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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Here’s why I decided to make a graphic novel about Jim Larkin ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/big-jim-larkin-graphic-novel-906334-May2013/" ></link>
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<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Jim Larkin is an iconic figure in Irish history, yet when I was in school the Lockout only received a minor mention on the history syllabus – we wanted to make him more accessible, says Rory McConville.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Rory McConville</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/rory-mcconville/</url>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Plants are at the heart of many crucial global issues facing us today]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-plants-are-at-the-heart-of-many-crucial-global-issues-facing-us-today-913247-May2013/" ></link>
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<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The economic and societal importance of plants is hard to underestimate; in order to meet the global challenges facing us today, we need to invest time and money into this sector, writes Eoin Lettice. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Eoin Lettice </name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/eoin-lettice-/</url>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Aaron McKenna: Money, Money, Must Be Funny In A Eurocrat’s World]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/aaron-mckenna-money-money-must-be-funny-in-a-eurocrats-world-913136-May2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/aaron-mckenna-money-money-must-be-funny-in-a-eurocrats-world-913136-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/aaron-mckenna-money-money-must-be-funny-in-a-eurocrats-world-913136-May2013/feed/</link>
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<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Bailed-out Ireland is to contribute an additional €90 million to the European Union to help plug a shortfall in its 2013 budget. Ludicrous? Yes – but it’s hardly a blip on the radar of incongruity that is the EU’s funny money parade, writes Aaron McKenna.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Aaron McKenna</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aaron-mckenna/</url>
</author>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: How practising mindfulness can help your work life]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-how-practising-mindfulness-can-help-your-work-life-911582-May2013/" ></link>
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<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Some of the world’s most successful companies  are investing in mindfulness training for their employees to help them deal better with stress and workplace challenges, writes Joanne O’Malley ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Joanne O'Malley </name>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Three things modern politicians should learn from the Lemass era]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-three-things-modern-politicians-should-learn-from-the-lemass-era-908575-May2013/" ></link>
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<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Séan Lemass is one of the few Irish leaders whose popularity transcends political parties – but his path wasn’t always an easy one. Modern politicians could learn a lot from his approach to politics, writes David McCann. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>David McCann</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/david-mccann/</url>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Seanad reform suggestions are practical but limit real bicameral change]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-seanad-reform-suggestions-are-practical-but-limit-any-real-bicameral-changes-912023-May2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-seanad-reform-suggestions-are-practical-but-limit-any-real-bicameral-changes-912023-May2013/#comments</link>
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<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[While there are practical arguments for a bill that requires no constitutional change, it limits any reform across the whole legislative body, writes Eoin O’Malley. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Eoin O'Malley</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/eoin-o'malley/</url>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: You can get a tan from a bottle, so save your skin]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/skin-cancer-sunscreen-908094-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:6c4dd7aa-495c-6252-ce5d-246866afaffc</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/skin-cancer-sunscreen-908094-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[People in Ireland seem to be obsessed with getting a tan – but this country has one of the highest skin cancer rates in the entire world. It’s time to wake up to the real danger sun of exposure, says Pauline Power, who was diagnosed with a melanoma at 29. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Pauline Power</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/pauline-power/</url>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Tenants shouldn’t pay the price for landlords struggling with mortgage repayments]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-tenants-shouldnt-pay-the-price-for-landlords-struggling-with-mortgage-repayments-910150-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:2dc3b7bf-2828-e0ae-1476-35f72d2868f8</id>
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<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[There’s a crisis in the buy-to-let sector due to landlords falling into mortgage arrears and innocent tenants are getting caught in the chaos. Receivers have to realise people renting properties are not commodities, writes Bod Jordan. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Bob Jordan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/bob-jordan/</url>
</author>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: We walked for the living, the dead, and everyone who suffers from depression]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-we-walked-for-the-living-the-dead-and-everyone-who-suffers-from-depression-909771-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:6ff7bc5e-3ca1-6317-3b1e-f0beedcbda9a</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-we-walked-for-the-living-the-dead-and-everyone-who-suffers-from-depression-909771-May2013/#comments</link>
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<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Adrian Millar was one of the hundreds of thousands of people who took part in this year’s Darkness into Light fundraiser. He describes the atmosphere of hope and support he experienced as he walked shoulder-to-shoulder with others raising awareness about suicide.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Adrian Millar</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/adrian-millar/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: We have a president with an opinion, what’s the big deal?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/president-higgins-opinion-speaking-out-907037-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:378ba9fc-6616-4f5c-5552-17a99a79b7d0</id>
