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Civil servants: 'Men are twice as likely to occupy senior positions as women'
Selina McCoy
18 Dec 2017
17.9k
160
'Why I gave 26-year-old Syrian refugee, Wassim, a room in my home'
Mary O'Reilly
17 Dec 2017
105k
215
Jackeen: 'A fellow who does very little for a living, and wants to do less'
Donal Fallon
17 Dec 2017
48.6k
75
Column: Naughty or nice? The science of Santa Claus
Keith Gaynor
17 Dec 2017
15.9k
15
'We underestimate the relief people feel when they get a mental illness diagnosis'
Grace Vaughan
16 Dec 2017
43.1k
55
Gardening column: How to keep hens
Michael Kelly
16 Dec 2017
25.8k
38
Gender based violence: 'Our outrage cannot be confined to Hollywood'
Dominic MacSorley
16 Dec 2017
9.6k
97
'Brussels spends our money on pet projects for which it has no mandate'
Malcolm Byrne
15 Dec 2017
16.7k
71
Ireland's food security: 'It's said that modern civilisation is three meals deep'
Mícheál Callaghan
14 Dec 2017
32.2k
38
€6.5 million apartments: 'These aren't the types of homes we need'
Senator Kevin Humphreys
13 Dec 2017
29.9k
49
'Snobbery and hypocrisy when some people in the 26 counties talk about 'The North''
James Cumiskey
12 Dec 2017
95.6k
202
'Maybe we should slosh our way through the forty days before Easter too'
Eunan McKinney
11 Dec 2017
30.5k
53
Brittle bones: 'It means that my bones break easily and I cannot walk very far'
Amy Hassett
10 Dec 2017
13.4k
5
Column: Celebrities shouldn't peddle misinformation about mental health
Amy Plant
10 Dec 2017
30.6k
54
Psychological abuse: 'He would criticise me, humiliate me and question my stability'
Patricia Tsouros
10 Dec 2017
43.6k
127
Life with MS: 'Not only was I now disabled, I was a disabled bride'
Rosie McCormack
9 Dec 2017
56.6k
12
Supermarket promotions: 'Down the road there is a ruinous cost to cheap food'
Michael Kelly
9 Dec 2017
33.7k
30
'Like the Trump White House, we don't have an independent scientific adviser'
James Lawless
9 Dec 2017
7.9k
20
Opinion: 'I find Christmas so false. It’s all veneer, folks'
Michael Fortune
8 Dec 2017
26.7k
112
Brexit: 'The DUP’s hardline policies could be the quickest road to a united Ireland'
Caoimhín De Barra
7 Dec 2017
67.2k
101
@campaignforleo: 'A powerful weapon in government’s communications artillery'
Amy Rose Harte
6 Dec 2017
16.5k
39
'You may not smell too good, and if they smell drink off ye at all, they’ll label you straight away'
Andrea Koenigstorfer
5 Dec 2017
21.6k
11
Opinion: Despite €67m spend we have poor management and a lack of accountability
Professor Christine Loscher
4 Dec 2017
24.7k
18
Hep C and me: 'I was nauseous all the time. I couldn’t gain weight. My skin was itchy and raw'
Patrick Gallagher
3 Dec 2017
31.2k
18
Eddie Hobbs: Is the global recovery fake?
Eddie Hobbs
3 Dec 2017
61.4k
85
14 cyclist deaths in 2017: 'Yet we victim blame cyclists who don’t opt for DayGlo clothing'
Ciarán Cuffe
3 Dec 2017
43.1k
293
Being an introvert: 'Don't let anyone tell you you're too quiet'
Pauline Dunne
2 Dec 2017
105k
38
GIY leeks and a dish that will chase away the winter chills
Michael Kelly
2 Dec 2017
17.2k
4
Opinion: How badly damaged has the Taoiseach been?
Larry Donnelly
2 Dec 2017
26.6k
98
HIV diagnosis: 'I went into a spasm of shock. My mother knew the result just by looking at me'
Anonymous
1 Dec 2017
36.0k
21
Obesity: 'We have gained one pound a year over the past twenty years'
Dr John Sharry
30 Nov 2017
13.7k
26
Speaking Irish: 'Even though I’m surrounded by English, it’s not my language'
Osgur Ó Ciardha
29 Nov 2017
26.2k
86
Emmerson Mnangagwa: 'A changing of the guard or a genuine fresh start for Zimbabwe?'
Sarah McCann
28 Nov 2017
7.6k
13
Tom Clonan on the Maurice McCabe email: 'I suffered a similar campaign of character assassination'
Tom Clonan
27 Nov 2017
66.1k
93
Opinion: We have an unacceptably high level of school suspensions and expulsions
Dr Áine Hyland
27 Nov 2017
21.7k
92
Sexual abuse: 'Did I consent? I was just a little girl, but yes, I let it happen'
Anonymous
26 Nov 2017
125k
43
'An old man had been taken into Garda custody for knocking on a door. ALONE went to his rescue'
Valerie Cox
26 Nov 2017
35.5k
8
Column: Hey Leo, we can't afford a €320K house
Eoin Ó Broin
26 Nov 2017
71.1k
113
Short story: 'When Blue Snowflakes Fall' by Eoin Dolan Lane
Eoin Dolan Lane
25 Nov 2017
8.0k
4
GIY: 'School lunches shouldn't be about wolfing down a sandwich in ten minutes'
Michael Kelly
25 Nov 2017
30.9k
33
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