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Sad lonely Woman in depression with flying hair
Irish Examiner view: Sobering truths about miscarriages
It seems difficult to believe that, in the 21st century, we are in need of better information, better follow-up services, and better counselling for women who have experienced a miscarriage

Fri, 20 Jun, 2025

Raising Awareness About Pancreatic Cancer and Promoting Research in Our Medical Settings
Irish Examiner view: Insights can reveal the way forward
Today's enlightening data has true value 

Thu, 19 Jun, 2025

Irish Examiner view: We need bold action to address Ireland's infrastructure emergency
Irish Examiner view: We need bold action to address Ireland's infrastructure emergency
ESRI chairman Sean O’Driscoll's comments in an 'Irish Examiner' interview have resonated deeply — and with good reason

Wed, 18 Jun, 2025

Tuam mother and baby homes
Irish Examiner view: Let us now give Tuam babies the dignity we denied them in life
Preparatory work has begun prior to the exhumation of 796 infant bodies interred close to a mother and baby home run by nuns of the Bon Secours order

Tue, 17 Jun, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Small changes add up on emissions
Irish Examiner view: Small changes add up on emissions
Every part of the world exists in delicate balance

Mon, 16 Jun, 2025

Irish Examiner view: World peace is disappearing quickly over the event horizon
Irish Examiner view: World peace is disappearing quickly over the event horizon
All eyes are on Iran’s retaliatory measures against Israel

Sat, 14 Jun, 2025

Ballymena Protest
Irish Examiner view: Intolerance fuelled unrest in Ballymena
Decades of institutional bigotry in the North may have prepared fertile ground for various forms of intolerance

Fri, 13 Jun, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Free speech does not equal a right to intimidate
Irish Examiner view: Free speech does not equal a right to intimidate
Public assembly is not a licence to intimidate or abuse

Thu, 12 Jun, 2025

Child poverty
Irish Examiner view: What kind of future are we building?
The fact that over 100,000 Irish children are in consistent poverty should be a matter of profound shame for all of us

Wed, 11 Jun, 2025

Irish Examiner view: We need to eradicate TB for good
Irish Examiner view: We need to eradicate TB for good
In the current programme for government, 2030 is set as the aspirational date for the final eradication of the disease from the national herd but that appears optimistic at this moment

Tue, 10 Jun, 2025

Immigration Raids Los Angeles
Irish Examiner view: Trump is escalating tensions in California for his own political ends 
Sending the US National Guard out with ICE in California is an unnecessary escalation and a signpost of further trouble to come

Mon, 09 Jun, 2025

France D-Day
Irish Examiner view: Listening is an important precursor to change
It is worth recalling the words of US president Dwight D Eisenhower, who was fond of saying: 'Plans are useless but planning is indispensable'

Sat, 07 Jun, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Cameras could contribute to road safety
Irish Examiner view: Cameras could contribute to road safety
Iarnród Éireann's level-crossing camera scheme is welcome, and a similar project on busy road intersections could also help prevent catastrophic accidents

Fri, 06 Jun, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Disturbing revelations by RTÉ Investigates about nursing homes
Irish Examiner view: Disturbing revelations by RTÉ Investigates about nursing homes
As consultant geriatrician David Robinson said: 'It’s abuse — there’s no other word for it' 

Thu, 05 Jun, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Scene of shame at Tuam may give closure
Irish Examiner view: Scene of shame at Tuam may give closure
Families deserve something approaching closure after all this time

Wed, 04 Jun, 2025

Poland Presidential Election
Irish Examiner view: Right’s win in Poland will impact EU
The tiny margin of the victory for the hard right in Poland’s presidential election is going to place a heavy strain on the government of Donald Tusk, but for the media to describe Karol Nawrocki as “pro-Trump” is to miss the point.

Tue, 03 Jun, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Reaching outward is in the Irish nature
Irish Examiner view: Reaching outward is in the Irish nature
National Museum exhibition on connections between Ireland and St Gall shows while the drive by extremists to gaze within might be appealing in a dangerous world, we have always gained more by gazing without

Mon, 02 Jun, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Perfect is the enemy of good
Irish Examiner view: Perfect is the enemy of good
Ireland’s IVF policies are unfinished business from the past two decades and are viewed as 'outdated and bureaucratic' by fertility experts

Sat, 31 May, 2025

Donald Trump,Elon Musk,X Æ A-Xii
Irish Examiner view: Trump tariff plan in disarray just as his biggest cheerleader exits
Billionaire Tesla and X owner Elon Musk left Trump's administration just before its tariff plans become embroiled in US courts 

Fri, 30 May, 2025

Irish Examiner view: It's catastrophic to be going backwards on climate targets 
Irish Examiner view: It's catastrophic to be going backwards on climate targets 
It is long past time we treated this crisis with urgency

Thu, 29 May, 2025

Liverpool Premier League Winners Parade
Irish Examiner view: Our support for the people of Liverpool  
A day of celebration was abruptly turned into a horror — which was then exploited by Tommy Robinson's loathsome online posts

Wed, 28 May, 2025

Spurred By Rising Prices, Phoenix Undergoes A New Housing Boom
Irish Examiner view: The clock is ticking on housing and infrastructure projects 
Amid multiple holdups and budget overruns it’s time for the Government to act, and decisively

Tue, 27 May, 2025

Irish Examiner view: AI becoming an own goal for humanity
Irish Examiner view: AI becoming an own goal for humanity
One analysis argued that AI could be responsible for half the electricity use by data centres by the end of this year

