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Addiction
'I couldn’t do without cocaine, couldn’t face talking to people without a few lines in me'
*Gary
28 Jul 2018
39.6k
49
column
'Liam Miller deserves more than to be an excuse for people to have a cut off each other'
John O'Sullivan
27 Jul 2018
28.1k
67
Mental Health Services
'I stopped eating for days at a time, having no appetite or will to carry on and live'
Eoghan Gardiner
27 Jul 2018
26.0k
18
Read Me
Court of Appeal: 'The new court has failed to meet expectations'
Seth Barrett Tillman
26 Jul 2018
13.2k
7
Opinion
'For those concerned about the decline in real wages, there is a solution - join a trade union'
Paul Dillon
25 Jul 2018
23.8k
51
Opinion
Sinn Féin and abstentionism: 'The party will eventually need people to take oaths for Ireland'
Caoimhín De Barra
24 Jul 2018
46.9k
142
column
'800 million people globally could be made redundant by technology over the next ten years'
Gary Gannon
23 Jul 2018
29.2k
49
column
Saying goodbye to Dad: 'I grappled with how I could fully express how much he means to me'
Larry Donnelly
22 Jul 2018
53.5k
25
column
Pope Francis: 'He is trying to encourage a more adult, participatory institutional model'
Gerry O'Hanlon SJ
22 Jul 2018
26.0k
85
column
Dating post Brexit: 'You're telling me Ireland has got its own Prime Minister?'
Peter Flanagan
22 Jul 2018
133k
167
column
Growing up in The Liberties: 'We thought we were posh because we had our own hall door'
Josie Sheehan
21 Jul 2018
39.7k
20
Growing
GIY tomatoes: 'We are in what I like to call 'bruschetta' season'
Michael Kelly
21 Jul 2018
17.9k
6
Opinion
Children with disabilities: 'The assessment of need system is in disarray'
Professor Christine Loscher
21 Jul 2018
18.8k
15
Opinion
Letter from America: 'Trump isn’t perfect but voting for him sent a message – and I’m still glad I did'
Larry Donnelly
20 Jul 2018
45.1k
89
Opinion
'Catholic schools are the most sought after in their area, by families of all faiths and none'
Jonathan Tiernan
19 Jul 2018
46.0k
155
Opinion
Mandela and 'the unbreakable bonds of friendship and solidarity' with Ireland
Simon Coveney
18 Jul 2018
15.5k
24
Opinion
Male-dominated boards: 'Excessive risk taking, testosterone driven egos and a lack of duty of care'
Kieran Moynihan
18 Jul 2018
21.6k
105
Maternity Leave
Column: 'We are required to provide a sick cert to cover the period of absence to give birth'
Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee
17 Jul 2018
46.8k
41
Read Me
Digital DNA: 'Every time we go online we leave a bit of ourselves behind'
Sean Crowley
16 Jul 2018
20.9k
9
Read Me
Lyme disease: 'I became a shadow, housebound, a virtual recluse'
Kerry Lawless
15 Jul 2018
119k
68
column
Kindness: Change your life and make the world a kinder place
Gill Hasson
15 Jul 2018
20.6k
7
Opinion
'Setting guidelines around relationships at work is a wise and obvious next step for employers'
Stephanie Regan
15 Jul 2018
28.7k
32
World Cup
Column: 'This World Cup continues to laugh in the face of football convention'
Colm Boohig
14 Jul 2018
37.3k
26
GIY
In the garden: Michael Kelly's top tips for conserving water use
Michael Kelly
14 Jul 2018
27.0k
11
column
Living wage: 'Ireland is an outlier in terms of its high levels of low pay'
Robert Sweeney
14 Jul 2018
71.1k
77
column
Inclusive education: 'Nobody with a print disability should get left behind'
Chris White
13 Jul 2018
18.8k
8
Opinion
Affordable housing: 'Taxing high end real estate transfers could fix the problem'
Chuck Collims
12 Jul 2018
20.6k
76
Opinion
'If we overcome the fears that keep us silent and stuck, we can achieve so much'
Helen Cullen
11 Jul 2018
17.3k
7
tuam mother and baby home
Adrienne Corless: 'It looks like the consultation facilitators dug deep to find resistance to full excavation'
Adrienne Corless
11 Jul 2018
26.9k
35
Climate Change
Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill: 'A huge step forward, and one Ireland needs to take'
Paul Healy
10 Jul 2018
11.1k
56
Opinion
'Ireland is the second-worst performing EU member state in tackling climate change'
Stephen Wheeler
9 Jul 2018
17.4k
72
plant-based diet
Column: 'Bord Bia need to stop asking vegetarians and vegans why we don't eat meat'
Eva Dowling
8 Jul 2018
24.1k
97
column
The Free-Time Formula: 'Your 'priorities' are making you less productive'
Jeff Sanders
8 Jul 2018
16.0k
14
Read Me
Opinion: 'Parents need to raise their voices in the divestment debate'
Peter Gunning
8 Jul 2018
23.7k
122
Read Me
Advice column: How to lower your car insurance premium
Jonathan Hehir
7 Jul 2018
40.7k
66
Read Me
In the garden: GIY cucumbers to make the perfect Tzatziki
Michael Kelly
7 Jul 2018
10.0k
3
Opinion
Do we want our beaches strewn with stranded dolphins?
Sinead Mercier
7 Jul 2018
18.9k
27
Read Me
Opinion: Do we need a Minister for Construction for Ireland?
Andrew Power
6 Jul 2018
10.9k
65
Brexit
'If the British government refuses to do the right thing by Ireland decisions should be taken out of its hands'
David Cullinane TD
5 Jul 2018
28.1k
64
Read Me
Ireland's Security Council bid: Is it worth the effort?
Dominic MacSorley
5 Jul 2018
13.1k
52
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