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Homelessness
'You may not smell too good, and if they smell drink off ye at all, they’ll label you straight away'
Andrea Koenigstorfer
5 Dec 2017
21.6k
11
Disability Services
Opinion: Despite €67m spend we have poor management and a lack of accountability
Professor Christine Loscher
4 Dec 2017
24.7k
18
Read Me
Hep C and me: 'I was nauseous all the time. I couldn’t gain weight. My skin was itchy and raw'
Patrick Gallagher
3 Dec 2017
31.2k
18
column
Eddie Hobbs: Is the global recovery fake?
Eddie Hobbs
3 Dec 2017
61.4k
85
Opinion
14 cyclist deaths in 2017: 'Yet we victim blame cyclists who don’t opt for DayGlo clothing'
Ciarán Cuffe
3 Dec 2017
43.1k
293
column
Being an introvert: 'Don't let anyone tell you you're too quiet'
Pauline Dunne
2 Dec 2017
105k
38
Gardening
GIY leeks and a dish that will chase away the winter chills
Michael Kelly
2 Dec 2017
17.2k
4
Frances Fitzgerald
Opinion: How badly damaged has the Taoiseach been?
Larry Donnelly
2 Dec 2017
26.6k
98
column
HIV diagnosis: 'I went into a spasm of shock. My mother knew the result just by looking at me'
Anonymous
1 Dec 2017
36.0k
21
Opinion
Obesity: 'We have gained one pound a year over the past twenty years'
Dr John Sharry
30 Nov 2017
13.7k
26
column
Speaking Irish: 'Even though I’m surrounded by English, it’s not my language'
Osgur Ó Ciardha
29 Nov 2017
26.2k
86
column
Emmerson Mnangagwa: 'A changing of the guard or a genuine fresh start for Zimbabwe?'
Sarah McCann
28 Nov 2017
7.6k
13
Whistleblowers
Tom Clonan on the Maurice McCabe email: 'I suffered a similar campaign of character assassination'
Tom Clonan
27 Nov 2017
66.1k
93
education inequality
Opinion: We have an unacceptably high level of school suspensions and expulsions
Dr Áine Hyland
27 Nov 2017
21.7k
92
irish justice system
Sexual abuse: 'Did I consent? I was just a little girl, but yes, I let it happen'
Anonymous
26 Nov 2017
126k
43
Read Me
'An old man had been taken into Garda custody for knocking on a door. ALONE went to his rescue'
Valerie Cox
26 Nov 2017
35.5k
8
House Prices
Column: Hey Leo, we can't afford a €320K house
Eoin Ó Broin
26 Nov 2017
71.1k
113
Read Me
Short story: 'When Blue Snowflakes Fall' by Eoin Dolan Lane
Eoin Dolan Lane
25 Nov 2017
8.0k
4
column
GIY: 'School lunches shouldn't be about wolfing down a sandwich in ten minutes'
Michael Kelly
25 Nov 2017
30.9k
33
Electoral Register
Opinion: 'Young people should be automatically registered to vote at 18'
James Doorley
25 Nov 2017
9.1k
79
Northern Ireland
Tom Clonan: 'A land border would be provocative and divisive while Stormont is suspended'
Tom Clonan
24 Nov 2017
11.4k
51
traveller accommodation
Carrowbrowne site: 'Travellers have a right to a home that is culturally appropriate'
Joanna Corcoran
23 Nov 2017
37.1k
124
work life
Opinion: I want to stop women feeling like frauds in a corporate culture designed for our grandfathers
Aileen O'Toole
22 Nov 2017
13.5k
56
EXTRACT
Maria Edgeworth's letters: 'Sir Walter Scott punctual to his word arrived on Friday'
Valerie Pakenham
22 Nov 2017
6.7k
20
Opinion
World Cup bid: Why should taxpayers' money be given to sporting organisations?
Sean Byrne
22 Nov 2017
10.9k
59
anti-vaxxers
Measles outbreak: Should we pay doctors to track down unvaccinated children?
Jennifer Whitmore
21 Nov 2017
15.6k
166
Opinion
'We need an NCT-style certification system on minimum standards in the private rented sector'
John-Mark McCafferty
20 Nov 2017
15.8k
56
Read Me
Cerebral palsy: 'I’m like everyone else. I want to party, get drunk, make mistakes'
Paddy Smyth
19 Nov 2017
23.8k
37
Archaeology
Column: How has a major medieval abbey in the centre of Dublin been forgotten?
Dr Ruth Johnson
19 Nov 2017
66.7k
44
Opinion
David McCullagh on Eamon de Valera: 'People tended either to love him or to loath him'
David McCullagh
19 Nov 2017
15.2k
77
80th anniversary
Opinion: 'The Irish Constitution has served us well for the most part'
Dr Laura Cahillane
18 Nov 2017
12.3k
39
Gardening
Food miles: Don't buy strawberries from Israel during Irish strawberry season
Michael Kelly
18 Nov 2017
33.8k
112
men's rights
Opinion: Why do we even need an International Men’s Day?
David Walsh
18 Nov 2017
23.7k
154
Homelessness
'Action on homelessness would do more for our international reputation than chastising commentary'
Kevin Hargaden
17 Nov 2017
7.5k
73
Opinion
As a survivor of violent rape, I believe #MeToo is a powerful force for victims
Winnie M Li
16 Nov 2017
16.5k
36
aphasia
Assistive technology: 'I have difficulty speaking and I use my iPad as a communications device to speak'
Anne O'Brien
16 Nov 2017
9.2k
3
Read Me
Coercive control: 'If I didn’t do what he wanted me to, myself and the kids would suffer'
Sharon O'Halloran
15 Nov 2017
44.5k
130
column
Micheal Healy Rae: 'The government should leave our young drivers alone'
Michael Healy Rae
14 Nov 2017
58.6k
125
Irish Rail
Opinion: Do we still need unions?
Jason O'Sullivan
13 Nov 2017
33.5k
118
column
Joanne McNally: 'I don’t want children, but I’m not selfish'
Joanne McNally
12 Nov 2017
50.2k
167
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