Mon, 26 May, 2025

Coronavirus
Irish Examiner view: Pandemic probe is a horse of a different colour
People who feel unjustly treated, or unheard, will not quietly disappear

Sat, 24 May, 2025

Irish Examiner view: A small price for the greater good
Irish Examiner view: A small price for the greater good
Grant Thornton’s report suggests post offices are worth between €344m and €776m in economic and social good to the country

Fri, 23 May, 2025

Israel Palestinians
Irish Examiner view: Everyone can be an enemy in a warzone
Every shuffling foot becomes a possible sniper, every unexpected face a militant or spy

Thu, 22 May, 2025

PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL-CONFLICT-UNRWA
Irish Examiner view: How did we let the situation in Gaza come to this?
we may never know how many bodies are buried under the rubble in Gaza 

Wed, 21 May, 2025

Israel Palestinians
Irish Examiner view: Irish know all too well of Gazan plight
The Great Famine may have shaped the Irish people, but what’s happening in Gaza must harden worldwide attitudes towards Israel

Tue, 20 May, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Empowering journalism to speak truth to power
Irish Examiner view: Empowering journalism to speak truth to power
Democracy is, in some ways, a fragile thing. It is hard won in many countries, and yet readily trod underfoot or taken for granted. And perhaps there’s good cause for the latter.

Mon, 19 May, 2025

Irish Examiner view: A gamble on the long game with China
Irish Examiner view: A gamble on the long game with China
Chinese investments in Ireland are around €10bn supporting thousands of jobs

Sat, 17 May, 2025

Russia Ukraine War
Irish Examiner view: Putin's absence puts a question mark over Ukraine peace talks
Volodymyr Zelenskyy articulated the credibility problem, comparing the Russian delegation in Turkey to 'a theatre prop'

Fri, 16 May, 2025

Russia Malaysia
Irish Examiner view: Sanctions against Russia have yet to make impact
The EU has settled on its 17th round of sanctions against Russia

Thu, 15 May, 2025

Trump
Irish Examiner view: Flying in face of diplomatic norms
The Trump administration’s disregard for diplomatic norms means the shadow of Hamas hardly registers

Wed, 14 May, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Tributes to the late Garda Kevin Flatley
Irish Examiner view: Tributes to the late Garda Kevin Flatley
Having worked to make Ireland's roads safer, Garda Flatley himself became a victim of a road crash and leaves behind a distraught wife and two young girls and an extended family mourning his loss

Tue, 13 May, 2025

Russia Victory Day
Irish Examiner view: Caution over Putin’s offer of diplomacy
While we would like to be optimistic about the future, the recent past dictates that we remain staunchly cautious

Mon, 12 May, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Heed the warnings and prepare for war
Irish Examiner view: Heed the warnings and prepare for war
Russia-Ukraine, Israel-Palestine, and India-Pakistan â€” collectively, they could be harbingers of a global conflict

Sat, 10 May, 2025

VATICAN-RELIGION-POPE-CONCLAVE
Irish Examiner view: Welcome and best wishes for Pope Leo
Pope Leo has considerable challenges on his hands within the Church — financial issues, declining vocations, and, notoriously, the litany of sex abuse scandals involving the Church

Fri, 09 May, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Common sense must prevail
Irish Examiner view: Common sense must prevail
Another long-simmering enmity now appears to be edging towards open war

Thu, 08 May, 2025

Irish Examiner view: People suffering due to lack of staff in HSE
Irish Examiner view: People suffering due to lack of staff in HSE
People deserve a functioning health system — one which is fully staffed

Wed, 07 May, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Unpaid warehoused tax is a €100m scar in Ireland's post-covid economy
Irish Examiner view: Unpaid warehoused tax is a €100m scar in Ireland's post-covid economy
Revenue introduced tax debt warehousing to allow businesses survive covid-19 as trade and cashflow collapsed. Maybe they need to step up the effort to recoup the missing millions

Tue, 06 May, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Battling the manosphere takes action
Irish Examiner view: Battling the manosphere takes action
Change begins with a single step

Mon, 05 May, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Embattled James Browne faces tough task in righting housing mess
Irish Examiner view: Embattled James Browne faces tough task in righting housing mess
It is true that the housing minister has played a bad hand poorly to date, but he inherited a difficult in-tray

Sat, 03 May, 2025

Irish Examiner view: Recording your own lack of action
Irish Examiner view: Recording your own lack of action
A life ended on Wednesday night. No one should be proud of themselves for filming that

Fri, 02 May, 2025

CC LEINSTER HOUSE
Irish Examiner view: Amid housing crisis, paying new 'tsar' double the minister's salary is puzzling
The proposal to pay somebody €430,000 â€” more than the US president and twice the housing minister's salary — raises the spectre of private sector pay rates combined with public sector job security

Thu, 01 May, 2025

TOPSHOT-SPAIN-ENERGY-EMERGENCY-BLACKOUT
Irish Examiner view: Blackout should remind us to prepare
On Monday, Spain’s power grid lost 15GW, or the equivalent of 60% of its national demand, in just five seconds

Wed, 30 Apr, 2025

Donald Trump,Melania Trump
Irish Examiner view: Trump's hollow legacy of mayhem
Donald Trump's assault on the fabric of US government will almost certainly not create the climate to allow on his campaign axiom of making America great again.

Tue, 29 Apr, 2025

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