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The most important rule is to have a clear point to make and get to it quickly
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Eamon Ryan: Why is the Government delaying publication of the land use review?
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Fears around the report are misplaced and it is long past time for it to be published
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Brian Leddin: Why I resigned from the Green Party over its decision to back Catherine Connolly
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Party’s decision to support Connolly’s presidential campaign only deepened my concerns about its current direction
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Fintan O’Toole: This has become an election about the nature of the presidency itself
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In Heather Humphreys, we have a candidate who is harmless. And In Catherine Connolly one who has the potential to do some harm, but also to do good
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The Debate: Will the new measures to boost apartment building deliver more homes?
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Or will they simply turbo-charge profits for developers? A construction industry representative debates with an economist
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The Irish Times view on Gaza ceasefire: an achievement for Trump
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His blunt transactional style proved to be a decisive tool
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The Irish Times view on faster trains: can’t they arrive quicker?
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The planning tail still wags the national dog
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Michael Dervan on how opera composer Gioachino Rossini and Ireland are intertwined
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From Dublin’s Theatre Royal in 1829 to Wexford’s modern stages, the Italian’s spirit remains woven into Irish operatic history
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Joe Humphreys: As a columnist, maybe I’m part of the problem
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Plato throws down a challenge to us all on how to engage in free and open-ended public debate
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Una Mullally: Heather Humphreys tells us she’s a people person. Catherine Connolly shows us
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Connolly has appeared on several podcasts that appeal to younger audiences and the more candid format suits her
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Vincent Durac: Will this be the ceasefire deal that finally ends the war on Gaza?
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Israel is reported to have blocked ceasefire agreements on seven occasions during the conflict, with Netanyahu chiefly responsible
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Worldview: Trump is deploying the army to wage war against an imagined ‘enemy within’
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Worldview: The US president has been rapidly intensifying domestic military operations during his second term
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The Irish Times view on housing policy: Government still looking for answers
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The Coalition is backed into a corner and has yet to publish a revised housing plan
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The Irish Times view on Trump and China: trade tensions are rising again
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Markets took fright at the US president’s new tariff threat and Beijing is showing no signs of backing down
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Up Crockery Mountain, Dungarvan’s smashing monument to too much stuff
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Sean Corcoran’s idea of recycling cups and plates into an artwork has become a wall sculpture worthy of the Guggenheim
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Edward Burke: Questions about Ireland’s neutrality are on the ballot in this election
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Voters will not just be choosing between two candidates; they will opt for one of two divergent positions on foreign policy and defence
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Rachel O'Dwyer: What was done to Victoria Beckham in the 90s was unspeakable. But are we any better now?
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In her new Netflix documentary, Beckham speaks about suffering from an eating disorder at the time she was weighed on live TV
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Breda O'Brien: What is the justice system for if we don’t believe in rehabilitation?
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Serving time in prison should not be the start of a longer sentence of stigma and shame
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Opinion: I was part of the flotilla to Gaza. I’m proud we didn’t let the experience break us
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I am inexpressibly proud of how we Flotilla women reacted
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Cliff Taylor: Ireland’s squeezed middle and stealthy wealthy will pick up the tab in years ahead
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Is it politically sustainable to keep soaking income tax payers? It might have to be
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Mark O'Connell: No, you don’t need a cortisol detox. Why are we so addicted to the new language of therapy?
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People buy into a chemical understanding of human psychology when really what they’re describing is our deeply complex, irreducibly mysterious inner life
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