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Fintan O’Toole

Culture wars have come for Dublin’s Winter Lights festival

I’m here to report a case of mad “Xmas” disease. Elon Musk’s social media platform X, best known these days for promoting Russian...

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Joe Humphreys

The Complex is ‘the only place that does it all’: Dublin can’t let another arts venue vanish

In August 2024, former minister for finance Paschal Donohoe was fielding questions from reporters in advance of the publication of a report from...

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Una Mullally

Ireland dodged a bullet this year. But there’s a caveat

The Irish economy dodged a bullet this year. Several of them, in fact. Back in April, we were trying to count the cost of Donald Trump’s tariff...

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Cliff Taylor

Comparing AI to Wikipedia is like saying a bicycle is similar to a self-driving car

Leaving Cert reform began in classrooms last August. Originally, the plan was to have some schools pilot the new subjects and learn from that...

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Breda O&x27Brien

Irish fretting about the triple lock seems faintly ridiculous in light of Russia threat

A haunted-looking Volodymyr Zelenskiy came to Dublin this week to thank the State for its help in the three years since the all-out invasion of...

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Pat Leahy

I would not quite say I admire Enoch Burke, but I do find him weirdly impressive

When a person writes a regular newspaper column for long enough, certain risks start to present themselves. There is the risk of endlessly...

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Mark O’Connell

In Ireland, the ‘working poor’ will determine future elections

At Christmas, we are often reminded to think about those who are less fortunate. It’s a time for charity as well as excess, but it can be a prompt...

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David Mcwilliams

Border was confirmed a century ago but the blame game is still a live issue

A century ago this week, the unionist prime minister of Northern Ireland, James Craig, arrived back to Belfast from London to be feted by his...

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Diarmaid Ferriter

If we’re going to start renaming everything, why stop at Herzog Park?

Here’s an idea. Let’s dename Ireland. I mean, who among us wants to live in a country called Anger Land? It gives the wrong impression of us,...