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Fear of Flying
Opinion: Don't let your fear of flying ruin your holiday – follow these tips
Shane Kelly
11 Jul 2014
3.3k
53
mother and baby home
A Bessborough Tale: 'Some nights all you could hear was sobbing'
Sally
11 Jul 2014
6.9k
48
garth brooks
Opinion: The Garth Brooks situation requires no parody – it is the definition of parody itself
Jane Horgan-Jones and Rebecca Moynihan
10 Jul 2014
241
119
Northern Ieland
Opinion: A simple 'how to' guide for the new Minister for Foreign Affairs
Dr David McCann
10 Jul 2014
72
27
Atheists
Opinion: Discrimination against the non-religious is being allowed to continue
Peter Ferguson
10 Jul 2014
593
130
pregnancy and depression
Opinion: Post Natal Depression – should it discourage you from ‘going again’?
Anonymous
9 Jul 2014
1.3k
31
Signing
Opinion: The rights of the Deaf community have just been spectacularly undermined
John Cradden
9 Jul 2014
788
21
community
Opinion: Once the bricks and mortar are in place, let's encourage communities to develop
Lucinda McNally
9 Jul 2014
95
20
Mother and Baby
Opinion: It may seem heartless, but we shouldn't fund an inquiry into religious-run homes
Regina Bushell
8 Jul 2014
304
142
Children's Hospital
Opinion: St James’s is the "best site" for the children’s hospital? It's a complete farce.
Anonymous
8 Jul 2014
345
105
make-believe
Opinion: Is imagination more important than knowledge?
Naomi Lavelle
8 Jul 2014
64.1k
36
Irish
Video: Error-laden pidgin or creative creole? The Irish of the Gaelscoil
Breandán Mac Ardghail
7 Jul 2014
848
26
Sustainable development
Opinion: An opportunity to rid the world of poverty is on the horizon
Jim Clarken
7 Jul 2014
104
36
tee total
Opinion: ‘Ah, yer not driving, are ya?!’ – The trials of being a non-drinker in Ireland
Claire Micks
7 Jul 2014
1.2k
40
gardening without a garden
Opinion: Want to grow your own food, but don't have outside space?
Fiann Ó Nualláin
6 Jul 2014
123
18
short story
Short Story: Whalesong
Barbara Leahy
6 Jul 2014
236
Drinking
Opinion: The Irish have strange, almost unconditional, love affair with alcohol
Jason Johnson
6 Jul 2014
2.5k
53
Depression
Opinion: I had a great life, friends, business - and I was paralysed by depression
Niall Harbison
5 Jul 2014
1.2k
36
short story
Short Story: The Chamber Pot
Richard Ball
5 Jul 2014
893
9
column
Aaron McKenna: The good times must be back if we’ll turn away 400,000 concert goers
Aaron McKenna
5 Jul 2014
53
116
World Cup
Opinion: How to stay productive during the World Cup finals
Ciara Conlon
4 Jul 2014
114
9
the great outdoors
Opinion: Surviving in the wild can benefit every part of your life
Keith McDonnell
4 Jul 2014
103
24
column
Opinion: Fiends in high places - Garth Brooks and the national malaise
Joe O'Shea
3 Jul 2014
82
74
Child Protection
Opinion: Prejudice and hysteria caused two Roma children to be taken from their families
Donal O'Keeffe
3 Jul 2014
561
95
The Troubles
Opinion: Behind the headlines and political bickering is a profound grief that is hard to define
Jayne Olorunda
3 Jul 2014
112
50
on trend
Opinion: Food as fashion – will eating soil really catch on?
Lorraine Courtney
2 Jul 2014
131
30
Sport
Opinion: This is the first World Cup where there has been outright agreement on... the football used
Stefano Sanvito
2 Jul 2014
50
9
Amelia Earhart
Opinion: Amelia Mary Earhart vanished 77 years ago today, but her legacy lives on
Robert Buchanan
2 Jul 2014
445
21
inside story
Short Story: The Oyster Catchers
Beth Tyrrell
1 Jul 2014
377
6
pre-ticked boxes
Column: Today you will see one way the EU does actually make life better
Paschal Donohoe
1 Jul 2014
56
37
Scandal
Opinion: Rob Ford's mysterious popularity – why Canada’s most scandalous citizen is the new Bill Clinton
Redmond Shannon
1 Jul 2014
96
15
Alcohol
Opinion: How I woke up to my unhealthy attitude to alcohol
Kate Bellamy
30 Jun 2014
2.4k
40
brand luis
Opinion: Brand Suarez now has even more bite
Paul Allen
30 Jun 2014
170
21
Cameras in court
Opinion: As the Pistorious trial returns to our TV screens, let's consider cameras in courtrooms
Laura Cahillane
30 Jun 2014
228
33
Women in Tech
Opinion: The gender gap remains in tech and science – and it's hurting companies
Ann O’Dea
29 Jun 2014
181
74
iraq crisis
Opinion: An opponent like ISIS cannot be defeated through standard military action
Niall McGlynn
29 Jun 2014
70
57
Adoption
Opinion: Adoption, illegitimate children and ‘the bogey of proselytism’ in Catholic Ireland
Amy Bracken
29 Jun 2014
3.8k
59
Institutional Abuse
Opinion: After two decades as a journalist, no project I’ve handled has been quite as harrowing
Bette Browne
28 Jun 2014
524
39
Pride
Opinion: The journey to Pride – Ireland's dark past and brightening future
Robert Buchanan
28 Jun 2014
193
47
Protests
Aaron McKenna: Protesting outside politicians' homes cheapens your argument
Aaron McKenna
28 Jun 2014
29
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