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Pensions auto-enrolment: It kicks in this month, let's recap on how it will all work

yesterday 10

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Dr Laura Bambrick

Professor Mary Aiken: Grok is a warning shot, not a one-off scandal

yesterday 8

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Dr Mary Aiken

Antisocial behaviour in Dublin: What winter hides, summer reveals

Antisocial behaviour in Dublin: What winter hides, summer reveals

Tony Duffin says Dublin street disorder rises and falls with the seasons, but the new Taskforce’s plans, if implemented, could deliver lasting...

previous day 10

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Tony Duffin

Trump wants Greenland: A crisis averted, for now…

Trump wants Greenland: A crisis averted, for now…

Larry Donnelly looks at the high stakes meeting between JD Vance and the foreign ministers of Greenland and Denmark that could have gone much worse.

wednesday 20

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Larry Donnelly

Ex-IRA hunger striker on Palestine Action protest: 'British Government starves the truth again'

Ex-IRA hunger striker on Palestine Action protest: 'British Government starves the truth again'

Laurence McKeown was one of the IRA prisoners who went on hunger strike, along with Bobby Sands, in the early 80′s. He says there are parallels...

wednesday 30

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Laurence Mckeown

Analysis: Over half of Irish adults surveyed expect Ireland to face recession this year

Analysis: Over half of Irish adults surveyed expect Ireland to face recession this year

Finian Murphy says new research also shows that the rising cost of living remains a concern for people in Ireland in 2026.

wednesday 10

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Finian Murphy

Bobby McDonagh: Diplomacy still matters in Trump’s jungle

The former ambassador says in all the global chaos, jaw-jaw is still better than war-war.

13.01.2026 10

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Bobby Mcdonagh

Hazel Chu: Grok creates fake, sexualised images without consent and government is OK with that?

Hazel Chu: Grok creates fake, sexualised images without consent and government is OK with that?

The Green Party councillor says the government’s decision to turn a blind eye to AI generation of sexual imagery without consent is not innovation,...

13.01.2026 20

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Hazel Chu

Mother of autistic children: No one has ever knocked on our door to invite my son to play

Lucinda Murrihy says that by separating children early, we raise adults who are uneasy with difference.

12.01.2026 8

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Lucinda Murrihy

Money Diaries: An accounting manager on €60K living in Dublin

Money Diaries: An accounting manager on €60K living in Dublin

This week, our reader does some last-minute gift buying for Christmas but ends up sick with a cold on the day.

11.01.2026 1

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