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Opinion [2]
Business [3]
Sport [4]
Life [5]
Style [7]
Entertainment [8]
Travel [9]

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Opinion

George Orwell argued that much societal rot can begin with lack of care with, or abuse of, language

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John Downing Opinion The war on words: how language battles are shaping up to leave us all tongue-tied

Back in another lifetime, when I first got a “wicked big job” in a Dublin newspaper, there was already a hot debate about use of language which was insulting and often inaccurate.

Omagh bomb campaigners Michael Gallagher (left) and Stanley McCombe on Campsie Street, Omagh, close to the site of the 1998 bombing. Photo: Oliver McVeigh/PA Wire

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Suzanne Breen Opinion No more hogwash for Omagh families as bomb inquiry should bring the truth to light

US president Joe Biden with his vice-president Kamala Harris in Philadelphia. Photo: Elizabeth Frant/Reuters

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David Von Drehle Opinion Why US president Joe Biden should retire the tedious State of the Union address

Gabriel LaBelle as a young Steven Spielberg in 'The Fabelmans'

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Frank Coughlan Opinion Spielberg’s latest release triggers magical movie memories

Russian president Vladimir Putin. Photo: Russian Presidential Press Service

Editorial

Editorial Opinion Natural disasters like the quakes in Turkey and Syria open our eyes to the fragility of life

Garry Ringrose helped Ireland launch their Guinness Six Nations campaign with victory in Wales. Photo: Nigel French/PA

Letters

Letters to the Editor Opinion IRFU should put rugby players’ names on national jerseys

The crossover with concerns about migration is not of Sinn Féin’s making, but it does present a political problem for Mary Lou McDonald to manage. Photo: Brian Lawless

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Fionnán Sheahan Opinion Sinn Féin is suffering in the polls, so credit to Mary Lou McDonald for her party’s solid support of migrants

Liz Truss's disastrous reign as UK prime minister left her future employment options very limited. Photo: Reuters/Henry Nicholls/File Photo

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Sean O’Grady Opinion Propelled by half-truths and evasions, Liz Truss is desperate for an encore

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Lorraine Courtney Opinion One day we’ll look back on the war on drugs and ask did we learn nothing from Prohibition in the US

A statue of St Brigid in Kildare beside the well named after her

Editorial

Editorial Opinion Ireland's newest bank holiday is a day of hope when new beginnings can be celebrated

Pope Francis waves as addresses the media while aboard the plane from Juba to Rome, returning from his visit to Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. Tiziana Fabi/Pool via REUTERS

Letters

Letters to the Editor Opinion Producing a pope would be Listowel’s crowning glory

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern waves as she leaves a service at Hagley Park in Christchurch, New Zealand, in March 2019, a week after the mass shootings at two mosques. Photo: AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File

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Jennifer Rubin Opinion Jacinda Ardern, a progressive leader whose ultimate legacy is decency in a fractured, crisis-laden world

State pays €168,000 for each doctor to train but the vast majority emigrate to sunnier climes as soon as they finish their internship. Photo: Posed/Getty

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Letters to the Editor Opinion State can’t continue spend a fortune training doctors only for them to leave for sunnier climes as soon as their internship is up

There was a beautiful dynamic between Patrick Kielty and Tommy Tiernan on the RTÉ show. Picture by Kevin Scott

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Declan Lynch Opinion Patrick Kielty hammers home uncomfortable truths about our ignorance of Northern Ireland

Election posters are crude, self-publicising eyesores that eat into taxpayers’ money – they should have been banned long ago

Lorraine Courtney

New scientific breakthrough means you could soon be looking – and feeling – 20 years younger

Luke O'Neill

Not all protesters are far right. Make an effort to understand before you condemn

Colin Murphy

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Wild Youth on The Late Late. Photo: Andres Poveda

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Kirsty Blake Knox Opinion RTÉ has spent almost €1m on the Eurovision since 2018 and we haven't qualified. Something needs to change

Gabriel LaBelle as a young Steven Spielberg in 'The Fabelmans'

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Frank Coughlan Opinion Spielberg’s latest release triggers magical movie memories

George Orwell argued that much societal rot can begin with lack of care with, or abuse of, language

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John Downing Opinion The war on words: how language battles are shaping up to leave us all tongue-tied

Omagh bomb campaigners Michael Gallagher (left) and Stanley McCombe on Campsie Street, Omagh, close to the site of the 1998 bombing. Photo: Oliver McVeigh/PA Wire

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Suzanne Breen Opinion No more hogwash for Omagh families as bomb inquiry should bring the truth to light

US president Joe Biden with his vice-president Kamala Harris in Philadelphia. Photo: Elizabeth Frant/Reuters

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David Von Drehle Opinion Why US president Joe Biden should retire the tedious State of the Union address

The crossover with concerns about migration is not of Sinn Féin’s making, but it does present a political problem for Mary Lou McDonald to manage. Photo: Brian Lawless

