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Dubliners
Video column: The Writer – the life and work of Tim Pat Coogan
Eoin Lynch and Deirdre Brennan
18 May 2014
428
6
Expenses
Noel Rock: I'm taking €0 expenses – here's why
Noel Rock
18 May 2014
197
54
Opinion
Damien Kiberd: This government's housing policy will - literally - put people on the streets
Damien Kiberd
18 May 2014
194
57
Smoking
Opinion: E-Cigarettes – is ‘vaping’ in front of our children socially acceptable?
Claire Micks
17 May 2014
1.3k
160
Communion
Opinion: First Holy Communion etiquette for sensible spenders
Avril O'Reilly
17 May 2014
813
44
Abuse
Aaron McKenna: Domestic violence is just that – violence. Why not treat it that way?
Aaron McKenna
17 May 2014
170
39
Equality
Opinion: Children with special needs are being failed – this is not inclusive education
Catherina Woods
16 May 2014
7.3k
39
HAE
Opinion: Misdiagnosed and misunderstood – the dramatic swelling disorder that can be fatal
Gerry Fahey
16 May 2014
913
10
Opinion
Opinion: My husband refused to believe he had bipolar disorder, and denial destroyed him
Kathleen Maloney
15 May 2014
87.8k
191
Water Charges
Opinion: With such a meagre allowance, our new water charges can't be about conservation
Jennifer Whitmore
15 May 2014
112
75
Respect
Opinion: We want to see an increase in wages – and respect – for fast food workers
Ciaran Garrett
15 May 2014
241
44
Climate Change
Opinion: A green lifestyle is a nice but trivial gesture – we must focus on nuclear fusion
Lorraine Courtney
14 May 2014
189
125
Jobs
Opinion: Social media can help you find a job (if you use it correctly)
Aoife Rigney
14 May 2014
96
29
Health
Opinion: Considering health insurance? The devil is in the detail.
Dermot Goode
14 May 2014
6.6k
22
Opinion
Opinion: Anxiety and depression are key in keeping the long-term unemployed out of work
Dr Keith Gaynor
13 May 2014
2.9k
67
gluten-free
Opinion: Hold the gluten please! Why we all need to understand coeliac disease
Dr Edel Keaveney
13 May 2014
689
58
home cooking
Darina Allen: A shared meal was once the bedrock of family life – its loss is a serious problem for society
Darina Allen
13 May 2014
358
37
Croke Park
Opinion: I couldn't clearly watch my brother play in Croke Park because I’m in a wheelchair
John O'Brien
12 May 2014
2.1k
24
Opinion
Column: 6 things I hate about restaurants
Ross Golden-Bannon
12 May 2014
443
77
volunteering
PJ Gallagher: 'You live more in five minutes on a bike than most people do in a lifetime'
PJ Gallagher
12 May 2014
835
41
column
Opinion: In Northern Ireland, we are literally lurching from crisis to crisis
Dr David McCann
11 May 2014
114
115
Blood Sports
Extract: How 'throwing at cocks' took root in Ireland
James Kelly
11 May 2014
546
15
Opinion
Damien Kiberd: They say €240 per year for water. Sure. For now.
Damien Kiberd
11 May 2014
137
135
always another year
Opinion: “Why Us?” - The reason Ireland has not won a Eurovision since 1996
Gerard Patrick Corless
10 May 2014
446
79
Eating Disorder
Opinion: I had to drop out of Gaelic football training. Why? Because I was bulimic
Alexandra Potter
10 May 2014
205
8
column
Aaron McKenna: Paying any new tax is galling, but water needs to be paid for
Aaron McKenna
10 May 2014
52
88
column
Diary of a First Time Dad: Teething time and becoming Don Draper
Patrick McCarry
9 May 2014
98
46
Doctors Without Borders
Opinion: I felt helpless. The child needed hospital treatment, but I could only give some medicine
Dr Natalie Robers
9 May 2014
68
7
mental health days
Opinion: There were days I struggled. I wished I could call in sick and not have to pretend
Anonymous
9 May 2014
1.0k
45
Method acting?
Opinion: Is James Franco trolling us all?
Lisa McInerney
8 May 2014
221
13
Drugs
Opinion: A new drug trade is hiding in the underbelly of the internet
Tony Duffin
8 May 2014
324
36
Opinion
Opinion: Let's talk about death (no, seriously)
Claire Micks
7 May 2014
145
37
Opinion
Opinion: Irish farmers must stand up for change – or else sleep with one eye open
Fergal Anderson
7 May 2014
583
64
stargazer
Opinion: We have found Earth's Cousin outside our solar system ... but what does that mean?
Conor Farrell
6 May 2014
151
42
Self Esteem
Opinion: Yes, social media sometimes makes us feel alone – but it also shows we're not
Fiona Kennedy
6 May 2014
2.3k
26
Young Social Innovators
Opinion: We wanted to make a difference as young people – we focused on Irish Sign Language
AFP
6 May 2014
300
26
South Sudan
Opinion: I see families waiting helplessly as certain famine approaches
David Adams
5 May 2014
110
22
boys to men
Opinion: Our increasingly touch-phobic society is bad for children
Joanna Fortune
5 May 2014
427
62
Peace
Opinion: I became a long-distance walker at 70 and have now covered thousands of miles
Donal Corcoran
5 May 2014
530
18
Dubliners
Video column: The Chiropodist – an inside look at working life in Dublin's city centre
Eoin Lynch and Deirdre Brennan
4 May 2014
327
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