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Last year
2025
spending and saving
Money Diaries: An assistant lecturer on €46K living in the Midwest of the country
Defence
Opinion: Europe is tired of Ireland's low defence investment - here's a step towards fixing that
Dogs are for life
Dog behaviourist: If you're thinking about getting a puppy for Christmas, think again
Surrealing in the Years
Carl Kinsella: 'Instead the song took on the characteristics of an English football chant'
Parenting at Christmas
Opinion: I’m no scrooge, but I skip a big part of the Christmas magic - here's why
ownership
Fashion: Retail giants steal designs from Irish studios - and creators don't know how to stop it
Childcare Funding
Opinion: Childcare providers have been put through the wringer by government policies
Artificial Intelligence
Opinion: Any shifts in employment patterns as a result of AI, government must be ready to respond
Birth care
Opinion: Pregnant women in Ireland deserve options and respect. Too often we have neither
social media ban
Opinion: Banning under-16s from social media is a half-measure. We should ban toxic algorithms
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: 'How To Suffer Indignity' - a documentary by the Department of Housing
voices
Tom Clonan: If media didn't report on drones breaching no-fly zone, the state may never have told us
Culture
TD: New adults had their teens interrupted by Covid. A free 'culture card' could be the remedy
Housing Crisis
Young adult who moved back home: The government's 'how to cope' video shows they don't understand us
spending and saving
Christmas is going to be expensive this year - would you like to keep a Money Diary for us?
The clean girl look
Opinion: Teens shouldn't be hydrated and well-rested. It's not the natural order of things
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: Government could learn something from RTÉ's delayed bravery
By Any Other Name
Opinion: Taking more care in how we choose placenames could help to avoid renaming furores
Living in harmony
Opinion: Leaders say we need a 'conversation on migration'. The public are way ahead of them
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