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<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Michael D Higgins won the Irish presidential elections based on his vision of a ‘radically inclusive Republic’. So how could anyone be surprised about him elaborating on that vision, asks Maura Adshead. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Maura Adshead</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Chris Hadfield is inspiring a new generation of astronauts]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-chris-hadfield-is-inspiring-a-new-generation-of-astronauts-906515-May2013/" ></link>
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<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[With photos shared on social media and down-to-earth video interviews, Commander Chris Hadfield is surely inspiring many young people to become astronauts and to work in other areas of the space industry, writes Colm Quinn. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Colm Quinn</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/colm-quinn/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: We need to plan for a realistic, sustainable future in order to survive]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-we-need-to-plan-for-a-realistic-sustainable-future-in-order-to-survive-906376-May2013/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Our collective inability to recognise the enormity of a growing food crisis caused by climate change is to our detriment, writes Gerry Crilly. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gerry Crilly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/gerry-crilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Insinuating that young people ‘aren’t bothered’ with politics is insulting and false]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-insinuating-that-young-people-%e2%80%98aren%e2%80%99t-bothered%e2%80%99-with-politics-is-insulting-and-false-900177-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:996d4da2-5b03-fb6b-fda2-c324ea2a94bf</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-insinuating-that-young-people-%e2%80%98aren%e2%80%99t-bothered%e2%80%99-with-politics-is-insulting-and-false-900177-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Various political scandals and our current economic woes have increased levels of mistrust in politicians among young people. This does not mean we are apathetic, we just need to be engaged, writes Órla Ryan.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Órla Ryan </name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/Órla-ryan-/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: You can often tell what is troubling America by looking to the blockbusters]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/blockbuster-movies-terrorism-america-894505-May2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/blockbuster-movies-terrorism-america-894505-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Movies are often a reflection of current affairs what’s going on in the world, and even the unlikely genre of mass-market US action movies can deal with the fears and uncertainties felt by the American people at any given time, writes Darren Mooney.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Darren Mooney</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/darren-mooney/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Are political families healthy for democracy?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/political-families-902619-May2013/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Name recognition surely benefits politically candidacy both here and abroad, but it shouldn’t just be the Kennys, McEntees or the Clintons that are getting involved in the politics of shaping nations – we all should be, writes Larry Donnelly.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Larry Donnelly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/larry-donnelly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Gossiping isn’t harmless fun – the damage it causes can be irreversible ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-gossiping-isnt-harmless-fun-%e2%80%93-the-damage-it-causes-can-be-irreversible-895579-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ea905394-3565-43f5-1208-522368b908e0</id>
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<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Even if you pride yourself on your principles, you may well have been an unsuspecting participant in gossip by repeating other people’s options as fact. It’s hard to overstate how damaging rumours can be, writes counsellor Tony Moore.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Tony Moore</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/tony-moore/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: I’d give my heart and soul to never have heard the words ‘Priory Hall’]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-id-give-my-heart-and-soul-to-never-have-heard-the-words-priory-hall-903905-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:297768ad-c23b-1cd4-3f18-dc896574b483</id>
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<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The residents evacuated from Priory Hall are the only people who have paid in any way for the problems uncovered in the buidling, writes Alison Doyle. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Alison Doyle </name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/alison-doyle-/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Aaron McKenna: To combat youth unemployment, Ireland’s skills gap needs to be tackled ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/aaron-mckenna-to-combat-youth-unemployment-irelands-skills-gap-needs-to-be-tackled-903568-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e1ffdc8c-6104-87f8-ec73-8a939dfa8b23</id>
