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1Jul 26, '23Sinead O’Connor, acclaimed Dublin singer, dies aged 56232×11.9M26k11k601
2Nov 23, '24Sally Rooney: Capitalism is driving the destruction of our planet. We have to think outside – and against – the framework of our current political system43.5×2.2M5.1k1.1k1.8k
3Feb 24, '24'I think I will be living with my parents until the end of time if I don't leave Ireland': Many young people feel they have little hope of ever owning their own home. Video: Jack W23.2×1.2M1.2k192207
4May 25, '18BREAKING: Irish Times #Referendum2018 exit poll projects landslide vote to repeal Eighth Amendment21.6×012k6k7
5Oct 27, '24Rarely in the history of the Dublin Marathon has there been such wild elation as displayed by Hiko Tonosa on crossing the finish line, his third-place finish in 2:09:42 the fastest17.7×903k1.4k6979
6Dec 20, '24President Michael D Higgins said serving the Irish people remains his "greatest honour" as he delivered the final Christmas address of his presidency. Video: Áras an Uachtaráin16.9×861k1.7k20568
7Jul 22, '24An academic in the United States who discovered his 100 per cent Irish ancestry following a DNA test has been awarded Irish citizenship.12.9×658k1.2k104253
8Nov 22, '24‘To all the victims of sexual assault. I hope my story is a reminder that no matter how afraid you might be, speak up’: Nikita Hand speaks outside court after winning her civil cas12.8×652k4.6k705233
9Jun 27, '23At a protest today, RTÉ employees including education correspondent Emma O'Kelly and political correspondent Paul Cunningham have expressed anger at the revelations of secret payme10.7×545k1.5k25025
10Apr 6, '24“Prime minister Netanyahu, the Irish people could not be clearer. We are repulsed by your actions.” Simon Harris delivered a strong message during his ardfheis speech in Galway tod10.5×535k3.8k1.1k185
11Mar 17, '25Conor McGregor has arrived at the White House where he is expected to meet US president Donald Trump today. Before the meeting, he spoke to the media about the reasons he was there10.4×532k1.3k175126
12Apr 28, '23President Michael D Higgins has condemned the “obsession” with achieving economic growth in a speech on Friday that was implicitly critical of the economic policies pursued by succ8.7×445k1.1k17720
13Dec 28, '22Primary schools to teach foreign languages from third class as religion time cut under new proposals7.8×401k1k686
14Jan 9, '23Prince Harry should just shut up, says UK media that can’t shut up about Prince Harry7.5×384k5.4k91863
15Apr 1, '25Two Irish citizens ordered to leave Germany over pro-Palestinian protests despite no convictions7.5×383k7.5k2.1k453
16May 4, '23Dublin has been ranked worst for public transport among 30 European capital cities by Greenpeace, based on affordability and simplicity for users in purchasing tickets7.4×378k1.8k21631
17May 6, '24Trinity College Dublin to divest from investments in Israeli companies that feature on UN ‘blacklist’6.6×337k1.6k35567
18Oct 13, '23President acted without member states’ mandate to express unqualified backing for Israel6.5×334k1.4k42140
19Dec 5, '23Most ‘Ireland is full’ and ‘Irish lives matter’ online posts originate abroad6.2×318k1.5k35171
20Jun 10, '23Harry Styles at Slane: Boy, does this two-hour show prove the naysayers wrong6.1×312k1.1k20766
21Oct 25, '23An Israeli software company that employs 500 staff in Dublin encouraged its employees to create content supporting “Israel’s narrative” in the country’s conflict with Hamas militan5.9×304k1k52672
22May 11, '25Two teenage friends who died in water off Donegal named5.6×284k1.4k3953
23Nov 25, '23Irish-Israeli girl Emily Hand freed by Hamas after 50 days of captivity in Gaza5.5×283k1.6k19312
24Sep 21, '24The Government is to drop controversial plans to introduce hate speech laws, which had been criticised by its own backbenchers as well as free speech groups and tech billionaire El5.4×274k1.5k20968
26Dec 16, '23Alanna Quinn-Idris: ‘I am half white and I am half black, but if I had been a white Irish girl, and these boys hadn’t been white, then my assault would have been more of an issue I5.2×264k1.8k19439
27Nov 26, '24SuperValu, Costcutter and Carry Out to cease selling Conor McGregor’s Forged Irish Stout and Proper No Twelve whiskey5.1×258k3k22834
28Aug 13, '1980-year-old Leaving Cert student delighted with his results4.9×05.4k4778
29Jun 20, '23Ukrainian boy (11) to compete for Ireland in fencing competition in Paris4.7×242k1.1k464
30Aug 21, '24Michael McDowell: It is not idle to acknowledge the glaring truth that Ireland is in no position to accept 25,000 homeless migrants claiming asylum every year4.6×233k1.7k26864
