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Independent.ie - Opinion

The Irish Independent's view: Hope for the future at Christmas after a troubled year

17 hours ago

Letters: Wren Day holds a special place in my heart – do give kindly to the boys and girls

17 hours ago

Sinéad Ryan: Why I'm looking forward to the smallest Christmas of my life

17 hours ago

Catherine Prasifka: For young adults without a home of their own, Christmas is not a return to childhood but a reminder they never left

17 hours ago

Donal Fallon: The spirit of Dickens' classic lives on in those working towards a fairer society for all children

17 hours ago

Martina Devlin: Ireland's age of book-banning is over – in the US, it looks like it's ramping up

1 day ago

Max Boot: Trump is losing sight of the real terror threat America is facing

1 day ago

Mary McCarthy: Why I'll be sailing home for Christmas from now on

1 day ago

Willie O'Dea: Dickens characters are plentiful in a sometimes-bleak Leinster House – sadly, Bob Cratchit has left the building

1 day ago

Letters: US threats to Venezuela are unacceptable – so why the international silence?

1 day ago

The Irish Independent's View: Justice for Sophie Toscan du Plantier remains as distant as ever, 29 years on

1 day ago

Fionnán Sheahan: No Focal at all as Micheál Martin plugs in to Downing Street's polling experts

2 days ago

Dmytro Kuleba: Volodymyr Zelensky's caution over ceasefire talks entirely justifiable

2 days ago

Sarah Carey: Early Learning Initiative will change lives in Ireland for generations to come

4 days ago

Ciara Kelly: I love to kick millennials as much as the next person, but we can thank them for the age of manifesting and daring to dream

2 days ago

Jenny Maguire: So-called 'clean girl' aesthetic borders on white nationalist chic – it's time to get back to glam

2 days ago

The Irish Independent's View: Special education in fee-paying schools needs clarity

2 days ago

Kirsty Blake Knox: The eight Christmas Crises you will face in the next 48 hours and how to overcome them

1 day ago

Catherine Ardagh: My son finally has a school place that meets his needs – but others are still waiting

1 day ago

Fionnán Sheahan: Fianna Fáil, Jim Gavin and my side of the story

4 days ago

Keith B Richburg: Why Trump's so-called 'peace deals' will keep on unravelling

4 days ago

EU's Ukraine loan deal is a spineless cop-out –if we want to save Europe, Russia's $210bn in frozen assets must be seized

4 days ago

John Downing: Micheál Martin is safe for now, but he has much to learn from the ghosts of Fianna Fáil past

4 days ago

Marc Champion: Peace talks have found issue of Ukrainian territory a sticking point for good reason

5 days ago