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# Op Ed

All time
'I lost two brothers to suicide. It’s unimaginable that it could happen twice'
Mary O'Neill
14 Nov 2015
8.5k
35
Think Ireland's corporate tax is unfair? Wave goodbye to Apple and thousands of jobs if we change it
Aaron McKenna
14 Nov 2015
1.7k
161
My Dad was a mortician, so it's no surprise I ended up as an embalmer
Pamela Murphy
13 Nov 2015
2.8k
14
'We've got Vikings, comedy and opera. Here's why Waterford, Wexford and Kilkenny are better than all the rest'
Three Sisters
13 Nov 2015
440
30
C’mere ‘till I tell ya why Dublin is better than all the rest
Dublin2020
13 Nov 2015
159
100
'Is Ireland a hospitable country? I'm having my doubts'
Cianan Boyle
13 Nov 2015
368
99
There is no cure for me. I will die from cancer.
Wendy Coughlan
12 Nov 2015
6.4k
108
The food, the ceol agus craic. Here's why Galway is a special place on earth
Galway2020
12 Nov 2015
251
49
Schools getting zero direction on how to teach kids through technology
Fergal McCarthy
12 Nov 2015
289
36
'I'll never forget the looks he gave me. I knew he wanted me dead'
Anonymous
11 Nov 2015
272
39
What are political leaders waiting for? It's time to liberalise Ireland's abortion laws
Julien Mercille
9 Nov 2015
163
225
This photographer has caused a social media storm for telling wedding guests to leave their phones at home
Thomas Stewart
9 Nov 2015
5.3k
71
'Some parents sadly believe that no one is good enough for their darling daughter or son'
Bernadette Ryan
8 Nov 2015
9.9k
51
Things are about to get nasty in the Republican presidential race
Larry Donnelly
8 Nov 2015
80
58
Why Jose Mourinho deserves our compassion
Paul Allen
8 Nov 2015
379
40
I'm giving up my job to stay at home and wipe bums and snot off my legs
Linda Duffy
7 Nov 2015
1.5k
51
Korean kimchi has great health benefits. Here's how to make it
Michael Kelly
7 Nov 2015
4.4k
23
Aaron McKenna: To hell with the NIMBYs, injection centres are a great idea
Aaron McKenna
7 Nov 2015
100
47
'I had a nervous breakdown, but I was ready to come back to work. The gap on my CV was a big problem'
Miriam Dowling
6 Nov 2015
2.4k
12
Your personal data was talked about at the Web Summit, but it looks like you might have to pay to keep it safe in the future
Maria Helen Murphy
6 Nov 2015
180
9
Tom Clonan: Who? How? Why? Figuring out the Russian plane crash
Tom Clonan
5 Nov 2015
318
41
'Anti-Traveller sentiment is the last bastion of a backward Ireland'
Freda Hughes
5 Nov 2015
2.0k
294
Do you know how you're going to afford to send your kids to college? You could sacrifice your daily coffee
Eamon Dwyer
5 Nov 2015
684
68
'I got a lot of abuse on Twitter after Dole Life, but there's so much more to my story'
Jake Gartland
4 Nov 2015
851
187
'Making that difficult decision to cut off contact with an ex is a wise one'
Christine Allen
1 Nov 2015
345k
110
'I don’t feel safe in my home after it was burgled and fear constantly hangs over me'
Pat Kelly
30 Oct 2015
127
27
'Living with psoriasis isn't easy. I never wear dark clothes and short sleeves are just not an option'
Caroline Irwin
29 Oct 2015
2.4k
67
'I am a child of refugees. Had others not taken us in we all would have been killed'
Thamil Ananthavinayagan
29 Oct 2015
1.0k
101
I spent five long years studying to be a vet and I'm up against JobBridge ads paying €50 a week
Anonymous
27 Oct 2015
17.2k
141
Are sexy Halloween outfits empowering or degrading? That all depends on your sense of self
Lorraine Courtney
25 Oct 2015
3.1k
71
'I hear the sound of helicopters overhead and the piercing sound of police sirens. The violence has been appalling'
Garry Walsh
25 Oct 2015
137
105
Irish women have an aversion to compliments. They rebuff them with: ‘Thanks, Penneys’ best’
Emma Comerford
25 Oct 2015
4.9k
56
'My failure to conceive makes me feel like I'm not functioning as a woman'
Anonymous
24 Oct 2015
116k
133
Get over your fear of garlic breath. It's REALLY good for your health
Michael Kelly
24 Oct 2015
344
22
You want to ban novels in schools that contain sex? Hello, 1960s Ireland
Aaron McKenna
24 Oct 2015
1.4k
54
'My illness does not define my relationship. I have schizophrenia and he loves me for who I am'
Nicola Hynds
23 Oct 2015
1.6k
27
Construction site to delivery room: How I became one of Ireland's few male midwives
Dan Oakes
22 Oct 2015
1.0k
15
'My first novel was published 18 years ago and I still get asked the oddest questions'
Cathy Kelly
22 Oct 2015
81
28
Will the State Pension actually be there for me when I retire?
Eamon Dwyer
22 Oct 2015
2.0k
98
'I was an Irish-born soldier in the British Army during the Troubles. People just couldn't understand it'
Alan Barry
21 Oct 2015
16.3k
96
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