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‘Just be careful with these boys’: There can’t be peace in the North until women are free from paramilitary violence

By Aisling Swaine and Marie Brown

Can I afford to let religious ethos be a factor in choosing a school for my child?

By Liz Carolan

Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband is on trial for recruiting strangers to rape her. She wanted the case to be heard in public

By Kate Demolder

Vaping: How Ireland fought the nicotine nightmare

By Chris Macey

Spiritual inspiration after a nasty review drove me to write one of my best songs

By Johnny Duhan

Churches are half-empty. So why does the Catholic Church still control so many of our primary schools?

By Carl O'Brien

Harris-Trump debate: Harris may have stumbled occasionally, but overall she came off as presidential

By Daniel Geary

Conservative Catholics could swing US election in favour of Trump and Vance

By Liam Kennedy

Elle Macpherson doubles down on her claim that a ‘great attitude to life’ can keep cancer at bay

By David Robert Grimes

Could granny flats offer a sustainable, €70,000 solution to the housing shortage?

By Seán O’Neill McPartlin

Ireland needs to beef up protection against terrorism, espionage and cyberattacks

By Edward Burke

Here’s why I say no to making plans six weeks in advance. More people should try it

By Rachel Connolly

We risk looking at child sexual abuse only through a rear view mirror

By Deirdre Kenny

Why do women feel it’s our job to appease men like Angry Dad?

By Rachel O'Dwyer

How one Irish nun sparked a sectarian war in Australia

By Jeff Kildea

Hard to imagine any Irish politician losing the run of themselves with a Kamala-style ‘brat summer’

By Liz Carolan

Every child who experienced sexual abuse in schools should be compensated

By Conor O'Mahony

‘We are friends’: Taoiseach and British prime minister on Anglo-Irish ties

By Simon Harris and Keir Starmer

Northern Ireland’s future course must be set by its people, not by its politicians

By Graham Spencer

Income inequality and child deprivation is fuelling disengagement from civic society

By Denise Charlton

IRA campaign was not about civil rights. It was about driving people such as me ‘into the sea’

By Trevor Ringland

If warnings about Atlantic ocean circulation are correct, Irish people could become climate migrants

By Eamon Ryan

Children are not safe anywhere online. It’s time to hit tech companies in the bottom line

By Alex Cooney

Israeli hostage deaths appear to harden Netanyahu’s tough line on ceasefire

By Vincent Durac

‘If you don’t swipe in, you won’t be promoted.’ Remote working is still a battleground

By Emmet Malone

In Australia rents are high, costs are rising. Can it remain a mecca for Irish emigrants?

By Billy Cantwell

The idea of a permanent hell is tolerable only if God is seen as an autocratic and merciless ruler

By Brendan Butler

Venezuelans vote with their feet as optimism evaporates

By Patrick Smyth

An air steward on Kirstie Allsopp’s parenting: Some parents have no shame

By Paula Gahan

With thousands of children on childcare waiting lists, parents are left to solve an impossible puzzle

By Frances Byrne

Northern Ireland has a nationalist majority, but that doesn’t mean reunification will happen soon

By Philip McGuinness

Maybe we need to learn to see wind turbines as beautiful

By Sadhbh O'Neill

Can a school smartphone ban work? Here’s what principals and anti-bullying researchers think

By Paul Crone, Megan Reynolds, and Maryam Esfandiari

It is now an emergency. Bold action is needed: A Dublin principal on the capital’s teacher shortage

By John McHugh

As a cardiologist, here is what I tell my patients about Ozempic

By Paddy Barrett

I never wanted to be seen as martyr or victim but I can’t stay silent on my suspension as a Catholic priest

By Fr Tony Flannery

Israel’s sham investigations cannot whitewash horrific abuse of Palestinian prisoners

By Hagai El Ad

I’m back at work months and my baby still doesn’t have a full-time childcare place

By Clare Moriarty

JD Vance surfaces the strange, sometimes openly hateful language of the fringe right

By Jack Sheehan

I told Christy Moore that a song he performs called Palestine makes me want to leave Ireland

By Oliver Sears

Doug Beattie’s personal failings would have mattered less if he had delivered votes

By Alex Kane

Should the increase to the minimum wage go ahead?

By Darragh O'Connor and Jean McCabe

We owe it to the victims of sexual crime to improve how courts deal with their cases

By Dr Deirdre Healy and Dr Marie Keenan

Five accessible reads to begin with if you’re new to philosophy

By Laura Kennedy

Exhibition illustrates determination of Irish nuns during famine, civil unrest and natural disaster

By Dr Toni Pyke

Our fashion designers make waves globally, so why don’t we value their cultural contribution here?

By Deirdre McQuillan

Three years ago Afghanistan fell to the Taliban and we had to flee the country we loved

By Saeedullah Safi

A battered and bruised electorate has lost faith in politicians’ ability to solve the housing problem

By Jack Horgan-Jones

Boeing’s description of the weapons it sells makes for an object lesson in cognitive dissonance

By Mark O'Connell

Taoiseach, here’s how to take action against extreme material online

By Johnny Ryan