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Irish Times Opinion@IrishTimesOpEd · Jan 18, 2022

We are always looking for fresh voices. Particularly from writers coming from backgrounds currently underrepresented on the oped page. How to write an opinion piece for The Irish Times via @IrishTimes irishtimes.com/opinion/how-to…

IrishTimesOpEd's tweet card. The most important rule is to have a clear point to make and get to it quickly

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Rachel O’Dwyer: The Coldplay couple are victims of alarming online mob justice irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/0…

IrishTimesOpEd's tweet card. Byron and Cabot did nothing wrong legally, but their mistake will echo for eternity online

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Irish Times Opinion@IrishTimesOpEd · 7 h

Hot Tickets – Frank McNally on watching a steamy Molière and how Barry Lyndon became a TikTok hit irishtimes.com/opinion/an-iri…

IrishTimesOpEd's tweet card. A Misanthrope features a choreographed sex scene that for technical difficulty (9.9) and artistic merit (10.0) would rival any gymnastics routine

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Irish Times Opinion@IrishTimesOpEd · 7 h

You might think a planning application for a windfarm is good news. You’d be wrong irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/0…

IrishTimesOpEd's tweet card. Planned demolition of the €200 million Derrybrien windfarm will lead to destruction of potential green energy source for 30,000 homes

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Kathy Sheridan: Whether the abuse happens in Rathfarnham or west Belfast, the story is the same irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/0…

IrishTimesOpEd's tweet card. Máiría Cahill’s isolation was rooted in terror of the tribe. For the Brennan sisters theirs was about protecting reputations

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Derek Scally: Some people knew about the Magdalene Laundries, some didn’t - but the silent majority knew not to know irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/0…

IrishTimesOpEd's tweet card. In a fourth universe, those who knew insist no ordinary people had any agency to take on the Church and the State

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Martyn Turner irishtimes.com/opinion/cartoo…

IrishTimesOpEd's tweet card. July 23rd, 2025

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The Irish Times view on the State’s new investment plans: the work is only starting irishtimes.com/opinion/editor…

IrishTimesOpEd's tweet card. The Government is right to plan more investment spending, but has a lot of work to do to deliver on this

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The Irish Times view on Trump and Epstein: a story which still has a way to run irishtimes.com/opinion/editor…

IrishTimesOpEd's tweet card. As a peddler of conspiracy theories himself, Trump can hardly complain when his supporters demand more details on this one

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Irish Times Opinion@IrishTimesOpEd · Jul 22

Should VAT on hospitality be reduced? A cafe owner and an economist debate irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/0…

IrishTimesOpEd's tweet card. Simon Harris says the Government made a ‘solemn’ promise to cut the VAT rate for hospitality in the budget. But is there a better way to support struggling businesses?

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Irish Times Opinion@IrishTimesOpEd · Jul 22

Fintan O'Toole: Paranormal Ireland: a rich country reliant on ghostly apparitions of magic money irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/0…

IrishTimesOpEd's tweet card. State coffers beefed up by huge corporation tax takes, but Government knows it can’t rely on money tree to live forever

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Irish Times Opinion@IrishTimesOpEd · Jul 22

Eamon Ryan: Judicial system is on the front line of the fight to avert climate catastrophe irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/0…

IrishTimesOpEd's tweet card. Looming legal battles over transport and energy projects will determine which direction we take

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Irish Times Opinion@IrishTimesOpEd · Jul 21

The Irish Times view on national economic planning: strategy must be recession-proof irishtimes.com/opinion/editor…

IrishTimesOpEd's tweet card. To leave sufficient leeway, further growth in State capital investment has to be married with tighter control of current spending

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Irish Times Opinion@IrishTimesOpEd · Jul 21

The Irish Times view on the Japanese election: heading for a leadership battle irishtimes.com/opinion/editor…

IrishTimesOpEd's tweet card. Populist parties of the right made major gains, most notably, Sanseito, a new party pushing Maga-like anti-immigrant and tax cutting politics

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Irish Times Opinion@IrishTimesOpEd · Jul 21

Rory McIlroy and his alma mater’s key role in the formation of Irish education irishtimes.com/opinion/an-iri…

IrishTimesOpEd's tweet card. Robert Sullivan had a great influence on teachers and teaching practices throughout Ireland

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Irish Times Opinion@IrishTimesOpEd · Jul 21

Rachel O'Dwyer: We’re familiar with the evils of fast fashion. But is high fashion so much better? irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/0…

IrishTimesOpEd's tweet card. Western culture places a hefty premium on authenticity, and consumers are willing to pay a lot for ‘the real thing’. But what are they really getting?

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Irish Times Opinion@IrishTimesOpEd · Jul 21

Una Mullally: Why did CMAT have to sell out the 3Arena before she could get proper exposure on Irish radio? irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/0…

IrishTimesOpEd's tweet card. We need to amplify Irish artists on Irish radio – not from a position of territorialism or nationalism, but from one of support and pride

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Irish Times Opinion@IrishTimesOpEd · Jul 21

Joe Humphreys: You can win at life by being a good loser irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/0…

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Irish Times Opinion@IrishTimesOpEd · Jul 21

Ciarán O’Connor: Donald Trump is in danger of being swallowed up by an Epstein conspiracy he helped to create irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/0…

IrishTimesOpEd's tweet card. Trump is learning that conspiracy theories are elastic, self-sealing and practically impossible to disprove to a base radicalised over time

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Irish Times Opinion@IrishTimesOpEd · Jul 20

The Irish Times view on the Legacy Act: repeal plans hit a roadblock irishtimes.com/opinion/editor…

IrishTimesOpEd's tweet card. It remains to be seen whether Keir Starmer has the stomach to face down his backbenchers

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Irish Times Opinion@IrishTimesOpEd · Jul 20

Remembering Ballinspittle and the moving statue irishtimes.com/opinion/an-iri…

IrishTimesOpEd's tweet card. On one feast day alone, it was reckoned more than 15,000 people came to the grotto

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