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2023
Fair City Photographer: 'It's not just a matter of pressing a button on an iPhone, senator'
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Opinion: 'The Viagra was handed to me as though it were a live bomb'
Bob Mc Quaid
Aoife Barry: Clips of Brand and others from the mid-2000s show how change still needs to happen
Aoife Barry
Opinion: Banning the XL Bully won't protect the public in any real way
Paula Feaheny
Opinion: Ireland relies heavily on the community and voluntary sector - it is at breaking point
Ivan Cooper
Analysis: From the Curlew to the Natterjack Toad - how are Ireland's native species doing?
Mary McGrath
Larry Donnelly: Could Elvis’s cousin, a Democrat, be Mississippi’s next governor?
Larry Donnelly
My life with ADHD: 'I'm so grateful for the diagnosis, I now have a user guide to myself'
Louisa Ní Éideáin
Dr Catherine Conlon: Botulism - where does it come from and what are the risks?
Dr Catherine Conlon
Substitute teacher: 'I lived abroad and came home, but teaching in Ireland has been a disaster'
Anonymous Teachers
Dr Caoimhe Hartley: 'We hear about menopause but perimenopause can be just as disruptive'
Dr Caoimhe Hartley
Opinion: If proper funding is provided, farmers can recover from the nitrates derogation blow
Dr Catherine Conlon
Parenting: 'I've realised that to raise resilient kids I need to practice what I preach'
Margaret Lynch
Saturday Serving: Pickle's Sunil Ghai shares some recipes from his first book
Sunil Ghai
Troubles Legacy Bill: 'It's almost as if the UK is writing itself out of the North's history'
Prof Laura McAtackney
Farmer: Irish farming is connected with nature - we are not the enemy
Vincent Roddy
Tom Clonan: Ukraine's counteroffensive comes at a high price, but Russia is in disarray
Tom Clonan
Opinion: Ethiopia is suffering under the immoral debt burden imposed on it by rich countries
Billy Abimbilla
Opinion: As Hollywood strikes, Irish film workers also deserve to have their conditions addressed
Jason O'Sullivan
Larry Donnelly: Trump is in hot legal water - will there be a tipping point for him?
Larry Donnelly
Gavin Cooney: Reality will soon bite for English clubs used to benefitting from football's hypercapitalism
Opinion: The Commission has done the state some service but more TDs won’t solve the big issues
Dermot Ryan
Therapist: It's been a summer of tragedy and loss for many young people
Monica Jackman
Opinion: So, it's now forbidden to tweet about reducing meat consumption - in a climate crisis?
Dr Catherine Conlon
Malcolm Noonan: 'For politics to work, we need fewer TDs and larger constituencies'
Malcolm Noonan
Brian Rowan: Does it really matter if Stormont returns when it has failed over and over?
Brian Rowan
Parenting: 'I decided that this would be the summer we would give them a love of reading'
Margaret Lynch
Dog behaviourist: How to read your dog's signals - they might not mean what you think
Suzi Walsh
Donnacha Ó Beacháin: 'Putin's chef' and enforcer Prigozhin is gone - who took him down?
Donnacha Ó Beacháin
Dr Rory Hearne: 'As a lecturer, I can see what the accommodation crisis is doing to students'
Dr Rory Hearne
Gavin Cooney: World Cup leaves inspiring legacy but football remains a man’s game
GP: What is testosterone and who can it help in menopause?
Dr Karen Soffe
Gold and glory in 1932: The year Ireland stepped out of the shadows and began to shine
Kevin C. Kearns
Tales from New York: 'We should learn from the drug treatment approach here'
Tony Duffin
Larry Donnelly: If we had no Trump or Biden for 2024 - who would the potential candidates be?
Larry Donnelly
Sudan: 'She was caring for her own children as well as two others separated from their parents'
Rosamond Bennett
Gavin Cooney: Neymar will be remembered for what he didn't achieve - but he was unlucky too
Two years of the Taliban: 'It cannot last as it rules by fear and violence'
David Loyn
Opinion: The rights of disabled people should be embedded with sustainable development plans
Claire Kenny
Opinion: Is it time to ban smart phones in schools?
Dr Catherine Conlon