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Abortion Rights
Ailbhe Smyth: Why Irish activists are going to continue their campaign for abortion rights
Opinion
Plans for 'co-living' apartment blocks in Dublin are in opposition to the 'cohousing' model popular in Europe
Opinion
Adi Roche: Heroic men were sent in to fight a nuclear disaster with shovels and their bare hands
voices
Opinion: The tragic death of a Jeremy Kyle Show guest highlights the dangers of confessional TV
OPINON
Opinion: Independent Ireland was established through violent revolution - there were few peacemakers
Opinion
Opinion: 'Children need to learn about LGBT issues in school - it will reassure them and combat fear'
Opinion
Opinion: New laws to ban 'upskirting' and 'revenge porn' are welcome but stalking should also be defined as a crime
Opinion
Opinion: Support Palestinians and show your opposition to apartheid by boycotting Eurovision
Opinion
Opinion: 'Our apathy is the single greatest tool that vicious political groups will seek to weaponise as we head into the European election'
Opinion
Opinion: Buyers of sex are getting more violent, increasingly influenced by what they see in porn
column
Column: Why are personalised attacks on children with disabilities, like Greta Thunberg, being tolerated?
column
The Irish For: Did the Irish language influence the names of Gollum and the orcs in the Lord of the Rings?
legal argument
Ireland can remove the chill factor from defamation laws - and protect citizens' good names
Opinion
Opinion: Time is running out to save planet earth so we are organising a campaign of civil resistance
column
From the Garden: Learn to make nettle tea - it has a rich and earthy taste and is a super tonic
Opinion
Opinion: At a club football match on a cold and rainy, dismal evening - I fell in love with Gaelic games
Opinion
Opinion: Ireland's brightest kids may never fulfill their potential as most schools don't do enough to challenge them
Opinion
Tom Clonan: Compared with other EU countries, Ireland has a high rate of gun violence - so why is our government so complacent?
Opinion
Opinion: 'Mortgage rules are massively unfair on people who can't rely on their parents for a sizeable deposit'
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Winning the Francis MacManus Short Story Competition changed my life. It's like I'm floating outside myself
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