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Column: Technology is a double-edged sword – it can both liberate and enslave
Sergiusz Prokurat
Column: We need to talk about 'The 12 Pubs'
Mick McCarthy
Column: For many this Christmas, loneliness will turn the minutes into hours
Gareth O’Callaghan
Column: Will the State meaningfully combat racism in Ireland?
James Carr
Column: Have we become numb to the figures on clerical child abuse?
Mark Vincent Healy
Column: The tobacco industry promotes a killer product – we should limit all interactions with it
John Crown
Column: Our lack of willingness to promote transparency is damaging developing countries
Morina O’Neill
Column: Thousands of people in Ireland can't afford a basic meal every second day
Emer Costello MEP
Extract: Looking for the farmer of your dreams?
Lorna Sixsmith
Column: I’ve been the bullied and the bully – and here’s my advice to young people
Clare Hartwieg
Eamon Ryan: Who really won in the ESB dispute?
Eamon Ryan
Extract: ‘Soldiers have an affinity with the detainees in Guantanamo. It would be bad to shoot them – it’ll be lethal injection’
Tom Clonan
Column: This “Ireland as a success story” rhetoric is based on empty spin
Paul Murphy
Column: Goodbye Mandela. Now it is up to us.
Ruairí McKiernan
Video blog: A brief history – Christmas, cheer, and commercialisation
Katie Varvos
Damien Kiberd: We recover part of our sovereignty - but banks still losing their senses
Damien Kiberd
Column: How planning can make sure Christmas is fun
Ciara Conlon
Column: Stargazing for beginners – get the most out of these dark winter nights
Conor Farrell
Aaron McKenna: Reports of drug users shooting up on public transport stops people using the service, not class
Aaron McKenna
Column: Atheist gatherings take the positive aspects of church like the sense of community and self-reflection
Deirdre McMahon
Column: In a post troika world, we must move our economy away from the failed model of the past
Derek Nolan
Column: Families who assist their loved ones to die will continue to feel the full wrath of the law if it is not changed
Dr Eimear Spain
Column: We can be the healthy masculinity we wish to see
Carlos Andrés Gómez
Column: Is the work Christmas party past its sell-by date?
Tony Moore
Column: Michael O'Leary turned Santa because he had to
Paul Allen
Column: What’s the future for the Irish language and do politicians want to preserve it?
Seán Mag Leannáin
Column: Heartbreak, misery and cloying sentimentality – the ingredients of any good Christmas song
Kate Bellamy
Column: One month on from Typhoon Haiyan it’s essential we get people back to work
Clare Ahern
Column: Our fragile health insurance market faces collapse if age groups aren’t balanced
Patricia Conboy
Column: ‘I attended Nelson Mandela’s inauguration in 1994 and he will be missed’
Joe Murray
Column: The equality struggle didn’t end with Mandela’s prison release, it must continue
David Cronin
Column: An itch, a rash, warts – this makes people get an STI test, but often there are no symptoms
Tricia Purcell
Column: Domestic abuse in same-sex relationships isn't talked about – but it's real
Catherine W
Column: What happens to Ireland if the UK exits the EU?
John O'Donnell
Lisa McInerney: The Paris-Mandela hoax is a perfect sign of the times
Lisa McInerney
Column: What you don’t know about emergency contraception (and why it might hurt you)
Alison O'Riordan and Isabel Hayes
Damien Kiberd: Forbes has Ireland all wrong
Damien Kiberd
Column: Should Ireland join NATO?
Colm Ó Broin
Column: No one wants to utter the ‘C’ word – but it’s a barrier to blossoming romance
Rena Maycock
Aaron McKenna: Drop Irish or go full native – it's time to decide
Aaron McKenna