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Donald Trump called for a united Ireland. What exactly were we expecting to happen next?
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6th September 2026 - 19th September 2026
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August 2026
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Border poll risks ‘rift’ in Northern Ireland, where everything has been fine until now
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Fort Zuckerberg is the most on-the-nose illustration of Ireland's invasion by Big Tech
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The ticket tout time loop sums up everything that's wrong with how Ireland is run
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Can we be very clear? The curse wasn’t broken, it was fulfilled. The curse was... real
This year
2026
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Surrealing in the Years: Melting 99s and partying beach goers are out! Forest fires are in!
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Government deserves little credit for passing the zombified Territories Bill
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Surrealing in the Years: Who would have thought Ukraine wouldn't want our decrepit combat vehicles?
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Surrealing in the Years: Housing minister's war on targets comes for homeless children
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Surrealing in the Years: Some shameful Irish attitudes take a leaf out of Israel's book
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Surrealing in the Years: How is Bertie Ahern still finding new ways to disappoint us?
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Surrealing in the Years: Come on guys, we don't have it in the locker to pull off nuclear energy
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Surrealing in the Years: I'm not a government minister and AI didn't help me write this article
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Surrealing in the Years: Housing plans will have us living like Bosco, if Bosco had roommates
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Surrealing in the Years: At least Fianna Fáil will be okay, and that's what really matters
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Surrealing in the Years: 'Fuel protests' are bad news for a society that's given up on nuance
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Surrealing in the Years: This week we mourn Ireland's World Cup that never was
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Surrealing in the Years: You are watching the obliteration of standards in real time
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Surrealing in the Years: Solution to the housing crisis was in the French Riviera all along
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Surrealing in the Years: Is it the biblical End of Days? Yeah, sure, why not?
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Surrealing in the Years: There was never any chance that we wouldn't draw Israel
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Surrealing in the Years: Oh good, something else that Magic Wand Micheál is powerless to solve
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Surrealing in the Years: Climate change is on our doorstep in the least metaphorical way possible
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Surrealing in the Years: We've found out we know nothing about a lot of Very Important Things
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Surrealing in the Years: We're entering a new era of lawlessness. Don't expect much help from our leaders
Last year
2025
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Surrealing in the Year 2025: Let's hope 2026 is absolutely nothing like that, then
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Surrealing in the Years: 'How To Suffer Indignity' - a documentary by the Department of Housing
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Surrealing in the Years: Government could learn something from RTÉ's delayed bravery
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Surrealing in the Years: Paschal Donohoe leaves government unscathed, but how?
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Surrealing in the Years: Yates' Fianna Fáil dealings an open kimono moment for Irish politics
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Surrealing in the Years: Sorry Simon, maybe Ireland doesn't want to be a 'centrist' country
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Surrealing in the Years: Fianna Fáil once again aggrieved that their actions have consequences
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Surrealing in the Years: Things are not as simple as Micheál Martin might like us to believe
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Surrealing in the Years: You know who was really blocked from getting on the ballot? Me
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