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# opinion and insight

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Column: Heartbreak, misery and cloying sentimentality – the ingredients of any good Christmas song
Kate Bellamy
11 Dec 2013
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Column: Domestic abuse in same-sex relationships isn't talked about – but it's real
Catherine W
9 Dec 2013
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Column: What happens to Ireland if the UK exits the EU?
John O'Donnell
9 Dec 2013
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Lisa McInerney: The Paris-Mandela hoax is a perfect sign of the times
Lisa McInerney
8 Dec 2013
69
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Column: What you don’t know about emergency contraception (and why it might hurt you)
Alison O'Riordan and Isabel Hayes
8 Dec 2013
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Column: Should Ireland join NATO?
Colm Ó Broin
7 Dec 2013
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Column: No one wants to utter the ‘C’ word – but it’s a barrier to blossoming romance
Rena Maycock
7 Dec 2013
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Column: 'The plans we made together are gone now, Alzheimer’s is a most horrifying illness'
Teresa Dillion
6 Dec 2013
184
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Column: JobBridge isn't about helping people, it's about padding unemployment figures
Kevin Coughlan
6 Dec 2013
184
150
Column: Christmas can be a hard time for people – we all need support
Ciaran Behan
5 Dec 2013
819
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Video column: Gay X-Factor contestant abused, protests in Ukraine and Black Pete
Katie Varvos
5 Dec 2013
446
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Column: Ireland could learn a lot from Hong Kong
John Devitt
4 Dec 2013
176
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Column: Restoring the Christmas bonus should be a no-brainer
Patrick Nulty
4 Dec 2013
160
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Column: Why are over two thirds of blind people in the world women?
Michael Marren
4 Dec 2013
491
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Column: Women in Colombia are fighting back against the use of rape as a weapon of war
Karol Balfe
3 Dec 2013
568
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Column: We need new ways to acknowledge grief in our rapidly changing society
Lydia Kiernan and Christine Hadekel
3 Dec 2013
634
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Column: Ireland can be a centre of international investment AND indigenous innovation
Damien English
3 Dec 2013
130
11
Column: Tarring all charities with the same brush hurts vulnerable people
Anne Hanniffy
2 Dec 2013
111
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Column: The charity sector needs a legal and regulatory body – immediately
Anne-Maree Quinn
2 Dec 2013
39
28
Column: Betting your business on the domestic Irish market is foolish, lazy and unnecessary
Patrick Burke
2 Dec 2013
60
9
Column: The pain of debt is not quick – it is a ceiling that lowers inch by crucifying inch
Jillian Godsil
1 Dec 2013
159
52
Column: Let's recognise and appreciate the fine men and women who have served Ireland
Colm Bergin
1 Dec 2013
92
39
Column: Music changes lives – every young person should have the chance to learn
Chris Maher
30 Nov 2013
100
34
Aaron McKenna: Essential utilities like the ESB should be protected from strikes
Aaron McKenna
30 Nov 2013
111
54
Column: What's happening in the Central African Republic?
Jane-Ann McKenna
29 Nov 2013
172
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Video column: Why is the link between mental health and alcohol so controversial?
Katie Varvos
29 Nov 2013
102
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Column: We have glimpsed the human misery which fills the pockets of Europe’s pimps and traffickers
Denise Charlton
29 Nov 2013
295
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Column: Thanksgiving is the only time of year I really miss America
Larry Donnelly
28 Nov 2013
121
36
Column: The EU seems just as interested in your data as the NSA
David Moloney
27 Nov 2013
77
27
Column: We have bypassed the opportunity to introduce a humane asylum process
Fiona Hurley
27 Nov 2013
155
115
Column: The countdown to Scotland's referendum is on – but many questions remain
Natalie Tennyson
26 Nov 2013
85
47
Column: Why don’t the Irish protest against austerity?
Julien Mercille
26 Nov 2013
234
121
Column: Eyes to the sky – Comet ISON might just be visible
Conor Farrell
25 Nov 2013
99
27
Column from the Philippines: ‘Driving through the city, I saw approximately 100 dead bodies’
Eoghan Rice
24 Nov 2013
41
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Column: Some day we might have an Ireland that truly meets the aspirations of JFK
Ben English
22 Nov 2013
341
36
Column: We need family friendly politics if we want more women in the Dáil
Regina Doherty
21 Nov 2013
67
126
Video column: The Occupy Movement, Mayor Ford, controversial shirts and topless Kim
Katie Varvos
21 Nov 2013
60
45
Column: ‘We must work together to solve the youth unemployment problem’
James Doorley
21 Nov 2013
96
14
Column: Minimum standards and regulations of rental properties should be enforced
Bob Jordan
21 Nov 2013
475
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Column: ‘I find it upsetting that you can legally strike your children as a form of discipline’
Tanya Ward
20 Nov 2013
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