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Irish Examiner view: Workplace survey and debt settlement offer a glimpse into the two Irelands 
Irish Examiner view: Workplace survey and debt settlement offer a glimpse into the two Irelands 
workers would be forgiven for believing that the system is biased against their interests based on the evidence this week provides

Wed, 06 Nov, 2024

Irish Examiner view: World holds its breath as America votes
Irish Examiner view: World holds its breath as America votes
US election will define the country for maybe decades to come

Tue, 05 Nov, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Drug cartels’ arrogance is act of war
Irish Examiner view: Drug cartels’ arrogance is act of war
The latest manifestation comes to light not within Ireland’s inner city areas, but in the bucolic location of Killarney

Mon, 04 Nov, 2024

Irish Examiner view: US parties all lawyered up and ready to rock
Irish Examiner view: US parties all lawyered up and ready to rock
In theory, we should know the outcome of the US presidential election by the middle of next week. But if the counsel of Roy Cohn prevails, the close election may be still be contested long after that

Sat, 02 Nov, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Covid inquiry process not off to a great start
Irish Examiner view: Covid inquiry process not off to a great start
Questions need to be asked as to the purpose of this 'evaluation'

Fri, 01 Nov, 2024

North South Ministerial Council
Irish Examiner view: The Greens could be the coalition fall guys
There are already signs that neither Fine Gael nor Fianna Fáil are particularly keen on having the Green Party as their junior coalition partner after the imminent general election

Thu, 31 Oct, 2024

Blackrock College abuse
Irish Examiner view: We are still failing survivors of abuse 
Tonight, we will hear how corporal punishment in Irish schools left lasting physical and mental scars. The survivors of that abuse also deserve redress

Wed, 30 Oct, 2024

Irish Examiner view: A bad look for American broadsheets
Irish Examiner view: A bad look for American broadsheets
Few know endorsements traditionally mirror the stance of the owner or publisher and are concocted by an editorial board which is divorced from the day-to-day operations of the newspaper’s newsroom

Tue, 29 Oct, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Should we end daylight savings? Maybe we should all just sleep on it...
Irish Examiner view: Should we end daylight savings? Maybe we should all just sleep on it...
We're used to the 'spring forward / fall back' mantra, but some MEPs say we should stop changing our clocks back and forth every year

Mon, 28 Oct, 2024

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Irish Examiner view: Tourism needs its own economic champion
Shoehorning tourism, and its economic potential, in to a portmanteau ministry, which includes culture, the arts, Gaeltacht, sport, and media, has always seemed an unhappy compromise

Sat, 26 Oct, 2024

Ai technology, Artificial Intelligence. Let artificial intelligence help create what you want, Future technology concept.
Irish Examiner view: Big Tech’s cavalier push of AI requires regulation
Surely the concept of paying for usage is not beyond Big Tech and it is not too much to ask that some regulatory body gets the powers to make sure that the biggest companies in the world pay their way 

Fri, 25 Oct, 2024

Irish Examiner view: State should apply level of urgency to rebuild trust
Irish Examiner view: State should apply level of urgency to rebuild trust
83% of Irish people have a high or moderately high rate of trust in most fellow citizens

Thu, 24 Oct, 2024

General Election Ireland 2024
Irish Examiner View: No plain sailing to get to 34th Dáil
The general election may be coming to a polling station near you on a Friday sometime soon, but that doesn’t mean it will be plain sailing getting to the 34th Dáil.

