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Irish Examiner view: Racism is not a minority problem
Victims are expected to show resilience, as if toughness were the appropriate response to racism rather than the minimum requirement of decent administration

Fri, 20 Feb, 2026

New social media apps formerly twitter x and threads on smart phone screen
Irish Examiner view: We must protect our kids from online harm
The Government’s plan to restrict social media access for under-16s is a laudable one which appears to align with the intentions of several other countries.

Thu, 19 Feb, 2026

Irish Examiner view: Misguided plan results in immediate U-turn
Irish Examiner view: Misguided plan results in immediate U-turn
May this pause become a permanent one

Wed, 18 Feb, 2026

Little boy with measles
Irish Examiner view: We need to keep vaccinating amid measles outbreaks
Worryingly, HSE data shows that MMR vaccine uptake among children aged 24 months was 87.6% — below the WHO target of 95% uptake required to prevent outbreaks

Tue, 17 Feb, 2026

Cyclists in central Paris
Irish Examiner view: Joined-up thinking is a necessity
Our world — and the needs of the people who live in it — has evolved drastically in recent years

Mon, 16 Feb, 2026

Irish Examiner view: Public has been sidelined in drone operator discussions
Irish Examiner view: Public has been sidelined in drone operator discussions
Parts of the city’s northside, the central island of the city, the Docklands, as well as Blackrock, Mahon, and Douglas is to join the existing red zone areas around Cork Airport and Cork Prison

Sat, 14 Feb, 2026

Irish Examiner view: Humanitarian crisis in Cuba 
Irish Examiner view: Humanitarian crisis in Cuba 
Once you accept that this is a crisis with a human toll, silence becomes complicity

Fri, 13 Feb, 2026

Official Opening of the Central Mental Hospital, Portrane
Irish Examiner view: Failing at the most basic of expected standards
Patients at state-of-the-art hospital urged to wear warm clothes due to heating system faults

Thu, 12 Feb, 2026

Bank holiday getaway
Irish Examiner view: Rushed fixes often lead to unexpected problems
Removal of Dublin Airport's passenger cap should be examined from several  perspectives

Wed, 11 Feb, 2026

Irish Examiner view: Mairead McGuinness's story highlights the value of rest and recuperation
Irish Examiner view: Mairead McGuinness's story highlights the value of rest and recuperation
A combination of circumstances led to Mairead McGuinness taking the break that, fortunately, led to the restoration of her health

Tue, 10 Feb, 2026

Green model houses and banknotes
Irish Examiner view: Scarcity not the only rub with houses
When it comes to profoundly important purchases, such as buying a house, the room for making errors and spending more than we should unnecessarily narrows considerably

Mon, 09 Feb, 2026

wooden judge on book on the desk
Irish Examiner view: Finding a reliable way to measure the rule of law 
There are plenty of us in the world, but a downside of information overload is what gets missed while we are looking elsewhere

Sat, 07 Feb, 2026

Young girl relax with her smartphone on a sofa
Irish Examiner view: Social media is a public health issue
The urge to ban youngsters from social media is understandable — but it could push children towards even darker corners of the internet

Fri, 06 Feb, 2026

Television remote control changes channels thumb on the blue TV screen
Irish Examiner view: The box of delights that changed our lives
Whatever you think about the current state of TV programming, it is beyond argument that it was a technical development which has profoundly changed our lives and the way in which we see ourselves and each other

Thu, 05 Feb, 2026

Irish Examiner view: Parents' heartbreaking plea for their daughter's care when they are no longer there
Irish Examiner view: Parents' heartbreaking plea for their daughter's care when they are no longer there
At least 2,000 adults with intellectual disabilities live with parents or carers aged over 70. Now a dad seeks to ensure his daughter is cared for when he's no longer able to do so

Tue, 03 Feb, 2026

Irish Examiner View: Communities need action on flood defences
Irish Examiner View: Communities need action on flood defences
Ireland is, by any measure, a rich country, and yet we seem bogged down by a terminal inability to get stuff done.

Mon, 02 Feb, 2026

Winter weather Jan 27th 2026
Irish Examiner view: Home insurance falls victim to Storm Chandra and climate change 
People in Cork still dealing with the fallout from Storm Babet look on with sympathy as residents in the east are battered by Storm Chandra

Sat, 31 Jan, 2026

Irish Examiner View: Need for regulation of social media and AI is evident
Irish Examiner View: Need for regulation of social media and AI is evident
AI has been a lively topic of discussion in recent days, not least because of the lord mayor of Cork’s for his speeches.

Fri, 30 Jan, 2026

Irish Examiner view: Enniscorthy locals might note slow response in Midleton
Irish Examiner view: Enniscorthy locals might note slow response in Midleton
People in Midleton have been agitating for years for proper flood protection measures

Thu, 29 Jan, 2026

Garda Stock
Irish Examiner view: Questions remain over Garda investigation and trial
Four serving gardaĂ­ and a retired superintendent have been found not guilty of charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice

Wed, 28 Jan, 2026

Trillick v Crossmaglen Rangers - AIB Ulster GAA Football Senior Club Championship Quarter-Final
Irish Examiner view: South Kerry taskforce on population decline is a welcome initiative
Taskforce could become a template for all of rural Ireland, addressing a problem affecting communities up and down the country

Tue, 27 Jan, 2026

Irish Examiner view: Alex Pretti video from Minnesota makes nonsense of Bovino's claims
Irish Examiner view: Alex Pretti video from Minnesota makes nonsense of Bovino's claims
The ICE crackdown in Minneapolis and other US cities is on the wrong side of history

Mon, 26 Jan, 2026

Irish Examiner view: Mark Carney shows what it is to be a true statesman
Irish Examiner view: Mark Carney shows what it is to be a true statesman
Canadian prime minister's Davos speech may prove to be a highly influential moment

Sat, 24 Jan, 2026

HER VOICE PROJECT; ENDOMETRIOSIS
Irish Examiner view: Urgent need to fix flaws in endometriosis scheme
The stark testimony shared by those demonstrating in Dublin this week has brought home the human cost of not addressing this problem adequately

Fri, 23 Jan, 2026

Switzerland Davos Trump
Irish Examiner view: No force, all farce from Trump in Davos
His speech was characteristic, blending bluster and criticism with threats — some veiled, some overt

Thu, 22 Jan, 2026

Greyhound Races at Kilcohan Park
Irish Examiner view: Will degree put greyhound racing on the right track?
Use — and misuse — of artificial intelligence is widely seen as one of the biggest issues facing higher education, but there are other, long-standing challenges for the third-level sector.

Wed, 21 Jan, 2026

Donald Trump
Irish Examiner view: Trump tariff threat is yet another bully tactic
Once again, European leaders have to meet Trump head-on and face down his bully-boy tactics.

Tue, 20 Jan, 2026

Cop26 backgrounders
Irish Examiner view: Energy grid in need of investment
Eirgrid estimates demand for power in Ireland will surge 45% between 2023 and 2034, fuelled in part by data centres

Mon, 19 Jan, 2026

The Mick Clifford Podcast: From Beijing to Leinster House with Paul Hosford
The Mick Clifford Podcast: From Beijing to Leinster House with Paul Hosford
The Dail reconvened this week after the Christmas break, but already the Irish Examiner’s Paul Hosford has been to China and back trailing the Taoiseach and getting a handle on where the new world order is heading.

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Irish Examiner view: Airport planners must get ready to go
Irish Examiner view: Airport planners must get ready to go
The DAA standoff with Kenny Jacobs is an intriguing tale while we wait for ECJ to share its views on the Dublin Airport passenger cap

Sat, 17 Jan, 2026

Irish Examiner view: The State is trapped in an absurd legal loop of its own making
Irish Examiner view: The State is trapped in an absurd legal loop of its own making
The case of Enoch Burke has passed from farce into something more troubling

Fri, 16 Jan, 2026

Seafood Processing and Aquaculture in Mulroy bay Fish farm cages Northern Ireland
Irish Examiner view: Conservation plans will not be fulfilled without money
The bald fact is that we have never protected nature well and, as a nation, we are failing to provide the resources necessary to meet environmental targets, both notional and real

Thu, 15 Jan, 2026

Irish Examiner View: Government hoping to shake off reputation as a do-nothing outfit
Irish Examiner View: Government hoping to shake off reputation as a do-nothing outfit
A reputation, once earned and irrespective of whether it reflects well or poorly, is an extremely hard thing to shake off. That is the challenge for the Government in the Dáil term that began yesterday.

Wed, 14 Jan, 2026

Donald Trump
Irish Examiner view: US ought to react calmly to unrest
The US would be better served by sitting down and talking rather than taking direct military action

Tue, 13 Jan, 2026

A lonely orphan boy looks through an old window.
Irish Examiner view: Families are being hit from all sides
Wage growth has not been a barrier against inflation — nor has it been equally distributed among the working population

Mon, 12 Jan, 2026

General Stock - Sport and Fitness
Irish Examiner view: Following pilgrim trails to environmental salvation won’t be easy
Ahead of his epic run, Adharanand Finn rightly said that Ireland is 'one of the least biodiverse countries in the world, with barely any remaining natural forest'

Sat, 10 Jan, 2026

Deepfake concerns
Irish Examiner view: Tech will not pause for us to catch up
The issue cuts to the heart of how AI is regulated, and why regulation can no longer be an afterthought

Fri, 09 Jan, 2026

Trump
Irish Examiner view: The impact of Trump’s many whims
These are truly uncertain times

Thu, 08 Jan, 2026

Elon Musk Debuts Grok AI Bot To Challenge ChatGPT
Irish Examiner view: Depraved adaptation of technology
In 2021, the government introduced legislation criminalising the sharing of, or threatening to share, intimate images without a person’s consent

Wed, 07 Jan, 2026

Irish Examiner view: World on edge after Trump's move in Venezuela
Irish Examiner view: World on edge after Trump's move in Venezuela
rump’s largely fictitious charges against Maduro and his administration will be noted internationally

Tue, 06 Jan, 2026

Teenager Using Cell Phone in Bed
Irish Examiner view: Pornification of our children must be curbed
Cormac O’Keeffe's report on how susceptible our children are to online apps makes for sobering reading

Mon, 05 Jan, 2026

Model house in the palm
Irish Examiner view: Hard statistics by which we measure our lives
At the outset of another year, we mull over gloomy data on housing road deaths 

Sat, 03 Jan, 2026

Irish Examiner view: An Coimisiún Toghcháin is tackling false information
Irish Examiner view: An Coimisiún Toghcháin is tackling false information
Efforts are being made to undermine the integrity of elections in many democratic jurisdictions

Fri, 02 Jan, 2026

Irish Examiner view: Resolving to improve our outlook
Irish Examiner view: Resolving to improve our outlook
If we are to tackle the challenges which face us, we must do so with the right attitude and focus

Thu, 01 Jan, 2026

Unrecognizable female college student takes notes in class
Irish Examiner view: Decision on English language schools may impact economy 
Government may find this is a challenge which goes beyond tightening standards at language schools

Wed, 31 Dec, 2025

Donald Trump,Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Irish Examiner view: The Kremlin will not back down easily on Ukraine deal
Vladimir Putin's audacity seems certain to frustrate every effort to get Russia to stop its senseless and unwinnable war on Ukraine

Tue, 30 Dec, 2025

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