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Opinion: Around the world, girls still don't have equal rights - but many are fighting for change

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Gillian Barnett

Irish literature: What our own stories of emigration teach us about today's immigrants

Irish literature: What our own stories of emigration teach us about today's immigrants

Irish literature expert Máirín Nic Eoin takes us through memoirs, stories, poems and songs about stories of people departing Ireland over the years.

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Máirín Nic Eoin

Christmas is going to be expensive this year - would you like to keep a Money Diary for us?

Christmas is going to be expensive this year - would you like to keep a Money Diary for us?

We’re asking readers to keep a diary to let us know how your finances are looking ahead of the festive season.

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Analysis: We're halfway through COP30. Here's the good, the bad and the ugly so far

Analysis: We're halfway through COP30. Here's the good, the bad and the ugly so far

Negotiators should put the needs of people who are most affected by the climate crisis at the centre of their decisions, writes Karol Balfe.

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Karol Balfe

Fintan O'Toole and Sam McBride: Facts, not tribalism, should help decide on a united Ireland

The journalists and columnists say we owe it to each other – and to those who have suffered in the past – to have a debate that is considerate and...

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Fintan Otoole And Sam Mcbride

Opinion: Almost 7,500 people need cataract surgery in Ireland - here's how we can fix waiting lists

Ireland’s cataract crisis isn’t about money but rather about how we organise and deliver care, writes Frank Doheny.

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Frank Doheny

Money Diaries: An accountant on €88K living in the Midlands

Money Diaries: An accountant on €88K living in the Midlands

This week, our reader is saving to renovate her new home and to pay off a loan.

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Dr Chris Luke: Medics should consider rethinking their attitude to drink spiking cases

Dr Chris Luke: Medics should consider rethinking their attitude to drink spiking cases

Dr Chris Luke explains why suspected cases of drink spiking can sometimes go unheeded in emergency departments – and why that should change.

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Dr Chris Luke

Motoring: When it comes to cars, we are often guilty of buying more than we need

Over the past four decades, the family car has grown taller, wider and heavier — and the consequences are playing out everywhere from rural roads...

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Paddy Comyn

Down with the kids: I googled what '6-7' means. I’m officially old

Niamh O’Reilly discovers what the hell the phrase that all the kids are saying is all about, and shares how parents can get their children to stop...

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Niamh Oreilly