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Édaein O’Connell: As world celebrates Ireland this week, we should remember how lucky we are

The dark truth behind that delicious bottle of Coca-Cola you’re craving

Rachel Morrogh: Conor McGregor is not a ‘great guy’, but Nikita Hand has Irish qualities to be proud of

Tanya Sweeney: Selena Gomez’s fiancé may be punching – but why are we all so obsessed with ‘looksmatching’?

Donal Fallon: The bike ride that links a chain of events from Buenos Aires to the roof of the GPO in 1916

Marcella Stakem: Ireland’s children continue to suffer as delays to vital healthcare persist

Martina Devlin: Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s failure to speak up for the EU in Oval Office may come back to bite us

Sophie White: You invariably collect ailments as you age and since nobody cares to listen, I’ve come up with the perfect business idea

John Curtice: Could the polls be wrong about the extraordinary appeal of Reform with UK voters?

Eduardo Porter: Understanding the real purpose behind Donald Trump’s blizzard of lies

Mary Kenny: Don’t let Meghan and the domestic goddesses drag women back to the kitchen sink

Frank Coughlan: Irish presidential election isn’t ‘Dancing with the Stars’, but it’s starting to feel like it

Ellen Coyne: Banning character references from rape trials would help tip those scales of justice closer to something that feels balanced

Fionnán Sheahan: Micheál Martin ducked, weaved and didn’t defend Donald Trump’s victims in Oval Office octagon

Máire Treasa Ní Cheallaigh: A routine check was life-changing for my baby, so what happens now the next appointment has been cancelled?

Saoirse Hanley: We gained abortion rights here, but the campaign is not over. Women in other EU member states with restrictive laws need support

Sinéad Ryan: If I can tap my credit card to pay for a bus journey in London, why do I have to wait until 2028 to do it here?

Ian O’Doherty: Five years after start of Covid pandemic, we need a robust, transparent inquiry

Max Boot: Donald Trump’s siding with Vladimir Putin represents the most startling U-turn ever in US foreign policy

Ksenia Samotiy: The big challenge for anyone in their 20s today is adapting to whatever ‘interesting times’ come next

Eoin Whelan: If you think social media is bad for children, wait until you hear what they used to say about books

‘With Love, Meghan’ is coming back for season two – here are six suggestions to make it less boring

John Downing: Could German really have been the official language of the US?

Kieran O’Donnell: As minister, I am determined to help older people live in their own homes for as long as possible

Fionnán Sheahan: Pothole politics can win over Donald Trump for Micheál Martin, but ‘Top Gun’ Tánaiste could do with diplomacy lessons

Ciara Kelly: Turning James Bond into a woman makes just as little sense as creating a male version of Bridget Jones - and I’m a feminist!

Ruth Medjber: I’m not going to feel shame about taking weight-loss medication that’s keeping me healthy and happy

Conor Skehan: This strange era of emerging ‘strongmen’ shows we have a good society in Ireland and Europe that’s worth fighting for

Sam McBride: Once upon a time, Irish diplomats had radical suggestions to resolve problems posed by a united Ireland

Barry O’Halloran: It’s time to abandon neutrality and send fighter jet pilots, not pillows, to Ukraine

Audrey Galvin: Let’s get it straight – victims of femicide die violently because they are female

Luke O’Neill: How fascinating discoveries bring new hope for beating cancer and Alzheimer’s disease

Sarah Carey: As the scourge of bad manners spreads, it’s clear the meek did not inherit the earth

Kathy Donaghy: University of Galway’s treasure trove of tragic letters from the past reminds us of Ireland’s golden links with America

Louise McSharry: As I finally learn to speak Irish, I no longer fear my great-great-great-grandmother’s disappointment

John Downing: Germany’s decision to rearm shows Europe is now thinking the unthinkable

Tanya Sweeney: I met my younger self for coffee. I told her to keep making mistakes, taking chances and styling her hair with a dry bar of soap

Martina Devlin: How a ‘hyena in a petticoat’ planted seeds that turned an Irish aristocrat into a radical

Donal Fallon: Oscars’ success of ‘No Other Land’ documentary on West Bank will encourage more dissenting voices from Israel

Tabitha Monahan: As Taoiseach braces for Oval Office trip, Ireland must take UK relationship ‘to next level’

Mary Kenny: I’m glad to see the decline of my first name – today’s babies are entitled to a touch of the unusual

Frank Coughlan: Neutrality made sense in 1939, but it’s a luxury we can't afford in 2025

Sophie White: My mother winces when she sees my new wheelie shopping bag. Anything that ages me, ages her – and she doesn’t like it

Máire Treasa Ní Cheallaigh: Mothers’ workplace conditions must change – better paternity leave would be a start

Ellen Coyne: Every now and then, a deluge of emails about Gaza brings my inbox to a standstill and I understand why

Ian O’Doherty: When you see how the weather changes our mood, it’s clear God put Ireland in the wrong ocean

Sam Kiley: Why Trump’s axing of US aid will kill Ukrainians and lift Putin

Denis McClean: He made us laugh and cry – the death of Pat Ingoldsby is a mighty loss to world of Irish poetry

David W Higgins: Rent controls have done their job, but now it’s time for them to go

Saoirse Hanley: Erik ten Hag, your argument that Gen Z can’t take criticism doesn’t wash — if anything, we challenge it on a world stage