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no sense

Opinion: Why do so many businesses ignore the needs of disabled patrons?

Vivian Rath

26 Aug 2014

519

Graduates

Opinion: Will the push to encourage more science and technology graduates be worth it?

Tanya Duncan

25 Aug 2014

196

Independence referendum

Opinion: It's crunch time... Salmond and Darling go head-to-head over Scotland's future

Natalie Tennyson

25 Aug 2014

221

flood prevention

Opinion: Our water infrastructure is a mess but there is a better way

Cathal O’Meara

25 Aug 2014

221

Trauma

Opinion: Why are so many victims of child sexual abuse reluctant to report it?

Gerry Fahey

24 Aug 2014

3.5k

view from the trenches

The Trinity Skeletons: The archaeological quest to find out who they were

Damian Shiels

24 Aug 2014

444

Opinion

Opinion: The killing and imprisonment of journalists should concern us all

Kirsten Roberts

24 Aug 2014

320

Terrorism

Opinion: The murder of James Foley will backfire spectacularly on Isis

Colm O'Mahony

23 Aug 2014

245

181

Opinion

Opinion: 10 things you can do if you didn't get that college place you wanted

Ruairí McKiernan

23 Aug 2014

2.9k

column

Aaron McKenna: To combat crime, we must make prison softer

Aaron McKenna

23 Aug 2014

211

Schooling

Column: Let’s make this school year better for people with autism

Adam Harris

22 Aug 2014

561

Iraq

Opinion: 'I ate leaves and grass to stay alive' – Iraqi families pushed from their homes by ISIS

Donatella Rovera

22 Aug 2014

223

RIP

Opinion: Reynolds was utterly instrumental to the peace process – it is no small achievement

Dr David McCann

21 Aug 2014

241

ice bucket challenge

Opinion: So... why are people suddenly chucking buckets of icy water over their heads?

Maeve Leahy

21 Aug 2014

541

Controversy

Debate Room: Was the New York Post's front page photo of James Foley unethical?

Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher

21 Aug 2014

298

national psyche

Opinion: How will Ireland's rise, fall and humble recovery affect us as a nation?

Claire Micks

21 Aug 2014

150

digital age

Opinion: James Foley's death shows that graphic, unregulated footage is just a click away

Derek Bowler

20 Aug 2014

902

Education

Opinion: The disparity in third level participation should make us angry

Keet Wilson

20 Aug 2014

489

Rosetta mission

Opinion: Could comets have delivered the precursors of life?

Conor Farrell

20 Aug 2014

248

Rose of Tralee

Opinion: The Roses have thick enough skins to take the constant Father Ted 'lovely girls' joke

Eleanor Mc Quaid

19 Aug 2014

390

Ferguson

Opinion: The protesters in Missouri have wrongly become enemies of the State

Niall McGlynn

19 Aug 2014

197

daily life

Opinion: Humanitarian work is intense and all-consuming, but I believe in what I do

Ciara O'Malley

19 Aug 2014

276

Gaza

Opinion: Israel’s use of force in Gaza reflects an entrenched but unsustainable colonial logic

John Reynolds

18 Aug 2014

334

160

Abortion

Opinion: Support for suicidal woman was complicated, not assisted, by abortion legislation

Niamh Ui Bhriain

18 Aug 2014

433

219

Abortion

Opinion: A law that protects no one – the Eighth Amendment sees women as incubators

Stephanie Lord

18 Aug 2014

420

120

Emigration

Opinion: We see the happier side of expat life splashed across Facebook – there's darkness too

Kate O'Shaughnessy

18 Aug 2014

904

first day

Opinion: Taking the first steps into education can be daunting – for child and parent

Shane Kelly

17 Aug 2014

319

office politics

Opinion: How to go from friend to boss overnight

Robert Kiely

17 Aug 2014

183

Friendship

Opinion: Volunteering isn't hard, you can just sit and have tea with someone

Mark Farrell

17 Aug 2014

208

ethical choices

Opinion: To boycott or not to boycott?

Brian Carey

16 Aug 2014

1.7k

119

family fest

Opinion: Should you bring your kids to music festivals?

Sinéad Fox

16 Aug 2014

1.2k

bullyboy ban

Aaron McKenna: We should aim to do less, not more, trade with Russia

Aaron McKenna

16 Aug 2014

182

public discourse

Opinion: Gay people have been given a chilling message about discussing their lives on air

Tiernan Brady

15 Aug 2014

419

203

Gender Identity

Opinion: I’m not a freak. I’m just an ordinary, decent transvestite.

Daniela

15 Aug 2014

4.4k

job search

Opinion: Schemes like Tús don't make a blind bit of difference to long-term unemployment

Donal O'Keeffe

14 Aug 2014

10.6k

not fun and games

Opinion: 'Virtual rape' in video game takes gaming violence to a whole new level

Lorraine Courtney

14 Aug 2014

3.0k

Money Money Money

Opinion: I'm already worried about how I'll pay for my children to go back to school

Aishling Silke

14 Aug 2014

613

seeing stars

Column: Does celebrity opinion promote or distract from the news?

Darren Mooney

13 Aug 2014

886

Leaving Cert

Opinion: Life doesn’t begin or end with those elusive CAO points

Caitriona Redmond

13 Aug 2014

252

irish sons

Opinion: The cultural influence of Yeats, Beckett and Heaney stretches across the world

Cathal Quinn

13 Aug 2014

1.7k

178