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Column: People in the Philippines are desperate, stunned and hopeless
Dr Natasha Reyes
Column: Why I ran the New York City marathon
Jackie Cahill
Column: Why don’t we switch banks, just like other services?
Michael Dowling
Column: An oil spill in America provoked outrage, but other victims are more easily ignored
Colm O'Gorman
Column: Collaboration, though not easy, is essential for charities to make a difference
Anna Visser
Column: People using mental health services should be active participants in their own care
Dr Shari McDaid
Column: Why is so much importance attached to engagement rings?
Molly Garboden
Column: Webcam child sex tourism – a sordid off-shoot of the social media revolution
Hans Guyt
Damien Kiberd: Govt won't admit it but we've been battered by new taxes
Damien Kiberd
Column: Ongoing alcohol misuse in Ireland is ruining individuals and families
Tony Moore
Column: Why I’m still afraid to come out to my friends and family
Catherine W
Aaron McKenna: Marriage is nothing more than a contract – bring on the prenups
Aaron McKenna
Column: Israel throws the spotlight on Gaza by refusing to facilitate passage for EU delegates
Gary Spedding
Column: Design in an age of austerity – why we need to stimulate the creative economy
Professor Alex Milton
Column: Why is lung disease so prevalent in Ireland?
Dr Edward McKone
Column: Why are so many people dismayed by honesty, and so few by pretence?
Patricia Tsouros
Column: 'Facts invalidate Emer Costello's anecdotes about Gaza'
Boaz Modai
Column: We won’t give up the fight for international debt justice
Nessa Ní Chasaide
Column: What has psychology got to do with the internet?
Yair Amichai-Hamburger
Column: Past concerns over Ireland's abortion laws foreshadowed today's reality
Ciara Meehan
Column: Let's see a vigorous, successful campaign for marriage equality
Mark Beegan
Column: We hope to ease the enormous pressure placed on mortgage holders
Constantin Gurdgiev
Column: The NSA spying scandal is coming at an awkward time for the US...
John O'Donnell
Column: Boycotting the Olympics would make things more difficult for Russia's LGBT people
Igor Yassin
Column: Is parading culture in Northern Ireland under threat?
Peter Osborne
Column: Young people are the “forgotten mourners”
Aoife Mary O'Brien
Column: Will we have a 32-county Fianna Fail?
Mark Beegan
Column: Behavioural economics holds a mirror to the human mind
Kevin Denny
Damien Kiberd: Jihad against Junior Cert is bizarre
Damien Kiberd
Column: As an Irish woman, I believe in wearing the remembrance poppy. Here's why...
Kate Bellamy
Column: “Being caught with patients is like being caught with a weapon”
Jane-Ann McKenna
Aaron McKenna: What our water shortages tell Web Summit investors
Aaron McKenna
Column: Ireland needs to re-examine the legal gender of intersex children
Tanya Ni Mhuirthile
Column: Bloomberg's approach to smoking is working in New York – it could here too
Kathleen O'Meara
Column: Voting is too often seen as a "right" when it's actually a duty
Colm Bergin
Column: Making chemical weapons a defining issue in Syria sends entirely the wrong message
David Adams
Column: A proper Halloween Festival in Ireland could have astounding economic benefits
Catherine Murphy TD
Column: House prices are rising again, so should we be concerned about a bubble?
Ronan Lyons
Column: Can we just give Halloween a miss this year?
Kate Bellamy
Column: If you had an unlimited budget to fix obesity and disease, what would you do?
Dorcas Barry