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I split the family home with my daughter. Here’s what the Government needs to do

Too little, too late. If there is a single phrase that should be banned from the political lexicon, that’s the one, typically expressed as a world-...

yesterday 10

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Kathy Sheridan

Britain’s asylum shake-up poses big problems for Ireland

The British home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, is Labour MP for Birmingham Ladywood of 15 years, a barrister, a former secretary of state for justice...

yesterday 10

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Michael Mcdowell

Donald Trump made a fatal error when he invited the vampire Jeffrey Epstein in

In one of the great unmade movies, Woody Allen directs a remake of Dracula with Jeffrey Epstein as the count. To celebrate the sex offender’s 63rd...

previous day 20

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Fintan O’Toole

Simon Harris may be wrong about migration figures but he wasn’t dogwhistling

Simon Harris’s recent claim that “our migration numbers are too high” drew uniform condemnation from left-wing parties in the Dáil. Labour leader...

monday 3

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Joe Humphreys

Why is the State selling a beautiful building on Baggot Street instead of using it?

Scrolling through commercial property listings, one is truly exceptional. Baggot Street Hospital is for sale – a huge and stunning building in...

monday 4

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Una Mullally

Mark O’Connell: You’re not on the right side of history – there is no right side

Over the last two years, through all the cultural and political convulsions that have arisen out of Israel’s destruction of Gaza – a campaign of...

16.11.2025 10

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Mark O’Connell

Catherine Connolly served notice on the Government – but housing is still its biggest problem

Tuesday’s inauguration of President Catherine Connolly paraded one of the essential elements of our democracy: after fiercely contested elections,...

16.11.2025 10

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Pat Leahy

No, Ireland wouldn’t be better off if Denis O’Brien or John Collison were in charge

Billionaire Denis O’Brien thinks university graduates are “entitled”, remote working is a bad idea and HR professionals are “weak” people who “also...

15.11.2025 6

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Jennifer O’Connell

David McWilliams: The US is Ireland’s best friend, so why are so many of us anti-American?

At Dublin Airport beyond US immigration lies a piece of America and today the place is buzzing with tourists, students, business people and Irish-...

15.11.2025 7

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David Mcwilliams

Will this plan help a first-time buyer on €65,000 to buy a house?

A difficult period lies ahead for the Coalition on housing after the publication of its latest plan. The political problem is that it will be a...

15.11.2025 3

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Cliff Taylor