Wed, 23 Oct, 2024

Kamala Harris
Irish Examiner view: Harris needs to get out the vote
Democrats are concerned that those who voted for Joe Biden in 2020 have become disengaged with the political process since then, because they feel less alarmed by Trump and his MAGA movement

Tue, 22 Oct, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Net is closing on gangland safe havens
Irish Examiner view: Net is closing on gangland safe havens
An extradition treaty being agreed with the United Arab Emirates is a tribute to hard work by the justice minister and Garda commissioner

Mon, 21 Oct, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Kamala Harris aims to make history, not least with the first US 'First Gentleman'
Irish Examiner view: Kamala Harris aims to make history, not least with the first US 'First Gentleman'
Eleanor Roosevelt, Nancy Reagan, and Hilary Clinton were among the most influential women to fulfil role of 'First Lady'. Time will tell if the US is ready for its first 'First Gentleman'

Sat, 19 Oct, 2024

Capital's Jingle Bell Ball 2019 - Day One - O2 Arena - London
Irish Examiner view: Singer Liam Payne made no secret of struggles
The One Direction star's death raises questions about the level of support for performers plunged into a whirlwind lifestyle, then spat out by the entertainment machine when they no longer sell out concerts

Fri, 18 Oct, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Joe’s salon showed what a local business really is
Irish Examiner view: Joe’s salon showed what a local business really is
The loss of any business is a blow, but this is particularly piercing because of the work Joseph’s Hair Salon has done in and for its community

Thu, 17 Oct, 2024

Irish Examiner View: A coherent response to flooding is badly needed
Irish Examiner View: A coherent response to flooding is badly needed
It is not unusual to read dire predictions about the future of the planet due to the climate crisis, but we are now encountering the reality of the climate crisis in the present.

Wed, 16 Oct, 2024

Donald Trump
Irish Examiner view: Elon Musk's championing of Trump puts US democracy in a dangerous place
Musk has claimed, without evidence, that this year's presidential election could be the last free election in the US

Tue, 15 Oct, 2024

Alex Salmond death
Irish Examiner view: Lament for the best kind of nationalist
Scotland's former first minister Alex Salmond's nationalism was, he said, rooted in 'tales of Burns and Wallace'

Mon, 14 Oct, 2024

Irish Examiner view: In Lebanon and Palestine, as everywhere — blessed are the peacekeepers
Irish Examiner view: In Lebanon and Palestine, as everywhere — blessed are the peacekeepers
Opening fire on peacekeepers is usually the province of deranged warlords, militia chiefs, combatants in civil wars, tribal leaders, frustrated dictators, and those who believe that might is right

Sat, 12 Oct, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Milton's destruction difficult to quantify 
Irish Examiner view: Milton's destruction difficult to quantify 
In some parts of Florida, the rainfall is so heavy it is being described as a once-in-a-thousand-years event

Fri, 11 Oct, 2024

Taoiseach visit to Washington DC
Irish Examiner View: Simon Harris in the US: Unfortunate timing for a photo op
A diplomatic reception involving Joe Biden at the same time as a hurricane hitting Florida would have been a PR disaster

Thu, 10 Oct, 2024

Education stock
Irish Examiner view: Education poverty and a missed opportunity to invest in our children
This morning, the latest Children’s School Lives report will lay out how children's social backgrounds affect their experience of primary school

Wed, 09 Oct, 2024

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Irish Examiner view: US voters should focus on protecting democracy from Donald Trump
Both sides of the political divide should heed the message delivered by former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney 

Tue, 08 Oct, 2024

Irish Examiner view: It's hard to see where peace will break out
Irish Examiner view: It's hard to see where peace will break out
For Palestine the future looks bleak, at least for the rest of this year

Mon, 07 Oct, 2024

NATIONAL PLOUGHING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Irish Examiner view: What is the point of a minister if the OPW is not held accountable in the Dáil?
Limerick County TD Patrick O’Donovan was bullish when asked about the Leinster House bike shed and Government Buildings security hut

Sat, 05 Oct, 2024

Teenage Students Using Digital Devices On College Campus
Irish Examiner view: Schools need funding, not pouches for phones
Is 24/7 smartphone access a problem? Yes. Is it better that students be in class without a phone? Yes. Will pouches stop students putting some old piece of tech into a pouch and keeping a smartphone on them? No

Fri, 04 Oct, 2024

Irish Examiner view: When the world is a powder keg
Irish Examiner view: When the world is a powder keg
Hate begets hate, after all, and war begets war as the revenge impulse takes hold

