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Irish Examiner view: Maintaining our humanity in the era of smartphone wars
Irish Examiner view: Maintaining our humanity in the era of smartphone wars
The conflicts in Palestine and Ukraine will come to be known as the first smartphone wars, with much of the information circulating on social media unmediated by the intervention of any trained or accredited journalist

Sat, 11 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Irish Examiner view: Progress in Gaza must be welcomed
The killing of thousands of women and children and the man-made famine in this area have horrified the world

Fri, 10 Oct, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Housing plan needs targets to be viable
Irish Examiner view: Housing plan needs targets to be viable
Without them, the plan will be nothing more than vague aspiration

Thu, 09 Oct, 2025

Fianna Fail president
Irish Examiner view: Jim Gavin crisis overshadows Budget 2026
Fianna Fáil TDs, including some in Taoiseach Micheál Martin's Cork base, criticise party's presidential election fiasco

Wed, 08 Oct, 2025

Irish presidential election
Irish Examiner view: Huge fallout from gamble on Jim Gavin
The perceived lack of a robust selection process angered and baffled many within his own party, and it was seen by political observers as an unwise gamble

Tue, 07 Oct, 2025

WW II Ukraine
Irish Examiner view: Nazi photo revelation shows the power of AI and rigorous research
Historian uses open-source journalism, AI, and old-fashioned media to identify murderer in notorious WWII photo

Mon, 06 Oct, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Play a long game for the right answer
Irish Examiner view: Play a long game for the right answer
On issues large and small the requirement now is to over-compensate on communication and consultation

Sat, 04 Oct, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Waiting for progress on public transport
Irish Examiner view: Waiting for progress on public transport
The essential requirement of public transport is reliability, surely

Fri, 03 Oct, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Support for our neighbours while protecting neutrality
Irish Examiner view: Support for our neighbours while protecting neutrality
Amid growing geopolitical tensions, Ireland will seek greater mutual co-operation with our European neighbours. Reconciling that with our long-standing commitment to neutrality will be quite a challenge

Thu, 02 Oct, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Irish Examiner view: Gaza’s future in the hands of others
Sharp-eyed readers will also notice a significant omission from the Trump's peace plan — the input of the people of Gaza

Wed, 01 Oct, 2025

Ryder Cup 2025 - Singles Matches
Irish Examiner view: US shamed by malicious Ryder Cup spectators
Until the final day, the whole show had been characterised not by the golf but by galleries that snapped from partisanship to a level of vocal nastiness that crossed too many lines

Tue, 30 Sep, 2025

Irish Examiner view: We need monitoring tech in the wake of Blackwater fish kill disaster
Irish Examiner view: We need monitoring tech in the wake of Blackwater fish kill disaster
EPA and Inland Fisheries Ireland should heed Cork County Council's proposal on water quality monitoring

Mon, 29 Sep, 2025

Irish Examiner view: HSE-CHI merger debacle reminds us to watch out for last-minute emails
Irish Examiner view: HSE-CHI merger debacle reminds us to watch out for last-minute emails
Reading the runes in the timing of official statements and the words deployed therein has become a modern art form

Sat, 27 Sep, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Drone technology presents challenges at home and abroad
Irish Examiner view: Drone technology presents challenges at home and abroad
Concerns about privacy and noise pollution caused by drone deliveries have been expressed in Dublin recently, but such complaints pale in comparison to this week’s incidents abroad

Fri, 26 Sep, 2025

File Photo The Health Service Executive has said it is working to establish how many patients may need to have their medical tes
Irish Examiner view: No oversight of payments to consultants
Tighter controls are needed

Wed, 24 Sep, 2025

A Unifil flag fluttering over Southern Lebanon
Irish Examiner view: United Nations a long way from what is required
Today, the UN looks far from the organisation once described by the second secretary general, Norwegian Trygve Lie, as having been created 'not to bring us to heaven, but to save us from hell'

Tue, 23 Sep, 2025

General Election Ireland 2020
Irish Examiner view: Dáil Éireann should not be a forum for autism misinformation
As the 'Irish Examiner' reports the testimony of parents struggling to get an education for their children with special needs, a TD stands up in the Dáil to utter unsubstantiated 'rubbish' about autism

Mon, 22 Sep, 2025

Close up shot of Bitcoin and alt coins cryptocurrency
Irish Examiner view: Technology has turned into a two-faced friend
It will undoubtedly take a major and debilitating crisis within the State before we finally acknowledge that we have placed far too much faith in our networks and systems, and can muster the determination to break that dependency for good.

Sat, 20 Sep, 2025

Nursing Home stock
Irish Examiner view: With no plan, catastrophe looms large for elderly
That the ESRI highlighted a potential future calamity in terms of our ability to effectively manage and care for our increasingly ageing population, should set alarm bells ringing

Fri, 19 Sep, 2025

President Trump state visit to UK
Irish Examiner view: Donald Trump might learn a lesson from Kier Starmer
The Jeffrey Epstein scandal has engulfed the British prime minister but as yet, Donald Trump remains untainted

Thu, 18 Sep, 2025

Young women sitting in dark room feeling pain with life problem. suffering from husband violence, Stop violence against and se
Irish Examiner view: More women at risk of domestic violence due to housing crisis
The explosion in violence against women is a heinous fallout from this country’s housing and homelessness crisis.

