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Trouble at the top? Relations between Simon Harris and Micheál Martin are frayed

Assessing the plans for the invasion of Iraq by US forces in 2003, General David Petraeus famously demanded: “Tell me how this ends.” He never got...

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The Irish Times

Pat Leahy

Newton Emerson: Farmers may own the land, but Stormont owns them

Announcing that work on the A5 will begin, DUP Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly noted how vesting homes and farmland became a highly...

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The Irish News

Newton Emerson

My meeting with Mohamed Al Fayed went well. Then I mentioned the young women in short skirts

I took two things away from the afternoon, nearly 25 years ago, that I spent in the company of Mohamed Al Fayed. The first was to prove quite...

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The Irish Times

Jennifer O&x27Connell

Stop framing breastfeeding versus bottle-feeding as a question of mothers at war

Breastfeeding inspires strong feelings, including at times vicious exchanges between mothers. Those who feed their children with formula often feel...

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The Irish Times

Breda O&x27Brien

Can AI ever replicate human art? Maybe that’s the wrong question

Toward the end of a visit to Barcelona last week, I found myself with some free time before my flight home, and so I decided to visit Casa Batlló,...

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The Irish Times

Mark O&x27Connell

Business Post View: Europe-China EV tariff war will see everyone lose out

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The Business Post

Business Post Team

Vincent Boland: US unions are looking to have it both ways in presidential election

Teamsters’ failure to endorse one or the other candidate suggests O’Brien lacks the courage of his convictions.

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The Business Post

Vincent Boland

Vincent Boland: If war erupts between Israel and Iran, nobody can stop it

The United Nations is powerless, and neither Europe nor the Arab world has much influence in Jerusalem and Tehran

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The Business Post

Vincent Boland

Capital inflows are finally mobilising

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Irish Examiner

John Whelan

Pain ahead: Falling rates hit AIB and Bank of Ireland’s share price hard – here’s what’s in store

Over the past five days The Stoxx Europe 600 Banks, which tracks the share prices of the largest banks in the region, including the UK, is down 3.2...

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The Business Post

Kathleen Gallagher

Colm Lauder: Stamp duty hike will only see housing associations gobble up more family starter homes

Moves to hike stamp duty will do little to deter the bulk purchase of homes and alleviate the chronic supply of new housing for first-time buyers

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The Business Post

Colm Lauder

Patrick Murphy: Sinn Féin is pushing a united Ireland further away

A united Ireland is as far away as ever – and, after this week, it may even be a bit further away than it used to be. That’s the inevitable...

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The Irish News

Patrick Murphy

Lucinda Creighton: Fine Gael no longer stands for sane, rational and responsible politics

Where, oh, where is the proud tradition of fiscal prudence and sound economic management people expect of my former party?

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The Business Post

Lucinda Creighton

Shane Coleman: The more you look, the more Simon Harris resembles Bertie Ahern

Both share an uncanny knack for knowing what way the political wind is blowing and tacking accordingly

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The Business Post

Shane Coleman

John Deasy: Leo, time to stay quiet . . . When you’re gone, you’re gone

Fine Gael should care a great deal as to why so many of its TDs are retiring and will pay the price for their departures, regardless of current...

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The Business Post

John Deasy

Comment: Hospitality lobby got it wrong on 9% Vat rate

The lower Vat measure for the hospitality industry was always temporary and the economic outlook has changed dramatically since it was first...

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The Business Post

Ellie Donnelly

Give me a bottle of Baileys and I’ll tell you the meaning of life

Fionnuala, my wife, loves reading. I sometimes think she’s pretending because she reads so quickly, but every now and then she will leave a book at...

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The Irish News

Fabien Mcquillan

The Irish News view: Record-breaking Belfast gridlock must drive transport debate

THE gear-grinding monotony of commuting in and out of Belfast has reached new depths. Analysis by a traffic data company has confirmed what...

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The Irish News

The Irish News

Brendan Crossan: Erin’s Own Cargin the under-rated champions of Antrim

THE joys of the post-match huddle. Reporters need to be careful around them. Many war cries are bellowed during those moments – unquotable stuff....

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The Irish News

Brendan Crossan

Grand Central Station, traffic jams, MOT delays and L-plate dramas

I am not a very confident driver – I will openly admit that. I once arrived home and was shocked to discover several ugly brown stripes along the...

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The Irish News

Sophie Clarke

Brónagh Diamond: Is church losing Mass appeal because it’s... just no craic?

NEW research is showing that the UK officially has more atheists than believers now and according to the 2022 census, around 69% of people in...

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The Irish News

Brónagh Diamond

Matt Cooper: The larger than life story of Michael Smurfit, a true giant of Irish business

The tycoon, now aged 88 and the subject of a new documentary, was a significant, powerful and at times controversial figure in his day

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The Business Post

Matt Cooper

‘The civil service doesn’t understand the DNA of SMEs’ – entrepreneurs react to Budget 2025

Start-up founders and lobbyists have welcomed measures to stimulate investment in Irish companies – but some have concerns that the government...

