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John McManus

The Irish Times

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When AI works out how to write badly to convince us it’s human, the jig is up

It’s enough to make you want to lie down in a darkened room

02.04.2026 20

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Why shouldn’t Irish politicians be allowed to have nice things?

There aren’t many countries where the decision to spend less than 0.001 per cent of the national budget on a secure Government meeting room would be...

05.03.2026 40

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Do we need more judges to speed up the justice system or is the problem too many lawyers?

09.02.2026 20

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Bar Council isn’t the voice of reason on judicial reviews. It’s a trade union in fancy dress

26.01.2026 20

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‘The media are like hyenas’: A history of Denis O’Brien in 16 of his own phrases

25.11.2025 20

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Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has taken on the hospital boards. There can only be one winner

07.11.2025 10

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The internet broke again and we all shrugged, but what happens when AI truly comes online?

23.10.2025 20

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Why am I paying my bin company so I can do its work?

26.09.2025 30

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Spending €30 million more on Ryder Cup 2027 is throwing good money after bad

11.09.2025 50

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‘So, yeah, I’d say let’s go ahead with the appeal’. Why won’t the courts use plain English?

26.08.2025 20

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Politicians come worst out of a row over An Post’s finances

18.07.2025 30

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Would you want to be woken for an in-flight meal of rubbery pasta?

10.07.2025 20

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Middle class parents are the winners in third-level fee cut. That’s why Fine Gael don’t want to touch it

04.07.2025 20

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Why does Ryan Tubridy’s €150,000 payment seem like a bigger deal than looming climate fines?

30.05.2025 20

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Holiday homeowners underestimate at their peril the anger among those locked out of the housing market

22.05.2025 20

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Even at €430,000 a year, Brendan McDonagh would be nuts to take the housing tsar job

01.05.2025 20

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The markets could yet save us from Trump’s worst excesses

25.04.2025 20

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Why are Trump and his architects of chaos obsessed with Ireland?

17.04.2025 30

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Ryanair passengers are clearly suffering from a mass delusion about the size of their bags

10.04.2025 30

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The Family business: Stop using corporate jargon to describe drug gangs

03.04.2025 20

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Web Summit case: Paddy Cosgrave was Steve Jobs. Daire Hickey and David Kelly were Steve Wozniak

27.03.2025 10

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Legislative pantomime to fix penalty points loophole is not as absurd as it seems

21.03.2025 20

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Jim O’Callaghan’s register of sex offenders would be a gift to vigilantes

27.02.2025 20

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Would you be happy to see your neighbours build a second home in the garden?

19.02.2025 30

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The ‘give it a lash’ attitude of developers is contributing to Dublin’s dereliction problem

13.02.2025 20

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Peter McVerry scapegoating misses the bigger question about homelessness

06.02.2025 30

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John McManus