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<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Despite soaring youth unemployment rates, there are two million job vacancies across Europe due to a lack of skilled individuals in specific sectors. It’s time to think strategically about how to fill the gaps, writes Aaron McKenna. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Aaron McKenna</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aaron-mckenna/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Why is the EU observing Bulgaria’s elections this Sunday? ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-why-is-the-eu-observing-bulgarias-elections-this-sunday-903826-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b22a5b29-5c13-cbba-bd46-cc43b5df31a3</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-why-is-the-eu-observing-bulgarias-elections-this-sunday-903826-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[In all, 8200 candidates will contest 240 seats in Bulgaria this weekend – making for a particularly complex process. TD Eoghan Murphy explains why he is part of an observation mission to the EU member state.  ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Eoghan Murphy</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/eoghan-murphy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: The Ohio kidnappings bring the issue of ‘missing persons’ into sharp focus]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/ohio-kidnappings-missing-persons-ireland-902241-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:001423c3-bc82-fc14-02b8-9ebdf0e03fe0</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/ohio-kidnappings-missing-persons-ireland-902241-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[About 4,000 people go missing for a time in Ireland each year – and the emotional impact on their loved ones, who live with ongoing uncertainty and questions, is immense. They must be given proper support, writes, Dermot Browne.  ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Dermot Browne</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/dermot-browne/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Businesses are coming together to rejuvenate one of Dublin’s most iconic streets]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-businesses-are-coming-together-to-rejuvenate-one-of-dublins-most-iconic-streets-902317-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:1054594f-cfec-8231-e584-815c4cf1c601</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-businesses-are-coming-together-to-rejuvenate-one-of-dublins-most-iconic-streets-902317-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Big business, small locally-owned shops, major tourist attractions, architectural gems, and the country’s most respected art college all rub shoulders on Dublin’s Thomas Street – yet this is often overlooked. It’s time to make a change, writes Brian McCarthy.  ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Brian McCarthy</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/brian-mccarthy/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Are we proud that Ireland is the poster child of austerity?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/ireland-poster-child-austerity-joan-collins-899403-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:21676889-962f-1254-1cc0-7b1d0a9f37b4</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/ireland-poster-child-austerity-joan-collins-899403-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/ireland-poster-child-austerity-joan-collins-899403-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Austerity has not worked in Ireland or across the eurozone, writes Joan Collins, who points out that even the architects of our bailout admit it was the wrong path. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Enda Kenny" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Government" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="IMF" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="joan collins" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="unemployment figures" />
<author><name>Joan Collins</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/joan-collins/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: There is a troubling disjuncture between politics and civil society]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-there-is-a-troubling-disjuncture-between-politics-and-civil-society-889137-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:02d4bf6f-1091-206d-3ba0-19960117a64b</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-there-is-a-troubling-disjuncture-between-politics-and-civil-society-889137-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-there-is-a-troubling-disjuncture-between-politics-and-civil-society-889137-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Our political systems have declined to a point where they cannot introduce profound change in the social order – this needs to change in order for society to flourish, writes Niall Crowley. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Civil Rights" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Claiming Our Future" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="community groups" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="cultural organisations" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="environmental organisations" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="global justice groups" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="inequality" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Millennium Development Goals" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Politics" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Read Me" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Read mes" />
<author><name>Niall Crowley</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/niall-crowley/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Why can’t I be guaranteed that my clothes haven’t contributed to someone’s death? ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-why-can%e2%80%99t-i-be-guaranteed-that-my-clothes-haven%e2%80%99t-contributed-to-someone%e2%80%99s-death-893775-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c2d5a41b-6245-c29e-2ddd-1ce8100cd868</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-why-can%e2%80%99t-i-be-guaranteed-that-my-clothes-haven%e2%80%99t-contributed-to-someone%e2%80%99s-death-893775-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-why-can%e2%80%99t-i-be-guaranteed-that-my-clothes-haven%e2%80%99t-contributed-to-someone%e2%80%99s-death-893775-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Standardised textile labelling is vital to keep vulnerable workers safe in developing countries like Bangladesh, writes Aisling Twomey. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Bangladesh" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Benetton" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Bonmarché" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ethical Trading Initiative" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Matalan" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Tazreen fashion factory" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="United States Marine Corps" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Walmart" />
<author><name>Aisling Twomey</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aisling-twomey/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: We need to produce a generation of independent thinkers – history is the key]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/junior-certificate-history-subject-898573-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:785d4e98-34ed-f882-c491-86c00c15be7d</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/junior-certificate-history-subject-898573-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/junior-certificate-history-subject-898573-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[TV shows like ‘The Tudors’ and ‘Rome’ show that history is more popular than ever – yet, under proposed changes to the Junior Certificate, history could become an optional subject or short course. It makes no sense, writes teacher Christian O’Connor.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Department of Education" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="History" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Junior Certificate" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Teachers" />
