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'There are days I don’t speak to another grown-up. Online chats keep me going'
Andrea Mara
6 May 2018
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The past isn't the past, it's not even over: We can't discard Junior Cert History
John Connell
5 May 2018
66.6k
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Bio-insecticide Supernemos: 'Sometimes GIYing is not for the faint hearted'
Michael Kelly
5 May 2018
11.7k
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Opinion: 'The DUP has a talent for fusing bungled governance with election success'
Thomas Muinzer
5 May 2018
15.7k
25
Dr Anthony O'Connor: 'It’s not about your rage or sorrow, deputies. It's about what we do next'
Dr Anthony O'Connor
4 May 2018
32.9k
35
'The nurses asked how we planned to keep him cold. This wasn't something we were prepared for'
Anonymous
4 May 2018
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Column: Do we really need mandatory standardised testing in primary schools?
Peter Gunning
3 May 2018
32.3k
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Roisin Shortall: 'Harvesting the personal data of children for marketing purposes is repugnant'
Róisín Shortall
2 May 2018
10.2k
12
Sugar Tax: Nanny State gone mad or a step in the right direction?
Sarah O'Brien
1 May 2018
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Paschal Donohoe: 'Our stance on bankers' pay has remained unchanged. This is the right thing to do'
Paschal Donohoe
30 Apr 2018
21.1k
55
My unplanned homebirth: 'You can’t help but think "what if?"'
Jessica O'Neill
29 Apr 2018
29.9k
23
Column: 'In 1857 Patrick Sheehan was arrested for begging on Grafton St'
Tom Hurley
29 Apr 2018
21.9k
8
'She was frantic, her boyfriend had assaulted her and was going to make her do sex work'
Tony Duffin
29 Apr 2018
62.4k
19
'If someone requires an app to prove legal consent then you shouldn’t be having sex with them'
Filomena Kaguako
28 Apr 2018
46.9k
88
GIY: Courgettes are easy to grow and incredibly prolific, growing freakishly fast
Michael Kelly
28 Apr 2018
18.3k
18
'Building walls will not solve this problem. Neither can the EU provide a home for everyone'
Brian Hayes
28 Apr 2018
17.1k
67
'Between the doctor, antibiotics and the four days off, it was €600 that I will never see again'
Sinead Pembroke
27 Apr 2018
64.0k
52
'There are two choices: stay in Dublin and pay the price or leave Dublin and pay the price'
Colm Boohig
26 Apr 2018
322k
123
Have we broken the ocean?: 'Read the ingredient list before you buy your next batch of toiletries'
Professor Gordon Chambers
25 Apr 2018
25.3k
17
'Sarah Jane would like to live independently with support. No such service or plan is possible'
Suzy Byrne
24 Apr 2018
14.8k
8
Opinion: 'We need funding for councils to go house to house and check the status of the voters'
Sinéad Halpin
23 Apr 2018
15.3k
35
Column: 'Don’t judge a commuting parent. Smile at that noisy toddler'
Geraldine Walsh
22 Apr 2018
32.0k
44
Deep Atlantic: 'If you can’t stand up, what's the difference between two and two thousand metres'
Ken O'Sullivan
22 Apr 2018
35.9k
13
Fix it like Finland: 'Nowadays there isn’t a single rough sleeper on Helsinki streets'
Jack Maguire
22 Apr 2018
156k
73
Deleting Facebook: 'I wouldn’t date someone who wasn't on Facebook. They have secrets'
Amanda Geard
21 Apr 2018
59.3k
66
GIY: 'We really don’t need a heatwave – just a few days with the sun in the sky'
Michael Kelly
21 Apr 2018
18.6k
8
'Access to third level isn't on merit. It's a lottery based on which family you were born into'
Paul Gavan
21 Apr 2018
28.3k
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Vaccines: 'Those of us from an earlier era must speak out to stop little lives being wrecked'
Dr Ida Milne
20 Apr 2018
148k
108
Kilkenny mosque debate: 'This could become dangerous. Tensions could escalate'
Malcolm Noonan
19 Apr 2018
89.8k
206
Womenomics: 7 steps to make gender equality the new normal
Victor Duggan
18 Apr 2018
19.5k
77
Rate my rape list: 'I'm angry at the silence of the men of Ireland'
Cliona Saidlear
17 Apr 2018
96.0k
180
Get ready world: 'Trump’s posturing is even more inconsistent and incoherent than Obama's'
Larry Donnelly
16 Apr 2018
31.5k
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'My biggest regret is not reporting my rape. My rapist has a comfortable life with a wife and kids'
Morgan Barbour
15 Apr 2018
259k
108
'Our parish universe straddled two counties and two States. We forged an identity as borderers'
Darach MacDonald
15 Apr 2018
15.5k
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Column: So you think adoption has nothing to do with you?
Paul Redmond
15 Apr 2018
32.8k
44
An immigrant fits in: 'I added 'sh' sounds to words and repeated the phrase 'Bono is a pox''
Laura Gerulyte Griffin
14 Apr 2018
112k
89
In the garden: 'I find that my system is craving fresh greens after a long winter'
Michael Kelly
14 Apr 2018
11.4k
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Women in sport: 'We press pause on our lives, sacrificing friends, family and career'
Ailis Egan
14 Apr 2018
18.1k
43
Rape myths: 'Sexual assaults are traumatic. Incoherencies in the victims' accounts are inescapable'
Ciaran McCullagh
13 Apr 2018
29.0k
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Are we about to see the opening shots of a third world war? Hopefully cool heads will prevail
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12 Apr 2018
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