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Ireland has two economies, one bourgeois, one proletarian. Both have problems

How do you know our rulers are spoofing? A cynic might say the tell is that they have their mouths open. But being sweet-natured, I would suggest...

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Fintan O’Toole

Dreading Christmas dinner with your family? You may be an otrovert

For three years clinical psychiatrist Dr Rami Kaminski ran a little-known website exploring how some people felt like outsiders in society. “If we...

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Joe Humphreys

Artists and musicians are constantly hustling. They need more State support

The first time I truly appreciated one of the tangible impacts of pandemic-era funding for musicians beyond live music industry supports was when I...

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Una Mullally

We need secular schools, but also schools that believe in what the nativity play embodies

Tinsel-crowned angels and tiny children in tea towel head coverings adorably forgetting their one line seem to be the first thing people think...

previous day 10

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Breda O&x27Brien

Donald Trump attacked Joe Biden for being too old. Now his critics say the same about him

Donald Trump – who has contributed more to the normalisation of ageism than anyone alive – is very upset about a New York Times article this week...

sunday 10

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Jennifer O’Connell

Can the infrastructure plan tackle Ireland’s packed trains and traffic gridlock?

The trains and buses are packed. The traffic is gridlocked. The “return to the office”, with employers enforcing policies more tightly, seems to...

sunday 10

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Cliff Taylor

These three Ministers are doing something welcome – making enemies

“I know that some of the providers won’t be happy with this. But look, eh, that’s life.” The words of Minister for Communications Patrick...

29.11.2025 10

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Pat Leahy

Ranelagh’s latest MetroLink objection highlights bananas nature of hyper-minority rule

What’s the matter with Ranelagh? Before examining the economics of the last-ditch attempt to stop the country’s biggest infrastructural project,...

29.11.2025 20

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David Mcwilliams

Happy Black Friday - also known as Insatiable Consumption Day

Happy Black Friday, everyone. Click open those apps, stack those digital baskets to overflowing and wait for the Amazon man to stagger to your...

28.11.2025 8

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Justine Mccarthy

Simon Harris is facing his first big test. Can he shake off the TikTok Tánaiste image?

S i mon Harris is about to face an early test in his new role as Minister for Finance that will give him an opportunity to prove his critics wrong...

28.11.2025 20

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Stephen Collins