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'I’ve always hated the term 'the UK'. I find it an insult to me as an Irish person'
Michael Fortune
24 Jun 2018
181k
299
'Having been in direct provision for such a long time I had started to lose confidence'
Ellie Kisyombe
23 Jun 2018
41.0k
69
GIY: 'As we move in to summer, it’s important to keep sowing'
Michael Kelly
23 Jun 2018
21.4k
9
'There are gardaí, politicians and doctors who have taken something illegal at some point'
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
23 Jun 2018
36.2k
37
Can Ireland's vast monoculture conifer carpets be changed into biodiverse deciduous woodlands?
Dermot McNally
22 Jun 2018
27.8k
31
Juncker's visit: 'The onus is on our government to insist that his visit is productive'
Dominic Hannigan
21 Jun 2018
12.1k
14
Column: 'I remember having to ask for the brown paint for my self-portrait in junior infants'
Nicholas Ndlovu
20 Jun 2018
91.9k
74
'She was living in a derelict building dripping with damp under a tin roof. The year was 1998'
Anne Roper
19 Jun 2018
50.8k
45
Opinion: 'Direct provision has been a disaster'
Ronan Herlihy
18 Jun 2018
30.9k
58
Tara Flynn: 'Dear fellow Feminazis. I write this from The Bunker'
Tara Flynn
17 Jun 2018
104k
127
Column: 5 ways to get money back from the taxman
Barry Flanagan
17 Jun 2018
70.9k
19
Opinion: 'The housing bubble will burst and create another credit crunch'
Paul Merriman
17 Jun 2018
160k
84
Success-oriented culture: 'Many people chase goals that are not theirs'
Philip Kernan
16 Jun 2018
27.9k
12
Which veg plants need a lot of watering and which ones can withstand a bit of a drought?
Michael Kelly
16 Jun 2018
32.3k
4
'That Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un were able to reach an agreement must be welcomed'
Larry Donnelly
16 Jun 2018
14.8k
41
Opinion: 'Cyclists would rather not be sharing road space with lorries, buses, and cars'
Roderic O'Gorman
15 Jun 2018
41.1k
275
Opinion: 'Under 16s should be able to access gender recognition with parental consent'
Eilis Barry
14 Jun 2018
18.5k
108
'Abortion is not part of routine general practice. 85% of GPs are of this opinion'
Dr Maitiu O Tuathail
13 Jun 2018
28.1k
82
Poverty: 'There is a dominant narrative that seeks to blame people for their circumstances'
Dr Tricia Keilthy
12 Jun 2018
24.5k
141
'The seriousness with which Americans take their flag and national anthem is unusual'
Caoimhín De Barra
11 Jun 2018
46.4k
61
'It overwhelms me totally. I physically shake. The tone of my voice changes'
Neil Kelders
10 Jun 2018
60.3k
23
'My symptoms were all invisible, so how could anybody understand what I was going through?'
Linda Collins
10 Jun 2018
72.6k
8
Campaigning for Repeal: 'My hijab made me a target. My brown skin made me a target'
Somaya Mahmud
10 Jun 2018
59.8k
269
'We had returned over the years but this trip was different. This time, when my dad talked, I listened'
Michelle McBride
9 Jun 2018
57.3k
14
Simon Coveney in Jordan: '80,000 live in Zaatari refugee camp. That's the same population as Galway City'
Simon Coveney
9 Jun 2018
18.3k
32
GIY: 'I've been grappling with how we get kids to try beetroot and I reckon I've cracked it'
Michael Kelly
9 Jun 2018
31.1k
18
Home to Vote: 'It was stressful, it was exhausting, and it was expensive'
Danny Rigg
9 Jun 2018
39.9k
80
Opinion: 'A 'new profile' of women are taking their own lives in the same numbers as men'
Tara Deacy
8 Jun 2018
41.1k
33
Ruth Coppinger: No Leo, this wasn't a 'quiet revolution'
Ruth Copppinger
7 Jun 2018
43.3k
102
Joan Burton: 'I only saw my long form birth cert when I was close to 50 years of age'
Joan Burton
6 Jun 2018
58.3k
65
'We are putting tourists into houses and homeless people in hotels'
Patrick Costello
5 Jun 2018
39.6k
58
'I just didn't want to be in my world and I was so grateful for the option of going to St Pat's'
Christina Broderick
4 Jun 2018
42.4k
20
Column: 'Men need to treat their bodies in a similar way as to how they treat their cars'
Peter Gunning
4 Jun 2018
45.7k
42
Column: 'Mummy, tell me the story again of how you made my brother blind'
Hesline Crawford
3 Jun 2018
127k
11
'The law, whether it is in Ireland, the UK or the US, more often than not gets it right'
Ralph Riegel
3 Jun 2018
45.2k
12
Opinion: 'I want to invite every woman in this country to run for election'
Ciairín de Buis
3 Jun 2018
45.8k
67
Column: 'Some 90 years after my maternal grandparents left Ireland, I am returning'
Matthew Conway
2 Jun 2018
34.2k
20
'Slug patrols with a torch after dark have resumed, as have my attempts to lure them into beer traps'
Michael Kelly
2 Jun 2018
22.8k
24
'We need maternity care providers who respect women and who listen to women'
Various
2 Jun 2018
32.6k
29
What's next?: Breaking religious influence over education with a Citizens Assembly model
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
1 Jun 2018
31.1k
194
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