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Fionnán Sheahan Opinion Sinn Féin is suffering in the polls, so credit to Mary Lou McDonald for her party’s solid support of migrants

Like anything that looks easy, being funny has all the variations of a Rubik’s cube... and is just as tricky to master. Stock photo: Getty Images

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John Daly Opinion In casting about for a first mate in life, a good sense of humour is essential

Liz Truss's disastrous reign as UK prime minister left her future employment options very limited. Photo: Reuters/Henry Nicholls/File Photo

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Sean O’Grady Opinion Propelled by half-truths and evasions, Liz Truss is desperate for an encore

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Former US president Donald Trump at a campaign rally in South Carolina. Photo: Reuters/Shannon Stapleton

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Jonathan Bernstein Opinion This time around it’s very different for Donald Trump presidential campaign

Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe

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John Downing Opinion Paschal Donohoe’s late ‘mea culpa’ will not encourage the opposition to leave this huge self-inflicted harm rest easy

Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe. Photo: Gareth Chaney

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Philip Ryan Opinion Last week we asked ‘is Paschal Donohoe too big to fail?’ – after Michael Stone’s statement we now know the answer is ‘yes’

Hal Brands

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Hal Brands Opinion Germany needs to take the leap with its Leopards

Mortgage expert Martina Hennessy, managing director of doddl.ie. Photo: Conor McCabe.

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Revealed: The areas where it is cheaper to buy a home than rent – and the six areas where it pays to rent

As Public Expenditure Minister, Michael McGrath signed off on backdated wage increase for public-sector workers. Photo: Damien Eagers

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Fionnán Sheahan Opinion ‘Coppers Couples’ may be in peril but public sector Secret Santa is better than the anarchy in the UK

Farmers will be given incentives to move away from beef and cattle production. Photo: Gerry Faughnan

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Climate plan to focus on transport but park radical action on agriculture

WT Cosgrave

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Maurice Manning Opinion First meeting of the Senate 100 years ago was a major undertaking as the Civil War raged

Letters

Garry Ringrose helped Ireland launch their Guinness Six Nations campaign with victory in Wales. Photo: Nigel French/PA

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Letters to the Editor Opinion IRFU should put rugby players’ names on national jerseys

Pope Francis waves as addresses the media while aboard the plane from Juba to Rome, returning from his visit to Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. Tiziana Fabi/Pool via REUTERS

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Letters to the Editor Opinion Producing a pope would be Listowel’s crowning glory

Travellers on the roadside in Clare, March 1951. Picture by Charles Hewitt/Hulton Archive/Getty

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Letters to the Editor Opinion Childhood memories of our Traveller friends – the best neighbours I ever had

Aristotle described how 'reason' enabled man to be 'a political animal' – a distinction that set us apart from animals. Photo: Getty Images

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Letters to the Editor Opinion Promise of eternal salvation exists for those willing to open their minds to a bigger picture

The Dáil chamber. File photo

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Letters to the Editor Opinion No TD will thank you for saying they’re home and dry

A mural of St Brigid

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Letters to the Editor Opinion Maybe Vatican should now make Brigid a saint again

US congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. Photo:Reuters

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Letters to the Editor Opinion Marjorie Taylor Greene vice-president ticket could turn White House red

By steering clear of alcohol, even just for a month, you are likely to notice an improvement in how you feel while your finances will also be healthier. Photo: Getty Images

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Letters to the Editor Opinion Happier, healthier, wealthier – just three benefits of laying off the booze

Editorial

Russian president Vladimir Putin. Photo: Russian Presidential Press Service

Editorial

Editorial Opinion Natural disasters like the quakes in Turkey and Syria open our eyes to the fragility of life

A statue of St Brigid in Kildare beside the well named after her

Editorial

Editorial Opinion Ireland's newest bank holiday is a day of hope when new beginnings can be celebrated

Demonstrators in East Wall, Dublin, protest against temporary housing for refugees last month. Picture by Stephen Collins

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Editorial Opinion President Higgins is right – providing adequate services for all will be vital if we are to stem worrying growth in anti-migrant protests

European Council president Charles Michel, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in Kyiv yesterday. Photo: Reuters

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Editorial Opinion Now, more than ever, we must stand firm with Ukraine

The scene of the Omagh bombing, which claimed 29 lives including a woman pregnant with twins, on August 15, 1998. Photo: Paul McErlane/PA Wire

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Editorial Opinion Omagh inquiry represents long overdue progress for victims’ families

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has defended legal strategy of the State. Photo: Damien Storan

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Editorial Opinion Appalling state care fiasco has tainted those in power

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Editorial Opinion Mistakes of the past must not be repeated in seeking answers into fiasco of nursing home charges

A group of men entered a makeshift camp of homeless men on the banks of the Tolka in Ashtown, Dublin, and ordered the occupants to leave. Photo: Conor Feehan

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Editorial Opinion Racism must not be allowed to win out in this uncomfortably polarising time