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Opinion

Column: We fetishise home ownership – but why stigmatise social housing?

Donal McManus

16 Aug 2012

253

Opinion

Column: Yes, the Mars rover cost $2bn – but it’s far from a waste of money.

Colm Quinn

15 Aug 2012

318

Read Me

Column: ‘I fear failing expectations’ – how the Leaving Cert results wait feels

Shelley Stafford

14 Aug 2012

616

Opinion

Column: Want a debt deal? Then let’s pressure the German MPs opposing it

Eamon Ryan

13 Aug 2012

Opinion

Column: Having children doesn’t define men, so why should it define women?

Abigail Rieley

12 Aug 2012

182

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Michael Freeman

12 Aug 2012

113

Opinion

Column: It’s 30 years since GUBU. Now THAT was a political battle.

Dr David McCann

12 Aug 2012

577

Opinion

Column: Making emergency contraception easy to access has been good for women

Alison O'Riordan and Isabel Hayes

11 Aug 2012

633

Opinion

Column: Our obsession with ‘insults’ against Ireland is a waste of energy

Aaron McKenna

11 Aug 2012

300

106

Opinion

Column: Female Olympians are national heroes, not national sweethearts

Lisa McInerney

10 Aug 2012

106

Opinion

Column: We think of older people as a burden. In fact, they’re anything but.

Peter Kavanagh

9 Aug 2012

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Opinion

Column: We need a version of ‘Sarah’s Law’ to help protect children

Denis Naughten

8 Aug 2012

177

Opinion

Column: Sinn Féin is partitionist when it comes to party policy

Dr David McCann

7 Aug 2012

417

124

Opinion

Column: Stephen Donnelly TD answers 10 questions he's frequently asked by the public

Stephen Donnelly

7 Aug 2012

559

Fear of Flying

Column: 'I never thought I'd get on a plane alone'

Sarah-Jane Goff

6 Aug 2012

173

Opinion

Column: Nick Leeson on why Seán Quinn is in denial

Nick Leeson

6 Aug 2012

190

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Column: I filmed a horror movie in Ireland. Here’s why.

Jon Wright

5 Aug 2012

652

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Michael Freeman

5 Aug 2012

101

Opinion

Column: Why Ireland must ban all smacking of children

Kate Katharina Ferguson

5 Aug 2012

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172

Opinion

Column: I have coeliac disease. Why can’t I get a meal in many hotels?

Kelly Hamilton

4 Aug 2012

753

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Maeve Binchy

4 Aug 2012

380

Opinion

Column: Unemployment stats mislead us – our ‘jobs plan’ is a dud rocket

Aaron McKenna

4 Aug 2012

Opinion

Column: Why are people supporting Seán Quinn? Well, it’s an Irish tradition

Eoin O'Malley

3 Aug 2012

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120

Opinion

Column: Student fees mean my parents can’t afford to send us to college

Patrick Kelleher

2 Aug 2012

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143

Opinion

Column: Politicians’ private lives make a difference. We should pay attention.

Kate Katharina Ferguson

1 Aug 2012

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Opinion

Column: Why is the government delaying a law to recognise transgender people?

Michael Farrell

31 Jul 2012

200

Opinion

Column: Why do people try so hard with someone who's not interested?

Lisa McInerney

30 Jul 2012

Opinion

Column: Make no mistake - it is time to make beef-eating taboo

Frank Armstrong

29 Jul 2012

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180

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Michael Freeman

29 Jul 2012

105

Opinion

Column: Sick of government spin? Well, it’s nothing new…

Ciara Chambers

29 Jul 2012

146

Opinion

Column: How my school computer club turned into a worldwide movement

James Whelton

28 Jul 2012

517

Opinion

Column: Yes, booze causes problems – but why tar us all with the same brush?

Aaron McKenna

28 Jul 2012

138

Opinion

Column: The Twitter joke trial shows freedom of speech has to include comedy

Simon Carty

27 Jul 2012

275

Opinion

Column: Dark, damp room or the street – this is the choice faced by many

Bob Jordan

27 Jul 2012

187

Opinion

Column: Ireland has no option but to play hardball. So why aren’t we?

Anthony Phillips

26 Jul 2012

129

Opinion

Column: For politicians, the gay marriage debate is a careful calculation

Scott De Buitléir

25 Jul 2012

109

Opinion

Column: Why does our TV portray men as helpless fools? Come on…

Eleanor Tiernan

24 Jul 2012

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Opinion

Column: HSBC funnelled money for drug kingpins? This isn't surprising.

Nick Leeson

23 Jul 2012

103

Opinion

Column: Here’s why your mother sets your love life – and how to change it

Joanna Fortune

22 Jul 2012

545

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Michael Freeman

22 Jul 2012

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