Wed, 17 Sep, 2025

Countryside stock
Irish Examiner view: The changing face of farming
Women are now breeding herds of cattle, sheep, and goats and managing large tracts of woodland

Tue, 16 Sep, 2025

Conor McGregor before the fight 10/7/2021
Irish Examiner view: McGregor presidential election circus heads to Kildare and Dublin
The former UFC fighter has long talked up his ambitions but so far has fallen short in terms of being able to act on them

Mon, 15 Sep, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Leo gives us a piece of his mind in memoir
Irish Examiner view: Leo gives us a piece of his mind in memoir
Our former taoiseach has never been backward in coming forward

Sat, 13 Sep, 2025

Charlie Kirk Shot
Irish Examiner view: Fraying fabric of civil discourse
Charlie Kirk's killing could well be the tipping point that provokes a perilous period characterised by political reckonings and vengeance

Fri, 12 Sep, 2025

Old woman sitting in chair
Irish Examiner view: Dearth of age-attuned healthcare
There is something particularly concerning about the revelations in the latest Tilda report and what they portend for the future

Wed, 10 Sep, 2025

Russia Ukraine War
Irish Examiner view: War in Ukraine is escalating to a worrying level
it is worrying to contemplate who the world is relying upon to de-escalate this situation

Tue, 09 Sep, 2025

Fine Gael think-in
Irish Examiner view: Threats to politicians affect us all
Simon Harris said a conversation was needed among all political parties at this 'moment of inflection'

Tue, 09 Sep, 2025

Planet Earth burning, global warming concept
Irish Examiner view: Collective action on our environment is long overdue
Not a day goes by where we don’t read of some climate-caused catastrophe

Mon, 08 Sep, 2025

Palestine Action mass action
Irish Examiner view: Protests cap Labour’s worst week in Britain
Mass civil disobedience could deliver yet another gift

Sat, 06 Sep, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Who decides what is for the greater good?
Irish Examiner view: Who decides what is for the greater good?
This week we reported a call for 'social stigma' on planning objections to schemes that serve the 'greater good'. But there is an obvious flaw built into that proposition

Thu, 04 Sep, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Missing children shame us all
Irish Examiner view: Missing children shame us all
How could a child vanish from sight for years on end without the relevant State agencies and authorities becoming involved?

Wed, 03 Sep, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Real threat of Gulf Stream collapse
Irish Examiner view: Real threat of Gulf Stream collapse
unless efforts to reduce carbon emissions are redoubled, then the fate the Gulf Stream is already set in stone

Tue, 02 Sep, 2025

Donald Trump,Spencer Trump
Irish Examiner view: Would we miss Donald Trump and would a successor be worse?
Having lapsed into uncharacteristic silence after a deadly shooting at a Catholic church, the US president re-appeared on Saturday as he embarked on yet another golf trip

Mon, 01 Sep, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Generational challenge to put on a happy face
Irish Examiner view: Generational challenge to put on a happy face
What annoys Helen Mirren the most are patronising comments made by younger people when she holds hands with her husband in public. It is, the hardest part of turning 80

Sat, 30 Aug, 2025

Irish Examiner view: White House threat to global health research beggars belief
Irish Examiner view: White House threat to global health research beggars belief
Legitimising the anti-science outlook of Robert F Kennedy Jr has a negative effect everywhere, Ireland included

Fri, 29 Aug, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Rights of school secretaries and caretakers must be recognised 
Irish Examiner view: Rights of school secretaries and caretakers must be recognised 
A clear inequality has not been addressed

Thu, 28 Aug, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Fianna Fáil's turn to consider its options
Irish Examiner view: Fianna Fáil's turn to consider its options
Whatever Fianna Fáil decide, the presidential election continues to entertain

Wed, 27 Aug, 2025

Irish Examiner view: A new battle begins in the United States
Irish Examiner view: A new battle begins in the United States
Battle lines are being drawn as Donald Trump's administration seeks to tighten its authoritarian grip on the US by sending national guard troops into Washington DC

Tue, 26 Aug, 2025

Electric car plugged in outside house
Irish Examiner view: Where are all the fast chargers?
Public charging infrastructure for EVs here remains insufficient

Mon, 25 Aug, 2025

Ireland Women's Rugby Squad Training
Irish Examiner view: Success that depends on the 'big girls going well'
Moving women’s rugby more into the mainstream is something everyone can support

Sat, 23 Aug, 2025

AI prompt chat bot. Search website to generate data, text or image. Man using computer with artificial intelligence app. Virtual
Irish Examiner view: AI is merely a reflection of our untruths
We are facing an entirely new frontier in child safety,

Fri, 22 Aug, 2025

Liam Og O hAnnaidh court case
Irish Examiner view: Kneecap and the debate over free speech 
The rap group are not the only Irish creatives facing the wrath of the British establishment

Thu, 21 Aug, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Blackwater fish kill is nothing short of an ecological disaster
Irish Examiner view: Blackwater fish kill is nothing short of an ecological disaster
First reported in the 'Irish Examiner' last week, the suspected fungal infection outbreak is a catastrophe that clearly demands urgent action

Wed, 20 Aug, 2025

Aras An Uachtarain
Irish Examiner view: Race to the Áras yet to grab interest
It is lamentable that some of our major political parties — notably Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin — have, a matter of weeks before the expected date for the election, yet to announce any candidate

Tue, 19 Aug, 2025

California Governor Newsom Announces New Funding For Los Angeles Communities Affected By Wildfires
Irish Examiner view: Gavin Newsom seems to be the right man at the right time
California governor may not appeal to all voters, but he is challenging Donald Trump and asserting the value of a functioning democracy

Mon, 18 Aug, 2025

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