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Caring at Christmas: 'I try to remember what my husband was like before he got sick but it gets harder'
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Christmas in Gaza: 'Mortars and missiles fly overhead; from Gaza into Israel, from Israel into Gaza'
column
Christmas with depression: 'Even putting on clothes can be hard when there’s a lingering dark cloud'
Berlin
Tom Clonan: After a bloody year, all signs suggest 2017 will bring more of these lone wolf terror attacks
grief at christmas
Christmas after losing your Dad: 'I'm trying to accept the suddenness and unfairness of it'
brexit negotiations
Column: 'It would be lunacy for the UK to proceed with Article 50 notice before agreeing terms'
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Tom Clonan: 'A Syrian solution will involve a pact with devils such as Bashar al Assad and others'
leon wright
'If you are in favour of human rights, you must want them for everyone - including prisoners'
POLIO
Living in an Iron Lung: 'It was a long, airtight coffin-shaped box with my head sticking out at one end'
Atlantic Equipment
'Being an entrepreneur is lonely. It's a bit like surfing - instinctive and solitary'
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'
column
Filmmaker Risteard Ó Domhnaill: 'It's time for us to take ownership of our natural resources'
leprechaun museum
'Tourist bodies don't want us to be seen as a leprechaun country. I found that interesting'
Opinion
President Higgins on Castro: 'Next time he’ll require more than one line to reflect reality'
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Column: 'I don't have the same civil rights as other Irish women. I have a disability'
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