31Aug 19, '22Insufficient vitamin D linked to fourfold increase in risk of death among Covid-19 patients4.6×02.5k1.1k175
32May 23, '24“Let me also say this to the people of Israel. The Irish people know what it’s like to have their national identity hijacked by a terrorist organisation. The IRA was never the peop4.3×218k1.1k15372
33May 25, '18Irish Times exit poll suggests that the margin of victory for the Yes side in the referendum will be 68 per cent to 32 per cent – a stunning victory for the Yes side after a long a4.3×02.6k1.1k4
34Dec 21, '24The mystery is not why we Irish have responded to Israel’s barbarism. It’s why others have not4.0×206k5.3k1.7k201
35Jun 7, '22Harry and Meghan baby-photo fallout shows they were right to leave Britain and the royals4.0×03.6k68093
37Nov 1, '20Death of Robert Fisk marks the passing one of the most highly regarded and controversial British foreign correspondents of the modern era3.8×02.3k79337
38Nov 3, '23Gaza journalist learns of colleague's death on air3.7×190k1.7k77790
39Feb 4, '23Hoteliers declining to host refugees due to fear of protests and local opposition3.6×184k1.2k2205
40Nov 24, '23Father-of-two Caio Benício intervened in the knife attack at a school on Parnell Square, in which three children and a woman were injured. Video: Enda O'Dowd and Isobel Boechat3.3×166k1k19838
41Jul 16, '23Irish star Rhasidat Adeleke announces she is turning professional3.3×166k1k333
42Dec 20, '18Abortion becomes legal in Ireland for first time after Bill signed by President3.2×02.6k7243
43Jun 29, '25Bobby Vylan: ‘That’s how I think the English government views the Irish: they’re all right so long as they stay in their place’3.0×155k3.3k434166
44Jan 23, '21Badge of distinction: Meet the first Sikh in the Garda Reserves3.0×03.6k21410
45Oct 20, '23A letter from EU staff members with 842 signatures has accused the European Commission of giving ‘a free hand to acceleration and legitimacy of a war crime’ in Gaza2.7×140k1.8k58523
46Feb 8, '20GE2020 #ExitPoll: #ExitPoll: FF 22%, FG 22%, SF 22% - three-way tie for share of #GE2020 vote2.7×01.2k6186
47Apr 5, '20Exclusive: Taoiseach rejoined medical register in March and is set to work one shift a week with HSE2.6×02.1k3983
48Apr 5, '20Coronavirus: Varadkar returns to practicing medicine to help during crisis2.4×02.3k3073
49Feb 3, '20Sinn Féin has surged into first place in the general election race, with a quarter of all likely voters now saying they intend to vote for the party, according to the latest Irish 2.4×01.8k5386
50Jun 25, '24Fintan O’Toole: We have ended up with a distorted system in which hundreds of people go to jail for non-violent offences and the non-payment of fines but violent and dangerous men 2.3×119k1.6k24333
51Oct 5, '24President Michael D Higgins has said it is “outrageous” of the Israeli Defence Forces to threaten the lives of Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon2.3×117k1.7k37728
52May 25, '18Miriam Lord: ❝ The Irish people have taken ownership of their abortion issue. They have taken it out of the hands of unrepresentative lobby groups and celibate clerics and decided 2.2×02.1k4444
53Dec 16, '24Israel using embassy closure as ploy to detract from thousands of children killed in Gaza - Taoiseach2.2×112k3.5k92884
54Aug 30, '24Choctaw nation unveil statue marking ‘eternal bond’ with Ireland2.2×110k1.9k30760
55May 14, '20All British and Irish citizens born in Northern Ireland will be be treated as EU citizens for immigration purposes, the government has announced after a landmark court case2.0×01.6k48816
56Oct 8, '18Lidl to remove non-recyclable packaging from all fruit and veg2.0×01.9k3113
57Aug 28, '19'If this was a Latin American country it would be called a coup, complete with American president publicly backing it'1.9×01.4k6147
58Feb 15, '24Israel is carrying out a “disinformation campaign” against the UN Palestinian refugee agency and one country “must not be allowed to undermine” the organisation’s “life-saving mand1.9×97k1.3k44252
59Jun 5, '25A rainbow crossing on the Main Street of Arklow, Co Wicklow, will be allowed to fade away after Wicklow County Council said it would not repaint the colours1.9×95k1.4k7350
60Jul 16, '19YouTube terminates Gemma O’Doherty’s account over breach of ‘hate speech’ policy1.8×01.7k1754
61Dec 16, '24Palestinian museum founder inquires about leasing site of closed Israeli embassy in Dublin1.8×89k1.8k20449
62Nov 13, '18This article is (by some distance) the most read item on @irishtimes this morning 'Fintan O’Toole: Historians will not believe the sheer ignorance of #Brexit supporters'1.7×01k58520