Thu, 03 Oct, 2024

IRISH Budget/McCreevy
S Irish Examiner view: Amid all the 'increasing' we wonder where the caring is in Budget 2025
In essence, the Government threw money at individuals and said 'here’s more money, take your problem to the private sector'

Wed, 02 Oct, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Food for thought ahead of Budget 2025 about Ireland's infrastructure
Irish Examiner view: Food for thought ahead of Budget 2025 about Ireland's infrastructure
One of the key elements to Ireland maintaining a competitive edge is 'the delivery of vital infrastructure projects'

Tue, 01 Oct, 2024

National Ploughing Championships 2024
Irish Examiner view: The trouble with numbers is that they are prone to change
With Budget 2025 on the way and the air heavy with talk of a general election, recent polls here — and events in the US and Britain too — might concentrate the minds of the Coalition

Mon, 30 Sep, 2024

General Stock - Newspapers
Irish Examiner view: Newspaper journalism's valuable contribution to our society  
From illegal nursing home charges to datacentres, from patients wrongly denied treatments they need to gangland crime: Irish newspapers are reporting on issues that really matter

Sat, 28 Sep, 2024

Netanyahu is back on his favourite stage
Netanyahu is back on his favourite stage
Anyone hoping for a breakthrough following the arrival of Benjamin Netanyahu to address the United Nations General Assembly has fallen victim to that characteristic of optimists everywhere — the triumph of hope over experience.

Sat, 28 Sep, 2024

Lord of the Rings
Pop culture references do not a story make
Judges can garner high levels of criticism in their chosen careers, so opportunities for a few words of approbation are often welcome.

Sat, 28 Sep, 2024

Stealing from a credit card
Irish Examiner view: Sex traffickers operating in plain sight
SERP’s report should make us reconsider what is and what is not acceptable in a decent society

Fri, 27 Sep, 2024

Health Committee
Irish Examiner view: If a job’s worth doing...
Children's hospital

Thu, 26 Sep, 2024

Irish Examiner view: President Michael D Higgins is not shying away from controversy
Irish Examiner view: President Michael D Higgins is not shying away from controversy
Taoiseach and Tánaiste were quick to defend the President after he was criticised by the Israeli embassy. But his comments on homelessness and housing will win less support from the Government

Wed, 25 Sep, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Germany's SPD did not quite get a ringing endorsement in Brandenburg
Irish Examiner view: Germany's SPD did not quite get a ringing endorsement in Brandenburg
What was widely regarded as a referendum on Olaf Scholz’s federal government turned out to be a two-point win for his SPD party

Tue, 24 Sep, 2024

Irish Examiner view: E-scooters are a hazard
Irish Examiner view: E-scooters are a hazard
Instead of appealing to the better angels of our nature, e-scooters are natural companions to our inner demons

Mon, 23 Sep, 2024

FILE PHOTO An Bord Pleanala has refused planning permission for a 179-unit apartment development on the site of the Bessborough
Irish Examiner view: The Disappeared — What lies beneath must be brought into the light
Work is accelerating to create the first global open-source mass-graves map

Sat, 21 Sep, 2024

Irish Examiner view: The Church is damaged by the sins of the past
Irish Examiner view: The Church is damaged by the sins of the past
Proposed pastoral centre at bishop's palace dubious

Fri, 20 Sep, 2024

Irish Examiner View: Israel has rebranded as terror state
Irish Examiner View: Israel has rebranded as terror state
By now we are accustomed to saying that the level of savagery in Gaza has reached a new nadir, unfortunately. That level differs for people.

Thu, 19 Sep, 2024

EU Commissioner nomination
Irish Examiner view: McGrath's EU appointment is a mixed blessing for Fianna Fáil
It is, of course, a proud day for Mr McGrath himself, an achievement which underlines his ability and competence

Wed, 18 Sep, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Farming no longer the be-all and end-all of rural living
Irish Examiner view: Farming no longer the be-all and end-all of rural living
Rural Irish interests remain varied, and warrant a greater place in our political and media landscape

Tue, 17 Sep, 2024

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