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Opinion: Independent Ireland was established through violent revolution - there were few peacemakers
Caoimhín De Barra
15 May 2019
17.0k
82
Opinion
Opinion: 'Children need to learn about LGBT issues in school - it will reassure them and combat fear'
Robin Stevens
14 May 2019
17.6k
143
Opinion
Opinion: New laws to ban 'upskirting' and 'revenge porn' are welcome but stalking should also be defined as a crime
Catherine O'Sullivan
13 May 2019
19.0k
15
column
Lynn Ruane: I'm tabling a bill to support the voices of community and advocacy groups
Lynn Ruane
12 May 2019
11.7k
23
column
The Irish For: Hiberno English is a feature not a bug
Darach Ó Séaghdha
12 May 2019
22.6k
14
Opinion
Opinion: Support Palestinians and show your opposition to apartheid by boycotting Eurovision
Zoe Lawlor
11 May 2019
22.5k
124
Opinion
Opinion: Eurovision boycott activists are opposed to Israel's right to self-determination
Ophir Kariv
11 May 2019
40.8k
218
column
From the Garden: A little frost damage on the spuds - but not to worry they will recover
Michael Kelly
11 May 2019
12.6k
3
Opinion
Opinion: Cancer screening can't provide 100% certainty - but the programme saves many lives
Dr Ciarán Ó Riain
11 May 2019
10.2k
22
Opinion
Opinion: I always wanted pets but our hairy, howling cat is making my life hell
Leah Ni Chuinn
10 May 2019
31.8k
75
Opinion
Opinion: The US alliance with Saudi Arabia reveals their true stance on human rights
Diarmuid Pepper
9 May 2019
11.7k
29
Opinion
Opinion: 10% of homeless families have been made homeless for a second time
Wayne Stanley
8 May 2019
11.8k
24
Opinion
Opinion: 'Our apathy is the single greatest tool that vicious political groups will seek to weaponise as we head into the European election'
Benjamin Moore
7 May 2019
12.1k
64
Opinion
Opinion: Buyers of sex are getting more violent, increasingly influenced by what they see in porn
Anonymous Ruhama Caseworker
6 May 2019
53.0k
144
column
Column: Why are personalised attacks on children with disabilities, like Greta Thunberg, being tolerated?
Shane Dunphy
5 May 2019
42.1k
70
column
The Irish For: Did the Irish language influence the names of Gollum and the orcs in the Lord of the Rings?
Darach Ó Séaghdha
5 May 2019
31.3k
23
legal argument
Ireland can remove the chill factor from defamation laws - and protect citizens' good names
Neville Cox
5 May 2019
13.6k
12
Opinion
Opinion: Time is running out to save planet earth so we are organising a campaign of civil resistance
Ciaran O'Carroll
4 May 2019
18.6k
126
column
From the Garden: Learn to make nettle tea - it has a rich and earthy taste and is a super tonic
Michael Kelly
4 May 2019
18.5k
11
Opinion
Opinion: At a club football match on a cold and rainy, dismal evening - I fell in love with Gaelic games
Larry Donnelly
4 May 2019
15.1k
7
Opinion
Opinion: Ireland's brightest kids may never fulfill their potential as most schools don't do enough to challenge them
Colm O'Reilly
3 May 2019
25.3k
41
Opinion
Tom Clonan: Compared with other EU countries, Ireland has a high rate of gun violence - so why is our government so complacent?
Tom Clonan
2 May 2019
34.4k
41
Opinion
Opinion: 'Mortgage rules are massively unfair on people who can't rely on their parents for a sizeable deposit'
Fiona Cassim
1 May 2019
66.3k
123
Read Me
Winning the Francis MacManus Short Story Competition changed my life. It's like I'm floating outside myself
Colin Walsh
30 Apr 2019
11.3k
6
Opinion
We need to change the disabled parking logo - so people stop telling me that I'm not disabled when I am
Benat Broderick
29 Apr 2019
53.5k
128
column
Lynn Ruane: 'Now is not the time to stop listening to David Attenborough'
Lynn Ruane
28 Apr 2019
27.3k
51
column
The Irish For: How Beyoncé is helping to get fadas in formation
Darach Ó Séaghdha
28 Apr 2019
42.6k
14
voices
Buck Whaley: The stakes were high when the Gambler met the Butcher
David Ryan
27 Apr 2019
24.3k
16
column
From the Garden: 'I worry about the implications of what Greta Thunberg’s saying for the cosy lives we lead'
Michael Kelly
27 Apr 2019
66.3k
119
Opinion
Parental Leave: 'Fathers have moved on from sitting in the pub next door to the hospital - Ireland has not'
Derek Power
27 Apr 2019
36.2k
77
Opinion
Brazilian student: Coming to Dublin was a dream come true but sharing a house with 14 others was a nightmare
Anne Lucey
26 Apr 2019
91.4k
89
Opinion
Opinion: 'There are consequences to paying for all the most expensive new drugs'
Dr Anthony O'Connor
25 Apr 2019
25.9k
28
Opinion
Opinion: My Sri Lankan relatives had a lucky escape from the bombings - I'm struggling to keep my hopes for peace alive
Dil Wickremasinghe
24 Apr 2019
11.5k
10
Opinion
Opinion: Creative spaces are under threat so councils must be proactive to ensure that the arts survive
Patrick Costello
23 Apr 2019
9.6k
6
Opinion
Giving birth in the 1960s: 'All the mothers were terrified of the doctors and matron so we never asked any questions'
Ava Stapleton
22 Apr 2019
97.4k
20
column
Child Protection: The failure to publish the report into Mother & Baby Homes is part of a continued cover-up
Shane Dunphy
21 Apr 2019
15.9k
52
Opinion
Opinion: A variety of non-Christian historical sources support the idea that Jesus rose from the dead
Dr Thomas Finegan
21 Apr 2019
51.4k
200
column
The Irish For: Why do we remember things from TV and what does that mean for learning languages?
Darach Ó Séaghdha
21 Apr 2019
15.6k
14
Opinion
Opinion: In Colombia indigenous protests follow communities being displaced and leaders murdered
Kieran Duffy
20 Apr 2019
10.4k
3
column
From the Garden: Learn how to really grow parsnips, earth up spuds and make wild garlic pesto
Michael Kelly
20 Apr 2019
12.2k
4
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