<author><name>Christian O'Connor</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/christian-o'connor/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: What role does oil play in modern day wars?]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/oil-war-iraq-libya-889151-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:5ca31e1d-e20a-4ab1-cd7a-719f81779ce3</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/oil-war-iraq-libya-889151-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/oil-war-iraq-libya-889151-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[While we can’t definitively rule out the possibility that the US attacking Iraq and Libya to seize control of their oil supplies, when all factors are considered one thing is missing from this hypothesis: a compelling reason, writes Scott Fitzsimons.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Libya" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Oil" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="OIL RESERVES" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Wars" />
<author><name>Scott Fitzsimmons</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/scott-fitzsimmons/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: It’s challenging to get Irish people to go and see Irish movies]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-its-challenging-to-get-irish-people-to-go-and-see-irish-movies-891002-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:21e92856-6ad3-16ae-4f8c-6a3218874c22</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-its-challenging-to-get-irish-people-to-go-and-see-irish-movies-891002-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-its-challenging-to-get-irish-people-to-go-and-see-irish-movies-891002-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Director Kieron J Walsh says it can be difficult to get Irish people to watch Irish movies, but this is changing. Here, he discusses shining a light on suicide, how Northern Ireland is not all about the the Troubles, and why Irish cinema is on the up.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Derry City" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="entertainment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="escapism" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Interview" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="irish audience" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Movies" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="jump" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="kieron j walsh" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Movies" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="new year's eve" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Northern Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Opinion" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Read Me" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Read mes" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="success" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Suicide" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="The Troubles" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="young people" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="youth" />
<author><name>Christina Finn</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/christina-finn/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Lisa McInerney: Fianna Fáil doesn’t deserve our ear…]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/fianna-fail-rise-polls-why-894831-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9370f83f-0fd8-23db-a5aa-57527289e72f</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/fianna-fail-rise-polls-why-894831-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/fianna-fail-rise-polls-why-894831-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[…not when the party still owe us a tooth and an eye. So why are many people perversely choosing to drift back=?]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="column" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Fianna Fáil" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="irish society" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Opinion" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Politics" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Read Me" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Read mes" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="status quo" />
<author><name>Lisa McInerney</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/lisa-mcinerney/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: It’s fanciful to think a wealth tax would make the rich leave Ireland ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-its-fanciful-to-think-a-wealth-tax-would-make-the-rich-leave-ireland-889146-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4cb7e2b5-cf2b-827c-9428-19aa6a461bf3</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-its-fanciful-to-think-a-wealth-tax-would-make-the-rich-leave-ireland-889146-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-its-fanciful-to-think-a-wealth-tax-would-make-the-rich-leave-ireland-889146-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A former IMF head of the mission for Ireland has said an entire reliance on austerity was not the right move – yet we’re still following that road. David Cronin asks why. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Bailout" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Banks" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Brendan Howlin" />
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<author><name>David Cronin</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/david-cronin/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Catholic bishops made five mistakes in their opposition to abortion legislation]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-tony-flannery-catholic-church-abortion-897260-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7334bca7-cec6-142d-7df5-5ba5b9b0e20e</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-tony-flannery-catholic-church-abortion-897260-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-tony-flannery-catholic-church-abortion-897260-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Catholic Church teaching on abortion still holds – but the bishops are opposing the proposed legislation the wrong way, writes Fr Tony Flannery. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Abortion" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Catholic Church" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="column" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Diarmuid Martin" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Knock" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Opinion" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Read Me" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Sean Brady" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Tony Flannery" />
