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Column: We think of older people as a burden. In fact, they’re anything but.
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Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
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Column: Unemployment stats mislead us – our ‘jobs plan’ is a dud rocket
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4 Aug 2012
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Column: Why is the government delaying a law to recognise transgender people?
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Column: Make no mistake - it is time to make beef-eating taboo
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Column: Yes, booze causes problems – but why tar us all with the same brush?
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Column: The Twitter joke trial shows freedom of speech has to include comedy
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Column: Ireland has no option but to play hardball. So why aren’t we?
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Column: For politicians, the gay marriage debate is a careful calculation
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