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Trump’s goal in attacking Iran is unclear. So are the consequences

By Vincent Durac

If Ireland can build a sewerage plant this beautiful, why allow such ugly data centres?

By Sinead O'Sullivan

The most significant overhaul of asylum law in three decades shouldn’t be this rushed

By Liam Herrick

Parents of children with special needs should not have to fight for everything

By Clare Moriarty

Four years on, Ukrainians no longer believe in anything but the weapons they carry

By Lara Marlowe

Why Dún Laoghaire should have a full naval base

By Eamon Ryan

Why former supermodel Tyra Banks is prompting unexpected philosophical questions

By Laura Kennedy

Is the net tightening in Ireland around Big Tech?

By Liz Carolan

Presbyterian Church in Ireland facing child sex abuse ‘earthquake’

By Alf McCreary

We face a real danger that the nuclear arms race might be about to resume

By Patrick Smyth

If 36,000 new houses were built last year, why were only 58 sold to buyers in Dublin?

By Lorcan Sirr

What can be done to improve shambolic mental health service for younger people in Kerry?

By Mac MacLachlan

Stop fixating on Border polls and start a respectful conversation about Ireland’s future

By Graham Spencer

Irish people should have the option of calling an Uber or a Bolt

By Brian McHugh

Blocking of Rotunda development to preserve a dilapidated streetscape defies belief

By Tom Matthews

Is Seamus Culleton paying for Ireland’s ‘woke’ visa approach?

By Niall O'Dowd

‘Getting things done’ is good, but not at the expense of the planet

By Sadhbh O'Neill

What can schools realistically do to support students’ mental health and wellbeing?

By Selina McCoy and Caoimhe Dempsey

You have more transparency buying a steak in Ireland than you do a home

By Ciarán Mulqueen

Should parents be held responsible for children’s activities online?

By Dr Finola Kennedy

Washington’s bulldozer diplomacy has nudged Europe closer to China

By Denis Staunton

Big tech is profiting from deepfake videos of celebrities selling face cream and Bitcoin

By Liz Carolan

We don’t need more prison spaces – we need more alternatives to prison

By Joe Costello

Lucy Letby case should be a warning to other maternity hospitals

By Chris Fitzpatrick

Ireland doesn’t learn from infrastructure failures. We repeat them

By Paul Davis

Coolglass wind-farm ruling puts every public servant in Ireland on notice

By Eamon Ryan

I am a recovering restaurant critic and here’s why the Michelin hullabaloo makes me feel queasy

By Trevor White

We risk over-diagnosing anxiety. There’s another way to look at it

By Ian Robertson

Archbishop John McDowell: Ireland must not succumb to the racism gripping the US

By Archbishop John McDowell

Powerful men are being damaged by the Epstein files. But not Trump’s friends

By Daniel Geary

New rent rules will make the market even more dysfunctional

By Lorcan Sirr

Ireland’s justice system is operating with too many data blind spots

By Mark Garrett

Should Ireland introduce a legal ‘duty of care’ for rainwater?

By Sadhbh O'Neill

Have we a right to know where company directors live? A journalist and a lawyer debate

By Colm Keena and Neil Keenan

Churches in Ireland are taking steps to be better stewards of what is painful and broken

By Rev Dr Karen Campbell

Blaming Met Éireann for floods is wrong. Who rezoned the floodplains?

By John Sweeney

Ireland’s debate about e-scooters and scramblers is unmoored from reality

By Sinéad O'Sullivan

‘My comrades are struggling and freezing and dying.’ Exhaustion is sapping Ukraine’s spirit

By Lara Marlowe

No, objecting to the enormous wealth of billionaires is not begrudgery

By Clare Moriarty

Ireland’s reluctance to speak out against Trump’s Board of Peace is shameful

By Alanna O'Malley

Storm Chandra commuter chaos is made far worse by a dysfunctional transport system

By Brian Caulfield

Ursula von der Leyen: Europe is not retreating behind tariff walls, but diversifying

By Ursula von der Leyen

Could Ireland be the connecting point for a subsea super-cable linking Europe and Canada?

By Eamon Ryan

One man whose family were on Schindler’s list chatted with the son of an SS officer

By Oliver Sears

Dublin Bus is offering €15,000 for ideas. Here’s one for free: channel Michael O’Leary

By Sinéad O'Sullivan

Why is Steve Bannon so determined to find an ‘Irish Trump’?

By Liam Kennedy

Time to restore Brigit’s distaff as a symbol of peace and healing

By Mary Condren

Please Elon Musk, don’t make me defend Ryanair

By Mark O’Connell

One big idea: Fintan O’Toole, Maria Steen, Joseph O’Connor and others offer a to-do list for Government

Donald Trump’s claim that he won’t take Greenland by force is not reassuring

By Daniel Geary