<author><name>Tony Flannery</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/tony-flannery/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Extract: How I got back in the driving seat with the banks]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/george-mordaunt-back-in-the-driving-seat-894731-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e46b0c1f-d3d3-2725-2742-2110b3c0b89c</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/george-mordaunt-back-in-the-driving-seat-894731-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/george-mordaunt-back-in-the-driving-seat-894731-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Revealing personal and confidential details in his new book, George Mordaunt talks about his own debt recovery programme and his struggle with the banks. He says debt resolution exists and questions why more don’t know about it. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Debt" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="george mordaunt" />
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<author><name>George Mordaunt</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/george-mordaunt/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: The Bangladesh factory collapse shows us the deadly cost of cheap fashion]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-the-bangladesh-factory-collapse-shows-us-the-deadly-cost-of-cheap-fashion-894554-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:410ae5ea-2353-cd06-b46d-ca228b5ee90e</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-the-bangladesh-factory-collapse-shows-us-the-deadly-cost-of-cheap-fashion-894554-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-the-bangladesh-factory-collapse-shows-us-the-deadly-cost-of-cheap-fashion-894554-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Following the tragic accident at a Bangladesh clothing factory, Penneys has said it will give money to people who lost family members in the collapse – but we as consumers have a responsibility too, says Ruth Tanner.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="BANGLADESH FACTORY" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="BUYING CLOTHES" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Clothes" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Factory Workers" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Human Rights" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Working" />
<author><name>Ruth Tanner </name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/ruth-tanner-/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Young people don’t need to be patronised by safe drinking campaigns]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-young-people-dont-need-to-be-patronised-by-safe-drinking-campaigns-893538-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:627c6752-fcc8-5deb-f485-43a5a85bfebe</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-young-people-dont-need-to-be-patronised-by-safe-drinking-campaigns-893538-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-young-people-dont-need-to-be-patronised-by-safe-drinking-campaigns-893538-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Student filmmaker Nicky O’Donnell writes about how he contributed to a video about responsible drinking aimed at young people – without talking down to them. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Alcohol" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Alcoholism" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Dare2BDrinkAware" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Drinking" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="filmmaking" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Health" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Opinion" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Read Me" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="student film" />
<author><name>Nicky O'Donnell</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/nicky-o'donnell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Aaron McKenna: There’s no room for quangos in today’s cash-strapped Ireland ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/aaron-mckenna-theres-no-room-for-quangos-in-todays-cash-strapped-ireland-894984-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:fe8b4e52-84ea-9ef7-a06b-6607a371273c</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/aaron-mckenna-theres-no-room-for-quangos-in-todays-cash-strapped-ireland-894984-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/aaron-mckenna-theres-no-room-for-quangos-in-todays-cash-strapped-ireland-894984-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[We ought to cull almost all state bodies and quangos and send them back to being offices within their respective departments – in order to free up government money to alleviate stresses on our frontline services, writes Aaron McKenna. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Children's Ombudsman" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Opinion" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Quangos" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Read Me" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="State bodies" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Western Development Commission" />
<author><name>Aaron McKenna</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/aaron-mckenna/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Lobbying has become ‘a dirty word’. We want to change that]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-brendan-howlin-lobbying-rules-893858-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:edda2de2-0af8-2a46-48e6-2f6a21c917fa</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-brendan-howlin-lobbying-rules-893858-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-brendan-howlin-lobbying-rules-893858-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin, explains the reasoning behind the government’s new plans to regulate lobbying and restore public faith in a vital activity.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Brendan Howlin" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="column" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Lobbying" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Opinion" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Politics" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Public life" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Read Me" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="SIPO" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Transparency" />
