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Column: How to get through Christmas if you're recovering from an eating disorder
Cora McEvoy
22 Dec 2016
1.1k
Opinion
Apollo House Occupation: 'A well-intentioned but deeply flawed and patronising solution'
David O'Brien
22 Dec 2016
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family therapy
Karl Melvin: 'How to survive your family if things are more toxic than festive'
Karl Melvin
22 Dec 2016
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social media anxiety
Festive FOMO: 'Nobody is going to take a photo of a singed Christmas ham'
Amy Plant
21 Dec 2016
360
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Opinion
Hypocrisy: Should atheists lie to their children about Santa Claus?
Grace Vaughan
21 Dec 2016
2.3k
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column
Christmas with depression: 'Even putting on clothes can be hard when there’s a lingering dark cloud'
Úna-Minh Kavanagh
20 Dec 2016
483
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Berlin
Tom Clonan: After a bloody year, all signs suggest 2017 will bring more of these lone wolf terror attacks
Tom Clonan
20 Dec 2016
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grief at christmas
Christmas after losing your Dad: 'I'm trying to accept the suddenness and unfairness of it'
Vicky Kavanagh
19 Dec 2016
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40
brexit negotiations
Column: 'It would be lunacy for the UK to proceed with Article 50 notice before agreeing terms'
Neil McCann
19 Dec 2016
197
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giy guru
Mibuna: The mustardy Japanese leaf that's super easy to grow
Michael Kelly
17 Dec 2016
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Read Me
Tom Clonan: 'A Syrian solution will involve a pact with devils such as Bashar al Assad and others'
Tom Clonan
16 Dec 2016
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Opinion
Children in care: 'How many Government ministers would throw their children out at 18?'
Robbie Gilligan
15 Dec 2016
3.3k
27
Equality
Debate Room: Do we need gender quotas in sporting bodies?
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
14 Dec 2016
794
61
leon wright
'If you are in favour of human rights, you must want them for everyone - including prisoners'
Frankie Gaffney
14 Dec 2016
2.0k
109
rental crisis
Eoin Ó Broin TD: 'Minister Coveney failed struggling renters yesterday'
Eoin Ó Broin
14 Dec 2016
301
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POLIO
Living in an Iron Lung: 'It was a long, airtight coffin-shaped box with my head sticking out at one end'
Jim Costello
11 Dec 2016
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Atlantic Equipment
'Being an entrepreneur is lonely. It's a bit like surfing - instinctive and solitary'
Ashleigh Smith
11 Dec 2016
237
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Read Me
Family in tracker mortgage error: 'My budget is €70 per week for food for four of us'
Caitriona Redmond
11 Dec 2016
506
46
Gardening
GIY Yacon: The Peruvian tuber that looks like a potato but tastes like a pear
Michael Kelly
10 Dec 2016
3.7k
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Burqa ban
Debate Room: Should we ban the burqa in Ireland?
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
10 Dec 2016
4.2k
468
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
'Those with a disability have the right to choose where to live, to an education and to a sexual relationship'
Kathleen O'Meara
9 Dec 2016
2.0k
30
Read Me
DEBATE ROOM: Is the insurance industry to blame for spiralling insurance prices?
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
8 Dec 2016
410
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column
Filmmaker Risteard Ó Domhnaill: 'It's time for us to take ownership of our natural resources'
Risteard Ó Domhnaill
8 Dec 2016
394
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Whitaker at 100
One of the key people in the making of modern Ireland turns 100 today
Dr David McCann
8 Dec 2016
1.5k
45
Opinion
"For people in pain like me, medicinal cannabis could be a matter of life and death"
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7 Dec 2016
570
20
Opinion
'A sense of perspective about what Trump's presidency may be like is badly needed'
Larry Donnelly
7 Dec 2016
368
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Read Me
Column: What the Department of Social Protection doesn't want you to find out
Tom Boland & Ray Griffin
5 Dec 2016
27.7k
103
leprechaun museum
'Tourist bodies don't want us to be seen as a leprechaun country. I found that interesting'
Tom O'Rahilly
4 Dec 2016
580
18
Opinion
'Do not deceive yourselves: Trump is the closest thing to Hitler Americans have ever seen'
Daniel Geary
4 Dec 2016
1.4k
193
Opinion
President Higgins on Castro: 'Next time he’ll require more than one line to reflect reality'
Barry McLoughlin
4 Dec 2016
196
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column
Drink spiking: 'I was ashamed. I felt like I had done something wrong'
Shauna Bowers
3 Dec 2016
10.5k
67
giy guru
Rediscover your roots: 'Exotic oca thrives in Irish gardens'
Michael Kelly
3 Dec 2016
2.4k
3
Read Me
Michelle Mulherin: 'We need to look at murder sentencing. Our law isn't fit for purpose'
Senator Michelle Mulherin
2 Dec 2016
1.0k
51
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Column: 'I don't have the same civil rights as other Irish women. I have a disability'
Ann Marie Flanagan
2 Dec 2016
969
69
Legalise
Medicinal cannabis: 'It's magic. I now swim three times a week and can take steps in the water'
Fionnuala O'Leary & Anna O'Connor
1 Dec 2016
2.1k
38
Opinion
Debate Room: Should we legalise medicinal cannabis?
Gino Kenny TD & Professor Brendan Kelly
1 Dec 2016
1.2k
95
Read Me
Abortion: 'Rights of tomorrow’s women continue to be abridged by yesterday’s men'
Ronan Mullen
30 Nov 2016
170
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Read Me
'We are living in dangerous times and feminism is our best hope of resistance'
Sophie Kane
29 Nov 2016
796
230
Cystic Fibrosis
Opinion: 'My little boy isn't worth the cost of Orkambi'
Elmarie Tipper
28 Nov 2016
868
77
Youth Unemployment
'My Jobseeker's Allowance was cut to €40 a week - I can’t afford to go to interviews'
Anonymous
27 Nov 2016
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