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Column: ‘Alzheimer’s has taken over Dad’s life’
Denise Monahan
19 Sep 2013
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Column: The tragic killings of Afghan women are treated as mere statistics
Horia Mosadiq
18 Sep 2013
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Column: Politicians love talking about change, but it's time to go beyond words and abolish the Seanad
Simon Harris TD
18 Sep 2013
40
37
Column: Let's talk about sex (maybe)
Catchall
17 Sep 2013
357
55
Column: The emotional fallout of dyslexia is often overlooked
Deirdre Griffin
17 Sep 2013
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Column: 'It is a crime to be born a woman in India'
Christie Louise Tucker
16 Sep 2013
837
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Should we direct our distaste at airhead figures like Roz Flanagan – or the system that creates them?
Lisa McInerney
16 Sep 2013
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Column: Mortgages are contracts – they should be treated as such
Karl Deeter
16 Sep 2013
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Column: 'Third wheel' syndrome – why are we made to feel embarrassed about being single?
Aoife O'Connor
15 Sep 2013
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Column: Is GDP all it’s cracked up to be?
Luke McGrath
15 Sep 2013
58
32
Column: A breakdown of the Irish economic collapse
Dr. Donal Donovan
15 Sep 2013
464
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Column: Irish prisoners raising cattle for an African community feel a sense of atonement
Peter Ireton
14 Sep 2013
123
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Column: Making the poorest pay more is no way to cut waiting lists for legal aid
Yvonne O'Sullivan
14 Sep 2013
100
23
Aaron McKenna: Le Vell trial highlights argument for defendant anonymity in rape cases
Aaron McKenna
14 Sep 2013
291
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Column: Court challenge to Direct Provision could save millions in taxpayers’ money
Sharon Waters
13 Sep 2013
307
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Column: Why has the crisis of modern capitalism not brought more political change?
Myles Dungan
13 Sep 2013
209
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Column: Fee-paying schools don't offer an education any better than their counterparts
Michelle Jackson
12 Sep 2013
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Column: Considered and informed debate about a DNA database is vital
David O'Dwyer
12 Sep 2013
146
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Column: Today's officials should look to TK Whitaker’s approach as they consider economic problems
Dr David McCann
11 Sep 2013
84
21
Column: Looking for a new job? A career fair could be the answer – if you follow these tips
James Milligan
11 Sep 2013
365
12
Column: We are entitled to demand our TDs are sober while voting on legislation
Cora Sherlock
11 Sep 2013
55
103
Column: Survivors of abuse are re-traumatised by our unsympathetic, unethical legal system
Mark Vincent Healy
10 Sep 2013
246
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Column: Cowen is wrong – Ireland's economy was on course for collapse even without the global crisis
Damien English
10 Sep 2013
506
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Column: The risk of suicide among survivors of child sexual abuse needs to be measured
Mark Vincent Healy
9 Sep 2013
2.4k
13
Column: A holistic, common-sense approach is needed to regenerate town centres
Seán Murphy
9 Sep 2013
30
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Column: 5 essential tips for businesses in trouble
Sean Dunne
8 Sep 2013
42
17
Column: The politics of food – why we need to take the power back
Frank Armstrong
8 Sep 2013
71
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Column: The fall of the Celtic Tiger – what next?
Donal Donovan and Antoin E. Murphy
8 Sep 2013
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Column: Should you stay friends with your ex?
Lisa O'Hara
7 Sep 2013
1.2k
85
Column: We should stop water fluoridation in Ireland because it’s needless – not dangerous
Craig Connolly
7 Sep 2013
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172
Aaron McKenna: Our government squanders money while cutting funding to charities
Aaron McKenna
7 Sep 2013
63
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Column: ‘A bit of a genius’ – remembering Jim Larkin’s gunned down cartoonist
James Curry
6 Sep 2013
267
10
Column: The Kennedys – the closest thing the Irish-American diaspora has to a royal family
Larry Donnelly
6 Sep 2013
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48
Column: A standard below basic human rights – this is how doctors are treated in Ireland
Dr Brid McGrath
6 Sep 2013
343
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Column: The causes and effects of suicide are complex, so support must be tailored
Derek Chambers
5 Sep 2013
31
12
Mayor: I've surrendered part of my salary for the good of society – others should do the same
Dermot Looney
5 Sep 2013
202
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Lisa McInerney: Were Femen's breast-baring protests ever truly credible?
Lisa McInerney
5 Sep 2013
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Column: Australian politics is at a crossroads – a fact belied by a lacklustre election campaign
Ursula Stephens
5 Sep 2013
44
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Column: A revolving door between dole queue and work is no answer to unemployment
Tom Boland
4 Sep 2013
42
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Column: If you care about other people, don't ignore Russia's targeting of LGBT rights
Christine Allen
4 Sep 2013
84
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