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Opinionpatient first focus
Skyclarys for Friedreich's ataxia: Ireland’s drug reimbursement process needs greater transparency
Yesterday
19th August 2026
OpinionRose of Tralee
My life with alopecia: I tried everything, even rubbed cabbage stalks on my bald head for weeks
OpinionMoving with the times
The physio is in: Can the HSE's new Get Active programme improve fitness? Let's put it to the test
This week
16th August 2026 - 20th August 2026
OpinionHow I Spend My Money
Money Diaries: A marketing manager on €90k currently on unpaid leave after having a baby
Opinionfuture proofing
Analysis: The big AI worry may not be that it betrays us, but that it does what it's told
Last week
9th August 2026 - 15th August 2026
Opinioncruelty to horses
Sulky racing: What is the horse actually experiencing while it's enduring these races?
OpinionMotoring
Born-again bikers: Why I've never got on a motorbike, and why so many men my age suddenly are
Opinion2028 presidential elections
Democrats in elections: What’s next for AOC? Should she aim for the Senate or the White House?
Columnno brave new world
Lise Hand: AI companies destroying books to feed the machines? What fresh hell...
Opinionmedecins sans frontieres
Israel's detention of doctors: Dr Abu Safiya's only crime was refusing to abandon his patients
OpinionPublic Health
Folic acid in flour: Public health interventions will only work when the public gets a say
SeriesHow I Spend My Money
How is your spending and saving going? Would you like to keep a Money Diary?
Columnwhy so spicey
Kelly Earley: Is the success of the spice bag rooted in a culture of fussy eating?
Opinionall equal in my eyes
Raising them right: Is it ever okay to admit you’ve got a favourite child?
SeriesHow I Spend My Money
Money Diaries: A receptionist on €30K living in Dublin and planning to move to Australia
Opinionurban greening
Small forests, big change: How tiny pocket forests can help cities breathe again
This month
August 2026
OpinionSurrealing in the Years
The ticket tout time loop sums up everything that's wrong with how Ireland is run
ColumnMotoring
Free parking and no tolls for EVs: How Norway became the world leader for electric vehicles
OpinionBank Bailout
After the crash: Michael Fingleton’s death does not close the book on Ireland's banking crisis
Columnenough is enough
Kelly Earley: I like spice bags as much as the next person, but we need to draw the line
Opiniondata analysis
Tech worker: I spent a decade being loyal to tech in Ireland. Then AI took my job
OpinionHow I Spend My Money
Money Diaries: A financial administrator living in the west of the country
OpinionIrish language
The Irish language: 100 years after the first Gaeltacht Commission, our support still matters
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