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Working it out: Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe’s Budget 2021 will be unlike any we’ve seen before

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John Downing Opinion Brace yourselves for a 'survive now re-pay later' Budget to manage Covid and Brexit

Time has come to ban a range of overused Covid-19 terms like "strange times" and "a big day like no other". The latter one of these is interchangeable, applicable to the sublime, such as "a Derby Day like no other", down to the more banal level of "a Pancake Night like no other".

Opinion

John Downing Opinion Brace yourselves for a 'survive now re-pay later' Budget to manage Covid and Brexit

Sam Bennett's heroic deeds boost the national morale

Letters to the Editor Opinion A universal basic income in Budget would foster unity

Larissa Nolan Opinion Covid bought time on housing crisis - but now, the clock is ticking

John Daly Opinion Great debate should make for TV gold

Eoghan Harris Opinion Micheál Martin doing a difficult job in the face of media carping

Eilis O'Hanlon Opinion Truly appalling vista of an ultimately futile lockdown

Gerald Barry Opinion No more excuses, the testing system should just work - so make it work

Shane Ross Opinion Delaney's long personal party at the FAI's expense

Professor Luke O'Neill Opinion Achieving herd immunity with no vaccine is risky

Dan O'Brien Opinion We need less dramatics, more action in the battle with Covid

Declan Lynch Opinion Never too soon to worry about sleepwalking right into fascism

Ciara O'Connor Opinion 'Mockingbird' has done its time in schools

Maureen Gaffney Opinion Seconds out for corona round two, as battle-weary nation needs to dig deep

It's hard not to look back in anger as too many bend the rules

Assisted dying isn't about doctors, it's about patients

Tories resort to 'blunderbuss approach' as Boris's scaremongering hits new low

Columnists

Paul Whitington Opinion Academy’s new Oscars diversity guidelines aren’t going to change race division in US

Scenes from a short Irish summer

Ian O'Doherty Opinion Get the popcorn in - this US election is going to be hilarious

Mary Kenny Opinion Is being a 'good girl' really that bad?

Letters

Letters to the Editor Opinion A universal basic income in Budget would foster unity

Letters to the Editor Opinion No one wants winter GAA

Letters to the Editor Opinion Our homelessness problem won’t be solved by money alone – it requires structural change too

Letters to the Editor Opinion It's simple - follow the rules and we'll beat the virus back

Editorial

Sam Bennett's heroic deeds boost the national morale

We must manage Covid crisis better

Editorial Opinion Resolve for ongoing Covid fight is in all of our hands

Editorial Opinion Pandemic sculpted by what we do: we can't be statues