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'With the average house costing €338K, the market is looking sillier with each passing minute'
Gavin Mendel-Gleason
Opinion: 'We still don't have crucial parental rights for same-sex married couples'
Dr Brian Tobin
Andréa Farrell: 'There is such a social taboo in admitting to bowel troubles'
Andréa Farrell
Firgun: 'The emotion you probably never knew you have'
Dr Keith Gaynor
Opinion: 'Trump’s budget attacks science, medical research and disease prevention'
Julien Mercille
My abortion: 'I don't want to be eternally attached to someone I do not love'
Anonymous
Grow it yourself: Barley salad with green garlic and sugarsnap peas
Michael Kelly
'I'm a former child resident of a mother and baby home. We want truth and justice'
Conrad Bryan
'Young people lack critical thinking skills, leading to a struggle with news literacy'
Alan Keane
Column: 'I am determined to make music available to the deaf'
Orla O'Sullivan
Opinion: 'Vulture funds pay around €1 in taxes for every €1 million they hold in Irish assets'
Dr Brian O’Boyle
'I enjoy the peace and the space to be myself when I come to LauraLynn'
Lauren Shaw
Column: 'Women in full time employment work for free for one month every year'
Senator Ivana Bacik
Tom Clonan: 'There was a level of support and pre-meditation to this sinister attack'
Tom Clonan
Opinion: 'A father’s right to access should not outweigh a child’s right to safety'
Margaret Martin
Brexit: 'We do not want the British sailing off like some pirate state, joining the Trump administration'
Eamon Ryan
'Once you start talking, it's hard to stop, and suddenly people are avoiding you, their cancer friend'
Áine O'Connell
Column: 'Irish women were writing too, yet we don’t hear half enough about them'
Eleanor Fitzsimons
'I set up the first Irish bar in Jakarta. It took 18 months just to get Guinness on tap'
Fora Staff
Opinion: 'One bank holiday per month would give employees something to look forward to'
James Shaw
My dead pancreas: 'My diabetes diagnosis is celebrating its 20th birthday'
Caitríona Daly
'The shop was too reliant on me. If I was away, people would come but wouldn't buy anything'
Fora Staff
GIY Comfrey: Grown for it's healing powers, comfrey is a great garden fertiliser
Michael Kelly
'It's disappointing that there are no women in the race and no possibility for first woman Taoiseach'
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
English language schools: 'Low-hours contracts, low pay and bogus self-employment'
Roy Hassey
'Mental health is part of us all; We’ve all been heartbroken, we’ve all had moments of glory'
Barbara Brennan
Column: 'I do not know what Chelsea Manning will do next. She owes the world nothing'
Ruairí McKiernan
Opinion: 'The recovery is at serious risk of creating a hostile environment for artists and creatives'
Roisin Agnew
Divided Ireland: 'One side dedicated to making Ireland secular; another preserving Church's influence'
Larry Donnelly
Jerry Buttimer: 'Hit with a metaphoric brick wall when we raised LGBT rights with Russian Ambassador'
Senator Jerry Buttimer
'I think people understanding that they aren't alone in their torment has a healing element to it'
Shane Koyczan.
University exam stress: 'I've seen many of my friends turn to ADHD drugs'
Anonymous
'At the very least, Budget 2018 must match last year's childcare funds in order to deliver'
Katherine Zappone
13 Reasons Why: 'Drama is actually a good place for young people to explore tough themes'
Lorraine Courtney
Opinion: 'Emigrants care about Ireland. We love Ireland. Give us the vote'
Senator Billy Lawless
Anxiety cure? 'I decided instead to stop trying to run away from my anxiety and accept it'
Caroline Foran
Grow it yourself: Pearl barley and spring greens soup
Michael Kelly
'It's strange that health managers never refer patients out of Dublin for treatment'
Matt Shanahan
'Maduro's Irish supporters don’t see any problem with him crushing rights'
Victor Duggan
Opinion: 'Electing Macron last week could result in Le Pen winning the next election in 2022'
Julien Mercille