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Darragh O’Brien’s department hates the idea of a housing body. That’s one of the reasons why we need one

Populism does not deal with “experts” very well. We all looked on as Britain sidelined the people who actually knew what they were talking...

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The Irish Times

Cliff Taylor

Here’s my prediction for when the general election will happen

The Cabinet – and everyone else – skedaddled out the door this week as fast as they could as the August break beckoned after a long political...

9

The Irish Times

Pat Leahy

Going for Growth can be a model as well as a cautionary tale

Alliance environment minister Andrew Muir has criticised Going For Growth, the 2014 Stormont strategy that aimed to almost double the size of...

7

The Irish News

Newton Emerson

JD Vance is part of a new generation of aristopopulists seeking regime change

“We are done sacrificing supply chains to unlimited global trade, and we’re going to stamp more and more products with that beautiful label,...

8

The Irish Times

Paul Gillespie

‘I feel like I’m in a war zone’: Hosting the Olympics is not all fun and games for Paris

Given the price of a drink at restaurants near the Eiffel Tower, the unwitting English tourist presumably thought he was getting a bargain. After...

8

The Irish Times

Sharon Gaffney

I smirked at the melodrama over reports of airport chaos. Then my own flight was cancelled

Last weekend, I was supposed to attend the wedding of a very dear old friend in Belfast. I had been looking forward to it for months. I planned to...

7

The Irish Times

Rachel Connolly

Buddy Oliver's recipes prove the apple doesn't fall far from the tree

20

Irish Examiner

Darina Allen

The NCT is like a middle-aged Leaving Cert exam — every year

9

Irish Examiner

Colm Oregan

The wonder of WhatsApp voice notes

10

Irish Examiner

Esther Mccarthy

The system has failed Lavinia Kerwick — yet again

10

Irish Examiner

S Clodagh Finn

Kamala Harris is an antidote to Donald Trump's arrogant bigotry

8

Irish Examiner

S Gareth Ocallaghan

How to make Eton Mess — and the mistakes to avoid

7

Irish Examiner

Michelle Darmody

A sporting event that left us all, Brits included, entranced

6

Irish Examiner

S Enda Mcevoy

Damien Comer is due one of those unmarkable days

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Irish Examiner

S Éamonn Fitzmaurices Final Verdict

Sinn Féin’s populist and opportunistic immigration plan is a desperate attempt to shore up its vote

Mary Lou McDonald’s party is running out of time to move the dial on key issues such as immigration and housing ahead of the general election

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The Business Post

Shane Coleman

The GAA’s boring football, confused identity and promotion of professional soccer need tackled

In view of the weekend that’s in it, now might be a good time to ask how well the GAA is performing as an organisation. Behind the scramble for...

9

The Irish News

Patrick Murphy

Deja vu! 100 years later, Cork Olympians light up Paris again

What a time to be alive, if you’re a fan of sport. We’ve had a fabulous hurling season - all the way to its dying embers at least! - the Euros...

8

Evening Echo

John Dolan

New AI de-ageing could be a disaster

Let’s be honest: technology has improved my life in ways that still surprise and delight me on a daily basis. My phone is also a torch, my TV...

7

The Irish News

Sophie Clarke

Miriam Donohoe: The Irish have very strong ties with Uganda - even hurling is big here

The journalist visits Uganda and meets some of the Irish who have made their lives there, including an Olympian rower.

6

TheJournal

Miriam Donohoe

Ireland has French Revolution-style levels of income inequality

Kamala Harris’s father, Donald Harris, an eminent economics professor at prestigious Stanford University in California, was described by the...

10

The Irish Times

David Mcwilliams

McDonald can only blame herself for interview train wreck 

20

Irish Examiner

S Elaine Loughlin

Peacemakers Museum offers a distortion of history

10

Irish Examiner

S Mick Clifford

Romantic America is dead and gone

10

Irish Examiner

S Colin Sheridan

Plenty can pounce on any Auguste Rodin weakness 

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Irish Examiner

S Ruby Walsh

Cheerio Joe, you had to go

Poor oul’ Joe had to go and this was clear long before his disastrous televised debate with Trump on June 27, so that it took 25 days for that...

30

The Irish News

Jake Okane

Political stupidity of Fianna Fáil four could see Ireland end up with a bottom-of-the-barrel job in Europe

Michael McGrath was in Brussels this week to lobby for a serious portfolio in the next European Commission but his prospects have been undermined...

10

The Irish Times

Stephen Collins

When the Annie Murphy revelations came out, people wore Eamonn Casey T-shirts. How little we knew

Oh, how we laughed in the summer of 1992. The T-shirt vendors made hay while the Bishop Eamonn Casey revelations shone. “Wear a condom just in...

