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Opinion
What makes a graduate employable? We asked 100 top companies in Ireland
Mark Mitchell
6 Jun 2015
593
27
Opinion
Public sector workers shouldn't get disproportionate pay increases over everyone else
Aaron McKenna
6 Jun 2015
697
223
Opinion
How much do you value the people who take care of your children?
Marian Quinn
6 Jun 2015
405
16
column
Why we should support the Heritage Council for another 20 years
Neil Jackman
5 Jun 2015
177
13
Opinion
So you've graduated... now, where to get a job?
Mark Mitchell
5 Jun 2015
340
14
Opinion
Why do childcare workers earn such low wages while parents pay high fees?
Marian Quinn
5 Jun 2015
6.0k
82
Opinion
Ireland's attitude to housing rights, social security and culture is under scrutiny
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
5 Jun 2015
690
50
Opinion
Proper childcare is for the common good – not just something for parents to figure out
Teresa Heeney
4 Jun 2015
274
5
Opinion
Are brides-to-be supposed to love wedding dresses? Unfortunately I'm not one of them...
Jenny Conlon
4 Jun 2015
4.7k
58
Opinion
The UN is reviewing Ireland's protection of rights – how will we fare?
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
3 Jun 2015
123
25
Opinion
'We're fat and getting fatter - and it's a life and death issue'
Vincent McCarthy
3 Jun 2015
469
68
Opinion
'Male, pale and stale - why gender quotas are not enough to change that'
Kathryn Reilly
2 Jun 2015
686
54
column
I was led to believe there was 'no future' with with my diagnosis. Well, I beg to differ.
Corina Duyn
2 Jun 2015
127
5
Opinion
There’s no shame in redundancy – hold your head high and try again
Peter O'Connell
1 Jun 2015
867
25
Opinion
We must challenge myths about females in IT (before girls start applying for college)
Ciara Heavin, Gaye Kiely and Patricia Lynch
31 May 2015
416
84
Opinion
Did social media really turn 'No' votes to a 'Yes'?
Kevin McPartland
31 May 2015
1.3k
82
column
Inside the Night Cafe: 'People are just so relieved to be indoors for the night'
Mark Kennedy
31 May 2015
175
27
Read Me
An average of 137 people drown in Ireland each year - how to protect yourself
Graham Kerr
31 May 2015
1.6k
39
Opinion
Forget your preconceptions – this is what social anxiety is really like
William Dunphy
30 May 2015
2.0k
78
column
The weather's getting better – finally! – so it's time to get stuck into the vegetable patch
Michael Kelly
30 May 2015
72
22
Opinion
Ireland and the UK should double team the EU on tax
Aaron McKenna
30 May 2015
49
48
Opinion
Young people are powerful. Let's harness our newfound voting spirit to change Ireland.
Eoin Neylon
29 May 2015
460
76
column
"The Rohingya people are seen as a group to be eliminated"
Mary Lawlor
29 May 2015
308
50
Opinion
5 reasons you should go to Bloom this weekend
Kevin Dennis
28 May 2015
697
14
Inside Politics
'Averil did us an amazing disservice and I feel like her inconvenient truth'
Paul McAuliffe
28 May 2015
2.2k
71
Opinion
Nepal earthquake survivor: 'More than anything now, the women need safety'
Gyaneshwori Thapa
27 May 2015
88
4
Opinion
Whatever about What Averil Did Next, what about the future of the Soldiers of Destiny?
Donal O'Keeffe
27 May 2015
106
51
sustainable food
Meeting a food hero who once only served food grown in a prison garden
Michael Kelly
26 May 2015
153
6
Opinion
"In that moment, looking 'gay' no longer felt like a negative thing. It no longer felt dangerous."
Christine Allen
26 May 2015
150
82
Opinion
To shape a fairer Africa in the next 50 years, we must listen to women
Gillian Wylie
25 May 2015
147
108
Opinion
I salute the gluten-free trend (but let’s recognise real coeliacs from the fashion followers)
Emma Clarke Conway
25 May 2015
350
60
Opinion
The New Parenting: Nowadays, are mum and dad the ones seen and not heard?
Claire Micks
24 May 2015
378
41
Opinion
This referendum will be remembered as a victory for equality, democracy and love
Laurence Davis
24 May 2015
246
154
Opinion
'Ireland's maternity units are facing chronic and dangerous understaffing'
Sinéad Redmond
24 May 2015
579
75
Opinion
What an extraordinary, historic and momentous day for Ireland
Larry Donnelly
23 May 2015
114
66
Opinion
Mad Max: Fury Road – this generation may have found its Ellen Ripley
Darren Mooney
23 May 2015
450
38
Opinion
The 'gay cake' row and freedom of speech: Being offended isn't a right
Aaron McKenna
23 May 2015
937
116
Opinion
Open letter to Ban Ki-Moon: 'Ireland’s commitments to human rights are being weakened '
Michael O’Flaherty
22 May 2015
122
49
Opinion
'My life in Ireland is the normal tapestry of pleasure and pain – but the good far outweighs any bad'
Thabi Madide
22 May 2015
408
28
Opinion
It’s not scaremongering to look at the bioethical implications of the marriage referendum
Louise Doris
21 May 2015
395
217
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