63Aug 18, '19Student who came to Ireland from Syria with little English gets 602 Leaving Cert points1.7×01.8k2095
64May 15, '21Rallies in Dublin, Cork and Galway in solidarity with Palestians1.7×01.6k3139
65Apr 17, '24Young artist Charley Bell (17) from Belfast has been chosen as overall winner of this year’s Texaco Children’s Art competition for her portrait in coloured pencils, entitled Antici1.6×84k1.5k12315
66May 16, '24‘I don’t think the West really understands’: A Ukrainian writer on his journey from torture camp to the front line1.6×82k1.3k42370
67Jun 13, '19BREAKING: Diageo cancels sponsorship of London Irish over plans to sign Paddy Jackson1.6×01.4k1984
68Mar 17, '20Page One Photo: Elena (7) and Lucy (5) Tintori visit their grandmother Sheela. It has been seen as critical to maintain social distancing during the spread of the coronavirus in Ir1.6×01.5k2747
70Oct 25, '22New Bill to criminalise incitement to hatred against transgender people following Cabinet agreement1.5×01.2k16929
71Jun 20, '19Ireland will be the first EU country to ban plastic microbeads in household and industrial cleaners under new legislation introduced in the Dáil.1.5×01.4k2953
72Apr 19, '21Lidl to offer free period products to customers from May1.5×01.5k1986
73Jun 12, '19Baby born on Irish Rail train to be given 25 years of free travel1.4×01.4k1761
74Sep 17, '20First Chinese-born barrister called to the Bar of Ireland1.4×01.7k1045
75Jun 7, '23Prince Harry ‘has not a single item of evidence’ his phone was hacked, Mirror Group says1.4×71k1.3k1275
76Oct 29, '23Ireland’s Andy Farrell named World Rugby Coach of the Year1.3×69k1.2k621
77Dec 10, '18John Major: 'To [some] Irish demand for a backstop is a bogus ploy to keep the UK in the customs union. In truth, a backstop is a vital national interest for Ireland and the UK'1.3×01k3755
78Nov 2, '23In a strongly worded statement, Michael D Higgins also said international bodies – including the European Union – who “remain silent” or “allow their messages to have ambiguous con1.3×68k1k2208
79Sep 5, '24New Dutch government to stop funding shelters for failed asylum seekers1.3×68k1.6k15232
80Sep 19, '20President’s dog Síoda dies after short illness1.3×01.2k1112
81May 3, '20Third flight of U2-bought PPE for health workers lands in Dublin1.2×01.3k1634
82Nov 16, '22A GAA club in Uganda has issued an appeal to Irish clubs for second-hand helmets, boots, football gloves and jerseys for dozens of local schoolchildren who have fallen in love with1.2×01.2k22412
83Oct 23, '20A young Dublin drugs courier who lost a bag containing €40,000 of cocaine phoned a Garda station to report it missing, Cork Circuit Criminal Court has heard.1.2×01.1k1164
84Feb 8, '20Some 31% of Balbriggan population made up of non-Irish ethnicities #GE20201.2×01.1k14612
85Apr 17, '24Dr Anthony Fauci honoured for his contribution to public health by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland1.2×60k2.7k32914
86May 11, '20103-year-old Dublin woman survives Covid-19 and looks for her lipstick1.2×01.2k1383
87Mar 7, '22The first female paediatric neurosurgeon in Ireland has just started in Temple St Children’s Hospital1.1×01.4k836
88Feb 27, '205,000 people from 135 countries to become Irish citizens next week1.1×09651333
89Jan 19, '21Taoiseach wants European languages to be taught across all primary schools1.1×01.1k863
90Jun 24, '21Fianna Fáil Cllr Uruemu Adejinmi has been elected as Mayor of Longford County Council, marking a series of firsts for the county, as she is the first migrant, first African and fir1.1×01.2k993
91Oct 7, '19A school in Lucan no longer records the faith of any student on the basis that it is no longer relevant1.1×01.1k1475
92Aug 19, '19Aldi bans plastic trays packaging for fruit and vegetables range1.1×01.2k1253
93Apr 10, '21Trinity College Dublin names Linda Doyle as first woman provost in 429 years1.1×01.1k1463
94Jun 5How to add The Irish Times as a preferred source on Google1.1×54k2519314
95May 3, '20A plane carrying two million face masks and 32,000 surgical gowns for Irish healthcare workers, purchased by rock band U2, landed at Dublin Airport from China on Sunday morning1.0×01.1k1343
96Oct 1, '20Dr Tony Holohan expected to return to his post next week1.0×01.1k941
97Mar 21, '24Indian opposition leader arrested in ‘conspiracy’ case1.0×51k1.1k75218
98May 19, '22New Garda completes ‘long’ journey from Angola to the beat0.9×01k632
99Nov 9, '25'It was a great privilege': President Michael D Higgins makes last scheduled public engagment0.9×46k1.2k15156
100Jun 19, '25EU should consider ending visa-free travel for Israeli settlers, academics say0.5×27k1.4k31826

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