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grogans
A colourful character, a progressive and a lover of arts. Goodbye to Tommy Smith of Grogan’s
HISMM
How I Spend My Money: A 33-year-old corporate solicitor on €112,000 with a young family, living in Dublin
leap year
The Irish For: Time for two Irish romantic traditions - Leap Year proposals and the Skellig Lists
Opinion: Stranded on platforms, crawling through faulty lifts: travelling with a disability on public transport
ge2020
Opinion: My polling card will arrive this week, but I live in the UK. Irish citizens abroad should have a vote
Iowa caucuses
Larry Donnelly: If luck and timing count in politics, then both are in Trump's favour for November
religious education
Opinion: Religion is a choice - not an obligation. Let's make religious classes opt-in
Childcare Costs
Opinion: We don’t want the crumbs from the table – childcare is in crisis and we need support
ge2020
The Secret Canvasser: 'Some of them are your die-hards. Like Renée Zellweger, you had them at hello.'
money diaries
How I Spend My Money: A 30-year-old back living at home and on the dole after over a year travelling
column
The Irish For: Was Dracula's name inspired by Gaeilge? Probably not, but coincidence can be lovely
Opinion
Opinion: 'It's only as an adult in a post-Brexit world that the extent of what people lived through in the Troubles hits home'
Coronavirus
Opinion: One minute it's a family holiday, the next we're housebound in China - one Irishman's coronavirus story
Health Crisis
Opinion: Examined in the toilet, protesting in a chair for a bed - my battle for comfort in hospital
ge2020
Lise Hand: Will they? Won't they? Shades of Love Island as big parties can't avoid recoupling talk
Events Dear
Lise Hand: Meticulous election planning meaningless as parties skid on first banana skins
Money Diary
How I Spend My Money: A 29-year-old data analyst from Waterford, living and working in Brussels on €39,000
ge2020
Opinion: The two homeless tragedies this week mean the Irish electorate is alert to this issue
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