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Give us the night: It's time to reform our licensing laws - they are straight out of Father Ted
Sunil Sharpe
Our systems are not working to prevent child sexual violence, even after it is reported
Clíona Saidléar
Opinion: 64% of workers in Ireland earn less than the 'average' salary
Felim O'Rourke
Lynn Ruane: This Mother's Day, let's celebrate those mothers doing a tough job in challenging circumstances
Lynn Ruane
The Irish For: The Irish language version of Wikipedia is going strong
Darach Ó Séaghdha
Opinion: The fallout from the Mueller Report exposes a Democratic Party adrift
Larry Donnelly
From the Garden: 'Growing tomatoes is a hobby that became an obsession and then spiralled out of control into a mania'
Michael Kelly
Opinion: It is time to stop paying people to spread hate
Kate O'Brien
Tom Clonan: Deal or no deal, the border will be our problem this time. And we aren't ready for it
Tom Clonan
Opinion: Laws that criminalise sex buyers are making life more dangerous for sex workers
Kate McGrew
Opinion: For years the doctors told me I was overweight but it turned out I had lymphoedema
Andrea Quigley
Carbon taxes won’t stop climate change – we need more radical action
Brian O'Boyle
Opinion: In makeshift refugee camps a lost generation of Syrian children cling to hope
Aine Costigan
The Irish for: Irish is the first language of the constitution. Here's some legal terminology as Gaeilge
Darach Ó Séaghdha
Opinion: How you see the Irish economy depends on if you're a glass half-full or half-empty kind of person
Victor Duggan
Sebastian Barry: Fragment of a coffin ship journal, author unknown
Sebastian Barry
From the Garden: What is the difference between celery and celeriac?
Michael Kelly
Opinion: I had a tumour growing in my breast but I also had a life growing inside me
Mary Canavan
Opinion: 'I’m thinking of you' and 9 other things it's OK to say to a family going through cancer
Sarah Geraghty
Opinion: Can Irish media users identify trustworthy news sources?
Niamh Kirk
Opinion: 'Homelessness in Ireland has many faces and come this June I could be one'
Janette Byrne
Opinion: Tech giants must be held responsible for publishing images of murder and child abuse
Diarmuid Pepper
Opinion: What can we learn from the Irish people who live to be 100?
Alison Fagan
Opinion: When the Beatles played Dublin in 1963 John Lennon declared: ‘We’re all Irish’
Francis Kenny
Leaving Neverland: 'A monster was hiding in plain sight and we chose to look the other way'
Shane Dunphy
Opinion: My generation has only known peace on this island, but I’m afraid that’s about to change
Emily Duffy
The Irish For: The word Tory comes from the Irish word tóraí meaning a bandit or outlaw
Darach Ó Séaghdha
Opinion: In many ways St Patrick's Day is an Irish American festival
Robbie Smyth
From the Garden: 'Traditionally Irish people put their spuds in the ground on or around St Patrick’s Day'
Michael Kelly
Opinion: The Irish American community is still an influential force in US politics
Larry Donnelly
Opinion: What does it take to raise your children through Irish?
Caoimhín De Barra
Opinion: Let's drop the narrative of the undeserving poor and other myths that dehumanise people
Fionnuala Kennedy
Opinion: As a teacher should I encourage my students to strike against climate change?
Ronan Moore
Opinion: Is Brexit advancing the cause of Scottish independence from the UK?
Gareth Brown
Opinion: I visited North Korea and Kim Jong Un is a recreation of the emperors who ruled Korea for centuries
Tom Farrell
The Irish For: Some older words don't exist in English - clochscríbhinn means an inscription on stone
Darach Ó Séaghdha
Opinion: Claims culture is out of control - as play centres close due to being sued for kids falling
Grace Vaughan
From the garden: Grow, Cook, Eat is back on TV this month and we'll be tackling food waste
Michael Kelly
Opinion: Lone parents who work get up very early in the morning - but Varadkar doesn't represent us
Louise Bayliss
Opinion: We need a fair and transparent system for deciding which expensive new drugs to fund
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