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personal debt
Column: Private debt is the millstone that holds back enterprise – and a better future
Ross Maguire SC
26 Feb 2014
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Opinion
Column: The #GSOC debacle is a war of spin
Paul Allen
25 Feb 2014
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43
Alec Baldwin
Column: Alec Baldwin is waving goodbye to public life – and can you blame him?
Lisa McInerney
25 Feb 2014
134
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space spend
Column: Is space exploration worth the money?
Conor Farrell
25 Feb 2014
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column
Why care, why share? Using social media for your business
Tessa Barrera
24 Feb 2014
155
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Mental Health
Column: Eating disorders are not about food – they're about emotional distress
Louise Dolphin
24 Feb 2014
783
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fair is fair
Column: What was once called 'the white gold' is no longer a source of hope
Dunstan Burke
24 Feb 2014
730
9
7 deadly sins
Column: Parenting and the Seven Deadly Sins
Elizabeth MacDonnell
23 Feb 2014
160
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ethics
Column: The discipline of economics has lost its way because of a basic misunderstanding
Robert Grant
23 Feb 2014
186
43
Opinion
Damien Kiberd: A new property bubble - but not as we know it
Damien Kiberd
23 Feb 2014
163
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Gaeilge
Column: Why bother learning Irish?
Rónán Ó Muirthile
22 Feb 2014
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229
Poetry In Motion
Column: It’s time to break down the barriers around poetry
Stephen Downes
22 Feb 2014
632
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Opinion
Column: Is the Socialist Party cloaking itself as ‘Anti-Austerity Alliance’?
Aaron McKenna
22 Feb 2014
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Opinion
Column: Our economic crisis, and the misery is has caused, is rooted in the property market
Sr Stanislaus Kennedy
21 Feb 2014
51
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body talk
Column: Positive body image or normalising excess weight? The line for plus-size fashion
Lorraine Courtney
21 Feb 2014
692
74
Israel Palestine
Column: I'm supporting a boycott of Israeli academic institutions – here's why
Harry Browne
20 Feb 2014
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198
Power trip
Column: Politics and sound economic decisions don't mix, as our energy policy shows
Steven O’Hanlon
20 Feb 2014
99
74
national housing policy
Column: It's time to demand the right to a home be included in our Constitution
Pat Doyle
20 Feb 2014
137
84
Child's play
Column: Would you correct another person’s child?
Martina Newe
19 Feb 2014
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48
crash and burn
Column: Why are we still in denial about Ireland's housing crisis?
Cillian Doyle
19 Feb 2014
335
84
girls interrupted
Column: Can girls STEM the tide of emigration?
Dr Kirsten Foy
19 Feb 2014
272
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food for thought
Column: What is a frugal food budget to you?
Caitriona Redmond
18 Feb 2014
20.8k
89
Giro d'Italia
Column: Removing sectarian murals for visitors? It's sweeping problems under the carpet
Peter Osborne
18 Feb 2014
109
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roots and culture
Column: I need my daughter to know I didn't sit back and watch our language die
Deirdre Nic Gabhann
18 Feb 2014
1.0k
270
Ready To Rumble
Column: Don't turn up your nose at 'celebrity candidates' like Kenny Egan
Larry Donnelly
17 Feb 2014
115
56
i spy
Column: There's no credible alternative to an independent inquiry into GSOC allegations
Mark Kelly
17 Feb 2014
155
33
Work
Column: Do you have Impostor Syndrome?
Andrea Mara
17 Feb 2014
124
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South Sudan
Column: "The bodies are all gone, eaten by the dogs"
David Adams
16 Feb 2014
108
38
one for all
Column: For the Danes, life is all about community... can we learn from them?
John Verling
16 Feb 2014
761
74
Opinion
Damien Kiberd: Why neither Ireland nor USA wants to question tax haven
Damien Kiberd
16 Feb 2014
277
56
children's health
Column: I lost my daughter to meningitis – why is a vaccine for MenB still not provided?
Siobhán Carroll
15 Feb 2014
496
32
uncertainty
Column: Why we need to ban zero-hours contracts
Ciaran Garrett
15 Feb 2014
355
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sweet tooth
Aaron McKenna: Ban the school tuck shop and watch childhood obesity plummet
Aaron McKenna
15 Feb 2014
559
89
roots and culture
Column: The Government’s attitude to the Irish language is a total sham
Daithí de Buitléir
14 Feb 2014
840
218
Loss
Column: Nothing has changed for couples whose baby's condition is incompatible with life
Gerry Edwards
14 Feb 2014
858
180
Save the Date
Column: Dreading that date? Here are some secret tips to help it go smoothly
Avril Mulcahy
14 Feb 2014
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Women in Politics
Column: For the first time, a woman is to be the mayor of Paris
Natalie Tennyson
13 Feb 2014
101
13
human dignity
Column: The struggle for human rights in Russia won’t end with the Winter Olympics
Stefania Kulaeva
13 Feb 2014
134
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Plain and simple
Column: We owe it to the next generation to fight tobacco with everything we've got
Kathleen O'Meara
13 Feb 2014
125
129
up to date
Column: It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there, so here are some tips before Valentine's Day
Jenny Conlon
12 Feb 2014
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