# column - Today’s News
Former Leinster and Ireland hooker Shane Byrne believes the country’s leading try scorer is deserving of every accolade he gets.
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# column - Yesterday’s News
The former Munster and Ireland flanker believes Joe Schmidt will look to his forwards and set-pieces again to win the day.
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Over the past three years the Government has been completely focused on job creation, but there must also be a programme of real political reform, writes Charlie Flanagan TD.
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Offering odds in a situation where a person has died and a potential crime is being investigated is a step too far, says Alan Tyrrell, who lays out some rules for companies dealing with publicity mistakes.
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The protection available to consumers when they take out credit is still inadequate – despite all the promises that were made after the crash, writes Noeline Blackwell.
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# column - Thursday 6 March, 2014
The Ireland Women’s out-half talks about making the video that has promoted the clash with Italy this week.
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Ireland would like to replicate the US shale gas boom but geography, history, and lack of energy infrastructure will prevent this – and the risks to the economy might not be worth the benefit from any gas produced, writes John O’Donnell.
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The St Patrick’s Athletic forward talks pre-season epidurals, ‘street footballer’ Chris Forrester and Martin O’Neill’s visit to Richmond Park.
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# column - Wednesday 5 March, 2014
Do you view the issue of gay rights as being mundane? Are you annoyed by the ‘hype’ over homophobic bullying and marriage equality? Then these are the facts you need to know, writes Christine Allen.
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Thanks to a remarkable generation of players, the Ireland team is in the midst of its ‘Alex Ferguson era’.
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The Ulster hooker looks at the recent spate of neck injuries and concussion in rugby and how clubs are seeking to prevent it.
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# column - Monday 3 March, 2014
Children as young as 10 have engaged in ‘sexting’ – sending explicit images or texts to another person — but they are distanced from the reality of what they are doing, writes Dr Maureen Griffin.
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# column - Sunday 2 March, 2014
From an imagined post-2020 perspective, barrister and co-founder of New Beginning Vincent P Martin, considers how our current housing crisis might play out in the near future.
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When the economy collapsed the banks got top priority. Building workers and people who need social housing were far down the pecking order. Now they’re telling us a miracle is on the way…
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# column - Saturday 1 March, 2014
It has become an internet sensation over the last decade, but not all is as it seems in the world of Fan Fiction, writes Stephen Downes.
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Some IBRC mortgage holders have concerns about about being left without protection if the Government proceeds with the sale of their loans abroad – but they shouldn’t be, writes Karl Deeter.
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# column - Friday 28 February, 2014
Quotas will never resolve the battle of the sexes. They’re regressive, counter-productive and a very short-sighted solution to gender representation, writes Lorraine Courtney.
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The young out-half is an unfairly maligned character after rising to the top of his profession early.
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The term ‘working poor’ should be an oxymoron but it’s a reality in Ireland – a wage increase is desperately needed, writes Jimmy Kelly.
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Former Ulster fullback Adam D’Arcy explains what has made the South African such a vital presence at the province.
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# column - Thursday 27 February, 2014
The Ireland out-half reflects on last weekend’s defeat in Twickenham, but also looks forward to facing Italy.
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There is a significant and growing political vacuum, and it’s into this vacuum that the Anti-Austerity Alliance has taken its first steps, writes Matt Waine.
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# column - Tuesday 25 February, 2014
With a constant flow of leaks, jousting between journalists and politicians, and the resulting war of words spinning out of control, the casualties in the Garda Ombudsman conflict will be high, writes Paul Allen.
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# column - Monday 24 February, 2014
The former global head of social media for Red Bull reveals her gospel for getting consumers to interact with your brand on their own terms.
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# column - Sunday 23 February, 2014
If your idea of having children is lovingly gazing at your partner while your baby coos in your arms, then you’re in for a little shock, writes Elizabeth MacDonnell.
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The relationship between ethics and economics is long-standing – we’ve just been ignoring it, writes Robert Grant.
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A glut of cash buyers, homeowners anchored by negative equity and tracker mortgages – in Dublin, the situation for young people trying to buy is alarming.
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# column - Saturday 22 February, 2014
There is enormous negativity about the Irish language, especially in official circles. But it’s part of who we are and we must fight for its survival, writes Rónán Ó Muirthile.
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# column - Friday 21 February, 2014
The denial of the right to a home leads to homelessness – but is also leads to a society with massive mortgage arrears, rocketing rents, and families living in fear of eviction, writes Sr Stanislaus Kennedy.
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We need to find a healthy balance regarding body image – and that means not celebrating extreme sizes, writes Lorraine Courtney.
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# column - Thursday 20 February, 2014
The boycott is aimed at institutions and does not mean Irish academics can’t work with Israeli individuals, writes Harry Browne.
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Ireland’s economic future is in our hands once again, let’s learn from the past and not mess it up with an unworkable energy policy, writes Steven O’Hanlon.
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Having seen Foley the tactician work at close quarters, the former Munster back row is in no doubt that the province is in safe hands.
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Ulster hooker and former U20 captain Niall Annett believes Mike Ruddock’s young charges can keep their championship alive at Franklin’s Gardens.
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This weekend the Constitutional Convention will consider the issue of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Peter McVerry Trust believes this is the perfect opportunity for the right to a home to be included in the Constitution.
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The Ireland out-half says she and her teammates are ‘trying to do our country proud’ as they aim for a Triple Crown.
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# column - Wednesday 19 February, 2014
The mood in the Ireland camp is not as jocular as 2013 but that is no bad thing.
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# column - Monday 17 February, 2014
In Ireland ‘celebrity’ candidates are typically drawn from the sporting world – while in the US they’re often actors. Either way, don’t underestimate the potent blend of skills, experience and dynamism they bring to politics, writes Larry Donnelly.
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Do you ever suspect that you’re a fraud, and sooner or later your boss will say “I’ve just realised, you have no idea what you’re doing”? Then you might have Impostor Syndrom, writes Andrea Mara.
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