# read-me - Yesterday’s News
Many one-parent families are living at risk of poverty and an overhaul of our child supports legislation is vital to protecting their future.
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The calling to travel beyond the Earth owes itself to mythology as well as science, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.
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# read-me - Tuesday 16 July, 2019
Climate change is undeniable, writes the head of petroleum industry grouping, and we all have a hand in it.
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# read-me - Sunday 14 July, 2019
Summer can seem like a difficult time to be a parent, but it doesn’t need to be.
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Some languages are intimately associated with religions but not Gaeilge, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.
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# read-me - Sunday 7 July, 2019
The Community Participation Bill 2019 has made me think about what real access looks like, writes Lynn Ruane.
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Book series translated from one language to another can lead to complications as the plot thickens, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.
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# read-me - Saturday 6 July, 2019
A hardy crop of broad beans and homemade herbal tea is on the agenda from the garden, writes Michael Kelly.
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# read-me - Sunday 30 June, 2019
To encourage more women back to work perhaps it’s time to examine school finishing times, writes Mary McCarthy.
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If you’re going to insult someone, do it properly, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.
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# read-me - Saturday 29 June, 2019
There’s plenty to do in the garden as abundant rain and improving temperatures mean everything is growing quickly, write Michael Kelly.
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# read-me - Friday 28 June, 2019
Cleese said that Irish names look like deliberate attempts to mislead innocent people but this is not the case, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.
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# read-me - Monday 24 June, 2019
The daily life of a person with a disability is not aided by Irish society, writes Tom Clonan.
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# read-me - Sunday 23 June, 2019
Communal meals, a chance to work and help to make a home – the scheme gives clients control of their lives.
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The Brexit process should be a golden age for satirists and comedians, but unfortunately, something else has happened, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.
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# read-me - Saturday 22 June, 2019
We should all think a little more deeply about the images we share, writes child protection expert Shane Dunphy.
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An insect hotel will encourage more wildlife and biodiversity into the garden, writes Michael Kelly.
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# read-me - Sunday 16 June, 2019
When a customer provides a tip after satisfactory service, they should know exactly where that money goes, writes Minister Regina Doherty.
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# read-me - Tuesday 30 April, 2019
I had no money or backup plan when I started writing. That’s why the call from RTE meant so much, writes Colin Walsh.
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# read-me - Sunday 28 April, 2019
We don’t have time for small measures when it comes to climate change, writes Lynn Ruane.
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Thanks to Queen Bé, April 2019 has been an interesting month for accessorised letters, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.
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# read-me - Saturday 27 April, 2019
It is remarkable to watch this young woman speak her truth to power, writes Michael Kelly of Grow It Yourself Ireland.
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A lot of what governs Ireland is stuck in the 1960s and hasn’t moved on at all. Parental Leave is one such thing, writes Derek Power.
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# read-me - Wednesday 27 March, 2019
I was on a diet from age 14 and got the diagnosis at 31. I was amazed and felt like crying as I finally knew what was wrong, writes Andrea Quigley.
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# read-me - Monday 18 March, 2019
Lennon’s search for rebellion was nurtured by his embrace of Liverpool’s Irish influence and the dynamic effect of the city’s seafarer culture via the movement of ideas across oceans, writes Francis Kenny.
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# read-me - Sunday 24 February, 2019
Abuse within institutions and care situations isn’t just part of Ireland’s history, writes Lynn Ruane – it’s something that is still a reality for vulnerable groups today.
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# read-me - Thursday 24 January, 2019
A proposed new EU Directive aims to develop a secondary market for non-performing loans and poses a serious threat to the rights of borrowers and consumers, writes Matt Carthy.
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# read-me - Saturday 12 January, 2019
There are clear victims here – the men, women and children who were forced to flee their homes, Dr Fiona O’Reilly writes.
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# read-me - Wednesday 2 January, 2019
If Ireland is committed to peace between Israel and Palestine then we must show it and pass this legislation, writes Niall Collins.
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# read-me - Saturday 29 December, 2018
People using drugs should be dealt with exclusively via the health system, writes Tony Duffin. Let’s make the change in 2019.
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As usual, the aubergines were a disaster – at this stage, I think I only bother sowing them because there’s not much else to do in February, writes Michael Kelly.
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# read-me - Friday 28 December, 2018
And yet there are some potential concerns to look out for in 2019, writes Victor Duggan.
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# read-me - Tuesday 25 December, 2018
Each week, photographer and filmmaker Donal Moloney shares a small piece of Ireland that reflects the bigger picture.
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# read-me - Sunday 23 December, 2018
Graham Jones, who died earlier this month, lived an extraordinary life. Here, Lynn Ruane explains about the difference he made to the people around him.
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# read-me - Saturday 22 December, 2018
Larry Donnelly looks back on 2018 and ahead to 2019 in American politics.
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# read-me - Friday 21 December, 2018
15-year-old Beth Doherty is here to hold you accountable for your lack of action on climate change. ‘As an adult reading this – you have power, I don’t have any,’ she writes.
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# read-me - Thursday 20 December, 2018
Yesterday, the Taoiseach asked why the Sinn Féin leader was not in the chamber.
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# read-me - Tuesday 18 December, 2018
Now is the time for a mature and sensible discussion about sex and porn. We really need mandatory modern sex education introduced in schools too, writes Caroline West.
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# read-me - Saturday 24 November, 2018
Because cocaine is illegal, if people choose to use it they have little choice but to indirectly support organised crime and human trafficking, experts argue.
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# read-me - Tuesday 20 November, 2018
It’s been three years since the WHO released its guidelines about processed meat – so why aren’t we listening?
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