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i wanna hold your hand
Opinion: Hold hands or hide? I'm going to stop adjusting my life to suit everyone else
Family ties
Opinion: I can be an awful grump when it comes to my folks – but, the truth is, they're saints
understanding our world
Opinion: Learning from the Paris bloodshed – the need for an intercultural Ireland
Parenting
Reflections on two years of fatherhood: I never thought I could love so much (or be so tired)
Hang in there
Opinion: Keeping a new year’s resolution can be difficult – here’s how you can succeed
Bipolar Disorder
Opinion: On the surface, I had accepted that I was bipolar – but I now realise I was in denial
Reform
Opinion: Government is making a mockery of democratic reform – so we're taking matters into our own hands
postnatal depression
Opinion: Postnatal depression filled me with an all-consuming, terrifying and explosive rage
ireland inc
Opinion: Enda and Co have done a great thing for the Irish people – they have made us aware.
Body Image
Opinion: The Urban Outfitters ‘thigh gap’ ad sparked a rage in me – have we learned nothing?
Charlie Hebdo
Opinion: Islam must be treated like Christianity in Europe – accepted, revered and lambasted
Social Welfare
'Dear Joan: Today, I sat in a dole office and cried to a complete stranger through a glass partition'
embarrassing pictures
Opinion: Embarrassing photos posted online? There are ways of having them removed...
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