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Irish Examiner view: Wind should be a key to meeting our climate goals

Ireland could take a significant step towards decarbonising if we harness the abundant wind energy on our west coast

Winter weather Dec 6th 2024

Irish Examiner view: A golden sky at the end of Storm Darragh

View of Notre Dame Cathedral from the Seine River in Paris, France.

Irish Examiner view: France's foundations shaken even as Notre Dame rises again

Man in a video conference with his team. Working at home with a laptop.

Irish Examiner view: Accessing data at home is worrisome

Poor homeless man or refugee sleeping on the wooden bench on the urban street in the city, social documentary concept, selective

Irish Examiner view: Incoming government must act now on homelessness

Those in the business of creating a government must respond to the housing and homelessness scandal as a matter of urgency

Thu, 05 Dec, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Reflecting on the makeup of the new Dáil

Irish Examiner view: Reflecting on the makeup of the new Dáil

Young and not so young elected, and swathes of the country have no female representation

Wed, 04 Dec, 2024

General Election Ireland 2024

Irish Examiner view: Irish soundly rejected the far right

We have a long way to go before a Government will be formed, but we can at least congratulate ourselves that the far right will have no part in the process

Tue, 03 Dec, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Greens suffer the curse of Cassandra

Irish Examiner view: Greens suffer the curse of Cassandra

It will be a strange country indeed where an alliance of the centre-left does not include some representatives from the party with the most robust environmental credentials

Mon, 02 Dec, 2024

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Irish Examiner view: Enjoy a small moment of calm after election day

Tomorrow we will start getting an idea of the shape of Ireland's next government. For now though we should all just take a breath

Sat, 30 Nov, 2024

Irish Children's Referendum

Irish Examiner view: Get out and vote for what you want today

Base your choice in the election booth on what you want from your representatives, rather than casting a vote for chaos. America has given a disquieting example of the latter — one we do not need to follow

Fri, 29 Nov, 2024

Enable the Vote campaign

Irish Examiner view: Do your bit. Cast your vote

Not only here in Ireland, but all over the globe, people have fought and died to establish the right

Thu, 28 Nov, 2024

new houses

Irish Examiner view: Hard to envisage a large-scale solution to Ireland's housing crisis

Painful experience has taught the electorate to be sceptical of guarantees, no matter who makes them.

Wed, 27 Nov, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Parties ought to address rural Ireland in Election 2024 debate

Irish Examiner view: Parties ought to address rural Ireland in Election 2024 debate

In the white heat of , political parties and their many advisers, consultants, vote-getting gurus, and other specialists agonise about mobilising voters in their favour.

Tue, 26 Nov, 2024

In the Hospital Sick Male Patient Sleeps on the Bed. Heart Rate Monitor Equipment is on His Finger.

Irish Examiner view: Mood swings as vote nears on end-of-life

Instead of a yes/no vote, Gordon Brown wants a commission to devise a 'fully funded, 10-year strategy for improved and comprehensive palliative care' in Britain

Mon, 25 Nov, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Minimising all risks is an impossible task

Irish Examiner view: Minimising all risks is an impossible task

We might like to think we can mitigate all dangers and protect people from themselves, and we should give that aim our best endeavours, but noting the fragility of existence, it is a mission doomed to fail

Sat, 23 Nov, 2024

Trump Eyes MAGA Spectacle For Deep-Blue New York In Final Push

Irish Examiner view: Tánaiste is right to warn of external shocks as Trump names his cabinet

Prudence may not be an election winner but we'd do well to heed Micheál Martin's warning in the Irish Examiner podcast

Fri, 22 Nov, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Is our justice system fit for purpose?

Irish Examiner view: Is our justice system fit for purpose?

The criminal justice system, and the prison sector in particular, is under huge pressure from the sheer weight of numbers it must contend with

Thu, 21 Nov, 2024

General Election Ireland 2024

Irish Examiner view: Gary Gannon is correct about Gerry Hutch's candidacy

The Social Democrats TD is right: If Gerry Hutch wants to be a politician, he should work like one

Wed, 20 Nov, 2024

Enable the Vote campaign

Irish Examiner view: Voters alert for empty promises

How much of the parties’ individual proposals will survive the formation of government remains to be seen

Tue, 19 Nov, 2024

John Lewis Christmas Advert 2024

Irish Examiner view: Wishing you a happy AI Christmas

The balance between sentimentality and sugar-sweet whimsy can be difficult to achieve

Mon, 18 Nov, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Too late for magical thinking at Cop29

Irish Examiner view: Too late for magical thinking at Cop29

Participating countries have been given until next February to do their homework on how they intend to recover lost ground in cutting their greenhouse gas emissions.

Sat, 16 Nov, 2024

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Irish Examiner view: Fórsa offers politicians a tricky choice

The union is calling for a four-day working week to be piloted in parts of the public and civil service, a suggestion which is bound to spark a good deal of discussion

Fri, 15 Nov, 2024

Leaving Certificate results

Irish Examiner view: Bigger issues in education than projects

For all its faults, the Leaving Certificate is a relatively level playing field for all those who take the exams

Thu, 14 Nov, 2024

Irish Examiner view: People with a disability must not be ignored by candidates

Irish Examiner view: People with a disability must not be ignored by candidates

Problems are not going to go away as children develop into adults

Mon, 11 Nov, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Gabriel Doherty helped us interpret and understand our history

Irish Examiner view: Gabriel Doherty helped us interpret and understand our history

The late UCC historian Gabriel Doherty made a leading contribution to the Decade of Centenaries

Mon, 11 Nov, 2024

General Election Ireland 2024

The Irish Examiner's general election campaign

A message from the Irish Examiner Editor Tom Fitzpatrick on what to expect from us over the course of this general election

Sat, 09 Nov, 2024

Irish Children's Referendum

Irish Examiner view: Your vote is your voice. And check where you get your information

The general election has been declared. Now we all need to make sure we are not being misled by misinformation, and then get out and vote

Sat, 09 Nov, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Let's keep the general election clean and civil

Irish Examiner view: Let's keep the general election clean and civil

When a candidate knocks at a voter's door, mutual engagement and not abuse is the path to resolving issues that voter might have

Fri, 08 Nov, 2024

Donald Trump

Irish Examiner view: Impact of Donald Trump’s win will be felt globally

It is difficult to see the defeat of Democrat nominee Kamala Harris as anything other than a catastrophe

Thu, 07 Nov, 2024

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