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Remote working: Employers should work with staff but they cannot solve traffic jams

Remote working: Employers should work with staff but they cannot solve traffic jams

Denis O’Brien caused a stir when he hit out at remote working. While Damien McCarthy does not concur with all of Mr O'Brien's points, he welcomes a rare voice speaking up for employers

Group of three teenagers are using mobile phones in a living room

The education system can't cope with the reality of young people's digital lives

Nicolás Maduro: from bus driver to Chávez successor to US detainee

Nicolás Maduro: from bus driver to Chávez successor to US detainee

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Allegiances are shifting as the US begins to resemble a corrupt soviet satellite

This is my father and it's the first time we met

This is my father and it's the first time we met

Woman's hands take a piece of royal galette from a saucer on the table.

January in France is not all about resolutions… it’s mostly about cake

While Ireland spends the first weeks of the year attempting to undo the excesses of Christmas, France rings in the New Year with pastry, and lots of it

Fri, 02 Jan, 2026

Richard Scriven: We can add new meaning to old routes through pilgrimage

Richard Scriven: We can add new meaning to old routes through pilgrimage

Thousands of Irish people are undertaking pilgrimages for religious or spiritual reasons, for charitable causes, or to mark milestones

Fri, 02 Jan, 2026

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In 2026, the people of Sudan wish for the guns to fall silent

Trócaire’s country director for Sudan, Mary Wamuyu, writes of the difference that Irish solidarity can make in what has become ‘the forgotten war’

Fri, 02 Jan, 2026

Young people want to speak Irish — educators need a new approach to help them learn

Young people want to speak Irish — educators need a new approach to help them learn

DCU Sealbhú's consultation with students, parents, and teachers is timely given the upsurge of interest in Gaeilge evident in popular culture

Thu, 01 Jan, 2026

Colin Sheridan's A to Z of 2026

Colin Sheridan's A to Z of 2026

From America's 250th anniversary to Zohran Mamdani — via data centres, Eurovision, and fish kills — Colin Sheridan recites an alphabet of moments we will witness in the coming year

Wed, 31 Dec, 2025

Hand tuning fm Retro radio knob

Happy 100th birthday to Irish public broadcasting. A century on, we're still talking to each other

On New Year's Day 1926, an experiment in nationhood began with the birth of 2RN. And public service radio remains a vital place where Ireland goes for argument and debate

Wed, 31 Dec, 2025

Social enterprises can be powerful drivers of climate action

Social enterprises can be powerful drivers of climate action

In an era of increasingly severe storms, social enterprises are reusing, repurposing, and recycling resources in innovative ways — while also reinvesting back into their social cause

Wed, 31 Dec, 2025

Men in a Support Group

Reflecting on Ireland's mental health revolution

As we prepare for the new year, it’s time to reflect on the quiet mental health revolution taking place in Ireland

Wed, 31 Dec, 2025

Casing the joint

Reoffending statistics show we are failing on crime

Tackling disadvantage and social exclusion is likely the most effective long-term strategy for addressing factors that lead to reoffending.

Wed, 31 Dec, 2025

25 years on from the Celtic Tiger: Ireland is still paying the price

25 years on from the Celtic Tiger: Ireland is still paying the price

Twenty-five years on, Ireland is still living with the consequences of mistaking rapid growth for lasting economic success

Tue, 30 Dec, 2025

Aerial view of the coastline of Inishbofin, Co. Galway.

Ireland has a chance to get it right on protecting our seas

Ireland has a once-in-a-generation chance to legally protect nature in our seas and along our coasts, and we need to do it properly, writes Jack O’Donovan Trá

Tue, 30 Dec, 2025

Russia Ukraine

The West must give Ukraine back its future

Pushing for Ukraine’s victory is in the interest of the US and the democratic Western powers, writes Chrystia Freeland

Tue, 30 Dec, 2025

Local authorities won't follow party line on the triple lock

Local authorities won't follow party line on the triple lock

Although the Irish State is praised for having a strong and healthy democracy, the reality is that there are very few actual democratic mechanisms available to the Irish public — and they are often ignored by the Government when convenient

Mon, 29 Dec, 2025

Visiting his Elderly Relative

John Lonergan: How older people can keep their spirits up this winter

Age Friendly ambassador John Lonergan offers practical tips for older people — and their friends and neighbours too — to mind their wellbeing through the long dark months

Fri, 26 Dec, 2025

APTOPIX China SCO

Are we entering a new age of nuclear proliferation?

