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Asylum
Opinion: Happy 14th birthday, Direct Provision – just think of everything you haven't achieved!
Fiona Hurley
4 Aug 2014
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149
something wicked
Opinion: Take a walk on the dark side in Ireland's spookiest city
Tracey Fahey
4 Aug 2014
338
15
Language
Column: How social media is changing language
Jon Reed
4 Aug 2014
1.9k
26
gender roles
Video: Making gender equality work for men
Ben Acheson
3 Aug 2014
394
81
Opinion
Column: What would you ask Enda?
Paul Allen
3 Aug 2014
54
92
food allergies
Opinion: The nightmare of dining out with allergies in Ireland might soon end
Laura Kenny
3 Aug 2014
968
41
Language
Opinion: Does learning a second language lead to a new identity?
Arturo Hernandez
3 Aug 2014
845
21
get up stand up
Diary of a First Time Dad: Night-time protests and second helpings
Patrick McCarry
2 Aug 2014
117
18
African pride
Opinion: In South Africa, it's often said that being gay is a 'western' thing
Ali Watson
2 Aug 2014
679
19
Public Sector
Aaron McKenna: Why are we still rewarding failure and sparing punishment in the public sector?
Aaron McKenna
2 Aug 2014
266
72
WWI
Extract: Imperial ideas and imperial dreams – the cost of vanity during the Great War
Sir Hew Strachan
1 Aug 2014
165
61
Gaza
Opinion: 'When bombing gets close my family come to me... they think I can protect them'
Anonymous
1 Aug 2014
52
37
Men's Health
Opinion: I was diagnosed with prostate cancer 14 years ago – early detection is the key
Jess Clooney
31 Jul 2014
1.9k
16
peace building
Opinion: Neither nation can survive without freedom and independence for the Palestinians
Nurit Peled-Elhanan
31 Jul 2014
97
58
gender recognition
Opinion: Proposed transgender laws are good news for lawyers – not couples
Michael Farrell
31 Jul 2014
130
24
Afghanistan
Opinion: Here I go again, back to Riyadh. My life has changed so much in just ten years...
Noel Scanlon
30 Jul 2014
545
9
Grief
Opinion: A loved one’s death is devastating, but you must allow yourself to rebuild your life
Kathleen Maloney
30 Jul 2014
2.7k
12
Older People
Opinion: Ageism is far too prevalent, we need a cultural shift in how older people are perceived
Lianne Murphy
30 Jul 2014
664
24
Human Rights
Opinion: 'At the heart of Irish law is an inescapable fact... we are second class citizens'
Amanda Mellet
29 Jul 2014
599
247
Iraq
Opinion: 'Our children wake up crying in the night... Isis has stolen our lives'
Donatella Rovera
29 Jul 2014
299
129
Irish
Opinion: The new Gaeltacht Minister has hit the ground running – despite not being fluent
Seán Mag Leannáin
29 Jul 2014
58
46
Twins
Opinion: Twinning with China – money maker or moral maze?
Joe Conway
28 Jul 2014
123
5
World War One
Column: 'Hell is Coming' - fragments of horror from World War One
Liam Hogan
28 Jul 2014
1.1k
24
transatlantic
Larry Donnelly: 10 things I still just don’t get about Ireland
Larry Donnelly
28 Jul 2014
4.5k
91
True Love
Opinion: Why do people continue to do 'the hardest job in the world'?
Andrea Mara
27 Jul 2014
59
59
abolition of slavery
Opinion: Following the money – Irish slave owners in the time of abolition
Liam Hogan
27 Jul 2014
16.2k
70
LGBT
Opinion: The journey for acceptance for transgender people is ongoing – in all parts of society
Christine Allen
27 Jul 2014
396
52
mojitos
Opinion: DIY cocktails – how to grow your own mojito
Fiann Ó Nualláin
26 Jul 2014
363
8
Parenting
Opinion: I admit it, I'm an Apple Parent... are you?
Lucy O'Connor
26 Jul 2014
60
77
NAMA
Aaron McKenna: Massive state intervention in house building? Welcome back to 2007
Aaron McKenna
26 Jul 2014
94
7
Democracy
Opinion: Voter turnout isn’t a problem, so let’s stop all the hand-wringing
Eoin O'Malley
25 Jul 2014
138
30
Addiction
Opinion: For drug service reform to work, we need to be brave and innovative
Tony Duffin
25 Jul 2014
72
23
Apathy and Empathy
Opinion: Young people are not 'apathetic' - we prioritise the collective good
Gary Gannon
24 Jul 2014
1.3k
34
peaches
Opinion: The sudden death of a young woman is not any less tragic for her being an addict
Claire Micks
24 Jul 2014
866
91
living cities
Opinion: Is the effort to ‘revive the property market’ pushing creative groups out of the Docklands?
Mick Byrne
24 Jul 2014
342
24
Research
Opinion: Ireland should be at forefront of modern science – Ireland should join CERN
Conor Farrell
23 Jul 2014
128
26
Catholic
Opinion: Ring them bells! Why Ireland should never get rid of the Angelus
Donal O'Keeffe
23 Jul 2014
2.2k
179
right to be forgotten
Opinion: 'Right to be forgotten' ruling opens a legal and ethical Pandora's box
Niall McGlynn
23 Jul 2014
198
7
Gaza
Opinion: In the name of 'defence' we are attacking civilians already under Israeli control
Yehuda Shaul
22 Jul 2014
64
84
Justice
Opinion: What does it actually take to establish an 'independent' policing authority?
Kirsten Roberts
22 Jul 2014
76
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