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Opinion: In Northern Ireland, we are literally lurching from crisis to crisis
Dr David McCann
11 May 2014
86
115
Extract: How 'throwing at cocks' took root in Ireland
James Kelly
11 May 2014
453
15
Damien Kiberd: They say €240 per year for water. Sure. For now.
Damien Kiberd
11 May 2014
101
135
Opinion: “Why Us?” - The reason Ireland has not won a Eurovision since 1996
Gerard Patrick Corless
10 May 2014
404
79
Opinion: I had to drop out of Gaelic football training. Why? Because I was bulimic
Alexandra Potter
10 May 2014
183
8
Aaron McKenna: Paying any new tax is galling, but water needs to be paid for
Aaron McKenna
10 May 2014
45
88
Diary of a First Time Dad: Teething time and becoming Don Draper
Patrick McCarry
9 May 2014
63
46
Opinion: I felt helpless. The child needed hospital treatment, but I could only give some medicine
Dr Natalie Robers
9 May 2014
49
7
Opinion: There were days I struggled. I wished I could call in sick and not have to pretend
Anonymous
9 May 2014
986
45
Opinion: Is James Franco trolling us all?
Lisa McInerney
8 May 2014
192
13
Opinion: A new drug trade is hiding in the underbelly of the internet
Tony Duffin
8 May 2014
276
36
Opinion: Let's talk about death (no, seriously)
Claire Micks
7 May 2014
124
37
Opinion: Irish farmers must stand up for change – or else sleep with one eye open
Fergal Anderson
7 May 2014
555
64
Opinion: We have found Earth's Cousin outside our solar system ... but what does that mean?
Conor Farrell
6 May 2014
132
42
Opinion: Yes, social media sometimes makes us feel alone – but it also shows we're not
Fiona Kennedy
6 May 2014
2.3k
26
Opinion: We wanted to make a difference as young people – we focused on Irish Sign Language
AFP
6 May 2014
289
26
Opinion: I see families waiting helplessly as certain famine approaches
David Adams
5 May 2014
67
22
Opinion: Our increasingly touch-phobic society is bad for children
Joanna Fortune
5 May 2014
409
62
Opinion: I became a long-distance walker at 70 and have now covered thousands of miles
Donal Corcoran
5 May 2014
494
18
Video column: The Chiropodist – an inside look at working life in Dublin's city centre
Eoin Lynch and Deirdre Brennan
4 May 2014
309
2
Opinion: How we deal with illness and ageing is painfully outdated
Robert Grant
4 May 2014
197
11
Damien Kiberd: Some very solid reasons why the banking inquiry will fail to deliver
Damien Kiberd
4 May 2014
93
21
Opinion: The King of Monsters, America, and the legacy of the bomb – will Godzilla be done justice?
Darren Mooney
3 May 2014
377
27
Column: How we lost our shame of being glued to the TV
Dave Winterlich
3 May 2014
173
25
Opinion: A man and his dog – being homeless in Dublin
Patricia Tsouros
3 May 2014
398
28
Opinion: Be careful of wishing for a Sinn Féin after Gerry Adams
Aaron McKenna
3 May 2014
395
252
Opinion: The brutal death of Gary Douch was avoidable
Deirdre Malone
2 May 2014
890
22
Opinion: We fought the law but the law won – labelled 'foreign agents' in our own country
Stefania Kulaeva
2 May 2014
83
31
Opinion: It was a day like any other, until my motorbike crashed and my life changed forever
Jerry Towey
2 May 2014
496
29
Opinion: We chat, we laugh, and sometimes I cry. Talking is good.
Ciaran Behan
1 May 2014
449
7
Opinion: Recovery can't be built on austerity or even tax breaks – workers need a fair wage
Michael O’Reilly
1 May 2014
57
38
Opinion: Dealing with dementia – why we are failing our parents and ultimately ourselves
Catherine W
1 May 2014
531
22
Opinion: Who was to blame – Anglo or the Financial Regulator? It's a false dichotomy.
William Campbell
30 Apr 2014
637
76
Opinion: If you live in Ireland, you have a say in the local elections
Denise Charlton
30 Apr 2014
40
28
Opinion: Giving birth at home – a piece of cake?
Alice Marchand
30 Apr 2014
250
37
Opinion: Women CEOs more likely to be fired? Here we go again ...
Andrea Mara
29 Apr 2014
111
37
Opinion: Six weeks ago I went to hospital, threatening to hurt myself. I was sent home.
Fiona Kennedy
29 Apr 2014
10.6k
82
Opinion: Priests should break the seal of confession when someone admits to child abuse
Peter Ferguson
29 Apr 2014
2.3k
165
Column: 'He was given a clean bill of health, walked out of the hospital and took his own life'
Conor McNally
28 Apr 2014
3.8k
169
Opinion: Across Europe, equality is being obliterated by austerity
Rachel Mullen
28 Apr 2014
87
25
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