Not only are major nuclear-weapon states failing to pursue arms control and disarmament; they are openly doubling down on "modernising" and expanding their arsenals to match their increasingly bellicose rhetoric

Fri, 26 Dec, 2025

A successful businesswoman is using a laptop and working in the office

Ireland’s pension auto-enrolment is a turning point for women but it's not the whole story

For women in Ireland, the auto-enrolment scheme is a big leap forward, but it will only live up to its promise if the reforms are matched by awareness, structural supports and a cultural shift in how we talk about women, work and money, write Jill Steeples and Kelly-Anne Quinn

Fri, 26 Dec, 2025

Decoration with hydrogel water balls - orbeez.

How to avoid a toy-related trip to hospital A&E this Christmas

Their grandparents played with a toy that was basically a weapon (remember clackers?) but children today can easily fall foul of innocent-looking toys like water beads or magnets

Wed, 24 Dec, 2025

female farmer planting rice in Africa, Malawi

Irish funding has made space for women in Malawi

We cannot allow conflict and cutbacks to reverse 20 years of fighting gender-based violence and discrimination for women, writes Alice Kachere

Wed, 24 Dec, 2025

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Gordon Brown: Most people still believe in multilateral cooperation

Nationalists and populists may often speak the loudest in today's political discourse, but that does not make them representative, writes Gordon Brown

Wed, 24 Dec, 2025

Top view, construction workers or blueprint planning in house, home or office building in real estate, property or architecture

Lack of expertise in local authorities is a problem for new housing plan

There's no evidence that the measures in the Government's new housing plan are sufficient to tackle what is now a full-blown crisis, writes Anthony Leddin, a former member of the Department of Economics at the University of Limerick

Wed, 24 Dec, 2025

Diarmuid O'Flynn: Laughing with my dying brother

Diarmuid O'Flynn: Laughing with my dying brother

Once a big brother, always a big brother, and Donal was made for it, a natural.

Tue, 23 Dec, 2025

Hot meals distributed to displaced Palestinians under Israeli attacks in Khan Yunis

The world in 2025 was more dangerous and fragmented — but we must live in hope

It can be easy for people to feel overwhelmed and powerless, but every little action for global justice matters, writes Karol Balfe

Tue, 23 Dec, 2025

Assessment of need reform is just rhetoric without a workforce plan for children’s disability services

Assessment of need reform is just rhetoric without a workforce plan for children’s disability services

No more announcements without staffing. No more reform without a workforce plan. Anything less is simply setting the system up to fail again, writes Linda Kelly

Tue, 23 Dec, 2025

Two children on the floor read a book in a room with Christmas

Homelessness is now seen as an almost inevitable problem

Normalisation lowers our empathy, lowers expectations of government action, and allows inadequate systems to persist, writes Paul Hosford

Mon, 22 Dec, 2025

Scenic green valley and colourful rhododendron bushes in the Vee, Knockmealdown Mountains, Ireland.

Habitats report a stark contrast to nitrates decision

Biodiversity collapse is not a lost cause, but Government failure to prioritise it is devastating for all those working on nature restoration

Mon, 22 Dec, 2025

Epstein & Trump At Mar-A-Lago

Trickle release of Epstein files on a Friday signals move to bury Trump ties

The justice department is using a variety of tactics to try to obfuscate the US president’s connection to the sex offender

Sat, 20 Dec, 2025

New homes under construction.

Mick Clifford: Have we learned nothing from Ireland’s long and costly building disasters?

Proposed amendments to housing law are being rushed through the Oireachtas, raising fears of loopholes, abuse and future legal fallout

Sat, 20 Dec, 2025

A deep dive into the Government's solution to UHL's overcrowding crisis

A deep dive into the Government's solution to UHL's overcrowding crisis

The Government seems to have finally recognised there is an overcrowding crisis at University Hospital Limerick, but will they follow through on their plans to resolve the situation in the Mid-West?

Sat, 20 Dec, 2025

Why we are finding new meaning in the winter solstice

Why we are finding new meaning in the winter solstice

In a world that often feels unanchored, the solstice invites us back to the simplest truth: that the light always returns and connects us, writes Ger Moane

Fri, 19 Dec, 2025

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Cambodia border conflict is a disaster for the region's poorest

SeeBeyondBorders is a small education-focused NGO working in one of the world's poorest-educated countries. A conflict between Thailand and Cambodia threatens children's futures

Fri, 19 Dec, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Eoin Ó Broin on the way housing was

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Eoin Ó Broin on the way housing was

A new coffee table book, written by Eoin Ó Broin and illustrated with the photographs of Mal McCann, looks at the public housing schemes designed by acclaimed architect Herbert Sims in the early decades of the state and the people who now live in ...