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The Business Post

Donal Macnamee

We want Ireland to be a key partner to the UK’s new government - our mutual ties run deep

UK European relations minister Nick Thomas-Symonds lays out his vision for the future relationship between Ireland and the UK

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The Business Post

Nick Thomas-Symonds

Gaza, one year on: 'I will never forget the sight of my children running towards the flames'

Dr Fidaa Ibrahim in Gaza describes the horrific loss of her husband in an air strike. She is asking the international community to do something.

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TheJournal

Dr Fidaa Ibrahim

Synod on Synodality aims at missionary outreach to the excluded and marginalised

Synod Round Two. This month, 368 delegates from around the world are gathering in Rome for the second session of the Catholic Church’s Synod on...

10

The Irish Times

Bishop Brendan Leahy

Why does Ireland have the most expensive electricity in Europe?

From the very beginning energy has been central to human existence. Economists will tell you that mastery of a new technology has always conferred...

10

The Irish Times

David Mcwilliams

Meet the budget’s real winners: A family of five on an income of more than €70,000

The sample families drawn up by the Department of Finance — and newspapers — to illustrate the impact of the budget often tell interesting stories...

10

The Irish Times

Cliff Taylor

My child got burned at his check-up. It summed up our crumbling public health system

Mine is one of those giant Irish babies that is constantly flagged for his status atop the centiles. Our public health nurse referred him to our GP...

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The Irish Times

Clare Moriarty

Pavel Durov built an app bigger than Elon Musk’s. Now it’s known as the dark web in your pocket

On November 23rd last year, hours after the tragic stabbing incident in Dublin city centre, users in a private group chat on the Telegram messaging...

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The Irish Times

Ciaran Oconnor

As October 7th anniversary nears, perhaps horror is the new status quo

October 7th, Kibbutz Be’eri. Shoshana Karsenty (85) is taken out of her home by Hamas gunmen. Video footage by kibbutz security cameras silently...

10

The Irish Times

Hagai El-Ad

All shucked up by a trip to London for the Oyster Championships

20

Irish Examiner

Darina Allen

Priests are having affairs — is it really such a shocking fact?

10

Irish Examiner

S Gareth Ocallaghan

A political pitch for polarisation

8

Irish Examiner

S Mick Clifford

How to bake the classic bread-and-butter pudding — and the mistakes to avoid

8

Irish Examiner

Michelle Darmody

John Magnier’s Father Ted protest, Ronaldo’s law firm comes to Ireland, Grateful Dead’s legal foray

Business Post legal correspondent Catherine Sanz takes a look at the scenes behind the stories

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The Business Post

Catherine Sanz

Mick McCarthy can win I’m A Celebrity... unless Cork's Keano turns up that is!

I’ve always been a big fan of the droll, say-it-as-I-see-it Mick McCarthy. I admired him as a defensive kingpin for Ireland and my club...

9

Evening Echo

John Dolan

OPINION: Centralised Ireland — a policy of divide and ignore

In most democracies, election campaigns are an opportunity for conflicting views of how a society ought to be run to be debated vigorously and...

10

The Mayo News

John Bradley

Opinion: Inheritance tax changes in the budget have brought some relief, but not enough

Johnny O’Callaghan of taxplanner.ie looks at who won out in relation to inheritance tax this week.

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TheJournal

Johnny O’Callaghan

Leaks, spin, and turkey as parties seek to dine out on bonanza budget

10

Irish Examiner

S Elaine Loughlin

From Chicken Tonight to fake podcasts, ads are an intrusion on daily life

10

Irish Examiner

Séamas Oreilly

Conor McGregor's Arsenal cameo shows toxic men get away with it

10

Irish Examiner

S Colin Sheridan

Pre-meal distractions, and the spa-day trauma I've never gotten over

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Irish Examiner

Esther Mccarthy

Colm O'Regan: I've learned recently that most crime is the result of a series of bad decisions

The comedian is learning all about the probation system and finds it’s much more community focused than expected.

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TheJournal

Colm Oregan

What is it about Phil Hogan that makes him indispensable to Fine Gael leaders?

What might a Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael merger look like? Exactly like Phil Hogan — big, strategic and born to survive. If ever a person embodied the...

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The Irish Times

Justine Mccarthy

The electoral cycle decides the budget, while the fiscal advisory council is ignored

In June 1954, TK Whitaker, then assistant secretary at the Department of Finance, wrote a note to outgoing Minister for Finance Seán MacEntee:...

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The Irish Times

Diarmaid Ferriter

An education in the Irish language is needed.. for the bigots - The Irish News view

IT is clear that attempts by loyalist elements to intimidate Irish language enthusiasts as they maintain a low-key presence outside what are...

10

The Irish News

The Irish News

The bumper giveaways to parents in this budget are indefensible

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Irish Examiner

S Jennifer Horgan

‘I’m heartbroken, boy’: Cork people share devastation at closure of Jackie Lennox's chipper

One would think that the announcement of Budget 2025 would be the main talking point this week - however one news story in particular in The Echo...

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Evening Echo

Elaine Whelan

Council housing is key if we want more homes

In 2016, then Minister for Housing Simon Coveney published ‘Rebuilding Ireland’, which was peddled at the time as the definitive plan to end...

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Evening Echo

Cllr Joe Lynch

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