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Explainer: What on earth is going on at FIFA?
Heading to Spain on holiday? You might want to re-check your dates...
"I was going to keep quiet... but this is bigger than myself" - Gail O'Rorke
Ireland was asked to help this little boy have an early Christmas. Ireland responded.
Galway girl receives response to a shoebox she sent away... to Armenia... in 1999...
Times Newspapers have backed down in their legal row with the Irish Times
What do you do in bed? Trans people answer questions they're frequently asked
After four long months, the government is set to FINALLY sell its stake in Aer Lingus
A man with non-terminal cancer has travelled abroad to take his own life after a final meal with family
"A high-stakes game of poker" - Dunnes Stores in Gorey will re-open tomorrow...
Funeral arrangements for the late, great Bill O'Herlihy have been announced
So what's the best restaurant in your neck of the woods?
The Charlie Charlie challenge has gone mega-viral, but what on earth is it?
"In that moment, looking 'gay' no longer felt like a negative thing. It no longer felt dangerous."
Christine Allen
To shape a fairer Africa in the next 50 years, we must listen to women
Gillian Wylie
I salute the gluten-free trend (but let’s recognise real coeliacs from the fashion followers)
Emma Clarke Conway
This referendum will be remembered as a victory for equality, democracy and love
Laurence Davis
Meet the former accountant who dumpster dives and lives in New York City on $5,000 a year
'Ireland's maternity units are facing chronic and dangerous understaffing'
Sinéad Redmond
What an extraordinary, historic and momentous day for Ireland
Larry Donnelly
Just how physically fit are the Irish?
Want to start a childcare business with a difference? This man knows how
The 'gay cake' row and freedom of speech: Being offended isn't a right
Aaron McKenna
Open letter to Ban Ki-Moon: 'Ireland’s commitments to human rights are being weakened '
Michael O’Flaherty
6 unusual American recipes to add to your repertoire
The HSE is about to buy up half a million condoms
'My life in Ireland is the normal tapestry of pleasure and pain – but the good far outweighs any bad'
Thabi Madide
You can now use 'lolz' and 'obvs' in Scrabble
It’s not scaremongering to look at the bioethical implications of the marriage referendum
Louise Doris
Pictures: A giant oil slick has hit the California coast
First world problem alert: There's a global Prosecco drought on the way...
'My experience in Ireland has been quite simply incredible'
Niwel Tsumbu
Paul Gascoigne has won €264,000 in damages for having his phone hacked
The Grangegorman squatters have no intention of moving...
How the other half lived: Inside Seán Dunne's €7 million Shrewsbury Road pile
I get annoyed when it is assumed that older people in rural Ireland will vote No
Mamo McDonald
Cork comedian Maeve Higgins appears on cult US show
A Dublin bus has turned away a wheelchair-user...
So where do Irish graduates want to work in 2015? And how much do they expect to make?
Audi's new carbon fibre bike weighs about the same as a box of Rice Krispies