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From the Garden: What is the difference between celery and celeriac?
Michael Kelly
Opinion: I had a tumour growing in my breast but I also had a life growing inside me
Mary Canavan
Opinion: 'I’m thinking of you' and 9 other things it's OK to say to a family going through cancer
Sarah Geraghty
Opinion: Can Irish media users identify trustworthy news sources?
Niamh Kirk
Opinion: 'Homelessness in Ireland has many faces and come this June I could be one'
Janette Byrne
Opinion: Tech giants must be held responsible for publishing images of murder and child abuse
Diarmuid Pepper
Opinion: What can we learn from the Irish people who live to be 100?
Alison Fagan
Opinion: When the Beatles played Dublin in 1963 John Lennon declared: ‘We’re all Irish’
Francis Kenny
Leaving Neverland: 'A monster was hiding in plain sight and we chose to look the other way'
Shane Dunphy
Opinion: My generation has only known peace on this island, but I’m afraid that’s about to change
Emily Duffy
The Irish For: The word Tory comes from the Irish word tóraí meaning a bandit or outlaw
Darach Ó Séaghdha
Opinion: In many ways St Patrick's Day is an Irish American festival
Robbie Smyth
From the Garden: 'Traditionally Irish people put their spuds in the ground on or around St Patrick’s Day'
Michael Kelly
Opinion: The Irish American community is still an influential force in US politics
Larry Donnelly
Opinion: What does it take to raise your children through Irish?
Caoimhín De Barra
Opinion: Let's drop the narrative of the undeserving poor and other myths that dehumanise people
Fionnuala Kennedy
Opinion: As a teacher should I encourage my students to strike against climate change?
Ronan Moore
Opinion: Is Brexit advancing the cause of Scottish independence from the UK?
Gareth Brown
Opinion: I visited North Korea and Kim Jong Un is a recreation of the emperors who ruled Korea for centuries
Tom Farrell
The Irish For: Some older words don't exist in English - clochscríbhinn means an inscription on stone
Darach Ó Séaghdha
Opinion: Claims culture is out of control - as play centres close due to being sued for kids falling
Grace Vaughan
From the garden: Grow, Cook, Eat is back on TV this month and we'll be tackling food waste
Michael Kelly
Opinion: Lone parents who work get up very early in the morning - but Varadkar doesn't represent us
Louise Bayliss
Opinion: We need a fair and transparent system for deciding which expensive new drugs to fund
Maebh Ní Fhallúin
Opinion: The Venezuelan government must go - it has failed its people and become utterly corrupt
Eamon Stack
Tom Clonan: Who is responsible for the incendiary devices posted from Dublin to London this week?
Tom Clonan
Opinion: There is a good reason why nobody plays golf in Manhattan
Paddy Smyth
Opinion: Had Denis O'Brien's suit succeeded, our democratic system could have been undermined
David Kenny
Opinion: A million people have no health cover as low-paid families are excluded from access to the medical card
Felim O'Rourke
Opinion: Long-awaited surrogacy laws still won't recognise many parents
Brian Tobin
Opinion: Is the Catholic Church still covering up child sex abuse on the grounds that it is a 'pontifical secret'?
Shane Dunphy
Opinion: How to deal with your child's fear of the monsters under the bed
Philippa Perry
The Irish For: While Europe was stuck in the Dark Ages - Ireland's Brehon laws were relatively enlightened
Darach Ó Séaghdha
Opinion: Families of murder victims have a legal right to information about the case
Joan Deane
From the Garden: 'Topsy turvy doesn’t begin to describe our weather'
Michael Kelly
Opinion: 'E-cigarettes may be an effective tobacco cessation tool but at what cost to society'?
Des Cox
Opinion: 'You often hear that the Irish language is badly taught in our schools but that is not true'
Caoimhín De Barra
Opinion: We need to be able to track where our charity donation goes. Here's how
Danny Curran
Opinion: 'My book club was my lifeline'
Bridget Ginnity
Opinion: There is a wonder-drug that all schools should be prescribing
Niall Moyna