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Real loser in row over EU observer status for Northern Ireland is the centre ground

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The Irish Times

Newton Emerson

Áilín Quinlan: Would you pay someone else to decorate your home for Christmas?

Áilín Quinlan: Would you pay someone else to decorate your home for Christmas?

Oh, what would I give? To come home from work to find the house transformed into a childhood Christmas fantasy. To walk in the door and see a tall,...

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Evening Echo

Evening Echo

Admitting to a mistake and making amends is a good start

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Irish Examiner

S Michael Moynihan

9 tips to get you safely through Christmas

9 tips to get you safely through Christmas

As we prepare for the festive season, we navigate our to-do list and our diaries with anticipation while bracing ourselves for the extravagance –...

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Evening Echo

Evening Echo

Politicians are bad at the internet. Exhibit A: Simon Harris’s TikTok

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The Irish Times

Finn Mcredmond

Kenova report a reminder of shameful actions by all sides in conflict - The Irish News view

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The Irish News

The Irish News

My Christmas challenge: eat well, exercise... and pay no heed to social media

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The Irish News

Lynette Fay

Tom Clonan: If media didn't report on drones breaching no-fly zone, the state may never have told us

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TheJournal

Tom Clonan

The Salah war began when Klopp left the battlefield

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Irish Examiner

S Tommy Martin

Government’s ‘tone-deaf’ housing message shows why young people are leaving

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Irish Examiner

Sarah Harte

Farewell to the Coliseum, a place that bowled generations over

Farewell to the Coliseum, a place that bowled generations over

There are just two weeks left to get a last strike at the Coliseum, as the long-running entertainment complex, officially known as Leisureplex,...

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Evening Echo

Evening Echo

Explainer: What supports are available to self-employed people? 

Explainer: What supports are available to self-employed people? 

Q: What supports are available if I am self-employed and become unemployed? If you find yourself unemployed or you are getting less work than...

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Evening Echo

Evening Echo

Trump isn’t a peace maker, he’s a piece taker

When the Netflix bid for part of Warner Bros business hit the headlines, I wondered why Donald Trump warned of problems with the takeover bid. On...

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The Irish Times

Michael Mcdowell

We already had a perfectly good term for ‘rage bait’ – it’s hate speech

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The Irish Times

Kathy Sheridan

100 years after the Free State abandoned the north, what has changed?

It’s exactly 100 years, give or take a couple of days, since the Free State abandoned the north. On December 7 1925, WT Cosgrave moved the second...

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The Irish News

Brian Feeney

Himself alone – what really made David Trimble tick?

MORE has been written about David Trimble than any other unionist leader; even the early giants like Lords Carson and Craigavon. That’s not...

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The Irish News

Alex Kane

Robot waiters, Taylor Swift and why it’s good to talk

GOD love my postman. For the last number of weeks, mostly in rain reminiscent of Noah’s Ark, he has delivered all sorts of parcels daily, without...

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The Irish News

Máiría Cahill

TD: New adults had their teens interrupted by Covid. A free 'culture card' could be the remedy

TD: New adults had their teens interrupted by Covid. A free 'culture card' could be the remedy

Peter ‘Chap’ Cleere writes that new 18-year-olds should each be given €100 to spend as they choose on arts, culture or sports.

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TheJournal

Peter Chap Cleere

COLUMN: Mayo FC entering League of Ireland at a good time

COLUMN: Mayo FC entering League of Ireland at a good time

By the time you read this, it could already be official: Mayo FC may have been named as one of the teams to compete in the ‘third division’ of the...

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The Mayo News

John Corless

No politics this week — I’m giving you a quiz for Christmas

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Irish Examiner

S Fergus Finlay

Eurovision glitz part of Israel’s claim to be European - and that matters

Genocide and glitz, torch songs and torched bodies, savagery and silliness, bombshell blondes and 2000-pound bombs, terror and trivia, nul points...

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The Irish Times

Fintan O’Toole

Thurles epic deserved better ending than referee playing God

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Irish Examiner

S Kieran Shannon

So long as counties work in silos, spending will go up

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Irish Examiner

S John Fogarty

Trump’s white supremacism is the real threat to world peace

ONE of the unintended consequences of my decision to delete my X/Twitter account and sign up to its rival Bluesky is that my timeline is filled...

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The Irish News

Tom Collins

A tale of two economies - and a shared future - The Irish News view

The publication of the first in a new series of annual comparative reports by the Economic and Social Research Institute marks a significant moment...

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The Irish News

The Irish News

Kenny Archer: So Mo wants to go? No. Salah loves Liverpool and should stay

SO Mo wants to go? That is the widespread ‘hot take’ about Mohamed Salah’s hot-headed post-match interview laying out his fall-out with Liverpool...

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The Irish News

Kenny Archer

Young adult who moved back home: The government's 'how to cope' video shows they don't understand us

The government needs to fix housing, not tell us how to put up with a problem of their making, writes Killian Mangan.

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TheJournal

Killian Mangan

Lawyer: There is no excuse for the government to keep delaying the Occupied Territories Bill

It’s long past time for the government to make its position on the Occupied Territories Bill clear, writes Gerry Liston.

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TheJournal

Gerry Liston

Trevor Laffan: I’m a grinch, but there was one festive hug I’ll cherish forever

Trevor Laffan: I’m a grinch, but there was one festive hug I’ll cherish forever

Is Christmas all it’s cracked up to be? I’m not so sure, but it is almost upon us. Not for everyone though is it ‘the season to be jolly, tra la...

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Evening Echo

Evening Echo

Boundary disputes: What you need to know...

Boundary disputes: What you need to know...

Q: Who owns the boundary between your property and your neighbour’s? The general rule is that any boundaries between your land and your neighbour’s...

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Evening Echo

Evening Echo

Colm Lauder: If we want private investment to help close the housing gap, we need predictable policy

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The Business Post

Colm Lauder

Sebastien Zerbib: What French investors recognise in regional Ireland – and why it matters

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The Business Post

Sebastien Zerbib

Business Post View: Finance industry must open up Irish retail investing culture

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The Business Post

Business Post View