Opinion

Opinion

Student Special: "Saving money does not have to mean surviving exclusively on instant noodles and blind optimism"
  • Lifestyle & Sports
  • 21 Sep 26

Student Special: "Saving money does not have to mean surviving exclusively on instant noodles and blind optimism"

Dylan Moran: "Time is literally all we have. It’s all we are"
  • Opinion
  • 20 Sep 26

Dylan Moran: "Time is literally all we have. It’s all we are"

Ms Rachel pledges to match Macklemore's donation to charities that support Palestine
  • Opinion
  • 18 Sep 26

Ms Rachel pledges to match Macklemore's donation to charities that support Palestine

News

RTÉ confirms it will not participate in or broadcast Eurovision 2027
  • Opinion
  • 17 Sep 26

RTÉ confirms it will not participate in or broadcast Eurovision 2027

Student pubs guide: "It is worth avoiding the standard student night out every now and again"
  • Opinion
  • 17 Sep 26

Student pubs guide: "It is worth avoiding the standard student night out every now and again"

Michael Healy-Rae issues statement after attack: "We need to have a serious conversation about the growing toxicity directed towards politicians"
  • Opinion
  • 17 Sep 26

Michael Healy-Rae issues statement after attack: "We need to have a serious conversation about the growing toxicity directed towards politicians"

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Interviews

Survivors of abuse at industrial and reformatory school enter fourth week of hunger strike
  • Opinion
  • 17 Oct 25

Survivors of abuse at industrial and reformatory school enter fourth week of hunger strike

Michael Hawkes discusses horrors endured at hands of adoptive uncle Monsignor Benjamin Hawkes in first major interview – and demands apology from Irish government
  • Opinion
  • 29 Oct 24

Michael Hawkes discusses horrors endured at hands of adoptive uncle Monsignor Benjamin Hawkes in first major interview – and demands apology from Irish government

Drugs Minister Colm Burke: "I mean, no matter what area you go to, whether you go to talk to a group of solicitors or barristers or doctors, nurses, care assistants – a certain percentage would have [tried drugs]"
  • Sex & Drugs
  • 16 Sep 24

Drugs Minister Colm Burke: "I mean, no matter what area you go to, whether you go to talk to a group of solicitors or barristers or doctors, nurses, care assistants – a certain percentage would have [tried drugs]"

Rory Hearne: "We need Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to be Decimated"
  • Opinion
  • 15 May 24

Rory Hearne: "We need Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to be Decimated"

2019: Gay Pride Beyond The Pale
  • Sex & Drugs
  • 19 Jun 19

2019: Gay Pride Beyond The Pale

Repeal One Year On: Ailbhe Smyth and Dr Caitriona Henchion on the issues still facing women seeking abortions in Ireland
  • Opinion
  • 27 May 19

Repeal One Year On: Ailbhe Smyth and Dr Caitriona Henchion on the issues still facing women seeking abortions in Ireland

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Message

Student Special: "It is how we apply our intelligence, our capabilities, and our creativity that counts"
  • Opinion
  • 05 Sep 26

Student Special: "It is how we apply our intelligence, our capabilities, and our creativity that counts"

Remembering Glen Hansard: "A proper Irish musical chieftain who never strayed from the streets that made him"
  • Opinion
  • 15 Aug 26

Remembering Glen Hansard: "A proper Irish musical chieftain who never strayed from the streets that made him"

Why Don't Israel And Iran Hand In Their Nuclear Jigsaws Together?
  • Opinion
  • 12 Jun 26

Why Don't Israel And Iran Hand In Their Nuclear Jigsaws Together?

Welcome to the AI Apocalypse – brought to us by largely uncontrolled, mostly US-owned tech corporations
  • Opinion
  • 16 May 26

Welcome to the AI Apocalypse – brought to us by largely uncontrolled, mostly US-owned tech corporations

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McCann

I Hope Kneecap Stand Firm
  • Opinion
  • 01 May 25

I Hope Kneecap Stand Firm

Eamonn McCann at 80: Revisiting His Powerful Call To Repeal The 8th Amendment
  • Opinion
  • 10 Mar 23

Eamonn McCann at 80: Revisiting His Powerful Call To Repeal The 8th Amendment

It Wasn’t a Gunshot but a Slogan That Triggered Change in the North
  • Opinion
  • 05 Jan 23

It Wasn’t a Gunshot but a Slogan That Triggered Change in the North

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Hog

Student Special: "How can Irish educators help young people prepare for the lives they hope to lead, if the future is unknowable?"
  • Opinion
  • 13 Sep 26

Student Special: "How can Irish educators help young people prepare for the lives they hope to lead, if the future is unknowable?"

We Must Not Lose Sight Of The Importance Of The EU
  • Opinion
  • 11 Jul 26

We Must Not Lose Sight Of The Importance Of The EU

The United States at 250: "Consideration of the 250 years of the US should include a healthy measure of self-questioning and contrition"
  • Opinion
  • 23 Jun 26

The United States at 250: "Consideration of the 250 years of the US should include a healthy measure of self-questioning and contrition"

Welcome to the AI Apocalypse – brought to us by largely uncontrolled, mostly US-owned tech corporations
  • Opinion
  • 16 May 26

Welcome to the AI Apocalypse – brought to us by largely uncontrolled, mostly US-owned tech corporations

Strait of Hormuz and rising oil prices: "Trump and Netanyahu have made  a monumental miscalculation – and the rest of us are stuck with the consequences"
  • Opinion
  • 20 Apr 26

Strait of Hormuz and rising oil prices: "Trump and Netanyahu have made  a monumental miscalculation – and the rest of us are stuck with the consequences"

The war dogs couldn’t give a damn about climate change – so where does that leave us?
  • Opinion
  • 25 Mar 26

The war dogs couldn’t give a damn about climate change – so where does that leave us?

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