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# Opinion

Last year
2023
Analysis: Is the global economy resilient enough to handle its high levels of debt?
Victor Duggan
1 May 2023
11.7k
14
Analysis: Behan wrote his columns like a garrulous, gregarious personality commanding attention
Professor John Brannigan
1 May 2023
13.0k
4
Barry Andrews: For every day of war in Ukraine, 30 days of landmine clearing will be required
Barry Andrews
29 Apr 2023
14.1k
66
Nutritionist: 'I'm calling BS on toxic diet culture'
Niamh Orbinski
27 Apr 2023
14.6k
17
Analysis: Can Ireland tackle climate change without a credible medium or long-term plan?
Dr Orla Kelleher
23 Apr 2023
10.2k
31
Therapist: Right or wrong, recreational drug use is part of the festival experience
Michael Ledden
22 Apr 2023
21.0k
17
Analysis: The €26 billion surplus could be used in a politically and financially clever way
Ciarán Casey
22 Apr 2023
18.6k
35
Extract: 'Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover shows we badly need a new future for social media'
Aoife Barry
Updated 21 Apr 2023
16.5k
25
Doctor on the front line in Sudan: 'Even ambulances are being turned back'
Ghazali Babiker
20 Apr 2023
6.9k
4
Cian O'Callaghan: Owners of vacant properties should either use it, rent it or sell it
Cian O'Callaghan
19 Apr 2023
15.7k
43
John Gibbons: Biden may not be perfect on climate but he's our best hope
John Gibbons
18 Apr 2023
5.9k
13
John Connell: Rural Ireland has been ripe for a 'booktown' - here's why I set one up
John Connell
17 Apr 2023
10.2k
3
Opinion: I am now blind - here are some tips for the sighted to help us along
Robert Thompson
16 Apr 2023
18.7k
7
Analysis: 'In a housing crisis, this government is leaving thousands of buildings to rot'
Dr Frank O’Connor
15 Apr 2023
22.8k
36
Ranking the 8 remaining teams in the Champions League
10 Apr 2023
9.7k
13
Opinion: Older people being cared for on trolleys rather than beds is an all-year-round issue
Dr Seamus Cowman
10 Apr 2023
11.2k
7
Opinion: Ireland can play its part in helping people pushing for freedom in Iran
Colin Lee
9 Apr 2023
6.1k
17
Parent: 'When she can’t figure something out for homework, we head into nuclear meltdown'
Margaret Lynch
8 Apr 2023
26.4k
29
Brian Rowan: The magic of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 was how a firm 'no' became 'yes'
Brian Rowan
7 Apr 2023
8.5k
2
Analysis: Don't fall for the 'groomer' slur - it's an old trick used to stir hatred of LGBTQ+ people
Aoife Gallagher & Tim Squirrell
Updated 6 Apr 2023
26.3k
24
Opinion: Shouldn't protest art provoke exactly the response we've seen this week?
Dr Emily Mark-FitzGerald
Updated 5 Apr 2023
16.7k
10
Opinion: After three years we still don't understand what remote work really is
Tracy Keogh
3 Apr 2023
14.0k
21
Opinion: Biden knows the value of his visit to Ireland in the wake of Brexit and Trump
Peter Flanagan
1 Apr 2023
17.7k
19
Barry Andrews: Russia at the helm of the UN Security Council from today makes a mockery of it
Barry Andrews
Updated 1 Apr 2023
35.3k
43
Extract: 'I didn't see a future for myself then and never imagined I'd reach where I am today'
Jennifer Carroll
1 Apr 2023
23.0k
7
Larry Donnelly: This indictment won’t solve the Trump conundrum
Larry Donnelly
31 Mar 2023
21.6k
40
Tom Clonan: Defence Forces are deeply misogynistic and an unsafe workplace for women and men
Tom Clonan
28 Mar 2023
15.4k
30
Analysis: We know of 'shrinkflation' but what role is 'greedflation' playing in our economy?
Victor Duggan
26 Mar 2023
17.7k
21
Opinion: 'Having a therapist who understands your race, sexuality and gender is important'
Niamh Jimenez
25 Mar 2023
16.0k
36
Analysis: If the SDLP decline continues, Northern Ireland's politics will suffer
Emma DeSouza
25 Mar 2023
11.0k
7
Opinion: We could improve our planning law - instead the public is being excluded
Alison Hough & Gavin Elliott
24 Mar 2023
10.8k
10
Opinion: As educators, we must step up our game in the face of ChatGPT
Dr James McDermott, Prof Michael Madden & Dr Iain MacLaren
21 Mar 2023
12.0k
6
Do you agree with our Ireland team to face Latvia?
20 Mar 2023
15.5k
14
Opinion: The Inspection of Places of Detention Bill promises reforms but doesn't go far enough
Dr Ian Marder & Dr Joe Garrihy
18 Mar 2023
7.9k
3
Opinion: We have many lost Irish woodlands - let's document, cherish and protect them
Ray Ó Foghlú
18 Mar 2023
11.5k
5
The Bee Guy: It's Mother's Day soon, so let's pause and thank the original mother - this planet
Paul Handrick - The Bee Guy
13 Mar 2023
9.6k
5
Opinion: If global leaders can't agree on the origin of Covid then what hope for future crises?
Seána Glennon
12 Mar 2023
8.6k
6
Opinion: 'Phones have become a battleground for parenting in the age of social media'
Margaret Lynch
11 Mar 2023
18.3k
7
Donnacha Ó Beacháin: 'Young people are fighting to reverse Georgia’s authoritarian trajectory'
Donnacha Ó Beacháin
Updated 9 Mar 2023
8.4k
10
Oakeshott and Hancock: Betraying a confidential source damages journalism
Professor Steven Barnett
7 Mar 2023
11.7k
5
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