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Why is mental health so much worse among Irish youths than adults?

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Breda O&x27Brien

The return of austerity would destroy the Government

It is possible that practically every economist is wrong, and also maybe the investors who make up the world’s financial markets are also wrong....

yesterday 9

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Pat Leahy

I recommend the funny, sad video of Ashton Hall’s morning ritual. Start time: 3.52am

A couple of weeks ago, a short video clip detailing the morning routine of one Ashton Hall, a personal trainer and fitness influencer, went viral...

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Mark O&x27Connell

Donald Trump’s tariff calculations would fail a Leaving Cert economics exam

Half Julius Caesar, half Mattress Mick, Donald Trump has just declared economic war on the rest of the world, but what exactly did he say? Whisper...

yesterday 10

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David Mcwilliams

Justine McCarthy: Strip-search of protesters is a scandal of unadulterated hypocrisy

A group of women with offspring of their own gathered in Dublin’s Kildare Street on Mother’s Day. They spanned the age spectrum from new mothers to...

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Justine Mccarthy

Labour and the Social Democrats are now firmly in the orbit of Sinn Féin

The sound and fury that besmirched Dáil proceedings over the past few months may have died down for the present but the episode has set a dangerous...

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Stephen Collins

From ‘Damned Englishman’ to ‘f**king a**hole’: A history of Ireland in 25 Dáil insults

The recent sourness pervading Dáil proceedings has generated understandable criticism of lack of decorum. There is little doubt the language heard...

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Diarmaid Ferriter

Underinvestment in water is harming the environment and economy, but no politician dares mention a solution

Neglect of the water system is an all-Ireland issue, in the straightforward sense that both parts of Ireland have the same problem: long-term...

thursday 10

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Newton Emerson

After years of skilfully playing both sides of the ‘Boston or Berlin’ binary, we must now choose one of them

In last year’s film Irish Wish, Lindsay Lohan stood on the Cliffs of Moher, stared out to sea and said she felt as though she had “stepped into a...

thursday 10

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Finn Mcredmond

The Family business: Stop using corporate jargon to describe drug gangs

Listening to veteran crime correspondent Paul Reynolds describe the activities of the “Family” drug gang on the radio over the weekend, you could...

thursday 10

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John Mcmanus

Ireland’s parliamentary standards have been trashed in recent weeks

The exit of Primark‘s boss on Monday following an investigation into his behaviour towards a woman “in a social environment” was swift and...

02.04.2025 4

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Kathy Sheridan

Our rights and freedoms are at stake in times as perilous as the late 1930s

The global omni-crisis has the capacity to numb us into a catatonic mental state; many people say that they tune out of news coverage because they...

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Michael Mcdowell