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Child's play
Column: Think playdates are all fun and games? Think again.
Emily Hourican
8 Feb 2014
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In hot water
Aaron McKenna: Without proper investment in defences, we might as well abandon flood zones
Aaron McKenna
8 Feb 2014
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31
generation failed
Column: The Youth Guarantee is an escalation of the government’s war on young people
Paul Murphy
7 Feb 2014
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60
Homophobia
Column: As the Winter Olympics kick off in Russia, let's consider oppression in all its forms
Kevin Donoghue
7 Feb 2014
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column
Column: Why are we still dying to party?
Paul Allen
6 Feb 2014
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new voices
Column: Social media and the Streisand Effect – who dictates popular discourse today?
Lisa McInerney
6 Feb 2014
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violence against girls
Column: 'It was done one day without warning' – a terrifying story of genital mutilation
David Dalton
6 Feb 2014
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61
Heroin
Column: Philip Seymour Hoffman's death challenges our cosy stereotypes about addicts
Tony Duffin
5 Feb 2014
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listen up
Column: These are the incredible people we ignore... until it's too late.
Mary Lawlor
5 Feb 2014
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grand stretch
Column: When does spring really start? Let's clear this is up once and for all.
Conor Farrell
5 Feb 2014
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Pride
Column: I am gay. I have always been gay. I’ve never not been gay.
Christopher Chong
4 Feb 2014
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pretty penny
Column: Clarity is needed on the pension levy 'jobs initiatives' claim
Samantha McConnell
4 Feb 2014
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Substance Abuse
Column: ‘NekNominations’ craze will soon pass – but our drinking culture won't
Joe O'Connor
4 Feb 2014
104
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Growing pains
Column: Facebook's early childhood was... complicated.
Colman Noctor
4 Feb 2014
134
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Watch this space
Column: Why Exchange Dublin desperately needs your support
Dr Patrick Bresnihan
3 Feb 2014
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We The People
Column: We've been given an opportunity to re-think our values as a nation... so what are they?
Hans Zomer
3 Feb 2014
124
43
first date fail
Column: How to score an “F” on your first date
Rena Maycock
3 Feb 2014
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125
Toddler
Column: Should I intervene if a child is having a tantrum?
Sinéad Fox
2 Feb 2014
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149
world trade
Column: Ireland is reviewing its foreign policy – but it's asking the wrong questions
Andy Storey
2 Feb 2014
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31
Stranger Than Fiction
Damien Kiberd: Are whistleblowers saints? The ethics can be complicated.
Damien Kiberd
2 Feb 2014
594
24
Baby Steps
Column: How to care for your relationship once you have a baby
Martina Newe
1 Feb 2014
94
61
Bother your Erse
Column: We'll soon find out whether we lose our native language forever
Seán Mag Leannáin
1 Feb 2014
1.0k
134
payoff
Aaron McKenna: Why do the Irish courts not care about women?
Aaron McKenna
1 Feb 2014
950
99
In business
Column: The Ryanair and Google Partnership – what’s in it for us?
Dr Eugene O’Loughlin
31 Jan 2014
343
30
hang your hat
Column: The private rented sector is heating up dramatically – yet fails to meet basic needs
Mick Byrne
31 Jan 2014
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Limbo
Column: The Government stalls while people with mobility difficulties fall deeper into isolation
Anne-Maree Quinn
30 Jan 2014
87
8
working parents
Column: Yes, I leave work on time – that doesn't mean I don't work hard
Andrea Mara
30 Jan 2014
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Panti
Column: Panti Bliss controversy raises major questions about RTE's role in public discourse
Catherine Murphy TD
30 Jan 2014
569
192
Ireland for CERN
Column: Ireland is excluded from some of the world's most fascinating scientific research
Eimer McAuley and Mairead Maguire
29 Jan 2014
112
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panti bliss
Open Letter to RTE: Explain why you censored gay rights advocate Rory O'Neill
Brian Barrington
29 Jan 2014
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514
Let's Talk About Sex
Column: We need to start talking about sexual dysfunction in an open way
Trish Murphy
29 Jan 2014
326
37
human rights victory
Column: If the State had done the right thing, Louise O'Keeffe would never have been abused
Dr Conor O'Mahony
28 Jan 2014
879
38
Design
Open Letter: Dear Union of Students in Ireland, please stop belittling our profession
Emma Grattan and Derek Doyle
28 Jan 2014
1.2k
192
garda whistleblowers
Column: Shatter's focus is on whistleblowers themselves, rather than their allegations
Mick Wallace
28 Jan 2014
63
41
Civil Disobedience
Column: Peacemakers like Margaretta D’Arcy uphold the greater moral law
Joe Murray
28 Jan 2014
158
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Water Water Everywhere
Column: Irish Water set-up is repeating the mistakes of the HSE
Eamon Ryan
27 Jan 2014
91
61
people of ireland
Column: The Troika may be gone, but Ireland's social problems remain
Dominic Hannigan
27 Jan 2014
361
39
digital democracy
Column: Sorry politicians, you can’t avoid social media – people no longer accept being ‘talked at’
Niall Devitt
27 Jan 2014
125
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first time dad
Diary of a First Time Dad: Sleeping with one eye open
Patrick McCarry
26 Jan 2014
886
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disadvantage
Column: Drug crime can’t be broken down simply into a battle of ‘good’ versus ‘evil’
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
26 Jan 2014
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