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Read Me
Column: 'I was a medical doctor. I never thought I'd end up homeless but I did'
Dr Annette Hunter
14 Jan 2018
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137
new year's resolutions
Column: 'Sex resolutions for 2018 to advocate for your own sexual pleasure and health'
Shawna Scott
14 Jan 2018
57.5k
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Opinion
Clickbait: 'Reliable sources of news are beginning their own digital, tabloid-lite adventure'
Richard MacCarthy
14 Jan 2018
14.2k
37
voices
'We should examine ourselves before we jump to mock Trump and his reaction to Syria'
Derek O’Rourke
14 Jan 2018
19.1k
96
Read Me
Banker to filmmaker: 'The parties got bigger, the amounts I was gambling got bigger'
Alan Mulligan
13 Jan 2018
28.9k
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column
GIY: 'Don’t think about giving stuff up, think about taking things up instead'
Michael Kelly
13 Jan 2018
13.5k
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Opinion
'Social housing should not just be for people with low incomes – this creates ghettos'
Kate Kavanagh
13 Jan 2018
27.8k
122
column
Simon Coveney: 'Gaza is slightly smaller than County Louth but nearly 2 million people live in it'
Simon Coveney
13 Jan 2018
15.3k
75
gender segregation
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It's time to abolish single-sex schools
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
12 Jan 2018
35.4k
104
Áras An Uachtaráin
Column: 'There should be a presidential election and Michael D shouldn't run'
Caoimhín De Barra
11 Jan 2018
32.6k
110
Third Level
Opinion: 'Not everyone needs or should have to go to college'
Laura Buckley
10 Jan 2018
42.8k
106
College Green
'There is just not enough space for private cars, taxis, buses, cyclists and trams'
Paddy Smyth
9 Jan 2018
29.3k
106
column
Dr Anthony O'Connor: Things we could do to get more people off trolleys
Dr Anthony O'Connor
8 Jan 2018
28.3k
41
column
Panic attacks: 'The walls seemed to close in and I didn't know what was happening'
Val Robus
7 Jan 2018
37.8k
33
column
Declutter your friends: 'Trying to keep old friendships alive ties you to the past'
Gill Hasson
7 Jan 2018
142k
40
Music Education
Opinion: 'We can improve children's school results with music, not maths'
Chris Rooney
7 Jan 2018
23.3k
18
column
Mid-life crisis: 'I'm approaching the years when I should be buying a flashy sports car'
Michelle McBride
6 Jan 2018
38.0k
31
Read Me
Gardening: 'January is a great month to decide what you are going to grow this year'
Michael Kelly
6 Jan 2018
14.9k
5
Advice
New year, new car? Here's what you should consider before you buy
Barry Aldworth
6 Jan 2018
39.0k
48
recycling
'We need reverse vending machines in shops with a 25c deposit on containers'
Ciarán Cuffe
6 Jan 2018
21.2k
50
Opinion
Hospital consultant: 'I'd like to dispel a few myths for people about overcrowding'
Dr Anthony O'Connor
5 Jan 2018
275k
198
Louth
'With relative garda silence on Dundalk attacks, speculation and Islamaphobia swept across Internet'
Tom Clonan
4 Jan 2018
42.2k
35
Trolley crisis
Open letter to Simon Harris: 'Our dad provided good service to Irish State but ended up on a trolley'
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
4 Jan 2018
48.4k
92
consent classes
Katherine Zappone: 'Students will be asked to challenge ideas of what consent is'
Katherine Zappone
4 Jan 2018
15.2k
98
column
Losing my sister Donna: 'Traumatic shock, grief and facing deep inner demons'
Neil Fox
3 Jan 2018
67.6k
23
Electoral Acts
Column: 'Our laws governing political donations don't work for democracy'
Anna Visser
3 Jan 2018
9.4k
25
column
Tweeting TDs: Who excelled on social media in 2017?
Craig Dwyer
2 Jan 2018
30.2k
18
Property
Almost no change in house prices in second half of 2017 - but it doesn't mean a bubble has burst
Ronan Lyons
2 Jan 2018
18.5k
16
new year's resolutions
'If you want something different out of life in 2018, try something new'
Derval Chambers Petit
1 Jan 2018
37.7k
12
Read Me
'1918 was a year of monumental importance that had plenty in common with 2018 Ireland'
Caoimhín De Barra
1 Jan 2018
21.7k
11
Opinion
'Therapy and personal training taught me that it's impossible to run away from self-loathing'
Rosemary MacCabe
31 Dec 2017
32.2k
15
review 2017
These were the 15 'biggest things' to happen in 2017
Kevin Cunningham
31 Dec 2017
115k
29
Read Me
2017: How was it for Trump?
Larry Donnelly
31 Dec 2017
10.1k
37
Read Me
Self-care: 'Ireland is the only country where 'you love yourself' is an insult'
Amy Plant
30 Dec 2017
48.3k
43
column
GIY: 'Over a hot cup of soup, I was reminded how great you feel after a meitheal'
Michael Kelly
30 Dec 2017
19.2k
4
Irish language
Opinion: Will Bliain na Gaeilge turn into Bliain na Begrudgers 2018?
Dermot McNally
30 Dec 2017
17.3k
77
forgotten legacy
'Politicians can't agree about 10 people - so another 490 injured through no fault of their own get nothing'
Dennis Godfrey
29 Dec 2017
35.1k
35
new year's resolutions
Ditch the diet: 'Your plan for 2018 should be not to make grand plans'
Ciara Wright PhD
29 Dec 2017
16.7k
9
it stops now
Opinion: Women of Ireland, 2018 will be our year
Orla O'Connor
29 Dec 2017
18.1k
235
column
Caring at Christmas: '24: The number of hours I work per day'
Tracy McGinnis
28 Dec 2017
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10
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