots in Northern Ireland?

Riots drove out three-quarters of Ballymena’s Roma population. One in three left Northern Ireland altogether

22.10.2026 20

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Newton Emerson

France is falling to the extremes of left and right. Ireland cannot be complacent

There are people of both political extremes who crave street politics just because it has potential for violence and confrontation

21.10.2026 20

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Michael McDowell

The Annals of Inisfallen are part of Irish history. They don’t belong in a British library

Former colonies are increasingly seeking the return of their ancestral heritage. The Annals of Inisfallen are part of ours – a reminder of a...

21.10.2026 40

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Chris Doyle