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10 Sep 2013
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Frank Armstrong
8 Sep 2013
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Column: The fall of the Celtic Tiger – what next?
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8 Sep 2013
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7 Sep 2013
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6 Sep 2013
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5 Sep 2013
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5 Sep 2013
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5 Sep 2013
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Tom Boland
4 Sep 2013
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Christine Allen
4 Sep 2013
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47
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Column: We should ban smacking – but we also need to help parents to do their job
Martina Newe
4 Sep 2013
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3 Sep 2013
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3 Sep 2013
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2 Sep 2013
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1 Sep 2013
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Column: 'It is essential that we push ahead with the €3.1bn budget cut'
Pat Deering
1 Sep 2013
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Extract: Ireland planned to ask the UK for help if Germany invaded in WW2
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103
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Column: How to get the right work-life balance
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31 Aug 2013
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Aaron McKenna: The 'broadcasting charge' is a shake down – plain and simple
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31 Aug 2013
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A poem for Willie Bermingham: a man with 'a dream for the lame and old'
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Colm Ó Broin
30 Aug 2013
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Column: Mathematics is a potential tonic for our ailing economy – but remains overlooked
Eoin Reynolds
29 Aug 2013
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Column: Is our work culture killing us?
Fergus O'Connell
29 Aug 2013
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Column: 'Chemical weapons' are in the news for dreadful reasons – but what are they?
Ann Cronin
28 Aug 2013
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Column: Media and mental health – can we afford to take a “it’s not my job” approach?
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28 Aug 2013
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Column: 'I Have a Dream'... we still have a lot to learn from those iconic words
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