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Column: The equality struggle didn’t end with Mandela’s prison release, it must continue
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Column: An itch, a rash, warts – this makes people get an STI test, but often there are no symptoms
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10 Dec 2013
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Column: Domestic abuse in same-sex relationships isn't talked about – but it's real
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Column: What happens to Ireland if the UK exits the EU?
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9 Dec 2013
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Lisa McInerney: The Paris-Mandela hoax is a perfect sign of the times
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8 Dec 2013
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Column: What you don’t know about emergency contraception (and why it might hurt you)
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Damien Kiberd: Forbes has Ireland all wrong
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8 Dec 2013
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Column: Should Ireland join NATO?
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7 Dec 2013
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Column: No one wants to utter the ‘C’ word – but it’s a barrier to blossoming romance
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7 Dec 2013
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Aaron McKenna: Drop Irish or go full native – it's time to decide
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7 Dec 2013
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Column: 'The plans we made together are gone now, Alzheimer’s is a most horrifying illness'
Teresa Dillion
6 Dec 2013
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Column: JobBridge isn't about helping people, it's about padding unemployment figures
Kevin Coughlan
6 Dec 2013
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Column: Christmas can be a hard time for people – we all need support
Ciaran Behan
5 Dec 2013
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Video column: Gay X-Factor contestant abused, protests in Ukraine and Black Pete
Katie Varvos
5 Dec 2013
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Column: The governments controlling the euro are no friends of Ireland
Dr Rory Hearne
5 Dec 2013
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Column: Ireland could learn a lot from Hong Kong
John Devitt
4 Dec 2013
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Column: Restoring the Christmas bonus should be a no-brainer
Patrick Nulty
4 Dec 2013
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Column: Why are over two thirds of blind people in the world women?
Michael Marren
4 Dec 2013
494
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Column: Women in Colombia are fighting back against the use of rape as a weapon of war
Karol Balfe
3 Dec 2013
571
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Column: We need new ways to acknowledge grief in our rapidly changing society
Lydia Kiernan and Christine Hadekel
3 Dec 2013
637
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Column: Ireland can be a centre of international investment AND indigenous innovation
Damien English
3 Dec 2013
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Column: Tarring all charities with the same brush hurts vulnerable people
Anne Hanniffy
2 Dec 2013
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Column: The charity sector needs a legal and regulatory body – immediately
Anne-Maree Quinn
2 Dec 2013
41
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Column: Betting your business on the domestic Irish market is foolish, lazy and unnecessary
Patrick Burke
2 Dec 2013
65
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Column: The pain of debt is not quick – it is a ceiling that lowers inch by crucifying inch
Jillian Godsil
1 Dec 2013
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Column: Let's recognise and appreciate the fine men and women who have served Ireland
Colm Bergin
1 Dec 2013
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Damien Kiberd: Reasons to be cheerful? Maybe - but cautious too
Damien Kiberd
1 Dec 2013
70
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Column: Londoners had The Clash, Mancunians had The Smiths – and we had The Blades
Stewart Smyth
30 Nov 2013
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Column: Music changes lives – every young person should have the chance to learn
Chris Maher
30 Nov 2013
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Aaron McKenna: Essential utilities like the ESB should be protected from strikes
Aaron McKenna
30 Nov 2013
112
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Column: What's happening in the Central African Republic?
Jane-Ann McKenna
29 Nov 2013
177
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Video column: Why is the link between mental health and alcohol so controversial?
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29 Nov 2013
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Column: We have glimpsed the human misery which fills the pockets of Europe’s pimps and traffickers
Denise Charlton
29 Nov 2013
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Column: Calling time on multinational imperialism
Paul Allen
28 Nov 2013
124
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Joan Burton: Why it's time to talk about a Living Wage for Ireland
Joan Burton
28 Nov 2013
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Column: Thanksgiving is the only time of year I really miss America
Larry Donnelly
28 Nov 2013
123
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Column: The EU seems just as interested in your data as the NSA
David Moloney
27 Nov 2013
78
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Column: We have bypassed the opportunity to introduce a humane asylum process
Fiona Hurley
27 Nov 2013
159
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Column: We can achieve equality for all families in just three steps
Karen Kiernan
27 Nov 2013
225
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Column: The countdown to Scotland's referendum is on – but many questions remain
Natalie Tennyson
26 Nov 2013
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