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Gardening: Plant your potatoes right now plus a recipe for warming winter root veg frittata
Michael Kelly
Opinion: 'Charities need to be above reproach. After all it's our money that funds them'
Cormac O'Ceallaigh
Colm O'Gorman: 'I have resolved to work every day to prove that love can trump hate'
Colm O'Gorman
Six lessons for 2017 from an Irish fact-checker in a "fake news" era
Dan MacGuill
Debate: We need to tell pregnant women not to drink alcohol
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
Everyone was equal, we left our egos at the door: Why I volunteered at Apollo House
Hazel Katherine Larkin
Operation Transformation diary: 'I'm disheartened that I've only lost a pound but I'm going to accept it'
Lucy Dillon
Julien Mercille: 'From a progressive perspective, Obama's record is less than impressive'
Julien Mercille
VIDEO: 'I'll never catcall, I'll treat and respect and help create an Ireland that will stand in awe of all mná'
Emmet Kirwan and Dave Tynan
Opinion: Theresa May seems to be saying 'Give me the deal I want or the 64 million Brits get it'
Dr Declan Jordan
Relationship blues: How to ensure you don't become another January divorce statistic
Dr Ray O'Neill
Humanless libraries and driverless cars: 'We will live to regret them'
Eric Nolan
Living with albinism: 'I can't go into town without someone pointing or laughing at me'
Sinead McManus
Trivialities of the 'reformed' Seanad: 'Senators talking about All-Ireland tickets and seagulls'
Senator Gerard P Craughwell
'Listening to Trump voters, I am surprised, disappointed, bewildered, fascinated and enlightened'
Larry Donnelly
'Vladimir Putin, such a vastly overrated leader': 'We are one tweet away from bad relations'
Neil Robinson
Garden Guru: GIYing your own ingredients for hummus and beetroot burgers
Michael Kelly
'We left Ibrahim with a promise we would do everything to bring him home'
Paul Murphy
A living kidney donor writes: 'We need to encourage more donors – living or deceased'
Enda Fanning
We need to upgrade democracy: 'Our world is steered by whims of a small minority'
Jonathan Victory
Debate: The shock tactics of the Irish Cancer Society's new campaign are hurtful
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
Operation Transformation diary: 'I can actually go into clothes shops now and buy clothes I want to wear'
Lucy Dillon
'Apollo House was about much more than 35 people in one building'
Frankie Gaffney
An Irish nurse: 'I began to hate my job. I questioned my career. There were days when I came home crying'
Anonymous
Opinion: 'Brexit and a weak economy mean that Northern Ireland has little time to be stuck in neutral'
Dr David McCann
Endometriosis: 'It's the kind of pain that takes the breath from you and makes you fall to your knees'
Julie Ronaghan
Debate: Should Twitter do more to protect its users from trolls?
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
Gardening guru: January to-do list plus a delicious recipe for buttery colcannon
Michael Kelly
An ED Consultant on the trolley crisis: 'There are solutions and they are multifactorial'
Dr Jim Gray
Nollaig na mBan 2017: 'Do we trust Irish women to make the best decisions for themselves in pregnancy?'
Orla O'Connor
'The media should tell the truth about the alt-right'
Julien Mercille
Children online: 'Is 13 the appropriate age for digital consent?'
Avril Ronan
Be a better shopper: Fast fashion kills people, animals and our environment
Siobhan O'Brien-Selway
Arthur Corrie Lewin - the Irishman who went missing while flying over Africa
Turtle Bunbury
Fitness truths: 'Exercise might be uncomfortable, overwhelming. It's supposed to be'
Carl Cautley
Life Coach: 2017 is the year for you. Ditch your old-but-comfy habits
Derval Chambers Petit
New Year's Resolutions: 'Forever chasing a whole new us isn’t self-help, it’s self-harm'
Lorraine Courtney
The diet is dead: 'Many of us spend far too long feeling unhappy with our bodies'
Karina Melvin
GIY: For first-time vegetable growers, leeks are an easy and tasty option
Michael Kelly
The Top 20: What was the ‘biggest thing’ to happen in 2016?
Kevin Cunningham