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Give us the night: It's time to reform our licensing laws - they are straight out of Father Ted
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The Irish For: The Irish language version of Wikipedia is going strong
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31 Mar 2019
14.8k
19
Opinion
From the Garden: 'Growing tomatoes is a hobby that became an obsession and then spiralled out of control into a mania'
Michael Kelly
30 Mar 2019
14.8k
10
Kildare
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28 Mar 2019
40.0k
36
turbines
Irish Wildlife Trust lodges objection to Bord na Móna windfarm in Co Longford
28 Mar 2019
10.1k
41
Opinion
Opinion: Laws that criminalise sex buyers are making life more dangerous for sex workers
Kate McGrew
28 Mar 2019
19.5k
49
Opinion
Opinion: For years the doctors told me I was overweight but it turned out I had lymphoedema
Andrea Quigley
27 Mar 2019
99.3k
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Opinion
Carbon taxes won’t stop climate change – we need more radical action
Brian O'Boyle
26 Mar 2019
14.7k
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column
The Irish for: Irish is the first language of the constitution. Here's some legal terminology as Gaeilge
Darach Ó Séaghdha
24 Mar 2019
16.0k
12
Opinion
Sebastian Barry: Fragment of a coffin ship journal, author unknown
Sebastian Barry
23 Mar 2019
20.1k
17
column
From the Garden: What is the difference between celery and celeriac?
Michael Kelly
23 Mar 2019
15.6k
7
Opinion
Opinion: I had a tumour growing in my breast but I also had a life growing inside me
Mary Canavan
22 Mar 2019
37.2k
9
Opinion
Opinion: 'Homelessness in Ireland has many faces and come this June I could be one'
Janette Byrne
21 Mar 2019
30.8k
66
Opinion
Opinion: Tech giants must be held responsible for publishing images of murder and child abuse
Diarmuid Pepper
20 Mar 2019
10.4k
39
Opinion
Opinion: What can we learn from the Irish people who live to be 100?
Alison Fagan
19 Mar 2019
18.2k
16
Opinion
Opinion: My generation has only known peace on this island, but I’m afraid that’s about to change
Emily Duffy
17 Mar 2019
24.4k
24
column
The Irish For: The word Tory comes from the Irish word tóraí meaning a bandit or outlaw
Darach Ó Séaghdha
17 Mar 2019
53.4k
29
Opinion
Opinion: In many ways St Patrick's Day is an Irish American festival
Robbie Smyth
16 Mar 2019
14.3k
48
column
From the Garden: 'Traditionally Irish people put their spuds in the ground on or around St Patrick’s Day'
Michael Kelly
16 Mar 2019
13.0k
11
Opinion
Opinion: What does it take to raise your children through Irish?
Caoimhín De Barra
15 Mar 2019
21.7k
50
Opinion
Opinion: Let's drop the narrative of the undeserving poor and other myths that dehumanise people
Fionnuala Kennedy
14 Mar 2019
13.0k
26
column
The Irish For: Some older words don't exist in English - clochscríbhinn means an inscription on stone
Darach Ó Séaghdha
10 Mar 2019
50.3k
22
Opinion
Opinion: Claims culture is out of control - as play centres close due to being sued for kids falling
Grace Vaughan
10 Mar 2019
37.3k
65
Opinion
From the garden: Grow, Cook, Eat is back on TV this month and we'll be tackling food waste
Michael Kelly
9 Mar 2019
10.3k
2
Opinion
Opinion: Lone parents who work get up very early in the morning - but Varadkar doesn't represent us
Louise Bayliss
9 Mar 2019
25.4k
50
Opinion
Opinion: We need a fair and transparent system for deciding which expensive new drugs to fund
Maebh Ní Fhallúin
8 Mar 2019
7.0k
11
Opinion
Opinion: The Venezuelan government must go - it has failed its people and become utterly corrupt
Eamon Stack
7 Mar 2019
8.8k
133
Opinion
Opinion: A million people have no health cover as low-paid families are excluded from access to the medical card
Felim O'Rourke
5 Mar 2019
34.7k
95
Opinion
Opinion: Is the Catholic Church still covering up child sex abuse on the grounds that it is a 'pontifical secret'?
Shane Dunphy
3 Mar 2019
28.7k
53
column
The Irish For: While Europe was stuck in the Dark Ages - Ireland's Brehon laws were relatively enlightened
Darach Ó Séaghdha
3 Mar 2019
35.7k
28
column
From the Garden: 'Topsy turvy doesn’t begin to describe our weather'
Michael Kelly
2 Mar 2019
15.3k
7
e-cigarettes
Opinion: 'E-cigarettes may be an effective tobacco cessation tool but at what cost to society'?
Des Cox
2 Mar 2019
21.4k
51
is ainm dom
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28 Feb 2019
77.5k
45
book club
Opinion: 'My book club was my lifeline'
Bridget Ginnity
27 Feb 2019
12.6k
1
column
Lynn Ruane: 'It should be a source of major embarrassment to Ireland that we are yet to ratify this important treaty'
Lynn Ruane
24 Feb 2019
38.7k
30
column
The Irish For: What does old Irish tell us about life in ancient Ireland?
Darach Ó Séaghdha
24 Feb 2019
40.0k
10
Opinion
Opinion: A shock diagnosis left me a 30-year-old widower - here is how I survived
Noel Byrne
23 Feb 2019
142k
20
column
From the Garden: Learn how to grow peas in an old gutter pipe and to make a delicious gnocchi
Michael Kelly
23 Feb 2019
14.6k
9
Keeping it in the Family
EuroMillions winners 'considering their options' about going public or not
22 Feb 2019
39.4k
45
Opinion
Opinion: It is time for change in the Catholic church and that starts with equality for women
Colm Holmes
22 Feb 2019
15.7k
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