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Avril King: The last thing French president Emmanuel Macron needs right now is a letter from an Irish mother, but I have my two cents to offer as I think about my child's future education irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/1…
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Hugo Harvey: For Irish people in London there might be a nagging fear if you are not paying attention, you might be assimilated; mistaken for British. irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/0…
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Tackling education inequality: Social connections must be prioritised in Deis Plus schools www.​irishtimes.​com/ireland/education/2026/09/30/tackling-education-inequality-social-connections-must-be-prioritised-in-deis-plus-schools/
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Sinéad O'Sullivan: What one Kerry road tells us about road safety www.​irishtimes.​com/opinion/2026/09/30/sinead-osullivan-what-one-kerry-road-tells-us-about-road-safety/
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Martyn Turner www.​irishtimes.​com/opinion/cartoon/2026/09/30/martyn-turner/
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Kathy Sheridan: You don’t boycott an Ed Sheeran tour just to look cool with a Peace sign. Boycotts hurt www.​irishtimes.​com/opinion/2026/09/30/kathy-sheridan-you-dont-boycott-an-ed-sheeran-tour-just-to-look-cool-with-a-peace-sign-boycotts-hurt/
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Michael McDowell: Drumcree row is a useful smokescreen for cynical Sinn Féin and DUP www.​irishtimes.​com/opinion/2026/09/30/michael-mcdowell-drumcree-standoff-serves-a-useful-smokescreen-for-cynical-sinn-fein-and-dup/
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The Irish Times view on Ireland’s education system: a detailed comparison with some surprises irishtimes.com/opinion/edito…
The Irish Times view on Ireland’s education system: a detailed comparison with some surprises

The Irish Times view on Ireland’s education system: a detailed comparison with some surprises

Despite spending less than the OECD average, its educational outcomes are impressive

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The Irish Times view on UK Labour’s conference: Burnham’s big gamble irishtimes.com/opinion/edito…
The Irish Times view on UK Labour’s conference: Burnham’s big gamble

The Irish Times view on UK Labour’s conference: Burnham’s big gamble

The UK’s tight public finances limit the options facing the new prime minister

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Shunning victory: Frank McNally on 146 years of the ‘boycott’ irishtimes.com/opinion/an-ir…
Shunning victory: Frank McNally on 146 years of the ‘boycott’

Shunning victory: Frank McNally on 146 years of the ‘boycott’

Coventry was the proverbial destination in a popular metaphor that meant the same thing

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Newton Emerson: Drumcree standoff puts a significant achievement of the peace process at risk irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…
Drumcree standoff puts a significant achievement of the peace process at risk

Drumcree standoff puts a significant achievement of the peace process at risk

Political leadership on all sides means supporting talks that are open to the possibility of a walk

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Ireland spends less on education than all OECD countries, new data shows irishtimes.com/ireland/educa…
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The Irish Times view on the budget and energy prices: hope is not a good strategy irishtimes.com/opinion/edito…
The Irish Times view on the budget and energy prices: hope is not a good strategy

The Irish Times view on the budget and energy prices: hope is not a good strategy

Energy is a central issue for the next week’s package and there are no quick wins

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Fintan O'Toole: Ireland stood up to Israel - and then left it to 26 footballers to follow through irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…
Fintan O'Toole: Ireland stood up to Israel - and then left it to 26 footballers to follow through

Fintan O'Toole: Ireland stood up to Israel - and then left it to 26 footballers to follow through

With his speech to the UN, Micheál Martin did something unique in our history. It makes what happened next even worse

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Revising for exams: What works best? irishtimes.com/ireland/educa…
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Sadhbh O'Neill: Benefits of Ireland’s solar boom shouldn’t go only to the big energy firms irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…
Sadhbh O'Neill: Benefits of Ireland’s solar boom shouldn’t go only to the big energy firms

Sadhbh O'Neill: Benefits of Ireland’s solar boom shouldn’t go only to the big energy firms

Looking at the list of solar farm projects, one thing stands out: an absence of farmers

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The Irish Times view on the scoliosis inquiry: families must be heard irishtimes.com/opinion/edito…
The Irish Times view on the scoliosis inquiry: families must be heard

The Irish Times view on the scoliosis inquiry: families must be heard

Minister should seek a model that commands their confidence

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Schools of rock: Denis McClean on the fifth member of U2 – the fans irishtimes.com/opinion/an-ir…
Schools of rock: Denis McClean on the fifth member of U2 – the fans

Schools of rock: Denis McClean on the fifth member of U2 – the fans

Mount Temple may have produced a U2, but my school, St Paul’s in Raheny, produced a Gerry Ryan and a Marty Whelan

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SVP to support more than 2,000 students with €3m third-level scheme irishtimes.com/ireland/educa…
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Alex Kane: Northern Ireland is staring into the abyss. The peace process is at its weakest since 1998 irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…
Alex Kane: Northern Ireland is staring into the abyss. The peace process is at its weakest since...

Alex Kane: Northern Ireland is staring into the abyss. The peace process is at its weakest since...

Elements of unionism are fed up with what they regard as the enabling of all-Ireland culture, history, narrative and Irish unity inevitability at their expense

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