World Cup memories
While I fondly remember the World Cups I watched as a child, the ones I’ve watched as an adult were more enjoyable
Letters
More Irish-language secondary schools are needed
Hildegarde Naughton’s announcement is disappointing
Belle Burden’s divorce memoir and the reality of marriage
Women have good reason to be sceptical about an institution that leaves them worse off in many ways
Ireland should cherish its role in UN peacekeeping missions
Why would we step away from a well-respected commitment to helping those less fortunate?
Humans, not cats, have systematically destroyed habitats and damaged the environment
Wildlife conservation deserves serious debate, not convenient scapegoats
We should follow Danish example of bold climate action
Newly formed government has replaced agriculture role with a minister for nature and animal welfare
Ireland is putting its international reputation for research at risk
Devolving doctoral and postdoctoral recruitment seems to be about offloading administrative responsibility
Piano tuning and Leaving Cert coverage
Don’t let a tricky maths question put you off piano tuning as a career
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Solidarity with Palestinians is more important than soccer qualification prospects
The greater loss would be failing to stand with those in need, writer argues
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has stood up for all Rotunda patients
Another reader ‘feels compelled to challenge some of the assumptions underpinning Fintan O’Toole’s Rotunda piece’
Scrappage scheme poses its own environmental issues
A typical new electric vehicle arrives with a substantial carbon footprint already attached
Letters to the Editor, June 8th: On crunching the data centre numbers, private maternity cover and inheritance tax
The comparison with other countries is unfair and fails to portray it as an opportunity rather than a burden.
Remembering Fergus Slattery: a decent man who showed compassion
Former Ireland captain and rugby great died on Wednesday
Emer McLysaght is right about public transport debacle after CMAT concert
Without proper transport planning, venues such as St Anne’s Park are unsuitable and potentially dangerous for large public gatherings
Hard decisions, not more ministers, are needed
Reader argues Cabinet restructuring, not constitutional change, is the answer to strengthening maritime governance
On the Leaving Cert: Students do best when they can choose subjects that best suit them
A broad education is important, especially in the early years, but by senior cycle many students are ready to build on their strengths
Solution to end Ukraine war should unite global and regional agendas
Global perspective even more urgent today than during the Cold War
Like smoking, private maternity care is a choice comparable in cost to a family holiday
Assertion that Ireland’s two-tiered model of healthcare casts us as an outlier requires some evidence
Ireland can keep pencil-and-paper voting approach and still get faster results
Extended counts are not a technical necessity
Darragh O’Brien’s hypocrisy in full flight with electric vehicle grants
Policy benefits wealthier households and shifts funds away from better options
Leaving Cert needs a rebuild
A fundamental redesign of the exams will provide better outcomes not just for students with dyslexia, but for everyone
Election counting system
‘So, democracy is protected by a lack of sophistication – peann luaidhe abú!’
If Government lacks moral courage on Israel is it just Palestine that will suffer?
Government and FAI have unique opportunity to lead, as Ireland did in the face of South African apartheid
Leaving Cert exams are played on a very slanted pitch
Children from wealthy homes have an option that may not be available to others
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