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# Opinion

Last year
2023
Money Diaries: Are you all set for the spending season? Would you like to keep a diary for us?
Holly Cairns: What Israel is doing in Gaza is beyond horrific - we cannot stand idly by
Larry Donnelly: Polls are now showing that if Biden and Trump ran now, Trump would win
Tom Clonan: Gaza City could be utterly destroyed as a result of Israel's attacks
Bobby McDonagh on Israel/Gaza: 'Peace requires both sides to accept that they can never win'
Dr Catherine Conlon: Where does BSE come from and what are the risks?
The Phoenix Park: 'We became an oasis for a new generation who had never visited parks before'
Author: 'There is a magic to literary translation, it matters'
Recipes: Lemon drizzle and blackberry crumble cakes to warm you up in the cold
Opinion: Budget 2024 mortgage tax relief - is it too little, too late?
Peter Flanagan is on holidays: 'It’s fake news’ my guide said, a little too defensively
Analysis: A land war won't go well and faltering international support means the world knows it
Dog Behaviourist: We have a dog welfare crisis in Ireland that we can no longer ignore
Roy Keane says Bruno Fernandes should be stripped of Man United captaincy
Collective punishment in Gaza: 'An old and familiar tactic, on a new and devastating scale'
Larry Donnelly: A new House Speaker has been elected in the US - Mike Johnson, now what?
No scare at Halloween: How to avoid narcissists and other manipulators of the dating world
Dr Catherine Conlon: Sewage in our waterways has huge health and environmental consequences
Doctor: 'I have lived through many wars in Gaza - this one is different - we've lost so many'
Donnacha Ó Beacháin: Israel's diplomatic mission to Ireland has had a rocky few years
Excerpt: Born in a Dublin tenement, Michael Healy set the bar for excellence in stained glass
Opinion: Time for new thinking on how to close the funding gap for women tech founders
Extract: 'She is funny and puts herself down, but in a funny way, so it’s okay'
Extract: Our mother was left vulnerable after we lost our father during the kidnapping standoff
John Gibbons: We must turn to nature if we're serious about tackling extreme flooding
Parenting: 'As a rough guide, I would say to expect 78 new WhatsApp groups per child, per term'
Extract: We searched for photos of momentous events as well as ordinary people's lives
Bobby McDonagh: In seeking full truth, we must avoid picking sides between the two narratives
Lynn Ruane: NDAs have been misused as a tool to enforce a culture of silence - this has to stop
Opinion: The human toll of violence in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel is staggering
Opinion: The Citizens' Assembly on Drug Use has a once-in-a-lifetime chance to effect change
Player ratings: How the Boys in Green fared against Gibraltar
Do you agree with our Ireland team to face Gibraltar?
Opinion: 'I was 20, alone in the hospital and they told me I had a brain tumour'
Extract: 'With the GAA's nationalist ties, Irish soccer faced a strong challenge'
Menopause and the workplace: 'It's just as important as the mental health of employees'
Player ratings: How the Boys in Green fared against Greece
The president has referred the Judicial Appointments Bill to the Supreme Court - what now?
Larry Donnelly: Moderate voices now matter most in the Middle East amid all the hate and anger
Analysis: Our new figures show we now need a national conversation about home care