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Column: Yes, State legal spending is significant – but it’s an investment in our democracy
Noeline Blackwell
8 Jan 2014
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Column: Why are so many vital services being provided by charities in the first place?
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8 Jan 2014
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Column: Bi the way… sexuality isn’t just ‘straight or gay’
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Column: Ireland's rural community is being ignored over wind energy concerns
Declan Doyle
7 Jan 2014
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Column: The EU’s Eastern Partnership in tatters – is a fresh energy strategy the answer?
David Moloney
7 Jan 2014
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Column: From radio to YouTube, advertising is evolving with us
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Column: Having ‘the’ chat with your children… how to talk about sex and puberty
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Column: Limerick City of Culture must not be allowed to fail
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5 Jan 2014
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Damien Kiberd: Why middle-aged men with money invest in Netflix...
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5 Jan 2014
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Column: It's wrong to limit the debate over Anglo-Irish relations to partition alone
Ryan Gray
4 Jan 2014
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Column: An uncertain future... human, plant, and animal survival in the Arctic
R.M.M. Crawford
4 Jan 2014
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Aaron McKenna: Calls for rent controls are blatantly stupid
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Column: Hey, ads! Stop looking at me while I'm on the toilet!
Clare Hartwieg
3 Jan 2014
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Column: Considering Benazir Bhutto’s mixed legacy, six years on…
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2 Jan 2014
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Column: Failure of Haass talks highlights two serious problems in modern Northern Ireland
Dr David McCann
2 Jan 2014
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Column: Pope Francis is considering the needs of survivors of clerical child sexual abuse
Mark Vincent Healy
1 Jan 2014
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Column: New Year's resolutions are dreams – and anyone can achieve their dreams
Teena Gates
1 Jan 2014
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Analysis: How an RTÉ satire (possibly) helped bring down a government
Ciara Meehan
31 Dec 2013
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Aaron McKenna: Ask your council candidates to pledge to publish receipts for their expenses
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31 Dec 2013
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Larry Donnelly: Transatlantic Reflections on the Political Year 2013
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30 Dec 2013
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Column: New year, new you – how to achieve your goals in 2014
Ciara Conlon
30 Dec 2013
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Lisa McInerney: Pop culture in 2013 was full of wacky antics, highs, lows... and deceptive depth
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Column: Nordic Rebels – The Swede and Finn who fought in the GPO, 1916
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Column: 10 years on, Ireland's human rights act has failed to deliver
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29 Dec 2013
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Column: We have harnessed technology to help the creative process
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Column: On this day in the year 2020 – Irish universities
Dr James Heaney
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Extract: Colm McCann on Dublin, Ulysses and friendship
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Gerry Adams: It's time to define an entirely new relationship between Ireland and Britain
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26 Dec 2013
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Column: Just how independent are our independents?
Joe Conway
26 Dec 2013
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Column: Earth’s forgotten places – the locations humans have left behind
Eun Yeom
26 Dec 2013
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Column: What’s it like to be Jewish at Christmas time in Ireland?
Aisling O’Brien
25 Dec 2013
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Column: Working as a firefighter over the festive period can be hard – but it’s worth it
Trevor Hunt
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Column: Nothing guarantees peace on Earth like classic Christmas movie
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25 Dec 2013
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Column: What was the Christmas Star?
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Column: My Christmas in the Philippines after typhoon Haiyan
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