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Column: New year, new you – how to achieve your goals in 2014
Ciara Conlon
30 Dec 2013
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Lisa McInerney: Pop culture in 2013 was full of wacky antics, highs, lows... and deceptive depth
Lisa McInerney
29 Dec 2013
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Column: Nordic Rebels – The Swede and Finn who fought in the GPO, 1916
Damian Shiels
29 Dec 2013
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Column: 10 years on, Ireland's human rights act has failed to deliver
Michael Farrell
29 Dec 2013
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35
Column: We have harnessed technology to help the creative process
Brian Gilmore
28 Dec 2013
55
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Column: On this day in the year 2020 – Irish universities
Dr James Heaney
28 Dec 2013
202
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Extract: Colm McCann on Dublin, Ulysses and friendship
Colm McCann
27 Dec 2013
152
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Column: Feeling bloated? Here's your guide to the best, safest way to detox...
Dorcas Barry
27 Dec 2013
163
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Column: Want to break into the digital sector... but aren't sure how?
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
26 Dec 2013
165
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Column: Just how independent are our independents?
Joe Conway
26 Dec 2013
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Column: Earth’s forgotten places – the locations humans have left behind
Eun Yeom
26 Dec 2013
290
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Column: What’s it like to be Jewish at Christmas time in Ireland?
Aisling O’Brien
25 Dec 2013
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Column: Working as a firefighter over the festive period can be hard – but it’s worth it
Trevor Hunt
25 Dec 2013
952
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Column: Nothing guarantees peace on Earth like classic Christmas movie
Darren Mooney
25 Dec 2013
69
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Column: What was the Christmas Star?
Conor Farrell
25 Dec 2013
72
34
Column: My Christmas in the Philippines after typhoon Haiyan
Clare Ahern
24 Dec 2013
67
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Column: Uganda’s anti-gay law… what can you do?
Paul OKeeffe
24 Dec 2013
36
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Column: What was Christmas food like in medieval Ireland?
Fin Dwyer
24 Dec 2013
1.2k
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Column: A disabled person’s view on the charity crisis
Chris Lowe
23 Dec 2013
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Column: I volunteer with Samaritans every Christmas. Here's why...
Anonymous Samaritan
23 Dec 2013
407
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Column: Separation and divorce is hard for everyone – especially at Christmas
Bernadette Ryan
22 Dec 2013
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Column: Selfies and the history of self-portrait photography
Kandice Rawlings
22 Dec 2013
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Column: Let's look at the full story around social housing in Ireland...
Dr Padraic Kenna
21 Dec 2013
298
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Column: In much of Europe, ‘asylum-seeker’ and ‘refugee’ have become dirty words
Sherif Elsayed-Ali
21 Dec 2013
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Aaron McKenna: A functioning charity sector needs to pay well
Aaron McKenna
21 Dec 2013
112
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Column: Technology is a double-edged sword – it can both liberate and enslave
Sergiusz Prokurat
20 Dec 2013
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Column: We need to talk about 'The 12 Pubs'
Mick McCarthy
20 Dec 2013
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Column: For many this Christmas, loneliness will turn the minutes into hours
Gareth O’Callaghan
19 Dec 2013
81
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Column: Will the State meaningfully combat racism in Ireland?
James Carr
19 Dec 2013
105
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Column: Have we become numb to the figures on clerical child abuse?
Mark Vincent Healy
18 Dec 2013
603
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Column: The tobacco industry promotes a killer product – we should limit all interactions with it
John Crown
18 Dec 2013
153
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Column: Our lack of willingness to promote transparency is damaging developing countries
Morina O’Neill
18 Dec 2013
113
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Column: Thousands of people in Ireland can't afford a basic meal every second day
Emer Costello MEP
17 Dec 2013
228
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Extract: Looking for the farmer of your dreams?
Lorna Sixsmith
17 Dec 2013
908
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Column: I’ve been the bullied and the bully – and here’s my advice to young people
Clare Hartwieg
17 Dec 2013
4.5k
53
Eamon Ryan: Who really won in the ESB dispute?
Eamon Ryan
16 Dec 2013
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Video blog: A brief history – Christmas, cheer, and commercialisation
Katie Varvos
15 Dec 2013
101
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Column: How planning can make sure Christmas is fun
Ciara Conlon
14 Dec 2013
44
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Column: Stargazing for beginners – get the most out of these dark winter nights
Conor Farrell
14 Dec 2013
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Column: We can be the healthy masculinity we wish to see
Carlos Andrés Gómez
13 Dec 2013
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