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Teachers want religion out of the classroom. Here’s what has to happen next

By Paddy Monahan

Jim O’Callaghan’s public theatrics mask the truth about asylum seeker deportations

By Madeleine Allen

Here’s a job for the next pope. Deliver us from climate apathy

By Eamon Ryan

Why didn’t Ireland stand up for Palestine at the ICJ?

By Alanna O'Malley

Ireland’s mobile saunas in danger of being killed off by red tape and bureaucratic confusion

By Áine Ryan

As a former beauty editor, the obsession with celebrities’ cosmetic enhancements makes me sad

By Laura Kennedy

‘Tariffs’ is about to become the excuse for absolutely everything we don’t like

By Liz Carolan

Kneecap should be commended rather than condemned

By Vittorio Bufacchi

Dietrich Bonhoeffer cast as a culture warrior for the right? That makes no sense

By Rev Martin Sauter

Donald Trump should kill off the myth of the first 100 days for good

By Hugh Linehan

In The Settlers, Louis Theroux does something we have rarely seen him do in 30 years of TV

By Mark O'Connell

Europe would be foolish to capitulate to US demands to pull away from China

By Bobby McDonagh

How China uses soft power to exert influence in Ireland

By Alexander Davey

Climate anxiety is like parenthood: you get used to living with constant worry

By Sadhbh O'Neill

Should plans to put cancer warning labels on alcohol go ahead? A doctor and a wine expert debate

By Frank Murray and Jean Smullen

The idea that immigration fuels Ireland’s housing crisis is wrong

By Michael Byrne

Airbnb landlords and holiday home owners are squeezing native speakers out of Gaeltacht areas

By Lorcan Sirr

Sorry seems to be the hardest word - but there’s much value in the honest introspection of Confession

By Alex Fegan

Race to succeed Pope Francis begins with his funeral, as informal alliances of cardinals emerge

By Bronagh Ann McShane

Returning home from Chad, I feel there’s a glitch in western empathy

By Patrick Freyne