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Julien Mercille: Liberals are wrong to cheer on Trump's bombs
Julien Mercille
'Do we invest money into private pockets, or into public housing, that we own?'
Éilis Ryan
Column: 'I can look an animal in the eye, knowing I'm not contributing to their suffering'
Katie McEneaney
Column: 'I've discovered the joy of doing a fitness activity with others'
Christine Allen
Column: Debunking the most common 'alternative facts' about the Irish language
Colm Ó Broin
Secrets to Norwegians' happiness: 'We don't boast. We don't express happiness openly'
Else Berit Eikeland
GIY column: This week, it's time to start sowing your vegetable seeds
Michael Kelly
'Fox News' Bill O'Reilly will be replaced by another big mouth, cheering Trump on'
Julien Mercille
'Naturalisation and recognition of Irish citizenship will improve Roma rights'
Jennifer DeWan
Column: 'I'm challenging the decision makers here to spend 24 hours in my wheelchair'
Sean O'Kelly
'Blaming' help-to-buy for property prices is just lazy
Karl Deeter
Opinion: 'I’m one of the 40 million Americans paying off the $1.3 trillion student debt'
Elizabeth Tandy Shermer
'HPRA guidance is biased. It didn't use expert advisors with practical experience of cannabis'
Gino Kenny TD and Dr Peadar O'Grady
Opinion: 'Public inquiries are not just a diversionary tactic. They're necessary'
Dr Fiona Donson
Medical cannabis: 'My dad was able to relax, sleep, laugh, and breathe a bit easier'
Roderick Campbell
Ordinary people - and not judges - should police our politicians' powerful privilege
David Kenny
'If we want better people working in childcare, we need better working terms'
Sinead Pembroke
Emigrating to Australia: 'I’ve learned that home is home'
Aimee Murphy
The new gender gap? 'In the life of young Peppa Pig, Daddy Pig is ridiculous'
Joyce Rubotham
Ten-a-day? 'How to sneak in more veg without feeling you're living on rabbit food'
Ciara Wright PhD
Domini Kemp: 'Be honest - if your business isn't working, pull the plug'
Fora Staff
GIY: Growing tomatoes successfully and a pitta pocket recipe
Michael Kelly
My abortion story: 'I was horrified. The doctor was talking about childcare in college'
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
Opinion: 'There is a massive avoidance of LGBT+ sex on the curriculum for sex ed'
Cionnaith Ó Duibhir
'It's like the state is telling my daughter she can’t succeed because she has DS'
Deirdre McNamara
Column: '"A Right To A Home" should be put to referendum'
Mary Murphy
Tom Clonan: Noirín O'Sullivan's performance in recent days is simply not credible
Tom Clonan
Opinion: 'We don't need female traffic lights. We do need decent maternity pay'
Lorraine Courtney
Debate Room: Luke 'Ming' Flanagan and Nessa Childers debate the EU's merits
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
'Is the situation really as simple as "cash for passports" here in Ireland? Yes, it is'
Éilis Ryan
'My baby was never going to look into my face, or yawn or cry for food. She was still'
Tracey Smith
'With mental illness comes a different kind of mothering and different worries'
Grace Vaughan
'I was looking for an excuse to come home. But there was a recession on and I had no job'
Jane Swarbrigg
'Religious identities, or any identity, should never be reduced to a violent caricature'
Jacob J Erickson
Gardening: It's spring in the veg patch and we have a recipe for broccoli and cheese risotto
Michael Kelly
'Extremism, racial intolerance and ultra-nationalism mean we need the EU now'
Noelle O Connell
'All women live under the male gaze, but the European hijab ruling feels like the eye of Sauron'
Sinead Mercier
Atheist John Halligan's sermon in a Brazilian church: 'I felt it was the respectful thing to do'
John Halligan
Opinion: 'A political solution to the Syrian war is very unlikely now'
Derek O’Rourke
Alan Kelly: 'Craft beer is booming but licensing regulations are harming business'
Alan Kelly