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Who owns our digital fingerprints?
Oliver Daniels
19 Feb 2015
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Why is it now acceptable to plaster pictures of your face all over social media?
Rebecca Lee
18 Feb 2015
1.1k
52
An octogenarian gentleman taught me that it's never too late to come out
Dil Wickremasinghe
17 Feb 2015
280
22
Children are precious, so why aren't the people caring for them valued?
Jane Xavier
17 Feb 2015
542
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Want to learn to write code? Here's how...
Mark Lambe
17 Feb 2015
9.2k
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Politically disillusioned young people need an edgy, relevant programme like The Daily Show
Luke Keenan
16 Feb 2015
218
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'The telly is the most effective, reliable and cheap form of babysitter known to man'
Claire Micks
16 Feb 2015
117
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'Like many young men, I refused to believe there was anything wrong. But I couldn't stop crying.'
John Connell
15 Feb 2015
2.3k
54
My child was diagnosed as 'incompatible with life' but I'm glad Clare Daly's bill was voted down
Tracy Harkin
15 Feb 2015
4.0k
434
Free GP care to young children sounds like a great idea... but is it really?
Yvonne O'Sullivan
15 Feb 2015
323
45
Some politicians are trying to destroy relations between the Gardai and the community
Ted Leddy
14 Feb 2015
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Opinion: What do traditional newspapers have to do to survive?
Paul Allen
14 Feb 2015
1.0k
69
Say it with flowers? What blooms signify to your Valentine
Fiann Ó Nualláin
14 Feb 2015
140
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Small airline, small country, small minds – the Aer Lingus story
Aaron McKenna
14 Feb 2015
792
72
There are no shades of grey around sexual consent
Clíona Saidléar
13 Feb 2015
1.1k
100
Column: Why does this Government refuse to hold a referendum on abortion?
Donal O'Keeffe
13 Feb 2015
171
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Dreading Valentine's Day because you're single?
Rena Maycock
13 Feb 2015
404
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My daughter is clever, funny, and full of life. So why am I so worried about her future?
Laura Drumm
12 Feb 2015
4.6k
73
'Once, I could see no way out of depression. But now I'm going to fight for my life'
Ellen
11 Feb 2015
3.4k
51
My six days working as a clown at a refugee camp in Rwanda
Donal McConnon
11 Feb 2015
210
15
'The early days of social media were mostly carefree – now mistakes can be like a bad tattoo'
Roisin Kiberd
10 Feb 2015
177
1
Diary of losing a baby: One woman writes about her devastating pregnancy
Laura McGlynn
10 Feb 2015
6.1k
24
'I was raped. Legislating for abortion in rape cases wouldn't go far enough'
Anonymous
10 Feb 2015
409
18
Opinion: As January drew to a close, so did hundreds of New Year’s diets
Ger Lowry
9 Feb 2015
104
24
Column: What is the key to a happy relationship?
Tony Moore
9 Feb 2015
105
24
Column: Can one person make a difference in the world?
Ciara Galvin
8 Feb 2015
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Column: Why do I have to choose between my identity and my family?
Victoria Mullen
8 Feb 2015
1.3k
200
Column: An anatomy of one family’s emigration
Philip Lynch
7 Feb 2015
717
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Column: What it's like to care for a parent with Alzheimer's
Helen Cashell-Moran
7 Feb 2015
1.0k
26
Opinion: Blowing taxpayers money might generate headlines, but it won’t solve homelessness
Aaron McKenna
7 Feb 2015
31
21
Opinion: Good riddance to Black January – it hasn't been kind to us parents
Claire Micks
6 Feb 2015
69
16
Opinion: Raising the minimum wage sounds nice, but it could price young people out of work
Lorraine Courtney
6 Feb 2015
486
39
Opinion: Why don't we have big campaigns for mental health?
Fiona Kennedy
5 Feb 2015
257
43
Opinion: Same-sex marriage will be decided by the silent (possibly disinterested) majority
Neale Richmond
5 Feb 2015
1.6k
269
Opinion: 'The outbreak has brought an unmatched level of fear and panic'
Seán Farrell
4 Feb 2015
66
4
Column: We could put Ireland at the forefront of trans recognition, so why don't we?
Emma Cassidy
4 Feb 2015
1.0k
155
Opinion: Is it really Anita Sarkeesian vs videogames? I don't think so – criticism is essential
Conor Reynolds
3 Feb 2015
997
116
Opinion: Men are talking, but are we listening?
John Gormley
3 Feb 2015
1.2k
77
Opinion: JobBridge has very vocal critics, but it's delivering results for thousands of young people
Séamus Conboy
2 Feb 2015
288
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Opinion: I never knew how easy it was to become homeless in Ireland until now
Anonymous
2 Feb 2015
1.1k
86
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