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There is little indication we have a plan for what to do if the AI bubble bursts

By Liz Carolan

The human brain cannot easily cope with very high levels of power. Why?

By Ian Robertson

Photographing the first day of school will freeze the moment but not the memory

By Ciara Greene and Gillian Murphy

What will you say when a child asks: ‘Why are we driving a vehicle that is killing our planet?’

By Eamon Ryan

It seems we will tolerate any wrong so long as it is small

By Sinéad O’Sullivan

The discourse around super-thin is fraught: Could we replace it?

By Clare Moriarty

As Trump poll ratings slide divisions threaten to fracture Republican Party

By Jack Sheehan

We can and should do better for Gaza students seeking to study in Ireland

By Emma Stokes

College entry system is rigged in favour of comfortable classes

By Barra Roantree

How do we explain joy that went beyond traditional supporters when Mayo won All-Ireland?

By Fr Brendan Hoban

Ireland may not have mutant Blitz attitude to climate crisis but we have our own potent version

By Mark O’Connell

There are lies, damned lies and AI: why I despise ‘artificial intelligence’

By Richard Pine

M9 crash: Why does extreme risk-taking appeal to some young people and what can we do about it?

By Dean McDonnell

I’m now a lecturer at the college that didn’t offer me a place when I did my Leaving Cert

By Rachel O'Dwyer

M9 crash exposes limits of rules on social media giants when it comes to online harms

By Liz Carolan

Sláintecare is meant to move us towards universal healthcare, so why has this not happened?

By Myles Balfe

Ireland’s approach to religious-run schools breaches many families’ constitutional rights

By Emer Nowlan

Bad political leadership is blocking Ireland’s path to energy efficiency

By Sadhbh O'Neill

Help to Buy scheme is a money pit that benefits higher earners

By Lorcan Sirr

The Phoenix Park has an identity problem. But there is an easy fix

By Sinéad O'Sullivan

Ireland needs an agriculture policy. Instead it has an agri-food industry

By John Gibbons

Twenty years on, Amanda Knox is still in trouble for laughing

By Rachel O’Dwyer

Patrick Honohan: Why Anglo bankers were never sanctioned like those at INBS

By Patrick Honohan

The Danube ran dry, and revealed an overblown metaphor

By Mark O’Connell

Christian Brothers are an easy target but I am slow to stand in judgment

By Fr Tony Flannery

Putin’s pact with the Russian people is fraying and his paranoia is deepening

By Lara Marlowe

To see the woman convicted of my sister’s murder pictured with President Connolly broke me

By Ann Travers

To manage migration, Europe should help African countries improve their citizens’ lives

By Paul Gillespie

Why are AI firms bulk buying and pulping books? Because it’s cheaper than paying writers

By Liz Carolan

To most, YouTube comments are a cesspit. To me, they’re a glorious accidental archive

By Jack Sheehan

Ireland’s tech workers are learning the hard way about the risks of our economic model

By Eoin Hayes

Belfast’s fleadh found space for Britishness in a celebration of Irishness

By Matthew O'Toole

Europe needs to start treating the climate emergency as a threat to our national security

By Patrick Bresnihan

Encouraging public servants to take more risks is a terrible idea

By Eddie Molloy

Maybe it’s better if we never know the full cost of hosting the Ryder Cup in Ireland

By Sinéad O'Sullivan

What would happen if Ireland followed Vienna by designing housing with women in mind?

By Lorcan Sirr

‘Spermageddon’: The male fertility crisis we need to talk about

By Margaret E. Ward

The Dunsink plan shows Ireland has a lesson to learn from the Soviets

By Sinéad O'Sullivan

If Elon Musk is right and AI makes jobs extinct, what will we do with our free time?

By Ian Robertson

Limerick’s experiment with a directly elected mayor may be last of its kind

By Cormac McQuinn

The number of Pioneer pins has fallen – but so too has alcohol consumption

By Finola Kennedy

An 18m crater on the Moon is the smallest of our Elon Musk-shaped problems

By Liz Carolan

Netanyahu’s career may be coming to a close, but what follows will not be much better

By Patrick Smyth

When I briefly left home to go to a refuge, my housing assistance payment was stopped

By Sanaa Qaddi

Donald Trump is right for once. The EU is soft on slave labour

By Alan Eustace

Why is the US engaged in a ‘forever war’ with the International Criminal Court?

By Raymond Murphy

Ireland needs better hostels and more serviced camping sites

By Sadhbh O'Neill

Sardine Girl Summer: Now AI is deciding what we wear. Is that so bad?

By Rachel O'Dwyer

We are living longer. This is how workplaces need to adapt

By Rose Anne Kenny

How can Ireland build a nuclear reactor when it can’t even manage a children’s hospital?

By Sinéad O'Sullivan