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Lean ar aghaidh: The Irish language is having a moment, as the country rediscovers its voice

A new generation is rediscovering Irish — and with it, a stronger sense of identity, belonging and cultural confidence, writes Finbarr Bradley.

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MEP Maria Walsh: Why I’m voting against Europe’s ‘return hubs’ policy

The Fine Gael MEP says she will break ranks this week and vote against Europe exporting its migration problem to third countries, where human rights...

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Maria Walsh

The Animal Kingdom: When ants do surgery, cows use tools and dogs can smell Parkinsons

New research is forcing scientists to rethink the intelligence and emotional lives of animals, writes Suzi Walsh.

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Suzi Walsh

How are you dealing with the cost of living? Would you like to keep a Money Diary for us?

The government has announced a package of measures aimed at tackling soaring fuel prices, but the opposition said they don’t go far enough.

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Judicial Reviews: Who holds the State to account when this process is weakened?

Everyone should be concerned that the public’s ability to hold the State to account is under threat, writes Aoife Kelly-Desmond.

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Housing crisis: 'When we were offered our home, it felt like winning the lotto'

After years in the private rental market, living with constant uncertainty, Derek Moloney explains how moving into cost-rental housing transformed his...

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Derek moloney

Ireland's national parks: Our Nature Restoration Plan faces a reality check

Ambitious EU targets are coming — but without stronger laws, staffing and standards, the State risks failing to restore the land it already owns,...

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Pádraic Fogarty

Money Diaries: A psychologist on €140K living in the east of the country

This week, our reader makes time in a very busy working week to have lunch with friends and take her children to the cinema.

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Bessborough planning row: Preserve this site - we cannot concrete over Ireland's shameful past

Building apartments over the Bessborough mother and baby home in Cork risks erasing truth, denying families answers and disrespecting survivors,...

22.03.2026 10

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Laura Harmon

Hot School Meals: What if we’ve got it all wrong?

As the new scheme faces growing criticism, is there a better way, with community-based dining that could transform how we feed children — and each...

21.03.2026 10

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Dr Catherine Conlon

Surrealing in the Years: You are watching the obliteration of standards in real time

If this is escaping with our dignity, that’s only because dignity ain’t what it used to be.

21.03.2026 10

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Carl Kinsella

Motoring: Does it make sense for you to switch to an electric vehicle?

With diesel hitting €2.20 a litre, home charging can be seven times cheaper, but it’s not right for everyone.

21.03.2026 10

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Paddy Comyn

Trump thinks Connolly is a man: Misgendering women in power isn’t a mistake — it’s a pattern

Donald Trump’s misgendering of President Connolly sparked frustration — but it reflects a deeper, persistent bias about who we expect to hold...

20.03.2026 9

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Dr Suzanne Crowe

Daffodil Day: This year, 44,000 people will hear the words 'you’ve got cancer'

The CEO of the Irish Cancer Society details how your donations are used for services such as night nursing and free lifts for cancer patients.

20.03.2026 10

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Nikki Gallagher

Rogue landlords: We know Ireland can enforce planning laws — just not when tenants need it

We’ve seen this week how authorities can act against unauthorised builds — but renters living in dangerous, exploitative conditions are still...

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Jude Sherry And Dr Frank O’connor

Opinion: Modern media has a problem - just look at the Oval Office meeting

Steve Dempsey argues that media obsession with viral drama risks undermining the quiet, essential “gardening” of Irish diplomacy in Washington.

19.03.2026 10

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Steve Dempsey

John McGahern: Wise voice of rural Ireland whose name is still spoken from mart to masterclass

Author John Connell on how the legacy of the great novelist is still vibrant and present twenty years after his death.

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John connell

The doctor is in: Skin cancer rates in Ireland are predicted to rise - how can you avoid it?

From sunscreen to skin checks, there are simple actions that can dramatically reduce the growing burden of skin cancer in Ireland, writes Dr Michael...

18.03.2026 10

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Dr michael willoughby

Refugee Family Reunification: Don’t make parents wait years to hug their children

Proposed changes to family reunification rules risk prolonging the trauma of separation for refugee families in Ireland, writes Niall O’Keeffe of...

18.03.2026 10

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Niall O’keeffe

Digital Euro: It's not 'tech for tech’s sake' - it could change how consumers handle money

Minister Robert Troy recently confirmed that the Digital Euro will be a priority during Ireland’s EU presidency, but is it just more Brussels jargon?

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Nick Charalambous

Ireland’s cultural moment: A new generation of artists and storytellers reshapes Irish identity

As the world celebrates Irish culture, a new generation is redefining what Irishness means today, writes Finian Murphy.

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Finian Murphy

The hidden wounds of war: How PTSD and trauma from conflict can present and be treated

Beyond the headlines of airstrikes and geopolitics lies a quieter crisis: the lasting trauma inflicted on societies living through conflict, writes Dr...

16.03.2026 10

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Dr Stephen Mcwilliams

Fast fashion: Ireland has a textile waste problem — and your charity bag won’t fix it

We buy more clothes than almost anywhere in Europe, yet most of what we discard is exported, dumped or disappears into an opaque global system.

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Solene schirrer

The final hours: An Irish Cancer Society night nurse on the quiet privilege of end-of-life care

As Daffodil Day approaches, Richard Keane shares what it means to care for patients and families through the last hours of life.

15.03.2026 10

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Richard keane

Money Diaries: A part-time administrator who is a carer for her son, who has a disability

This week, our reader is juggling all that life brings as a carer of a child with a disability.

