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    Pride
    Column: I am gay. I have always been gay. I’ve never not been gay.
    Christopher Chong
    4 Feb 2014
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    pretty penny
    Column: Clarity is needed on the pension levy 'jobs initiatives' claim
    Samantha McConnell
    4 Feb 2014
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    20
    Substance Abuse
    Column: ‘NekNominations’ craze will soon pass – but our drinking culture won't
    Joe O'Connor
    4 Feb 2014
    138
    39
    Growing pains
    Column: Facebook's early childhood was... complicated.
    Colman Noctor
    4 Feb 2014
    185
    10
    Watch this space
    Column: Why Exchange Dublin desperately needs your support
    Dr Patrick Bresnihan
    3 Feb 2014
    305
    41
    We The People
    Column: We've been given an opportunity to re-think our values as a nation... so what are they?
    Hans Zomer
    3 Feb 2014
    166
    43
    first date fail
    Column: How to score an “F” on your first date
    Rena Maycock
    3 Feb 2014
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    125
    Toddler
    Column: Should I intervene if a child is having a tantrum?
    Sinéad Fox
    2 Feb 2014
    4.1k
    149
    world trade
    Column: Ireland is reviewing its foreign policy – but it's asking the wrong questions
    Andy Storey
    2 Feb 2014
    194
    31
    Stranger Than Fiction
    Damien Kiberd: Are whistleblowers saints? The ethics can be complicated.
    Damien Kiberd
    2 Feb 2014
    740
    24
    Baby Steps
    Column: How to care for your relationship once you have a baby
    Martina Newe
    1 Feb 2014
    149
    61
    Bother your Erse
    Column: We'll soon find out whether we lose our native language forever
    Seán Mag Leannáin
    1 Feb 2014
    1.1k
    134
    payoff
    Aaron McKenna: Why do the Irish courts not care about women?
    Aaron McKenna
    1 Feb 2014
    1.0k
    99
    In business
    Column: The Ryanair and Google Partnership – what’s in it for us?
    Dr Eugene O’Loughlin
    31 Jan 2014
    420
    30
    hang your hat
    Column: The private rented sector is heating up dramatically – yet fails to meet basic needs
    Mick Byrne
    31 Jan 2014
    149
    75
    Limbo
    Column: The Government stalls while people with mobility difficulties fall deeper into isolation
    Anne-Maree Quinn
    30 Jan 2014
    129
    8
    working parents
    Column: Yes, I leave work on time – that doesn't mean I don't work hard
    Andrea Mara
    30 Jan 2014
    807
    45
    Panti
    Column: Panti Bliss controversy raises major questions about RTE's role in public discourse
    Catherine Murphy TD
    30 Jan 2014
    723
    192
    Ireland for CERN
    Column: Ireland is excluded from some of the world's most fascinating scientific research
    Eimer McAuley and Mairead Maguire
    29 Jan 2014
    168
    70
    panti bliss
    Open Letter to RTE: Explain why you censored gay rights advocate Rory O'Neill
    Brian Barrington
    29 Jan 2014
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    514
    Let's Talk About Sex
    Column: We need to start talking about sexual dysfunction in an open way
    Trish Murphy
    29 Jan 2014
    352
    37
    human rights victory
    Column: If the State had done the right thing, Louise O'Keeffe would never have been abused
    Dr Conor O'Mahony
    28 Jan 2014
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    38
    Design
    Open Letter: Dear Union of Students in Ireland, please stop belittling our profession
    Emma Grattan and Derek Doyle
    28 Jan 2014
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    192
    garda whistleblowers
    Column: Shatter's focus is on whistleblowers themselves, rather than their allegations
    Mick Wallace
    28 Jan 2014
    118
    41
    Civil Disobedience
    Column: Peacemakers like Margaretta D’Arcy uphold the greater moral law
    Joe Murray
    28 Jan 2014
    218
    166
    Water Water Everywhere
    Column: Irish Water set-up is repeating the mistakes of the HSE
    Eamon Ryan
    27 Jan 2014
    120
    61
    people of ireland
    Column: The Troika may be gone, but Ireland's social problems remain
    Dominic Hannigan
    27 Jan 2014
    385
    39
    digital democracy
    Column: Sorry politicians, you can’t avoid social media – people no longer accept being ‘talked at’
    Niall Devitt
    27 Jan 2014
    167
    18
    first time dad
    Diary of a First Time Dad: Sleeping with one eye open
    Patrick McCarry
    26 Jan 2014
    944
    53
    disadvantage
    Column: Drug crime can’t be broken down simply into a battle of ‘good’ versus ‘evil’
    Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
    26 Jan 2014
    132
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    Opinion
    Damien Kiberd: Why was Ariel Sharon's funeral such a lonely affair?
    Damien Kiberd
    26 Jan 2014
    836
    91
    Mental Health
    Column: A year ago, I walked out of work on the brink of the worst depression of my life
    Fiona Kennedy
    25 Jan 2014
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    70
    mindfulness
    Column: ‘Mindfulness’ sounds like a lovely concept… so how the hell do you do it?
    Molly Garboden
    25 Jan 2014
    319
    59
    the disaffected
    Reform Alliance: 'For far too long politics has been seen as a closed shop'
    Terence Flanagan TD
    25 Jan 2014
    82
    74
    Money Money Money
    Aaron McKenna: Capitalism didn’t create poverty, it inherited it (and now it’s fixing it)
    Aaron McKenna
    25 Jan 2014
    834
    181
    Mayo
    Column: Ignorance, avoidance, distortion – media coverage of the Corrib gas project has failed
    Harry Browne
    24 Jan 2014
    854
    69
    Opinion
    Column: Yes, Justin Bieber is a brat... but maybe it's time to feel a wee bit sorry for him?
    Lisa McInerney
    24 Jan 2014
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    80
    cramped
    Column: Building a bigger Cork prison with doubled-up cells is completely senseless
    Fíona Ní Chinneide
    23 Jan 2014
    256
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    Opinion
    Column: Don't be fooled, values are inescapable – in life and in economics
    Robert Grant
    23 Jan 2014
    399
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    Opinion
    Column: Want to win the lotto? Here's how to do it...
    Eamonn Toland
    23 Jan 2014
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