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Jerry Buttimer: 'Hit with a metaphoric brick wall when we raised LGBT rights with Russian Ambassador'
Senator Jerry Buttimer
15 May 2017
227
49
poetry as healing
'I think people understanding that they aren't alone in their torment has a healing element to it'
Shane Koyczan.
14 May 2017
794
7
column
University exam stress: 'I've seen many of my friends turn to ADHD drugs'
Anonymous
14 May 2017
1.4k
53
column
'At the very least, Budget 2018 must match last year's childcare funds in order to deliver'
Katherine Zappone
14 May 2017
809
26
Read Me
13 Reasons Why: 'Drama is actually a good place for young people to explore tough themes'
Lorraine Courtney
14 May 2017
584
28
Voting Rights
Opinion: 'Emigrants care about Ireland. We love Ireland. Give us the vote'
Senator Billy Lawless
14 May 2017
246
176
column
Anxiety cure? 'I decided instead to stop trying to run away from my anxiety and accept it'
Caroline Foran
13 May 2017
15.9k
35
Gardening
Grow it yourself: Pearl barley and spring greens soup
Michael Kelly
13 May 2017
425
9
column
'It's strange that health managers never refer patients out of Dublin for treatment'
Matt Shanahan
13 May 2017
483
11
Chavismo
'Maduro's Irish supporters don’t see any problem with him crushing rights'
Victor Duggan
12 May 2017
453
25
French elections
Opinion: 'Electing Macron last week could result in Le Pen winning the next election in 2022'
Julien Mercille
12 May 2017
339
68
Read Me
'My interactions with Minister Fitzgerald have raised concerns about her willingness to be transparent'
Catherine Murphy TD
11 May 2017
103
44
Opinion
'HIQA does not yet have the legal mandate to assess the services of the most vulnerable'
Phelim Quinn
11 May 2017
629
15
Mental Health
Column: 'Everybody else seemed to 'get' life. I was lost, so lost, and tired of not feeling okay'
Neil Kelders
10 May 2017
6.5k
29
column
'We still don't know how the government will ensure an autonomous maternity hospital'
Jason O'Sullivan
10 May 2017
279
53
column
'If Theresa May holds on to power, it will be the end of the NHS and the welfare state'
Rob Winkel
9 May 2017
345
66
Opinion
'There was nothing gained from punishing women who couldn't afford the morning after pill'
Kate O'Connell
8 May 2017
564
81
decriminalisation
Opinion: 'Ireland could lead the way in developing new human-centred approaches to drug use'
Dr John Collins
8 May 2017
463
15
Special Needs
'I used to have dreams when he was little about him walking and talking. I would wake up sobbing'
Tracy McGinnis
7 May 2017
646
14
Opinion
'Three doctors recently claimed saturated fat doesn't clog arteries. Their claim doesn't stand up'
Janis Morrissey
7 May 2017
709
81
Opinion
'If there was a creator of the universe, it wouldn't need its feelings protected by Dermot Ahern'
Michael Nugent
7 May 2017
940
202
Read Me
Religion in schools: 'My son comes home saying things like, 'God makes it rain''
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
7 May 2017
15.1k
420
Coeliac Awareness Week
Gluten-free life: 'It's disheartening when gluten-free diets are slammed by the media as a fad'
Aoife O’Neill
6 May 2017
1.3k
47
Gardening
Fancy a nettle tea? Spring nettles are abundant right now and have lots of health benefits
Michael Kelly
6 May 2017
1.1k
25
column
Teachers' pay: 'Less interest will mean lower CAO points and new teachers of lower standards'
Cionnaith Ó Duibhir
6 May 2017
445
118
column
Welfare cheat?: 'I have an acquaintance who claimed the dole. There was no other way to afford university'
Gavin Mendel-Gleason
5 May 2017
2.3k
164
column
'There is a long history of intermingling of church and State funds with respect to St Vincent's'
Elizabeth Fitzgerald
4 May 2017
1.1k
22
Read Me
'When doctors and their loved ones are patients in hospital, the health insurance form tends to get signed'
Anonymous
3 May 2017
1.2k
39
US-NORTH KOREAN RELATIONS
'We're facing a crisis if the new South Korean government acts without US approval'
Dr Dong-Jin Kim
2 May 2017
352
13
Read Me
Column: 'I became labelled as my mental illness. I was ridiculed and excluded'
Siobhán Brady
1 May 2017
665
17
alternative facts
Column: 'Shakespeare’s solo authorship of certain plays remains in question'
Rory Loughnane
1 May 2017
712
13
the black o'connell
'In 1845, Douglass had dinner with the Lord Mayor. Today he'd be put in direct provision'
Donal O'Kelly
1 May 2017
276
37
Read Me
Maia Dunphy: 'I’d feel my IBS coming on like a spasm and I’d have to go home'
Maia Dunphy
30 Apr 2017
5.2k
60
insights
'We kicked ourselves for not expanding during the boom, but it would have crippled us'
Fergal Doyle
30 Apr 2017
1.8k
3
EXTRACT
'Declan Murphy dies in horror fall': The jockey writes about that fall, reading his own obituary and his long recovery
Declan Murphy and Ami Rao
30 Apr 2017
1.8k
7
100 days of Trump
Column: 'Trump's speech style has become more presidential and a lot less fun'
Amy Rose Harte
30 Apr 2017
143
45
unlikely entrepreneur
'Literally every day during the recession I'd come in and check how much cash we had'
Paschal Naylor
30 Apr 2017
495
5
Read Me
Stigma: 'When a doctor can say to you when filling out a sick cert: "Will I just put depression, or…?"'
Jen Ronan
29 Apr 2017
4.2k
61
gardening column
When to use horticultural fleece: 'The Irish spring can bite you in the bum'
Michael Kelly
29 Apr 2017
1.8k
2
childcare policy
Opinion: 'The State should pay for mothers to stay at home'
Pauline O'Reilly
29 Apr 2017
6.2k
110
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