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Sinn Féin and abstentionism: 'The party will eventually need people to take oaths for Ireland'
Caoimhín De Barra
'800 million people globally could be made redundant by technology over the next ten years'
Gary Gannon
Saying goodbye to Dad: 'I grappled with how I could fully express how much he means to me'
Larry Donnelly
Pope Francis: 'He is trying to encourage a more adult, participatory institutional model'
Gerry O'Hanlon SJ
Dating post Brexit: 'You're telling me Ireland has got its own Prime Minister?'
Peter Flanagan
Growing up in The Liberties: 'We thought we were posh because we had our own hall door'
Josie Sheehan
GIY tomatoes: 'We are in what I like to call 'bruschetta' season'
Michael Kelly
Children with disabilities: 'The assessment of need system is in disarray'
Professor Christine Loscher
Letter from America: 'Trump isn’t perfect but voting for him sent a message – and I’m still glad I did'
Larry Donnelly
'Catholic schools are the most sought after in their area, by families of all faiths and none'
Jonathan Tiernan
Mandela and 'the unbreakable bonds of friendship and solidarity' with Ireland
Simon Coveney
Male-dominated boards: 'Excessive risk taking, testosterone driven egos and a lack of duty of care'
Kieran Moynihan
Column: 'We are required to provide a sick cert to cover the period of absence to give birth'
Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee
Digital DNA: 'Every time we go online we leave a bit of ourselves behind'
Sean Crowley
Lyme disease: 'I became a shadow, housebound, a virtual recluse'
Kerry Lawless
Kindness: Change your life and make the world a kinder place
Gill Hasson
'Setting guidelines around relationships at work is a wise and obvious next step for employers'
Stephanie Regan
Column: 'This World Cup continues to laugh in the face of football convention'
Colm Boohig
In the garden: Michael Kelly's top tips for conserving water use
Michael Kelly
Living wage: 'Ireland is an outlier in terms of its high levels of low pay'
Robert Sweeney
Inclusive education: 'Nobody with a print disability should get left behind'
Chris White
Affordable housing: 'Taxing high end real estate transfers could fix the problem'
Chuck Collims
'If we overcome the fears that keep us silent and stuck, we can achieve so much'
Helen Cullen
Adrienne Corless: 'It looks like the consultation facilitators dug deep to find resistance to full excavation'
Adrienne Corless
Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill: 'A huge step forward, and one Ireland needs to take'
Paul Healy
'Ireland is the second-worst performing EU member state in tackling climate change'
Stephen Wheeler
Column: 'Bord Bia need to stop asking vegetarians and vegans why we don't eat meat'
Eva Dowling
The Free-Time Formula: 'Your 'priorities' are making you less productive'
Jeff Sanders
Opinion: 'Parents need to raise their voices in the divestment debate'
Peter Gunning
Advice column: How to lower your car insurance premium
Jonathan Hehir
In the garden: GIY cucumbers to make the perfect Tzatziki
Michael Kelly
Do we want our beaches strewn with stranded dolphins?
Sinead Mercier
Opinion: Do we need a Minister for Construction for Ireland?
Andrew Power
'If the British government refuses to do the right thing by Ireland decisions should be taken out of its hands'
David Cullinane TD
Ireland's Security Council bid: Is it worth the effort?
Dominic MacSorley
'Trump should have no place in your remarks about Irish media, Taoiseach'
Susan Daly
'Childhood is short and we are robbing it from thousands of children'
Cliodhna O'Neill
Consent: 'The purchase of sex is conducted without regard for women’s pleasure'
Samantha Slater
Column: 'You couldn’t let your students know you were gay, so you had to hide it from them'
Sheila Nunan
Opinion: 'My tiny family is not a family in the eyes of Bunreacht na hÉireann'
Sinéad Gibney