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Susan O’Keeffe: Binning labels is just a bandage in the bigger food waste battle

The real challenge food waste presents is the enormous impact that rotting food poses for the environment

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Editorial: ECB rate hike sends clear message to spend with care

In a Europe gripped by crisis and uncertainty, governments must understand that the years of essentially free money are over

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Editorial: The age of discovery is back with a Big Bang

The awesome images of the universe’s own creation captured by the James Webb Space Telescope are an outstanding example of international collaboration

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Editorial: We must move fast to safeguard our gas arrangement with Britain

If our government thinks a technical arrangement wouldn’t be superseded by a political one in the event of emergency gas shortages this winter, it is guilty of naivety

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Editorial: Queue chaos not the only area where DAA failing passengers

Passenger experience matters, and first impressions matter – and as Ireland’s most important piece of infrastructure, Dublin Airport must be better prepared

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Editorial: We are losing our race against time to meet 2030 electricity targets

With pressure mounting on the national grid, tripling the current level of operational renewable projects in the next eight and a half years seems less and less achievable

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Editorial: Johnson has broken trust on NI protocol, and it’s up to him to rebuild it

Threats to unilaterally bin the only solution that hardline Brexiteers were willing to accept are just bluster and ignore the will of the majority in the North

Editorial: Cost of living crisis cannot be blamed solely on government

The current inflationary pressures are out of the control of national politics, but Sinn Féin is reaping political dividends by blaming domestic policies

Vincent Boland: Berlin is the weak link in the West’s attempt to halt Putin’s war

Europe’s largest economy relies on Russian gas to fuel its industries and heat its homes. Severing that link will be hard for hesitant German leader Olaf Scholz, but time is running out for Ukraine

Too early to assess pandemic response: public health doctors

Make-up of expert group to assess Ireland’s response to Covid-19, is criticised for narrow focus and for lack of frontline workers and patient representatives

Tina-Marie O’Neill: Can construction sector overcome spiralling costs?

The travails currently faced by building firms were the subject of a fascinating panel discussion at last week’s Property Summit

Legislating for surrogacy presents a rights paradox for the government

Concerns about the potential exploitation of women in overseas commercial surrogacy arrangements have caused the government’s efforts to legislate on the issue to grind to a halt

Flexibility makes office spaces fit for hybrid working demands

Occupiers are increasingly turning to flex solutions to support hybrid working

Digicel kept afloat by O’Brien’s dealmaking after flirtation with oblivion

The company’s balance sheet is far from a pretty picture, but it is still in much better shape than it was five years ago after striking a deal with its creditors

Martin Mansergh: Higgins deserves respect for his brave and laudable decision

The President would be put in a false position if his presence at the partition commemoration in Armagh were interpreted as a gesture of approval by the Irish state

Dan O’Brien’s quarterly outlook: Government’s rush to increase public spending could put us in risky territory

When it comes to sustainability of the public finances, the government must be careful not to get separated from the eurozone pack

Róisin Shortall: Lack of political will is derailing Sláintecare’s health reforms

It’s not good enough to blame the pandemic for the slow pace of change in Irish healthcare, and the resignation last week of two key members of the Sláintecare programme was at least partly prompted by a lack of buy-in by politicians

Richard Colwell: Government’s cycle of gaffes leaves the way open for McDonald

Sinn Féin’s support hasn’t grown to any huge degree, but it has remained rock-solid while that of the government parties continues to slide

Fianna Fáil stands ‘united’ as it claims to put identity crisis behind it

Fianna Fáil members appeared in a conciliatory mood after the party’s Cavan think-in where they assessed what had gone wrong in recent elections, discussed gender balance, housing, the leadership issue and their reaction to the Zappone affair

Total recall: Newsom fights to continue reigning in California

The governor of the Golden State is battling for his political life with a recall election just over a week away, and more than 40 opponents on the ballot paper