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Column: Cardinal Rules - On gay rights
(Not) Cardinal Sean Brady
9 Mar 2012
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Column: 5 reasons why we need to hike taxes on cigarettes. (Yes, again.)
Chris Macey
9 Mar 2012
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Column: BAI report does not close file on That Tweet
Derek Mooney
8 Mar 2012
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Column: The science is robust. Human-driven climate change exists.
John Gibbons
8 Mar 2012
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Column: Women and girls hold solution to extreme poverty
Bernadette Crawford
8 Mar 2012
171
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Column: Child abuse is a serious crime. It deserves a serious punishment.
Lisa Collins
7 Mar 2012
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Column: Fiscal compact? Time to send Merkozy back to Economics 101
Ronan Lyons
6 Mar 2012
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Column: We need to stop taking money out of people’s pockets
Aaron McKenna
6 Mar 2012
54
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Column: ‘Everywhere it’s hollowed-out people’ – a day at the emigration fair
Ann Cronin
5 Mar 2012
168
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Column: Young people need to reject the ideas my generation grew up with
Nick Leeson
5 Mar 2012
43
18
Column: Fianna Fáil renewed? No, the optics tell a different story
Philip O'Connor
4 Mar 2012
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Column: Sleepless nights and anger – it’s all part of being a crime victim
Maeve Ryan
4 Mar 2012
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Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
Michael Freeman
4 Mar 2012
110
Column: I couldn’t stop thinking about what was in Michael Fassbender’s pants
Jillian Godsil
4 Mar 2012
603
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Column: Reforming our relationship with food can start in schools
Frank Armstrong
3 Mar 2012
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Column: Ignore the conspiracy theories - the household charge must be paid
Fergal Crehan
3 Mar 2012
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Column: Cardinal Rules - On how Inkgate goes all the way to the top
(Not) Cardinal Sean Brady
2 Mar 2012
30
11
Column: Breastfeeding in public is natural, and we need to see it that way
Chris Finn
2 Mar 2012
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Column: Here’s what it’s like to be one of the long-term unemployed
Alan McMenamin
1 Mar 2012
524
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Column: How will Ireland vote on the EU treaty?
Eoin O'Malley
29 Feb 2012
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Column: Why should gay and lesbian teachers live in fear for their jobs?
Averil Power
29 Feb 2012
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Column: Young people are the future – but we older ones can help them there
Betty O'Flynn
28 Feb 2012
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13
Column: How to make parental leave work for dads in Ireland too
Philip O'Connor
28 Feb 2012
196
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Column: The public sector isn’t there to provide jobs, it’s there to work for us
Aaron McKenna
28 Feb 2012
193
38
Column: If you're not religious, why observe a Lenten sacrifice?
Lisa McInerney
27 Feb 2012
875
44
Column: Abused men often don’t tell anyone. Here’s why.
Niamh Farrell
26 Feb 2012
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Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
Michael Freeman
26 Feb 2012
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Column: The war on drugs isn't working. We need to medicalise heroin.
John Crown
26 Feb 2012
206
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Column: Irish pubs are a safe haven and a welcome hearth. We need them.
George Boyle
25 Feb 2012
105
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Column: 16-year-olds can pay taxes and join the army - why not let them vote?
Maria Pia Kelly
25 Feb 2012
288
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Column: Cardinal Rules - What NOT to do on your Lenten fast
(Not) Cardinal Sean Brady
24 Feb 2012
77
14
Column: Lost your job? Here’s what you need to do…
John McGuire
24 Feb 2012
169
47
Column: Disability cuts will change my life, and they don’t make financial sense
Michael McCabe
23 Feb 2012
119
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Column: ‘Everything local authorities touch turns into a fiasco’
William Campbell
22 Feb 2012
266
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Column: It's time to end the casual use of homophobic language in Ireland
Rory Geraghty
22 Feb 2012
1.7k
251
Channel 4's Big Fat Gypsy Weddings series is 'a work of fiction'
Pip Mckenzie-Borev
21 Feb 2012
970
Column: We should be giving jobless people the money we’re wasting
Aaron McKenna
21 Feb 2012
42
50
Column: All the warnings of cancer were there, but I ignored them
Nick Leeson
20 Feb 2012
562
13
Column: Politicians can’t fix Ireland – ordinary people must take the lead
Bronagh Geraghty and John Hughes
19 Feb 2012
110
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Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
Michael Freeman
19 Feb 2012
116
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