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Interview: ‘Two gardaí assaulted each day: the uniform doesn’t protect us’
Michael Freeman
15 Dec 2011
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79
Opinion
Column: The Government promised ‘war on quangos’ – so why are they creating new ones?
Seán Fleming
14 Dec 2011
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52
Opinion
Column: Why David Cameron made the right decision...
Nick Leeson
13 Dec 2011
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39
Opinion
Column: The media is selling insecurity – but we don’t have to buy it
Emma Murphy
13 Dec 2011
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18
Opinion
Column: Long jail terms don’t work in tackling crime – no matter what ‘common sense’ says
Liam Herrick
12 Dec 2011
202
54
Opinion
Column: Lessons I learned from working with older people
Dominic Campbell
11 Dec 2011
91
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sitdown sunday
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
Michael Freeman
11 Dec 2011
95
2
Opinion
Column: Of course we have recession fatigue - with added VAT
George Mordaunt
11 Dec 2011
81
29
Opinion
Column: We must introduce paternity leave – for the sake of women, too
Senator Ivana Bacik
10 Dec 2011
129
30
Opinion
Column: Why business execs shouldn't read the Steve Jobs biography
Kim Bhasin
10 Dec 2011
73
16
Opinion
Column: Cardinal Rules - On giving Brian Hayes a helping hand
(Not) Cardinal Sean Brady
9 Dec 2011
27
5
Opinion
Column: Are Irish children safe now? I don't believe so
Maeve Lewis
9 Dec 2011
86
9
Opinion
Column: Why I reported Darren Scully for inciting hatred – and why I’m not backing down
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
8 Dec 2011
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79
Opinion
Column: The right choices - was this an Irish Budget?
Senator Katherine Zappone
8 Dec 2011
69
25
Opinion
Column: Ireland’s future lies in Europe, and that means closer co-operation
Lucinda Creighton
7 Dec 2011
63
103
Opinion
Column: Here’s why the VAT increase won’t send people flocking North
Ronan Lyons
7 Dec 2011
60
46
Opinion
Column: I will vote against the government on the Budget tonight - here's why
Patrick Nulty
6 Dec 2011
62
97
Opinion
Column: We had to make difficult cuts in the Budget - but these are extraordinary times
Joan Burton
6 Dec 2011
52
101
Opinion
Column: This Budget will cut 15,000 jobs from our economy
Michael Taft
5 Dec 2011
42
27
Opinion
Column: Landlords who don’t accept rent allowance are lazy – and classist
Lisa McInerney
5 Dec 2011
557
72
Opinion
Column: ‘The first thing I always pay is the rent’ – families under pressure
Finola Halligan
4 Dec 2011
61
55
Opinion
Column: With decisions like this, how can we ever hope to escape crisis?
Brian Cleary
4 Dec 2011
99
27
sitdown sunday
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
Michael Freeman
4 Dec 2011
131
2
Opinion
Column: We need big changes to the eurozone – or we need to leave
Mike Hall
4 Dec 2011
33
43
Opinion
Column: Applying the lessons of beating Big Tobacco to beating Big Food
Frank Armstrong
3 Dec 2011
73
35
Opinion
Column: Suicide isn’t just about depression – it’s about all of us
Derek Chambers
3 Dec 2011
98
21
Read Me
Column: Gary Speed, like others in his position, was scared
Francis Bowden
3 Dec 2011
260
20
Opinion
Column: Ireland is ready for Euro 2012 - but are Poland and Ukraine?
Liam Nolan
2 Dec 2011
67
9
Opinion
Column: Cardinal Rules - on protecting yourself from financial catastrophe
(Not) Cardinal Sean Brady
2 Dec 2011
60
3
Opinion
Column: How many people will austerity kill?
Aaron McKenna
2 Dec 2011
58
34
Opinion
Column: Culture, politics and the freedom of speech
Boaz Modai
1 Dec 2011
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Opinion
Column: The drugs do work - but there are new obstacles in the fight against AIDS
Breda Gahan
1 Dec 2011
74
20
Opinion
Column: Rent supplement is supporting squalor – and keeping prices high
Ronan Lyons
30 Nov 2011
81
58
Opinion
Column: How to get things done in the Dáil – 8 tips for independent TDs
Robbie Gilligan
30 Nov 2011
129
10
Opinion
Column: Rich people can afford to give more - so a tax on wealth makes sense
Siobhán O'Donoghue
29 Nov 2011
111
183
Opinion
Column: Prohibiting drugs hasn’t worked – so why are we still trying?
Danny Kushlick
29 Nov 2011
137
75
Opinion
Column: New CEO of AIB knows the tale of two islands
Nick Leeson
28 Nov 2011
95
15
Opinion
Column: I work in a bank - and you've got us all wrong
Patrick Ryan
28 Nov 2011
148
70
Opinion
Column: If we want to get out of this crisis, we must remember who put us here
Hugh Torpey
27 Nov 2011
66
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sitdown sunday
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
Michael Freeman
27 Nov 2011
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