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THE IRISH TIMES

Saturday, 31 January, 2026

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Celibate male bishops will not update ‘rancid’ Catholic teaching, says Mary McAleese

Pope Leo elected as `a safe pair of hands, to continue with the same old witter as a cover for doing nothing’, says former president

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Storm Chandra: Flooding possible in ‘many areas’ as further rain forecast

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Social Affairs

‘It’s mind-boggling’: Advocates for children’s rights in court threaten legal challenge to regulation service

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Politics

Former EU commissioner Phil Hogan seeks Government backing for senior UN role

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Caelan Doris: ‘Therapy opened a can of worms for me. I didn’t know what I was going to find’

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Crime & Law

‘I aspire to forgive him’: Colin Howell’s son on his double killer father, who murdered his mother

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Politics

Miriam Lord’s week: A call from ‘Death’ turns a junior minister into a detective

Given the anticipated global St Patrick’s Day ministerial airlift, concerns have sprouted on what to do in case of emergency at home

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Opinion

Lara Marlowe: ‘My comrades are struggling and freezing and dying.’ Grief is sapping Ukraine’s spirit

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Opinion

David McWilliams: All the world’s financial eggs are precariously perched in one highly speculative basket

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Business

Banks eye Zippay instant payments launch before St Patrick’s Day

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US

Jeffrey Epstein sent thousands of pounds to Peter Mandelson’s husband, emails show

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Jim McGuinness can sniff out disrespect in an instant, but chasing Kerry matters above all

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Former EU commissioner Phil Hogan seeks Government backing for senior UN role

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