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You want to ban novels in schools that contain sex? Hello, 1960s Ireland
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298
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Should you be friends with your ex?
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Low earners can’t have a free ride and pay no income taxes at all
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660
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'Nothing else seemed to matter when she died. I didn't understand why God would take our little girl?'
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14 Oct 2015
2.0k
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'I remember the whole thing. I dived in and hit the bottom of the pool. I knew something was wrong'
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11 Oct 2015
915
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Over 9,000 Irish women or 'inmates' went through these doors, forced to repent
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11 Oct 2015
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We need to create a solution to abortion. Children as young as 8 need to get sex education in school
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Matt Damon used manure to grow potatoes on Mars - it works pretty well down here too
Michael Kelly
10 Oct 2015
297
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Is it time we give up on Dublin's O'Connell Street?
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'I found out I was dyslexic in the 90s. Deep down I knew I wasn’t as ‘stupid’ as I was made to feel in school'
Ross O'Neill
9 Oct 2015
855
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'By getting on that train a group of brave women made the Catholic Church and the Irish state look ridiculous'
Arthur Riordan
9 Oct 2015
708
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There are nude photos of Justin Bieber on the Internet today - but you shouldn't look at them
Amy O'Connor
8 Oct 2015
3.2k
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'My religion lapsed three decades ago, but I am irritated by a-la-carte Catholics'
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8 Oct 2015
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The J1 was a rite of passage for me. We're not all party-animals
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Snowden leaks provided momentum to bring us to this crucial point in data protection
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The unfree Irish in the Caribbean were indentured servants, not slaves
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