<author><name>Brendan Howlin</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/brendan-howlin/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: I’m a pro-choice TD and I’ve never pretended to be anything else]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-im-a-pro-choice-td-and-i%e2%80%99ve-never-pretended-to-be-anything-else-893156-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9c4487ee-ec93-13cd-fc59-259336228a6c</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-im-a-pro-choice-td-and-i%e2%80%99ve-never-pretended-to-be-anything-else-893156-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-im-a-pro-choice-td-and-i%e2%80%99ve-never-pretended-to-be-anything-else-893156-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Labour TD Anne Ferris says a Sunday Independent article ‘revealing’ her beliefs about abortion is irrelevant because she has gone on public record expressing her pro-choice beliefs. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Abortion" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Anne Ferris" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Journalism" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Media" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Newspapers" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Opinion" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Read Me" />
<author><name>Anne Ferris</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/anne-ferris/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Legislators colluded against women but abortion law provides clarity ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/ciara-conway-labour-draft-abortion-law-892562-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9e4039d9-d134-99e9-7850-585a9a5c7861</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/ciara-conway-labour-draft-abortion-law-892562-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/ciara-conway-labour-draft-abortion-law-892562-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Irish women have been denied their constitutional right to adequate maternal healthcare but the new draft law changes that, argues Labour TD Ciara Conway. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Abortion" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="ciara conway" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Expert Group" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="heads of bill" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Labour" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Legislation" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Opinion" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Read Me" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Women" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Women's Rights" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="X Case" />
<author><name>Ciara Conway </name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/ciara-conway-/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Analysis: Draft abortion law has gaps which require clarification ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/new-abortion-law-analysis-892692-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f5e88c0a-1e3c-d090-8b0a-bd1a4097a6b8</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/new-abortion-law-analysis-892692-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/new-abortion-law-analysis-892692-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The new law is a draft and some important issues raised by its publication need clarification, write law experts Jennifer Schweppe and Dr Eimear Spain. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="ECHR" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="European Court of Human Rights" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Fatal foetal abnormalities" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="heads of bill" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Opinion" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="savita" />
<author><name>Jennifer Schweppe and Eimear Spain</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/jennifer-schweppe-and-eimear-spain/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Hunger and the horsemeat scandal, both the consequences of inequality]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/horsemeat-food-poverty-881965-May2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f8d4ecca-dcd1-7754-1ade-6babd385faf6</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/horsemeat-food-poverty-881965-May2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/horsemeat-food-poverty-881965-May2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[We produce enough food for 10 times our population, but the horsemeat scandal shows just how inequality has forced people to low-price, low-quality food, writes Richard Manton. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Agriculture" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Burgers" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Children" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="column" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="dying" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Food" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Horse Meat" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="horsemeat scandal" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Hunger" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="malnuition" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Mary Robinson" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Michael D Higgins" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Money" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Poverty" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="president" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Read Me" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Read mes" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Simon Coveney" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="undernourished" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Wealth" />
<author><name>Richard Manton</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/richard-manton/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Here’s a win for all sides in the abortion debate ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/opinion-8th-amendment-abortion-jane-horgan-jones-890815-Apr2013/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b0d4b169-4356-5eb9-9113-0e1c41499cf7</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/opinion-8th-amendment-abortion-jane-horgan-jones-890815-Apr2013/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/opinion-8th-amendment-abortion-jane-horgan-jones-890815-Apr2013/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-18T20:40:48+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The 8th amendment, which protects the right to life of the unborn, is loved and hated in equal measure by both pro-life and pro-choice campaigners, writes Jane Horgan-Jones. It’s time to have a referendum on it. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="8th amendment" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Abortion" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Government" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Repeal" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Women" />
<author><name>Jane Horgan-Jones</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/jane-horgan-jones/</url>
</author>
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