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Ireland and the Oscars: A story of talented nominees, nearly a century old

As Jessie Buckley shines ahead of this year’s Oscars, Dr Eoin Kinsella traces Ireland’s earliest nominees and winners.

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Dr Eoin Kinsella

Dr Catherine Conlon: Why do we not pay for mothers and other carers to stay at home?

As youth mental health declines, we must recognise the value of caregiving and give families the time and security to care for their children, writes...

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Dr Catherine Conlon

Surrealing in the Years: Solution to the housing crisis was in the French Riviera all along

It’s always in the last place you look, eh?

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Carl Kinsella

The rise of the Irish sauna: Heat, cold plunges and a new kind of social ritual

Outdoor saunas are appearing across Ireland as people seek wellness, community and moments of quiet in an increasingly fast-paced world, writes...

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Stephen o'rourke

Taoiseach at the White House: Another perilous St Patrick's Day ahead for Micheál Martin

As war with Iran inflames global tensions, Micheál Martin’s White House visit will test the limits of diplomacy – and the wisdom of knowing when...

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Larry Donnelly

U-16s social media ban: Protecting kids online shouldn’t mean killing privacy

As governments consider banning children from social media, critics say the focus should be on regulating tech companies and algorithms — not...

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Andrea Horan

A self-inflicted wound: Low cadet pay is damaging the Defence Forces

If Ireland wants high-calibre Defence Forces leaders in the future, it must start paying cadets properly, writes RACO chief Conor King.

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Lt Col Conor King

The Great Paddy's Day Getaway: There's one for every politician in the audience this year

As ministers fan out across the globe to promote Ireland, Jason O’Sullivan asks if the annual diplomatic tours are smart soft power – or a...

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Jason o'sullivan

The Mental Load: The parenting work that no one sees, mostly done by women

Even in households where chores are shared, the invisible ‘thinking work’ of parenting still falls to women, writes Niamh O’Reilly.

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Niamh Oreilly

John Charles McQuaid: The Archbishop who ran Ireland returns to our screens

A new TG4 documentary revisits the formidable late Archbishop who shaped the Republic, clashed with reformers like Noel Browne, and ruled Irish moral...

11.03.2026 20

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Darach Ó séaghdha

Iran and fuel hikes: Yet another sign that remote working works in a volatile world

With oil prices rising again, pushing workers back into daily commuting risks piling more costs onto already stretched households, writes Labour’s...

11.03.2026 20

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George Lawlor

Ireland’s food security illusion: The Iran war has exposed our dependence on imports

As Trump’s war threatens fertiliser supplies, the collapse of Ireland’s fruit and vegetable sector leaves us dangerously reliant on fragile global...

10.03.2026 20

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Michael Kelly

Opinion: Be careful who you aim your anger at when it comes to diesel prices

Global tensions are biting but Irish taxes mean the State takes €1.30 of every €2 you spend at the pump.

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Paddy Comyn

School places: Ireland doesn't have a shortage of school places, it has a shortage of inclusion

For families of disabled children, the fight for an education is often really a fight for belonging, writes Lucinda Murrihy.

09.03.2026 10

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Lucinda Murrihy

Money Diaries: A 38-year-old accountant on $185K living in Melbourne

This week, our reader is living a busy life in Melbourne, managing work, childcare and socialising, while also trying to buy a decent car.

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Neale Richmond: From Ethiopia to Sudan, rape is still a weapon of war

On International Women’s Day, the testimonies of women in wartorn nations reveal the devastating reality of sexual and gender-based violence.

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Neale Richmond

Is she roadworthy?: The NCT queue nearly broke me before the car did

Gwen Loughman’s simple NCT retest becomes a full-body stress event involving box breathing, rogue delivery vans and the terrifying possibility of...

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Gwen Loughman

Surrealing in the Years: Is it the biblical End of Days? Yeah, sure, why not?

What’s the difference, at this point.

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Carl Kinsella

Money and motoring: There is a never-ending appetite to charge car owners for everything

What does appear to be true is that we are all paying for years of bad planning, writes our resident expert.

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Paddy Comyn

Iranian woman in Ireland: We would rather risk US intervention than be forgotten by the world

Samieh Hezari explains what nearly five decades of repression, exile and unanswered pleas for help from the international community have done to the...

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Samieh hezari

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ní amháin gur rud cultúrtha í an Ghaeilge, is rud tábhachtach í ar bhonn proifisiúnta

Tá go leor gairmeacha ar fáil na laethanta seo trí mheán na Gaeilge agus caithfidh an rialtas cinnte a dhéanamh go bhfuil na scileanna teanga ann...

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Félim Ó maolmhána

Retired Irish general: Ireland's neutrality, the threat of war and the illusion of security

Trump’s strike on Iran signals the end of the rules-based illusion — and Ireland is unprepared for what follows, writes General Ger Aherne.

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UK-US Special Relationship: Starmer may be no Churchill, but Trump is no Roosevelt

From Suez to Iran, the history of the UK-US alliance shows that ties survive bruised egos, bruising wars and unpredictable presidents, writes Sydney...

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Sydney Nash

Dubai influencers: The entitlement, denial and moral vacuum in the so-called 'safest city'

As the death toll climbs, some Western expats in Dubai fret about golf courses, bottled water and weight-loss injections, writes Caoilfhionn Gallagher...

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Tom Clonan: Trump’s war on Iran is a death blow to the rules-based order

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Tom Clonan