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Seven Candidates Declared so far in Competitive Dublin Central Bye-Election

Returning hopefuls include Janice Boylan and Gerry Hutch, while Greens and Social Democrats debut new candidates
By Matthew Mannion
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Contribution

The Berlinale Claims That Film is Apolitical: This is Not the Case.

Jury president Wim Wenders’s comments have sparked discourse on the political importance of film
By Powell Sherrod
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Op-Ed

Ireland’s Defence Gap: Neutrality, Without Capability

Ireland’s defence spending in the European context
By Oliver Donnellan
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Contribution

Information and Control: Are We Living in a Post-Privacy World?

As concerns over the use of algorithms to automate interpersonal processes rise, critics wonder whether privacy and the right to privacy still exist the way they used to
By Irune Camps Sánchez
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Contribution

Influencers in Today’s Internet

A model of the influencers of our age and the internet that they dominate
By Daniel McGee
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Contribution

Debating the Value of University Degrees Gives Us No Say in What They Could Be

Opinion's editor, Helena Thiel, examines the important of university degrees
By Helena Thiel
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Analysis

Missed Targets and Slow Production: Europe’s Main Defence Challenge

The EU has missed its target again when it comes to assistance to Ukraine, what will happen now?
By Valentin Globenko
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Analysis

Can the Winter Olympics Survive into the Future of Climate Change?

With the Olympics and the chaos surrounding the event now over, many are asking about the feasibility of the event in the future
By Elliot Ryan
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Analysis

Behind the US Supreme Court Ruling Against President Trump’s Tariffs

Since the United States Supreme Court decision to rule against the tariffs brought forward by President Trump last year, both the United States and the rest of the world have been left at a crossroads wondering how the market and the political landscape look with the ruling in the foreseeable future
By Erin Hennessy
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Op-Ed

How Trump’s Diplomacy Exacerbates the Risk of War

After negotiations between the US and Iran at the beginning of February failed, Trump has ordered the largest American military mobilization in the Middle East in over 20 years with the alleged objective of peacemaking, jeopardizing an already fragile regio
By Marta Rehnman