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Soaring energy demand conflicts with our climate change targets

World of Politics with Harry McGee I’ve noticed the massive black building taking shape off the M6 near Athenry in recent months. “Ah that must be...

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Connacht Tribune

Harry Mcgee

Lying and the hidden art to not getting caught out

A Different View with Dave O’Connell If we’re being honest, we’ve all done it — received an anxious or passive aggressive phone call before...

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Connacht Tribune

Dave Oconnell

Management must get balance of team right for looming tie with Tipp

Inside Track with John McIntyre Most things in life are alright until they aren’t – and that’s the fallout for the Galway senior hurling team...

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Connacht Tribune

John Mcintyre

OPINION: Mayo take centre stage on bumper weekend of action

It's hard to believe that we are only in mid-June and there is a real possibility that the Mayo senior footballers could be out of the Championship...

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The Mayo News

Editorial - Michael Duffy

John Arnold: Cork tug o’ war team who were a mighty force

Writing in 1962, John T Collins was dealing with places and place names not too far from Cork city. “Glanmire - Glean Maghair, and Tubbereenmire -...

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Evening Echo

Evening Echo

'Cork Summer Show is a chance to unite rural and urban'

Each June, as the gates of the Cork Summer Showgrounds open to thousands of visitors, I am reminded of the unique role this event plays in weaving...

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Evening Echo

Evening Echo

You know about crisp sandwiches, but what about 'work biscuits'?

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Irish Examiner

Colm Oregan

Numbers matter, but every person on the Madleen represented millions

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Irish Examiner

S Jennifer Horgan

The DUP couldn’t have chosen a worse moment to get tough on immigration

Hours before racist violence broke out in Ballymena on Monday night, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) had warned that the north Antrim town was...

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The Irish Times

Newton Emerson

I’m no Greta Thunberg fan, but dismissing the Madleen as a ‘publicity stunt’ is brain-dead

There is little to like about Greta Thunberg: the ghoulish climate doomerism, the omni-cause activism, the fervour she inspires in the worst...

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The Irish Times

Finn Mcredmond

Drone deliveries could land in Cork — but at what cost to jobs, privacy, and peace of mind?

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Irish Examiner

S Michael Moynihan

Helping young Cork people with disabilities to reach full potential

In classrooms across Cork city and county, you will find young people with huge potential, full of ideas, ambition, and talent. But for some, that...

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Evening Echo

Evening Echo

Opinion: Should we have child-free zones? It's complicated...

As a parent, Gwen Loughman understands the need for spaces without kids, but she also believes that families should not be excluded.

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TheJournal

Gwen Loughman

Áilín Quinlan: TV show luring tourists - and terrible drivers - to West Cork

Years ago, I read a novel about a large family in America. Believe me, it was the first of many novels I was to read about families in America, but...

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Evening Echo

Evening Echo

Remembering Housewife of the Year, deadbeat husbands and patronising Gay Byrne

For many of us who lived through the era covered by the recent Housewife of the Year documentary, the viewing was always going to trigger a dull,...

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The Irish Times

Kathy Sheridan

The Government cannot continue to pay lip service to atrocities in Gaza

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Irish Examiner

Sarah Harte

The narrative of helpless man stolen by pushy woman is being wheeled out again

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Irish Examiner

Suzanne Harrington

Busy summer transfer window beckons for Irish players

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Irish Examiner

S John Fallon

Katriona Devereux: Brave Cork gran, 70, taking the fight for justice into Palestine

What would you do if a stranger turned up in the middle of the day and bulldozed your home? Knocked it, and all your possessions, to the ground....

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Evening Echo

Evening Echo

The incompetence, ineptitude and political cowardice at Stormont means no matter what money they get, they refuse to act

Today is the big reveal when the Chancellor of the Exchequer presents her spending review. It’s not just about allocating billions for this year....

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The Irish News

Brian Feeney

Sean Brown’s widow faces ‘utter contempt’ from British government - The Irish News view

The British government’s shameful treatment of the family of Sean Brown continues unabated. The latest indignity inflicted upon them comes in the...

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The Irish News

The Irish News

Ecocide series: It's only a matter of time before Algal Blooms impact our water supply

Environmental campaigner and teacher, Brian Murray looks the damaging effects of algal blooms and the reasons we’re not stopping outbreaks.

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TheJournal

Brian Murray

Éamon de Valera and the story of the ‘Sinn Féin rabbi’

In recent times there have been claims that Éamon de Valera was antisemitic, with the main evidence cited that Ireland remained neutral during the...

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The Irish News

Cormac Moore

OPINION - Bright young lights can lift the darkness in Mayo

While faith in Mayo 's senior prospects in both the men’s and women’s codes has wavered and waned over the past four years, there are definitely...

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The Mayo News

Anne-Marie Flynn

Dublin, not Stormont, will make the next move that determines Casement Park’s future

YOUR move, Dublin. The Treasury’s commitment of a new £50m “over four years” to Casement Park changes the whole dynamic of the conversation. A plan...

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The Irish News

Cahair Okane

Alzheimer’s - six facts to know about the disease

Excitement is building as a new review shows a rise in the number of potential drugs that could treat or prevent Alzheimer’s disease. Led by an...

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Evening Echo

Evening Echo

I gave my friends hats which said ‘Make America Hate Again’. That’s what Trump is trying to do

Back in my youth we were taught in Latin class about the problems faced by Rome because of neighbouring wetlands known as the Pontine Marshes....

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The Irish Times

Michael Mcdowell

It’s 2025 but the hemline police are still trying to tell girls what to wear

When I was at school, back in the olden days as my children used to say, we used to joke that there was a committee of nuns whose job it was to...

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The Irish News

Mary Kelly

Political pollution is blocking the clean-up of Lough Neagh - The Irish News view

People have been fishing for eels in Lough Neagh since at least the Bronze Age, which began nearly 5,000 years ago. However, last month the Lough...

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The Irish News

The Irish News

Starmer the Cold War warrior on road to nuclear conflict 

One of the most powerful books I have ever read is a slim volume first published in its entirety by The New Yorker magazine in 1946. So powerful...

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The Irish News

Tom Collins

Kenny Archer: Time to tweak the All-Ireland SFC format for more fairness

AS with comedy, the secret of a great sporting championship is timing. As with comedy, sometimes some don’t find matters funny, instead feeling...

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The Irish News

Kenny Archer

David Adams: The truth is we can’t handle the true story of the Troubles

The public clamour in Northern Ireland regarding the Troubles is becoming ever louder: “Let’s have the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the...

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The Irish News

David Adams