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2023
Money Diaries: Are you all set for the spending season? Would you like to keep a diary for us?
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Holly Cairns: What Israel is doing in Gaza is beyond horrific - we cannot stand idly by
Holly Cairns
Larry Donnelly: Polls are now showing that if Biden and Trump ran now, Trump would win
Larry Donnelly
Tom Clonan: Gaza City could be utterly destroyed as a result of Israel's attacks
Tom Clonan
Bobby McDonagh on Israel/Gaza: 'Peace requires both sides to accept that they can never win'
Bobby McDonagh
Dr Catherine Conlon: Where does BSE come from and what are the risks?
Dr Catherine Conlon
Why does the poppy remain the one political symbol which English football embraces?
The Phoenix Park: 'We became an oasis for a new generation who had never visited parks before'
Donal Fallon
Author: 'There is a magic to literary translation, it matters'
Carolina Schutti
Recipes: Lemon drizzle and blackberry crumble cakes to warm you up in the cold
Shane Smith
Opinion: Budget 2024 mortgage tax relief - is it too little, too late?
Mark Coan
Peter Flanagan is on holidays: 'It’s fake news’ my guide said, a little too defensively
Peter Flanagan
Analysis: A land war won't go well and faltering international support means the world knows it
Paul Rogers
Dog Behaviourist: We have a dog welfare crisis in Ireland that we can no longer ignore
Suzi Walsh
Collective punishment in Gaza: 'An old and familiar tactic, on a new and devastating scale'
Shane Darcy
Larry Donnelly: A new House Speaker has been elected in the US - Mike Johnson, now what?
Larry Donnelly
No scare at Halloween: How to avoid narcissists and other manipulators of the dating world
Jeanne Sullivan Billeci
Dr Catherine Conlon: Sewage in our waterways has huge health and environmental consequences
Dr Catherine Conlon
Doctor: 'I have lived through many wars in Gaza - this one is different - we've lost so many'
Dr Hassan
Donnacha Ó Beacháin: Israel's diplomatic mission to Ireland has had a rocky few years
Donnacha Ó Beacháin
Premier League academies might lead England to Euros glory but they are morally objectionable
Excerpt: Born in a Dublin tenement, Michael Healy set the bar for excellence in stained glass
Dr David Caron
Opinion: Time for new thinking on how to close the funding gap for women tech founders
Máirín Murray
Extract: 'She is funny and puts herself down, but in a funny way, so it’s okay'
Mia Döring
Extract: Our mother was left vulnerable after we lost our father during the kidnapping standoff
Ronan McGreevy & Tommy Conlon
John Gibbons: We must turn to nature if we're serious about tackling extreme flooding
John Gibbons
Parenting: 'As a rough guide, I would say to expect 78 new WhatsApp groups per child, per term'
Margaret Lynch
Extract: We searched for photos of momentous events as well as ordinary people's lives
Michael B. Barry & John O'Byrne
Bobby McDonagh: In seeking full truth, we must avoid picking sides between the two narratives
Bobby McDonagh
Lynn Ruane: NDAs have been misused as a tool to enforce a culture of silence - this has to stop
Lynn Ruane
Opinion: The human toll of violence in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel is staggering
Karol Balfe
Opinion: The Citizens' Assembly on Drug Use has a once-in-a-lifetime chance to effect change
McGovern, Ó Concubhair & Marder
Opinion: 'I was 20, alone in the hospital and they told me I had a brain tumour'
Katie Sweeney
Extract: 'With the GAA's nationalist ties, Irish soccer faced a strong challenge'
Conor Curran
Menopause and the workplace: 'It's just as important as the mental health of employees'
Loretta Dignam & Eimear Scully
The president has referred the Judicial Appointments Bill to the Supreme Court - what now?
David Kenny
Larry Donnelly: Moderate voices now matter most in the Middle East amid all the hate and anger
Larry Donnelly
Analysis: Our new figures show we now need a national conversation about home care
Joseph Musgrave
Pádraic Fogarty: This week's budget signals the birth of a new nature economy
Pádraic Fogarty
Apartheid has led to this Middle East escalation and it's civilians who will pay the price
Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne