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This week
9th February 2025 - 11th February 2025
Boyzone documentary is a refreshingly real look at relationships of all kinds between men
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Last week
2nd February 2025 - 8th February 2025
Camping out for houses, waiting for ghost buses - has Halloween come early?
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This month
February 2025
Lowry's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle approach to Dáil speaking time isn't getting anything done
Carl Kinsella
Last month
January 2025
Surrealing in the Years: There was real catharsis in watching TDs losing the rag this week
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Surrealing in the Years: Government formation is our problem, not theirs
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Surrealing in the Years: Met Éireann succeed in diabolical plot to warn us that it's cold
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Surrealing in the Years: 2025 begins on a Dickensian note, and not in a fun way
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Last year
2024
Surrealing in the Year 2024: A year that exposed Ireland's shortcomings when it comes to women
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Surrealing in the Years: Ceann Comhairle ballot could have used just a little more backstabbing
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Surrealing in the Years: It was a good week for the kind of people who have a lot of good weeks
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Surrealing in the Years: Tired five-second hoist a perfect symbol of Irish political climate
Carl Kinsella
Surrealing in the Years: Election has foregrounded empathy, or the lack thereof, in Irish politics
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Surrealing in the Years: How dare you?
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Surrealing in the Years: Has everyone in this country forgotten how to run for election?
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Surrealing in the Years: Halloween hoax proves that we have to get smarter, like, right now
Carl Kinsella
Surrealing in the Years: Irish government finds brand new reason not to take action on Gaza
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Surrealing in the Years: Calling an election now would be nakedly cynical, but nobody cares
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First Time Buyers: Everything you need to know from Budget 2025 and how it can help
Surrealing in the Years: RTÉ's far-right documentary tells us what we should already know
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Surrealing in the Years: Country waits with bated breath to see how we waste €14 billion
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Surrealing in the Years: Hallelujah, we're finally talking about housing again
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Surrealing in the Years: Irish parties' star-power strategy ushers in new era of elections
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Surrealing in the Years: Ireland's new approach to road safety is good old-fashioned bullying
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Surrealing in the Years: We don't need to read Eoghan Murphy's book, we lived it
Carl Kinsella
Surrealing in the Years: Easily misled culture warriors can overshadow even the Olympics
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Surrealing in the Years: Sinéad O'Connor waxwork scandal reaffirms the power of Liveline
All-Ireland Final: A vibrant version of Ireland that some want you to believe is under threat
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Surrealing in the Years: Wow, who could have seen this coming?
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Surrealing in the Years: Waiting for the bus to take contactless payment - and for our election
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Surrealing in the Years: €475,000 'affordable' homes just the latest insult to our intelligence
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Surrealing in the Years: Eamon Ryan gave us climate targets we'll never meet, and memories
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Surrealing in the Years: You want me to sum up that election in one headline? Not happening
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Surrealing in the Years: Election cycle has been much messier than Simon Harris' melting 99
Carl Kinsella
Surrealing in the Years: Wham, BAM, where the hell is our hospital, ma'am?
Carl Kinsella
Surrealing in the Years: Ireland recognises Palestine, Mattie McGrath not quite so sure
Carl Kinsella
Surrealing in the Years: We don't need AI to start freaking out about politics in Ireland
Carl Kinsella
Surrealing in the Years: New York portal runs risk of showing world what Ireland is really like
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Surrealing in the Years: United Kingdom trying to drag Ireland down to its level on immigration
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Surrealing in the Years: Well Simon, the jamboree period is over
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Surrealing in the Years: €1.90 for bag of Tayto is proof that the social contract is broken
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