Listen | Thu, 18 Dec, 2025

United States Venezuela

Trump's actions in Venezuela straight out of the Nazi playbook for home repression

The connection between the Trump administration's domestic repression and foreign aggression is beginning to come into focus, just as Hitler's did in 1938, writes Timothy Snyder

Thu, 18 Dec, 2025

Ireland welcomed me, but new rules mean my path is impossible to follow

Ireland welcomed me, but new rules mean my path is impossible to follow

Leaving Afghanistan after multiple death threats was the hardest decision I ever made, but it was also my only hope, writes Cork dentist Manizha Khan

Thu, 18 Dec, 2025

Why modern thermal power is key to Ireland’s renewable future

Why modern thermal power is key to Ireland’s renewable future

Wind and solar have together generated more power worldwide this year than coal — this marks a turning point, writes Finlay McCutcheon

Thu, 18 Dec, 2025

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Around the world, anti-Jewish hate is growing. In Bondi, we see the tragic results

After the latest in a series of deadly attacks on the global Jewish community, Jews are angry. And we have good reason to be, writes Dave Rich

Wed, 17 Dec, 2025

Paul Hosford: Has Fianna Fáil spent 10 weeks at odds with itself for nothing?

Paul Hosford: Has Fianna Fáil spent 10 weeks at odds with itself for nothing?

Party's presidential review offers little in the way of a single killer fact

Tue, 16 Dec, 2025

Over the shoulder view of a child using a smartphone in a home environment

We can protect children online, but the digital wallet isn't the right approach

Additional legislation is required to close the many loopholes that will exist after this measure of online protection is put in place next year, write Alex Cooney and Eoghan Cleary

Tue, 16 Dec, 2025

Chernobyl: General Imagery

Saoirse McHugh: There is no urban-rural divide on a fox hunting ban

Polling conducted by Ireland Thinks shows that 72% are against fox hunting, while only 2% of us have ever engaged in it, writes Saoirse McHugh

Tue, 16 Dec, 2025

Fianna Fail president

Louise Burne: If Labour knew of the banana skin around Jim Gavin, how can Fianna Fáil claim innocence?

While senior figures in Fianna Fáil can say they were made aware of an issue, but not the actual issue, how hard did they try to get to the bottom of it all?

Mon, 15 Dec, 2025

People riding bicycles in Paris, France.

Emmanuel Macron: Ten years after the Paris Agreement, let's redouble our efforts

France has made a clear choice to put ecology at the heart of all its economic, planning, energy, agricultural and industrial policies, writes President of France, Emmanuel Macron

Mon, 15 Dec, 2025

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Uber wants to disrupt Ireland's taxi regulation. Here's how and why it's being resisted

Uber's ‘platform economy’ mission is being met with resistance in Ireland and elsewhere. DARRAGH GOLDEN unravels the story behind the recent Dublin and Cork taxi protests

Mon, 15 Dec, 2025

Stigma is still an issue for State's biggest cancer killer

Stigma is still an issue for State's biggest cancer killer

More than 2,500 people in Ireland will be diagnosed with lung cancer this year with a five-year net survival rate of only 25%

Sun, 14 Dec, 2025

Social media rage bait — and why we're compelled to click on the angriest posts online

Social media rage bait — and why we're compelled to click on the angriest posts online

As Oxford University Press names ‘rage bait’ its word of the year, Jonathan Este examines the strange addiction to links that anger us

Sat, 13 Dec, 2025

1974 bombings report in hands of Taoiseach

Denton's claims on Dublin and Monaghan bombings are baseless

Even in the context of the many atrocities committed at that time, a barrier was crossed into the darkness when 34 souls were murdered that day, writes John O’Brien

Fri, 12 Dec, 2025

The Mick Clifford Podcast: What has the political year really been like?

The Mick Clifford Podcast: What has the political year really been like?

Irish Examiner Acting Political Editor Paul Hosford and Political Correspondent Louise Burne join Mick on this week's podcast to discuss the main political developments of the past year

Listen | Thu, 11 Dec, 2025

Too much of a good thing

Should the office Christmas party be abolished?

The traditional formula — open bar, late finish, minimal boundaries — is increasingly hard to justify in a working world shaped by higher behavioural standards, stronger awareness of rights, and far less tolerance for misconduct

Thu, 11 Dec, 2025

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