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Opinion: Preventing another genocide is how Germany should come to terms with its history

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Bobby Mcdonagh

Pippa Hackett: Farmers are being treated as pawns in the rural economy

Former Green Party minister and farmer Pippa Hackett writes that farmers should be valued for what they produce, not for what they buy.

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Pippa Hackett

Opinion: The budget will show if Government is serious about a 'step change' for disabled people

Derval McDonagh of Inclusion Ireland says disabled people and their families need real, meaningful solutions instead of the relentless crisis...

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Derval Mcdonagh

Opinion: Profit has a pervasive influence on mental illness and chronic disease

Ireland isn’t doing enough to put people’s wellbeing above corporate profit, writes Dr Catherine Conlon.

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Dr Catherine Conlon

Money Diaries: A clerical officer on €31K living in Dublin

Money Diaries: A clerical officer on €31K living in Dublin

This week, our reader enjoys a night at the theatre and does some planning for an upcoming trip to London.

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Lawyer sailing toward Gaza: I can't stand idly by while the rule of law is decimated

Leigh Brosnan explains how International Law invalidates any claim by Israel that the Global Sumud Flotilla is illegal or a threat to security.

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Leigh Brosnan

Surrealing in the Years: Jim Gavin's answer on Gaza makes his Áras run look like a real gamble

Surrealing in the Years: Jim Gavin's answer on Gaza makes his Áras run look like a real gamble

Also this week: Put Brian McFadden on the Westlife stamp.

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Carl Kinsella

Opinion: I left Ireland for a better life in Paris. Here’s why many young Irish people are considering the same

Opinion: I left Ireland for a better life in Paris. Here’s why many young Irish people are considering the same

A young Irish woman living in Paris describes that living abroad has given her freedoms she wouldn’t have been able to find in Ireland.

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Mandy Cherie

Wicklow player from BBC's Traitors: It breaks my heart to see the fabulous Irish cast getting hate online

Anna Duke, who was an Irish contestant on The Traitors in the UK, writes about navigating online hate and enjoying the players’ game strategies.

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Anna Duke