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From the Garden: Your green tomatoes are unlikely to ripen now - so use them up in chutney
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Opinion
Opinion: 'An enormous burden falls on the shoulders of our nurses in Ireland'
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16 Nov 2018
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Opinion
Opinion: It is time to ban moneylenders charging interest of up to 287%
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'Displaying the victims underwear in court is evidence alright - of rape culture'
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14 Nov 2018
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Whistleblowers
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14 Nov 2018
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Blasphemy
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Opinion
Worse off than their parents? The growing generation of private renters
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Luke Ming Flanagan: If we are heading for an EU army what does that mean for Irish neutrality?
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Opinion: The Supermum myth needs to be exposed
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Opinion
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Donal Moloney
10 Nov 2018
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Forgotten by whom? The memory of World War I in Ireland
Donal Fallon
10 Nov 2018
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GIY
From the garden: 'Do not 'Irish mammy' the sprouts by boiling the divil out of them for 20 minutes'
Michael Kelly
10 Nov 2018
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Opinion
The polls get it right, and the problem with Pelosi: 6 thoughts on the US midterms
Larry Donnelly
8 Nov 2018
17.6k
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Frank Feighan
As we approach the centenary of Armistice Day, here's why I'm asking Irish politicians to wear a Shamrock Poppy
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8 Nov 2018
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Money Diary
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Opinion: 'I went vegan... because quite simply the way I had been eating no longer made sense at all'
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7 Nov 2018
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Opinion
What can Irish cities learn from the response to drug use in New Orleans?
Tony Duffin
6 Nov 2018
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The view from Indiana: Why the battle for the midwestern state is key to the Senate elections
Eunan McKinney
5 Nov 2018
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Opinion
Lynn Ruane: Examining morality through the prism of social class
Lynn Ruane
4 Nov 2018
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column
The Irish for... 'Why the naming of new technologies in Irish can be more controversial than with English'
Darach Ó Séaghdha
4 Nov 2018
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column
Ireland in a snapshot: The transformation of photography in the digital age
Donal Moloney
3 Nov 2018
22.5k
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GIY
From the garden: 'When buying veg, always seek out Irish vegetables and try to avoid price promotions'
Michael Kelly
3 Nov 2018
18.5k
23
Opinion
Opinion: 'Eating this mineral in pregnancy - and before conception - can boost how your child's brain develops'
Ciara Wright PhD
2 Nov 2018
25.5k
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Opinion
Opinion: 'A group of Irish lads held a knife to my throat when I was just 11 - but I don't hate Irish people'
Hazel Chu
1 Nov 2018
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Money Diary
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31 Oct 2018
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Opinion
Irish Halloween traditions: 'A salt herring, eaten before bed, would ensure that one’s future spouse would appear in a dream'
Jonny Dillon
31 Oct 2018
13.2k
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column
How I went from being a data analyst with HP to owning the local bookshop
Cian Byrne
31 Oct 2018
33.1k
34
Opinion
Opinion: 'Why do we like reading about crime so much in Ireland? Because it offers escapism'
Sam Blake
30 Oct 2018
7.3k
3
column
'Our living standards aren't improving because of the unwillingness by govt to correct market failures'
Robert Sweeney
30 Oct 2018
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Moloney's Eye
Ireland in a snapshot: Being reminded of our own mortality
Donal Moloney
29 Oct 2018
31.8k
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Opinion
The Irish For... Some spooky Irish words to get you in the mood for Samhain
Darach Ó Séaghdha
28 Oct 2018
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Opinion: 'Of course, no one ever admits to being prejudiced against Travellers'
Caoimhín De Barra
28 Oct 2018
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Opinion
What is the long-term impact of Peter Casey's result on Irish politics, if there is one?
Larry Donnelly
27 Oct 2018
39.2k
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GIY
From the garden: How to make your own tangy kimchi at home
Michael Kelly
27 Oct 2018
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3
Opinion
Opinion: 'It's such a worrying time for Travellers. Is every fifth person I meet a Traveller hater?'
Eileen Ní Fhloinn
27 Oct 2018
93.9k
Opinion
Should children born in Ireland to foreign parents be deported?
Anthony Moore
26 Oct 2018
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column
The man who spoke Irish in the British parliament
Neil Glackin
25 Oct 2018
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