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life with dyspraxia
Column: 'I struggle with simple tasks like tying up my hair in a ponytail'
Ellen O'Brien
3 Sep 2017
33.5k
18
Opinion
Paddy Power at Knock: A bit of fun or offensive and hurtful to the devout?
Jason O'Sullivan
3 Sep 2017
27.0k
158
Read Me
Palliative care: 'I felt that if I brought the nurse into my life, I was really dying'
Evelyn Wakefield
2 Sep 2017
20.0k
19
GIY
Lunches: Think beyond sandwiches as new school term begins'
Michael Kelly
2 Sep 2017
15.2k
30
insights
'For one of our first events they told us to bring food for 250 people – we sold one burger'
Rory McCormack
2 Sep 2017
27.5k
18
Opinion
Tuam's Confederate monument: 'Put this ugly part of history in a museum'
Katherine Brewer
2 Sep 2017
8.0k
107
gp salaries
Opinion: 'Young GPs wouldn't be emigrating if GMS payments represented take-home pay'
Chris Goodey
1 Sep 2017
10.8k
50
sound effect
Column: 'I'm 105.5cms tall and I gain access to the world around me by asking passers-by for help'
Sinéad Burke
31 Aug 2017
15.4k
18
column
'Raidió na Gaeltachta’s founders created a 'woke' space well before its time'
Siún Ní Dhuinn
31 Aug 2017
9.9k
30
Tribunals
Opinion: 'Too little accountability creates monsters. Too much blame creates fools'
Martin Fellenz
30 Aug 2017
6.5k
32
Opinion
Ireland's national debt: 'We are arguably approaching a very serious crisis'
Colm Fitzgerald
29 Aug 2017
88.6k
120
Opinion
Terror in Ireland: 'We face a new threat and we must be imaginative in how we use the arms of State'
Declan Power
28 Aug 2017
21.5k
113
congregated settings
Column: 'My brother Thomas is not suitable for 'community living''
Joyce Bambury
27 Aug 2017
30.1k
20
revenge porn
Cyberbullying: 'Girls' lives can be ripped apart by angry boys who can't have them'
Stella O'Malley
27 Aug 2017
21.1k
99
Read Me
'The portrayal of gender abuse is often misused in order to justify discriminatory and even racist speech'
Nicoletta Mandolini and Dr Caroline Williamson
27 Aug 2017
7.9k
67
Gardening
Pickles, sauces and spiralising: Using up the summer's veg harvest
Michael Kelly
26 Aug 2017
2.8k
0
US-NORTH KOREAN RELATIONS
Opinion: 'Trump should eliminate US nukes and give a chance to diplomacy'
Julien Mercille
26 Aug 2017
5.6k
66
Colombia
'We are all coming to the same conclusion – prohibitive drug laws harm'
Tony Duffin
25 Aug 2017
11.2k
52
FAKE NEWS
Targeted ads: 'Everything we read online is a reflection of what we want to hear'
Deirdre Robertson
24 Aug 2017
4.5k
34
column
'The rigid way our social welfare system works means we are losing good care workers'
Michael Harty
23 Aug 2017
7.5k
16
Glenanne Gang
Dublin/Monaghan bombings: 'We need to know extent of British state involvement with this loyalist gang'
Seán Crowe
22 Aug 2017
12.0k
157
Opinion
Homeschooling: 'We wanted our children to take responsibility and not to be dependent on us and teachers'
Cora McCauley
21 Aug 2017
13.6k
76
Bionic woman
'A fire ended my Leaving Cert hopes. I've taken a longer, scenic route to success'
Seònaid Ó Murchadha
20 Aug 2017
19.8k
10
column
Bitcoin's future: 'Remember many people saw the early internet as a toy that would never take off'
John Gleeson
20 Aug 2017
13.4k
50
Opinion
'We need an Irish centre, liberal but conscious of valid concerns regarding immigration and security'
Ethan Shattock
20 Aug 2017
6.7k
64
home repossession
'We sold my wedding ring to afford six months' rent. We are now faced with bankruptcy'
Carly Bailey
19 Aug 2017
65.9k
176
column
Gardening: Grow your own tomatoes - from seed to sauce
Michael Kelly
19 Aug 2017
5.6k
14
Opinion
Charlottesville statue: 'Many monuments to British figures were destroyed or removed in Ireland too'
Dr Richard Scriven
19 Aug 2017
15.4k
123
motor insurance premiums
Opinion: 'Genuine personal injury claimants should not be penalised by new regulations'
John McCarthy
18 Aug 2017
10.2k
34
Charlottesville
Opinion: 'These bigots are not representative of 60 million citizens who voted for Trump'
Larry Donnelly
17 Aug 2017
7.9k
179
Opinion
'The government have put their funding into mental health campaigns rather than services'
Una Power
16 Aug 2017
7.7k
19
Abortion
Opinion: 'Sorry, UN. Ireland's abortion laws are progressive, modern and compassionate'
Niamh Uí Bhriain
15 Aug 2017
20.2k
266
column
'We are teaching too many students to do jobs that our society doesn’t need'
Chris Fitzgerald
14 Aug 2017
83.3k
102
Read Me
Caring for Mam: 'Putting myself first is not an option even though I have the most to lose'
Emma Hayes
13 Aug 2017
14.9k
43
International Youth Day
Gen Z: 'A generation that believes in their individual ability to change the world'
Rachel Collier
13 Aug 2017
8.0k
23
Marriage equality
'It's important the government made it look like it was letting people 'have their say''
Dr Brian Tobin
13 Aug 2017
5.6k
54
diversity
Column: 'Diverse Finsbury is an example of how things could be in the world'
Stephen Mullan
12 Aug 2017
6.7k
33
Gardening
GIY: Make your own mildew spray and bake some courgette bread
Michael Kelly
12 Aug 2017
6.5k
1
away with the fairies
'I won't defend Danny Healy-Rae's politics but I will defend personal belief in fairies'
Michael Fortune
12 Aug 2017
18.7k
114
Disability
Tom Clonan: 'I've had enough. We need a campaign for our brothers and sisters disabled by our State'
Tom Clonan
11 Aug 2017
26.6k
44
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