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Big Bang
Column: What does this week’s major physics breakthrough actually mean?
Conor Farrell
20 Mar 2014
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faces of ireland
Column: There's something about Ireland ... this is the country I now call home
Sury Fiorini
20 Mar 2014
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Drugs
Column: Legislation changes our drugs landscape – but it isn’t a complete solution
Tony Duffin
19 Mar 2014
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Anorexia
Column: 'I was in a secret, emotionally abusive relationship with myself'
Vicky Kavanagh
19 Mar 2014
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The big day
Column: Some etiquette for the modern-day First Holy Communion
Avril O'Reilly
19 Mar 2014
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Institutionalised
Column: How my trip to a children's mental asylum in Belarus made me proud to be Irish
Cliodhna Russell
18 Mar 2014
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Looking Back
Column: A novel approach to exploring Irish history
Seán Michael Wilson
18 Mar 2014
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coining it
Column: The two sides of bitcoin – is this virtual currency a boon or a threat?
Peter Casey
18 Mar 2014
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mammy wars
Column: The 'Mammy Wars' – do we judge each others' choices?
Andrea Mara
18 Mar 2014
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united action
Column: In our daily lives, we can form powerful campaign groups to demand change
Oliver Tattan
17 Mar 2014
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keeping healthy
Column: Mental health traffic lights (or, an easy way to answer 'how are you?')
Fiona Kennedy
17 Mar 2014
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Development
Column: Autism – moving beyond labels and limits
Karen O’Connor
17 Mar 2014
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fathers
Column: Radical change on the way for (some) unmarried fathers
Margot Doherty
16 Mar 2014
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Breaking the law
Column: Going to see with the pirates... memories of an early Phantom FM
Richie McCormack
16 Mar 2014
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Opinion
Damien Kiberd: The real reason why Frank Flannery's head was served up on a plate
Damien Kiberd
16 Mar 2014
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St Patrick's Day
Column: In Irish America, there’s far more to the celebration of St Patrick’s Day than parades
Larry Donnelly
15 Mar 2014
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Three years on
Column: Three years into civil war, families deprived of food are forced to eat stray cats
Peter Power
15 Mar 2014
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sex ed
Column: Relationship and sex education should be consistently provided in all schools
Aaron McKenna
15 Mar 2014
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silencing dissent
Column: There's a viral spread of increasingly restrictive laws curtailing human rights
Mary Lawlor
14 Mar 2014
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Opinion
Column: How we lost St Patrick's Day
Paul Allen
14 Mar 2014
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rogues and redheads
Column: The strength of our 'Irishness' lies in our differences
David Burns
14 Mar 2014
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How to be unhappy
Column: Sadness has always been a part of living, we need to accept that
Dr Keith Gaynor
13 Mar 2014
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Troika
Column: The Troika created a social experiment – and Ireland was the unlucky lab rat
Nessa Childers
13 Mar 2014
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the same hymnsheet
Column: 'Singing together, standing equally, our backgrounds didn't matter'
Aisling McCormick
13 Mar 2014
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community spirit
Column: Is anybody interested in the silent destruction of our communities?
Dr Rory Hearne
12 Mar 2014
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Beer
Column: Ancient brewing in Ireland and the legacy it left behind
Reuben Gray
12 Mar 2014
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debt woes
Column: There are fewer bankruptcies than expected so far this year. Why?
Anthony Joyce and Karl Deeter
12 Mar 2014
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quotas
Column: Until imbalance is deliberately corrected, women won’t be attracted into politics
John Verling
11 Mar 2014
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shakira shakira
Column: Passionate or possessive? Shakira forbidden from appearing in videos with men
Lisa McInerney
11 Mar 2014
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Poverty
Column: New thinking about tackling extreme deprivation in Europe
Emer Costello MEP
11 Mar 2014
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community spirit
Column: What does it mean to be an Irish American today?
Sean Dunne
10 Mar 2014
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women and girls
Column: Poverty cannot be eradicated in a world where gender discrimination exists
Rosamond Bennett
10 Mar 2014
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standing up
Column: It's unrealistic to expect oppression to disappear overnight, but we now have hope
David Carroll
10 Mar 2014
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Breaking up is hard to do
Extract: A divorce or break-up is much like a bereavment
Helen Collins
9 Mar 2014
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The Secret candidate
Column: I call bulls*** when people say to me 'we only ever see you at election time'
The Secret Candidate
9 Mar 2014
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Opinion
Damien Kiberd: Why are the Irish not more critical of the EU?
Damien Kiberd
9 Mar 2014
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facing the music
Column: Music and austerity – how do we express the time we live in?
Toner Quinn
8 Mar 2014
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Women
Column: Today let's celebrate, recognise, and show solidarity with the women and girls
Bernadette Crawford
8 Mar 2014
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International Women’s Day
Column: A tribute to Margaret Hinchey, one of Ireland's most remarkable daughters
Liam Hogan
8 Mar 2014
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points for sports
Column: Awarding top athletes extra CAO points makes total sense
Aaron McKenna
8 Mar 2014
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