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Dr David McCann
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Column: Pope Francis is considering the needs of survivors of clerical child sexual abuse
Mark Vincent Healy
1 Jan 2014
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Column: New Year's resolutions are dreams – and anyone can achieve their dreams
Teena Gates
1 Jan 2014
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Aaron McKenna: Ask your council candidates to pledge to publish receipts for their expenses
Aaron McKenna
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Larry Donnelly: Transatlantic Reflections on the Political Year 2013
Larry Donnelly
30 Dec 2013
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Column: New year, new you – how to achieve your goals in 2014
Ciara Conlon
30 Dec 2013
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Lisa McInerney: Pop culture in 2013 was full of wacky antics, highs, lows... and deceptive depth
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29 Dec 2013
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Column: Nordic Rebels – The Swede and Finn who fought in the GPO, 1916
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29 Dec 2013
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Column: 10 years on, Ireland's human rights act has failed to deliver
Michael Farrell
29 Dec 2013
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Column: We have harnessed technology to help the creative process
Brian Gilmore
28 Dec 2013
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Column: On this day in the year 2020 – Irish universities
Dr James Heaney
28 Dec 2013
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Extract: Colm McCann on Dublin, Ulysses and friendship
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27 Dec 2013
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Gerry Adams: It's time to define an entirely new relationship between Ireland and Britain
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27 Dec 2013
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Column: Feeling bloated? Here's your guide to the best, safest way to detox...
Dorcas Barry
27 Dec 2013
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Column: Want to break into the digital sector... but aren't sure how?
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
26 Dec 2013
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Column: Just how independent are our independents?
Joe Conway
26 Dec 2013
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Column: Earth’s forgotten places – the locations humans have left behind
Eun Yeom
26 Dec 2013
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Column: What’s it like to be Jewish at Christmas time in Ireland?
Aisling O’Brien
25 Dec 2013
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Column: Working as a firefighter over the festive period can be hard – but it’s worth it
Trevor Hunt
25 Dec 2013
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Column: Nothing guarantees peace on Earth like classic Christmas movie
Darren Mooney
25 Dec 2013
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Column: What was the Christmas Star?
Conor Farrell
25 Dec 2013
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Column: My Christmas in the Philippines after typhoon Haiyan
Clare Ahern
24 Dec 2013
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Column: Uganda’s anti-gay law… what can you do?
Paul OKeeffe
24 Dec 2013
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Column: What was Christmas food like in medieval Ireland?
Fin Dwyer
24 Dec 2013
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Column: A disabled person’s view on the charity crisis
Chris Lowe
23 Dec 2013
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Column: I volunteer with Samaritans every Christmas. Here's why...
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23 Dec 2013
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Column: Separation and divorce is hard for everyone – especially at Christmas
Bernadette Ryan
22 Dec 2013
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Column: Selfies and the history of self-portrait photography
Kandice Rawlings
22 Dec 2013
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Damien Kiberd: Drop the goody-two-shoes approach to economic policy
Damien Kiberd
22 Dec 2013
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Column: Let's look at the full story around social housing in Ireland...
Dr Padraic Kenna
21 Dec 2013
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Column: In much of Europe, ‘asylum-seeker’ and ‘refugee’ have become dirty words
Sherif Elsayed-Ali
21 Dec 2013
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Aaron McKenna: A functioning charity sector needs to pay well
Aaron McKenna
21 Dec 2013
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Column: Technology is a double-edged sword – it can both liberate and enslave
Sergiusz Prokurat
20 Dec 2013
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Column: We need to talk about 'The 12 Pubs'
Mick McCarthy
20 Dec 2013
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Column: For many this Christmas, loneliness will turn the minutes into hours
Gareth O’Callaghan
19 Dec 2013
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Column: Will the State meaningfully combat racism in Ireland?
James Carr
19 Dec 2013
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Column: Have we become numb to the figures on clerical child abuse?
Mark Vincent Healy
18 Dec 2013
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Column: The tobacco industry promotes a killer product – we should limit all interactions with it
John Crown
18 Dec 2013
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