10

The Irish Times

Diarmaid Ferriter

The sting of the crosier is dead and buried with Eamonn Casey’s secrets

While womanising ex-bishop Eamonn Casey was attending first Communions as a Catholic curate in England in 2001 – the year Limerick diocese received...

9

The Irish Times

Justine Mccarthy

Rudderless Tories have reached their reality TV moment

The Conservative Party has just begun the process of selecting its tenth leader since November 1990, when John Major succeeded the defenestrated...

8

The Irish News

Alex Kane

Armagh's road to Croke Park has been long and hard

20

Irish Examiner

S Paul Rouse

Ireland’s low inheritance tax is part of a social bargain with its middle classes

You have only to peruse the personal finance pages of this newspaper to realise how deeply the middle-class obsession with inheritance runs....

10

The Irish Times

John Mcmanus

How to make Colm O'Gorman's sweet and sour chicken

40

Irish Examiner

Colm Oregan

With Britain in a doom loop, it’s hand-to-mouth for the forseeable future

A couple of years ago, think tanks and economic experts in Britain began to agree that the country is in what they called a ‘doom loop’ in...

40

The Irish News

Brian Feeney

I’m so fortunate to live in a country where we sing and laugh together

20

Irish Examiner

S Jennifer Horgan

Micky Mac was ahead of his time as Galway embraces Café culture

Bradley Bytes – A sort of political column by Dara Bradley Oh, how we laughed when Michael McDowell suggested Ireland should embrace a café...

10

Connacht Tribune

Dara Bradley

OPINION: The power of iconic images

The attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, and the dramatic images that emerged from it,...

10

The Mayo News

John Bradley

Britain seemed to have turned a corner on immigration after Brexit. Then October 7th happened

Less than a year ago, immigration into the UK had never been higher, yet public concern about it had rarely been lower. In the 12 months up to...

2

The Irish Times

Newton Emerson

Knowing when to quit is a truly inhuman quality - just ask Joe Biden or Andy Murray

Andy Murray is a reluctant British hero. His clipped and quiet (grumpy?) persona off court makes way for a hot-headed player on court. Images of...

10

The Irish Times

Finn Mcredmond

How to fix the water system and housing crisis in one swoop

Sinn Féin’s answer to underinvestment in the water system is that developers should pay for it. That was the view of the party’s...

10

The Irish News

Newton Emerson

Now the ICJ has demolished Israeli justification of occupation of Palestine, Ireland must act

The recent International Court of Justice legal opinion on Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories marks one of the strongest legal...

10

The Irish Times

Ray Murphy

Team Ireland set to deliver golden return on investment

20

Irish Examiner

S The Pitch

In praise of grandparents and their role in our lives

A Different View with Dave O’Connell I never knew any of my four grandparents because they were all gone to their reward before I was born, and...

10

Connacht Tribune

Dave Oconnell

Biden departure takes age out of the equation

World of Politics with Harry McGee The oldest person to become Taoiseach was Seán Lemass, who was just shy of 60 when he succeeded Eamon de Valera...

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Connacht Tribune

Harry Mcgee

Analysis: Ireland’s competitiveness is under threat. How can it be saved?

Three trends threaten to kill our economic competitiveness - but we can mitigate their impact

10

The Business Post

Daniel Murray

Sheer bliss... carefree summer days in West Cork with my beloved grandchildren

We never went on family holidays back in the days of my youth. I’m not saying that in any ‘poor mouth’ manner - no, back in the 1960s and early...

1

Evening Echo

John Arnold

The Clare hurlers who refused to give up are now best in the land

Inside Track with John McIntyre HOW can you do justice to a match which had everything. All we know is what Clare and Cork hurlers produced at...

2

Connacht Tribune

John Mcintyre

COUNTY VIEW: The Galway priest and the Argentine scandal

Inside the main gate of the Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires stands the imposing monument marking the burial place of Admiral William Brown,...

3

The Mayo News

John Healy

Why we need an outdoor swimming pool for Cork

The Lee Baths closed in 1986, the same year I was born. So many Cork people have fond memories and stories of the baths, which were a big part of...

1

Evening Echo

Laura Harmon

Cut me and I bleed white and red, but I think I’m softening for Armagh

When she was born, one of our friends bought our baby girl a half and half jersey: half Tyrone, half Armagh. This was a symbol of four generations...

10

The Irish News

Lynette Fay

How to make my homemade Greek yoghurt choc-ices

20

Irish Examiner

Caitriona Redmond

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