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Video: Error-laden pidgin or creative creole? The Irish of the Gaelscoil
Breandán Mac Ardghail
Opinion: An opportunity to rid the world of poverty is on the horizon
Jim Clarken
Opinion: ‘Ah, yer not driving, are ya?!’ – The trials of being a non-drinker in Ireland
Claire Micks
Opinion: Want to grow your own food, but don't have outside space?
Fiann Ó Nualláin
Short Story: Whalesong
Barbara Leahy
Opinion: The Irish have strange, almost unconditional, love affair with alcohol
Jason Johnson
Opinion: I had a great life, friends, business - and I was paralysed by depression
Niall Harbison
Short Story: The Chamber Pot
Richard Ball
Aaron McKenna: The good times must be back if we’ll turn away 400,000 concert goers
Aaron McKenna
Opinion: How to stay productive during the World Cup finals
Ciara Conlon
Opinion: Surviving in the wild can benefit every part of your life
Keith McDonnell
Opinion: Fiends in high places - Garth Brooks and the national malaise
Joe O'Shea
Opinion: Prejudice and hysteria caused two Roma children to be taken from their families
Donal O'Keeffe
Opinion: Behind the headlines and political bickering is a profound grief that is hard to define
Jayne Olorunda
Opinion: Food as fashion – will eating soil really catch on?
Lorraine Courtney
Opinion: This is the first World Cup where there has been outright agreement on... the football used
Stefano Sanvito
Opinion: Amelia Mary Earhart vanished 77 years ago today, but her legacy lives on
Robert Buchanan
Short Story: The Oyster Catchers
Beth Tyrrell
Column: Today you will see one way the EU does actually make life better
Paschal Donohoe
Opinion: Rob Ford's mysterious popularity – why Canada’s most scandalous citizen is the new Bill Clinton
Redmond Shannon
Opinion: How I woke up to my unhealthy attitude to alcohol
Kate Bellamy
Opinion: Brand Suarez now has even more bite
Paul Allen
Opinion: As the Pistorious trial returns to our TV screens, let's consider cameras in courtrooms
Laura Cahillane
Opinion: The gender gap remains in tech and science – and it's hurting companies
Ann O’Dea
Opinion: An opponent like ISIS cannot be defeated through standard military action
Niall McGlynn
Opinion: Adoption, illegitimate children and ‘the bogey of proselytism’ in Catholic Ireland
Amy Bracken
Opinion: After two decades as a journalist, no project I’ve handled has been quite as harrowing
Bette Browne
Opinion: The journey to Pride – Ireland's dark past and brightening future
Robert Buchanan
Aaron McKenna: Protesting outside politicians' homes cheapens your argument
Aaron McKenna
Opinion: A story of a good bus driver and a cyclist on Dublin's quays
Catherine W
Opinion: Bon Voyage! How to write an effective out of office message
Claire Micks
Opinion: The ugly cost of the beautiful game in Brazil
Mary Lawlor
Opinion: Torture? It's an unnecessary evil
Emily Nevins
Column: Five torture myths debunked
Josefina Salomon
Opinion: Are you hiring? Here's how to choose the right employee for your company
Jane Hogan
Opinion: I’m 15 years old and I've set up my own company – here's why
Harry McCann
Opinion: Government ideas for whistleblower laws are too weak to ever be used
Fergal Crehan
Opinion: Summer thyme and the remedy's easy...
Fiann Ó Nualláin
Opinion: Giving pharmacists greater powers to help patients should be a no-brainer
Fintan Moore
Opinion: Lack of mortgage affordability now rivals the bubble era
Kevin Byrne