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Looking at the AI boom now recalls the chaotic dot-com bubble of the late 1990s, though there is little doubt that jobs are on the line
Europe as a whole is now warming twice as fast as the global average
Fiosrú has been given wider powers to tackle domestic, sexual and gender-based violence perpetrated by serving gardaí
Devoid of that critical integration, our State retains no institutional memory, as lessons from failures remain trapped inside whichever department or...
Carney’s unexpected victory in the Canadian election proved the US president is such a political force that he can win elections outside his own...
In show business they call what party leader Holly Cairns has ‘relatability’
Questionable if row over highest-paid presenters is serving debate about public service broadcasting
Dublin Central and Galway West byelections show centre ground in Irish politics is capable of responding to threats from either left or right
Sitting in government in Stormont has located the party quite clearly on the centre left, with the emphasis on centre
If you ask about the religious aspect of the day then it is often brushed off as naive or beside the point
Premier League title triumph was met with an outpouring of joy from an exceedingly good-natured mob
These byelections were arguably the anti-immigration movement’s big moment
At a time when evictions have surpassed 19th-century levels, it is ill-advised to suggest lessons can’t be learned from the past
A new way of doing things helped lift Ireland out of the doldrums in the 1980s. We need another today
Astonishing amount of space in most urban areas is given over to the publicly-subsidised storage of private vehicles
Debate: UK move seeks to balance personal freedom and benefits to individuals’ health and the common good
It feels like we’re in that strange hiatus now. Fianna Fáil has no ground beneath its feet
Worldview: Deforestation, farming, mining, drug trafficking and land grabbing threaten delicate balance of vital systems
From refusing to buy English sweets to avoiding ‘all intercourse’ with English soldiers, women have been central to the history of boycotting
Among 31 candidates in two constituencies, no one questioned the giving powers of the magic money tree
We already knew smartphones are the product of a kind capitalism that is profoundly anti-human
Tech companies are demonstrating AI’s prowess by shifting workers internally to AI projects. In turn, AI will reduce the number of employees
‘Not Fine Gael’ is not a policy platform for Ireland’s opposition, any more than ‘not Trump’ helped the US Democrats
Games are designed to offer something to capture your attention every 40 seconds. No wonder it’s a battle
Rite & Reason: In 1926, the Presbyterian General Assembly decided that ‘women shall be eligible ... as ruling elders on the same conditions as men’
It’s not just tech. Sectors relying on consumer spending such as restaurants and personal services are also shedding staff
In the middle of an acute housing crisis, is it clever to have most housing stock set aside for Airbnbs and short-term rentals?
It sounds like music, but not like anything that needed to be made
Why won’t Republicans try to save themselves by moving against him?
No matter what the substantial anti-Micheál Martin faction says, his will be big shoes to fill
Those who wrongly label Ireland in such vile terms fail to see protests against Israel’s barbarity are motivated by humanity, not hatred
Ireland’s problem is not a lack of State planning, but rather planning that concentrates on making the country a profitable environment for foreign...
There’s a fatuous assumption that linking thinking and writing is some sort of inefficiency
With a little hindsight we will know what is interesting about the 2020s. It won’t be Marvel franchises, but it could be Taylor Swift
Nature directives protecting the habitats of species such as the ‘fairy bird’ of Belmullet are being threatened in the name of progress
Ban will raise the current age limit of 18 by one year every year, until smoking dies out with the last of its adherents
As lesser-known politicians prepare for their daytime TV glow-up at the Oireachtas committee hearing, licence-fee payers have other things to worry...
At least we have the data to see who’s trying to sway our votes in real time. If only it were easier to make sense of it
With plunging approval ratings, escalating inflation and rising unemployment, Trump has let down middle America
In 2020, about half of all houses appeared in an estate agent’s window for sale; in 2025, that figure was fewer than one in three
Critical Infrastructure Bill will be a disaster for Ireland’s climate commitments
Why are Hutch and Ahern so bothered about immigrants from Congo and Somalia? Because they are shorthand for ‘Darkest Africa’
Left-wing parties lack unity on environmental policy as the interests of humans are put ahead of the interests of nature
Dublin Central is a place of shiny corporate wealth, grinding poverty and nation’s most expensive cottages
International experts, children’s rights organisations and children themselves are clear: ban the harmful content, don’t ban the children
The real victim, Ahern implied, was not ‘the Africans’ or Muslim children now designated a national security threat, but himself
I decided to address the problem of my relationship to consumer electronics in the only way I know how: by purchasing more consumer electronics
Abortion allows society to shrug its shoulders – towards the children of unplanned pregnancies but also to systemic pressures, from the housing...
Rite & Reason: Even before becoming Pope, Leo was critical of Trump’s policies
Beware the Thucydides Trap – referred to this week by Xi Jinping – the simple but dangerous arithmetic of a rising power and an anxious incumbent
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