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Opinion: There's no room for complacency over the investigation into Apple in Ireland
Richard O'Callaghan
23 Jun 2014
84
18
Opinion
Opinion: Thousands of Irish people go on pilgrimage every year... but why?
Richard Scriven
23 Jun 2014
1.5k
50
Central African Republic
Opinion: The worst crisis you’ve never heard of... is the CAR crisis the next Rwanda?
Dualta Roughneen
22 Jun 2014
151
12
Looking for Work
Opinion: Yes, I'm unemployed but that doesn't make me lazy or incompetent
Adam Brennan
22 Jun 2014
2.3k
163
institutional accommodation
Opinion: Ireland warehouses asylum-seekers, institutionalises them and leaves them in limbo
Donal O'Keeffe
22 Jun 2014
289
117
Domestic Abuse
Opinion: 'On one occasion she punched me in the face numerous times'
Catherine W
21 Jun 2014
309
57
Wellbeing
Opinion: 9 ways to reduce stress now
Ciara Conlon
21 Jun 2014
651
12
Banking Inquiry
Aaron McKenna: The opposition has missed the chance to expose the banking show trial
Aaron McKenna
21 Jun 2014
42
18
National Debt
Opinion: Is austerity really a necessity – or do we have a choice?
Robert Grant
20 Jun 2014
340
43
Politics
Opinion: Losing the election hit so hard I thought I might never recover
Joan Geraghty
20 Jun 2014
4.1k
90
Emigration
Opinion: The undocumented Irish in the US need and deserve our help
Larry Donnelly
19 Jun 2014
157
62
Middle East
Opinion: As a former Israeli soldier, I had to speak out about the injustices I participated in
Yehuda Shaul
19 Jun 2014
299
66
Austerity
Opinion: Enda — don’t blow the recovery on a PR stunt
Paul Allen
19 Jun 2014
81
85
living cities
Opinion: With more of us living in cities, we have to plan for real quality of life
Ciarán Cuffe
18 Jun 2014
92
42
Opinion
Bullied: Your stories of bullying in the workplace
Christina Finn
18 Jun 2014
19.1k
86
Rural Towns
Opinion: How can we revitalise rural towns? Simple – take some of the risk out of doing business
Cathal O’Donoghue
18 Jun 2014
588
18
Education
Opinion: The CAO system can clearly be gamed, and it's perpetuating disadvantage
Phil Maguire
17 Jun 2014
5.6k
42
China
Opinion: The deepening relationship between Ireland and China
Eoin McDonnell
17 Jun 2014
755
32
Mental Health
Opinion: On medication, I function – off medication, I don’t. It’s as simple as that.
Fiona Kennedy
17 Jun 2014
205
57
kindness
Opinion: Absolute strangers have reached out to help us – I feel better about what tomorrow brings
Catherine W
16 Jun 2014
48
35
community energy
Opinion: Why is community renewable energy important?
Paul Kenny
16 Jun 2014
1.0k
66
English
Opinion: With Bloomsday upon us, let's be inspired to pay attention to the details
Sue Norton
16 Jun 2014
142
23
Nuclear
Opinion: Nuclear energy is the cleanest, safest, and cheapest – why do we continue to reject it?
Peter Ferguson
15 Jun 2014
5.7k
144
Family
Opinion: An apology on Father’s Day (or oops! I did it again!)
Orla Breeze
15 Jun 2014
65
24
Elder Abuse
Opinion: Would you know if an older relative, friend or neighbour was being abused?
Eamon Timmins
15 Jun 2014
608
23
fathers
Opinion: Where does fatherhood feature in story of mother-and-baby homes?
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy
14 Jun 2014
814
73
Health
Vlog: What can be done to tackle rising obesity in Ireland?
Katie Varvos
14 Jun 2014
67
124
Literature
Extract: Dubliners 100, a modern re-telling of Joyce's tales of life in the capital
Elske Rahill
14 Jun 2014
251
13
childhood obesity
Aaron McKenna: Can we have a ban on banning things, please?
Aaron McKenna
14 Jun 2014
135
57
Homes
Opinion: It is a bittersweet time for victims of institutional abuse – the least we can do is listen
Mairead Healy
13 Jun 2014
82
10
Brian Hayes
Opinion: Jean-Claude who? Juncker and the the turf war gripping Europe
Stephen O'Shea
13 Jun 2014
151
186
mother-and-baby homes
Opinion: Abuse and neglect are being hidden in plain sight – but will we open our eyes?
Donal O'Keeffe
13 Jun 2014
145
37
having children
Opinion: I'm not genetically linked to my son or daughter but, honestly, it just doesn't matter
Catherine W
12 Jun 2014
134
22
Homeless
Opinion: We were a normal married couple who fell on hard times. Now, we sleep in our car.
Catherine W
12 Jun 2014
203
95
Holocaust
Opinion: On what would have been Anne Frank's 85th birthday, let's remember our shared history
Amy Bracken
12 Jun 2014
249
24
Fertility
Opinion: It's still hard to express the sadness that comes with being unable to have children
Trevor O'Sullivan
11 Jun 2014
536
60
brain food
Opinion: Philosophy for kids? It's absolutely essential for the classroom
Peter Ferguson
11 Jun 2014
3.3k
66
Mental Health
Opinion: Antidepressants – friend or foe?
Anonymous
11 Jun 2014
3.1k
111
fertility problems
Opinion: Infertility can be utterly devastating for a man – don't allow him to suffer in silence
Helen Browne
10 Jun 2014
220
35
University
Opinion: The best thing I got from my master's was the chance to leave Ireland
Clare Herbert
10 Jun 2014
1.7k
63
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