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Homeward Bound
Column: My life as an ex-pat and the joy of finally coming home
Matthew Jones
2 Apr 2014
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income tax cuts
Column: Labour should be pushing for social democracy, rather than abandoning it
Colm Ó Broin
1 Apr 2014
79
69
Home and Away
Column: 'I felt an immediate kinship' – my journey of discovery in Ireland
Kathleen Maloney
1 Apr 2014
330
24
Language
Column: Let’s stop the blame game about learning Irish
Dermot McNally
1 Apr 2014
1.7k
156
FOMO
Column: We need to stop comparing ourselves to our 'friends' online
Angharad Williams
31 Mar 2014
157
35
Crimea
Column: A divided EU will embolden Putin
David Moloney
31 Mar 2014
75
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total mayor
Column: Voting down a plebiscite for a directly-elected Dublin mayor would be bad for democracy
Oisín Quinn
31 Mar 2014
61
16
Democracy
Column: Student politics is key to civic participation in later life
Clive Byrne
31 Mar 2014
43
28
mothers' day
Column: OK, I confess – I was a terrible mother
Orla Breeze
30 Mar 2014
66
37
mothers' day
Column: Mother's Day memories – the challenges, fears and joys of bringing up baby
Catchall
30 Mar 2014
101
16
column
Damien Kiberd: Martin Callinan thought his friendship with Shatter would save him. He was wrong.
Damien Kiberd
30 Mar 2014
102
56
lost in translation
Column: What does ‘I love you’ mean?
Cristina Soriano
29 Mar 2014
212
22
column
Column: Will fracking be added to our energy mix? Ireland has questions to answer first
Alice Whittaker
29 Mar 2014
277
74
Gardagate
Column: Pride, arrogance and the impotence of political leadership in GardaGate
Aaron McKenna
29 Mar 2014
127
33
Local Authorities
Column: Gerrymandering accusations pale in comparison to new plan for regional authorities
Eamon Ryan
28 Mar 2014
89
59
childhood cancer
Column: Being told it was my last chemo treatment was one of the best things I’ve ever heard
Gavin O’Donovan
28 Mar 2014
232
13
social justice
Column: Anybody – not just the elites – can use law to change society
Mairead Healy
28 Mar 2014
94
25
Nuclear Weapons
Column: 'With a few surviving classmates, I stepped carefully over the dead and dying'
Jamie Walsh
27 Mar 2014
293
66
guilt trip
Column: Motherhood, guilt and the fantasy of 'choice'
Emily Hourican
27 Mar 2014
295
56
Prostitution
Column: Sex buyers are the last link in chain of trafficking, abuse and rape
Nusha Yonkova
27 Mar 2014
546
126
emigrant vote
Column: Why has the Government ignored the Irish diaspora – again?
Oliver Moran and Sarah Cantwell
26 Mar 2014
268
72
ban bossy
Column: Banning the word 'bossy' won't help women
Lorraine Courtney
26 Mar 2014
258
49
Alzheimer’s Disease
Column: This disease has robbed him of his smile and his laugh. I miss those most of all.
Dorothy Mooney
26 Mar 2014
186
17
laughing stock
Column: We need to talk about Nuala ... RTÉ's portrayal of trans character is shallow and cruel
Lisa McInerney
25 Mar 2014
188
64
barefaced truth
Column: #NoMakeupSelfies abound, but where's the barefaced truth on social media?
Sinéad Fox
25 Mar 2014
79
38
Tribute
Column: Shane MacThomais was a tireless champion of those forgotten by our history books
Donal Fallon
25 Mar 2014
428
16
fatal foetal abnormality
Column: Ireland shows no love to babies dying in their mothers' wombs
Anonymous
24 Mar 2014
4.7k
406
column
Did Phil Hogan really gerrymander the local election boundaries?
Adrian Kavanagh
24 Mar 2014
253
39
Drug Resistance
Column: I can’t bear to look into someone's eyes and tell them they will probably die
Dr Jennifer Hughes
24 Mar 2014
136
9
bring it on baby
Column: Outnumbered ... how many kids is too many?
Claire Micks
23 Mar 2014
668
98
column
The Secret Candidate: Here's why 'no junk mail' signs are my absolute pet hate
The Secret Candidate
23 Mar 2014
4.2k
197
language matters
Column: Why do British and American attitudes to dictionaries differ?
Lynne Murphy
23 Mar 2014
66
54
column
Damien Kiberd: If prices are deflating, why are we feeling poorer?
Damien Kiberd
23 Mar 2014
116
52
Night owls
Column: What's it like to work at a nightclub during college? Let me tell you ...
Roisin Curran
22 Mar 2014
6.9k
14
Policing Irishness
Column: The day I had to prove I was Irish – and failed
Stephen Collins
22 Mar 2014
5.3k
90
Freedom of Expression
Column: Fred Phelps’ hateful legacy is a gift to freedom and democracy
Aaron McKenna
22 Mar 2014
88
48
Black Sky Thinking
Column: Why are we compelled to search for life on other planets?
Clare Taylor
21 Mar 2014
53
77
right to water
Column: The European Commission is not recognising the human right to water
Paul Murphy
21 Mar 2014
245
95
natural world
Column: Can big data save our planet’s forests?
Oliver Mylius and Hans Zomer
21 Mar 2014
248
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Leadership
Column: If you’d like to work in an industry, don’t be discouraged by negative perceptions
Mairead Fleming
20 Mar 2014
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