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Column: Why am I working purely to keep my foot in the door?
Claire Micks
Opinion: Advice for overweight people to slim down is valid – it's about health, not body image
Aaron McKenna
Column: The people making a new life in the desert after civil war
Stephanie Hegarty
Opinion: An alliance between secular and religious people would defeat extremism
Ian Hughes
Opinion: A person who suffers from anxiety can’t just 'get over it' – it's not that simple
Michaela Deane
Opinion: Hold hands or hide? I'm going to stop adjusting my life to suit everyone else
Liam Redmond
Opinion: Lacking New Year motivation? There is always some science to explain it!
Naomi Lavelle
Opinion: I might have been born in Lagos, but I was definitely made in Dublin
Timi Ogunyemi
Opinion: Battle lines are being drawn – this year, eight EU states will vote
Eugene Kiernan
Opinion: Could you quit ALL social media for a month?
Diarmuid Lyng
Opinion: Are we being overly sensitive about C4's Famine sitcom?
Mark Farrell
Opinion: I can be an awful grump when it comes to my folks – but, the truth is, they're saints
Michelle McBride
Opinion: Learning from the Paris bloodshed – the need for an intercultural Ireland
Orla McGarry
Reflections on two years of fatherhood: I never thought I could love so much (or be so tired)
Larry Donnelly
Column: Healing broken souls and bodies – how sexual violence is shattering lives in CAR
Hélène Thomas
Opinion: Keeping a new year’s resolution can be difficult – here’s how you can succeed
Shane Kelly
Opinion: On the surface, I had accepted that I was bipolar – but I now realise I was in denial
Anonymous
Opinion: This year's Oscars were a decidedly white affair
Donal O'Keeffe
Opinion: The secret to managing a stress-free employee review
Louise Campbell
Opinion: Government is making a mockery of democratic reform – so we're taking matters into our own hands
Second Republic
Column: Meet the Irish man managing global change on behalf of everyone on the planet
Jamie Drummond
Opinion: How to make your home (or business!) more efficient and green
James Hogan
Opinion: Postnatal depression filled me with an all-consuming, terrifying and explosive rage
Fiona Kennedy
Opinion: 4 things to help you overcome burnout at work
Nicole Paulie
Opinion: What my years as a military defence lawyer in Guantánamo forced me to see
Jason D. Wright
Opinion: The CAO process can be daunting, so bear these tips in mind...
Richard Murphy
Opinion: 'My daughter is happy. My daughter has two homes.'
Kellie Kearney
Column: Rebuilding a shattered country – Haiti, five years later
Prospery Raymond
Opinion: Enda and Co have done a great thing for the Irish people – they have made us aware.
Mark Farrell
Opinion: My tips for feeling healthy and happy this winter
Tina Murphy
Opinion: The Urban Outfitters ‘thigh gap’ ad sparked a rage in me – have we learned nothing?
Claire Micks
Opinion: The reverse culture shock of coming back to Ireland after years abroad
Kate O'Shaughnessy
Opinion: Islam must be treated like Christianity in Europe – accepted, revered and lambasted
Aaron McKenna
'Dear Joan: Today, I sat in a dole office and cried to a complete stranger through a glass partition'
Anonymous
Opinion: Have we reached the beginning of the end for mental health stigma?
Dr Keith Gaynor
Opinion: 'The gunmen shouted about “avenging Muhammad”. How dare they?'
Al-Mustafa Islamic Centre Ireland
Opinion: Young, debarred and politically exiled – Ireland's emigrants have no voice
David Burns and Conor O'Neill
Opinion: Dear Lucinda and Reboot Ireland, aren't ALL votes issues of conscience?
Donal O'Keeffe
Column: Too much “stuff” – what causes hoarding?
Olivia Gordon
Opinion: Embarrassing photos posted online? There are ways of having them removed...
Fergal Crehan