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Tom Clonan: 'Leo knows we get up early in the morning to bathe, toilet & spoonfeed our loved ones'
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20 Sep 2017
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This is why I'm against... homework
Eric Nolan
18 Sep 2017
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Opinion: 'Prison does not cure prisoners. They do not effectively punish crime'
Stephen Strauss-Walsh
16 Oct 2016
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The Debate Room: Should we be afraid of the trade deal the EU and US are cooking up?
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
17 May 2016
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'Anti-Traveller sentiment is the last bastion of a backward Ireland'
Freda Hughes
5 Nov 2015
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'If I don’t have papers I won’t be able to study after the Leaving Cert'
Anonymous
3 Nov 2015
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'They put a knife to my throat and told me I shouldn't be speaking on TV about gay men'
Mary Lawlor
1 Nov 2015
237
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'By paying attention to what I was putting in my body, I was finally able to stay reflux free'
Michael Kelly
1 Nov 2015
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‘I remember feeling washed up and fearing I would never work again’
Donal O'Keeffe
1 Nov 2015
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Here’s what it’s like for a fireman on Halloween night
Trevor Hunt
31 Oct 2015
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A basic income could get rid of the welfare state
Aaron McKenna
31 Oct 2015
285
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WWI nurse executed by firing squad helped two Irish soldiers escape their German captors
Michelle Cresswell
18 Oct 2015
1.0k
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Here's the seasonal veg you can enjoy raw this autumn
Michael Kelly
17 Oct 2015
80
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Here's how to get your children feeling good about maths
Sheila Donegan
15 Oct 2015
1.2k
33
Women are getting a raw deal in Hollywood and it's not much better here
Rachel Lysaght
14 Oct 2015
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Are prefab villages really the future of housing?
Mary Hughes
14 Oct 2015
1.2k
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Three lessons I have learned building up a business
Colm O'Brien
13 Oct 2015
223
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We need to create a solution to abortion. Children as young as 8 need to get sex education in school
Liadan O'Connor
11 Oct 2015
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Is it time we give up on Dublin's O'Connell Street?
Aaron McKenna
10 Oct 2015
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Column: The real problem to our economic crisis? The eurozone itself is deeply flawed.
Mike Hall
13 Nov 2013
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Column: Leaving it all behind – a Syrian family’s journey to safety
Cilina Nasser
13 Nov 2013
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Column: Collaboration, though not easy, is essential for charities to make a difference
Anna Visser
11 Nov 2013
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