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Una Mullally

The Irish Times

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An almost vacant shopping mall in Nairobi could be a template for Dublin

An almost vacant shopping mall in Nairobi could be a template for Dublin

Generally, I find malls uninspiring places. And yet I just spent an inspiring week in one

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Irish evictions have reached a level similar to the 1850s

09.02.2026 30

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We talk a lot about the risks of technology for children. What about adults?

02.02.2026 20

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Data centres leap back into business under a new Government policy

19.01.2026 10

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How rotten does X have to be before politicians finally leave it?

12.01.2026 30

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Gralton’s Hall: The rebirth of an important ‘den of iniquity’ in Co Leitrim

05.01.2026 20

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Oversharing on Instagram is narcissistic. Doing it on Facebook is having a meltdown

29.12.2025 10

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Manchán Magan’s ability to fuse present and past defined a rich year in the arts

22.12.2025 20

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United left can’t wait for the next election. It needs to build a housing movement

15.12.2025 10

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The Complex is ‘the only place that does it all’: Dublin can’t let another arts venue vanish

08.12.2025 20

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Artists and musicians are constantly hustling. They need more State support

01.12.2025 10

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Ireland can’t compete in the race to build AI data centres, and we shouldn’t try

24.11.2025 20

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Why is the State selling a beautiful building on Baggot Street instead of using it?

17.11.2025 10

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Media outlets need to break ties with X

10.11.2025 10

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Simon Harris is walking a risky tightrope on immigration

03.11.2025 10

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Momentum that boosted Catherine Connolly spells trouble for Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil

26.10.2025 20

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I want MetroLink, but must it be at the expense of St Stephen’s Green?

20.10.2025 20

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Heather Humphreys tells us she’s a people person. Catherine Connolly shows us she is

13.10.2025 10

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In Manchán Magan, Ireland had a writer whose words could light up the synapses

05.10.2025 20

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If Dublin can pull out all the stops for the NFL, why not for the GAA?

29.09.2025 10

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What can you buy for 50 cent these days? A one-way air fare to New York

22.09.2025 20

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We need to learn the lessons from the US. We cannot accept political violence as inevitable

15.09.2025 20

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Welcome to college in Ireland, with its long commutes, couch-surfing and four bunks to a room

08.09.2025 20

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British commentators telling off Irish artists such as Sally Rooney or Kneecap is galling

01.09.2025 20

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In Trump’s America, daily life goes on amid a sense of foreboding creep

25.08.2025 30

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Ireland’s electricity infrastructure policy rewiring should be a matter of public debate

18.08.2025 10

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‘An out-of-tune fiddle’: Irish trad music is alive, but the pubs it is played in are dying

11.08.2025 20

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Ireland will be remembered as a beacon in dark times if we pass the Occupied Territories Bill

04.08.2025 20

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Why did CMAT have to sell out the 3Arena before she could get exposure on Irish radio?

21.07.2025 10

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Keir Starmer was quick to condemn Kneecap, but strangely silent on Moygashel

14.07.2025 30

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‘Amazing’ plans for Dublin’s Sheriff Street include offices and a hotel. Amazing for whom?

07.07.2025 20

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These five factors are how Zohran Mamdani took New York by storm

30.06.2025 30

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Ireland is becoming a country of moderate drinkers and voracious cocaine users

23.06.2025 20

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Who really owns the music festival you’re heading to this summer?

02.06.2025 20

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Why are Kneecap facing consequences when Israel is not?

26.05.2025 10

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Marriage equality 10 years on: A boy sees us hold hands and says ‘I f***ing hate gay people’

19.05.2025 10

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Michael Healy-Rae’s trees-on-peatland plan is environmental vandalism

12.05.2025 10

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A flight to New York for €15. Is this the Trump effect on transatlantic travel?

05.05.2025 20

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Britain does not dictate Irish law. Or Irish feminism

28.04.2025 10

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Fine Gael’s Red Bull-style new energy fizzled out with a grubby deal and a crushing poll

21.04.2025 10

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No grand designs: Why are so many new buildings in Dublin ugly?

14.04.2025 10

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No wonder graduates turn away from Ireland and towards Terminal 2

07.04.2025 10

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Michael Lowry gave two fingers to the public. Their message back to the Government is equally concise

31.03.2025 10

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Authoritarian America is rewarding sameness and punishing difference

24.03.2025 10

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Ireland can make the world a better place. But first it must look in the mirror

What should Ireland’s new year resolution be? It’s a bit of a daft question, but I think this is the year we should collectively make one, and hold...

06.01.2025 10

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From Paul Mescal to Bad Sisters to Claire Keegan, the green wave keeps rolling

For a good few years now, Irish popular culture has been building to a crescendo. It’s not like we weren’t warned. From a revival of the Irish...

30.12.2024 10

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Emigration to Australia is at its highest level for a decade. We need to ask why

Christmas comes around quickly. It has its own form of repetition; the rituals, gatherings, meet-ups, traditions. One is the annual flurry of video...

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