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# Opinion

Last year
2023
Therapist: Christmas is a time for giving – but not from an empty cup
Lynn Boylan: Ireland needs to go from the 'puppy farm capital' of Europe to the gold standard
Northern Ireland: 'Stormont is now a mere soap opera on a hill over Belfast'
Stephen's Green Shopping Centre is an oddity - but why ruin what gives it character?
Opinion: We can't roll our eyes at oil states at COP while missing our own climate targets
Extract: Barristers have held positions of influence since the foundation of the Irish State
Therapist: What's the difference between Winter Blues and Seasonal Affective Disorder?
Analysis: Immigration matters to British voters, but not as much as Conservatives would like
Extract: 'I was privileged to interview people with so much knowledge of the Irish revolution'
Farmer: 'We're in danger of becoming the climate scapegoats for fossil fuel interests'
Financial analyst: Irish Banks are now in for a shock when it comes to savings
Larry Donnelly: Nikki Haley would crush Biden, but can she beat Trump?
Opinion: 'We knew we would parent our grandson, we had no choice, but we also had no support'
Opinion: 'Leaders, stop wringing your hands over the state you're leaving the planet to young people'
Local councillor: Dublin's inner city needs hard work, not political games
Historian: Irish emigrants were once labelled 'scum' and tormented in the United States
Youth worker: 'I could easily have been one of those rioting'
Saturday Serving: Three dinner party recipes from Alex Petit to wow your guests this season
Larry Donnelly: The Dublin riots triggered middle Ireland and its voters - politicians take heed
Eamon Ryan: 'If we crack energy, we can crack climate'
Opinion: The speeding climate train will have catastrophic implications for billions
Prof Donncha O’Connell: We need a calm and measured assessment of policing after the riots
Opinion: The riots were a scaled-up version of what we migrants face every day in Ireland
Dr Catherine Conlon: Respiratory illness clusters in China - what is it and what are the risks?
Emma DeSouza: Want to stop the march of the far-right? Tackle inequality
Bobby McDonagh: The Rule of Law matters more than ever when the world is imploding
Former member: It's time gardaí got some real support in tackling antisocial behaviour
John O'Brien: Enough of the Minister and Commissioner's magical thinking around law and order
Clinical psychologist: How do we help children make sense of the horrors of yesterday?
Aoife Barry: I didn’t recognise the Dublin I witnessed yesterday - it was terrifying
Opinion: Beware the referendum proposal on the women in the home – all is not as it seems
Barry Andrews: Today's Electoral Commission announcement was an own goal
Opinion: The impact of fast fashion on climate is undeniable and Black Friday makes it worse
Brian Rowan on the Middle East: Where have all the leaders gone?
Stephen Kenny an easy scapegoat for Ireland's worst campaign in over 50 years
Opinion: The cost of glyphosate is mounting - for health and habitats
Wild Ireland: We're at a point in history where we must improve our relationship with nature
Analysis: Cameron's return exposes a government that is more clown show than shrewd operators
Fairytale of New York: 'The boys of the NYPD Choir never actually sang Galway Bay, until now'
Willie O'Reilly: Promising that no one at RTÉ will earn as much as the DG is pure grandstanding