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I’m proud of dad for opening up on prostate cancer

I’m proud of dad for opening up on prostate cancer

When my dad, Gerry Kelly, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2021, my world turned upside down. Cancer is one of those words that lands with a...

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Evening Echo

Evening Echo

Would compulsory voting empower Galway’s disaffected citizens?

Would compulsory voting empower Galway’s disaffected citizens?

Bradley Bytes – A sort of political column by Dara Bradley There’s a housing estate in Tuam where a third of all residents are not registered to...

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Connacht Tribune

Dara Bradley

Charlie Taylor: One year after the Draghi Report Ireland faces its own competitiveness test

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The Business Post

Charlie Taylor

 How to bake raspberry shortbread bars and the mistakes to avoid

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Irish Examiner

Michelle Darmody

Three Sophie Morris recipes to help you start a food revolution

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Irish Examiner

Darina Allen

Why is every woman over 40 on Vinted?

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Irish Examiner

Esther Mccarthy

We have crossed the line between criticism and hatred 

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Irish Examiner

Gareth Ocallaghan

Hard work, not whingeing, maketh a President

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Irish Examiner

S Mick Clifford

Reaction to Charlie Kirk's killing shows our selective compassion 

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Irish Examiner

Colin Sheridan

Annual budget strategy has to pivot to long-termism

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Irish Examiner

Paul Hosford

Bringing the Irish Open to Trump’s Doonbeg bolsters golf’s elitist image

Rory McIlroy was searching for the words, though he had no need of them. The catch in his voice said it all. “Rory, Rory, Rory,” the spectators...

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The Irish Times

Justine Mccarthy

Listening to the voices that add spark to our car journeys

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Irish Examiner

Colm Oregan

Daft ideas and Dublin deals from the toffs against terrorism

The annual British-Irish Association bash alternates between Oxford and Cambridge. It’s been happening now for over 50 years. During the Troubles...

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The Irish News

Brian Feeney

Ian Guider: Penneys owner’s share price likely to tread water until investors see profit progress

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The Business Post

Ian Guider

It’s Groundhog Day meets Carry On, Psycho at Stormont

A paragraph in Charles King’s review of the new biography of William F Buckley (Buckley: The Life And The Revolution That Changed America)...

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The Irish News

Alex Kane

Opinion: Only by visiting the West Bank can you understand what life is like for Palestinians there

Opinion: Only by visiting the West Bank can you understand what life is like for Palestinians there

Social Democrats senator Patricia Stephenson shares what she experienced on a recent fact-finding mission to the occupied territory.

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TheJournal

Patricia Stephenson

Opinion: The Traitors tells us more than you might think about Zoomers vs Boomers

Opinion: The Traitors tells us more than you might think about Zoomers vs Boomers

The suspenseful reality competition has raised some interesting conversations around age, writes Gwen Loughman.

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TheJournal

Gwen Loughman

What’s the point of party think-ins when the same social problems persist?

What, if anything, will come from the annual political party “think-ins” that herald the beginning of the new Dáil term? These gatherings,...

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The Irish Times

Diarmaid Ferriter

Cork Views: Give the northside a park for its young people

Cork Views: Give the northside a park for its young people

Researchers at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences in Dublin recently outlined how more than a quarter of adolescents described their...

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Evening Echo

Evening Echo

We are too quick to move 'away from the trouble... of cantankerous old age'

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Irish Examiner

Jennifer Horgan

Councillors likely to stick to party lines on nominations

Councillors likely to stick to party lines on nominations

World of Politics with Harry McGee The two councils that cover Galway City and County have nominated independent candidates in the past two...

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Connacht Tribune

Harry Mcgee

Lessons in life from the Sammon of Knowledge

Lessons in life from the Sammon of Knowledge

A Different View with Dave O’Connell It’s well over a decade ago that what is now the University of Galway decided to take time and look at itself...

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Connacht Tribune

Dave Oconnell

70 years a Brother... Dan has served God and the people well

70 years a Brother... Dan has served God and the people well

There was a huge crowd at the Dungourney versus Lisgoold hurling game in Castlelyons last Sunday. After a rip-roaring match, the men from Jamesey...

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Evening Echo

John Arnold

Books: 'Life in the convent was all about power and domination'

Books: 'Life in the convent was all about power and domination'

Breda O’Toole’s memoir is a story of the resilience of the human spirit.

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TheJournal

Breda Otoole

Spending €30 million more on Ryder Cup 2027 is throwing good money after bad

The question as to whether the Government should chip in another €30 million to support the Ryder Cup at Adare Manor in Limerick in 2027 is a valid...

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The Irish Times

John Mcmanus

Friendly reminder: Sometimes being passive aggressive works. Just don't overdo it

Friendly reminder: Sometimes being passive aggressive works. Just don't overdo it

From hostile punctuation to inconsiderate parking, Gwen Loughman examines the behaviour and conducts her own experiment to see if it gets results.

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TheJournal

Gwen Loughman

Ireland will soon need someone else to take the blame

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Irish Examiner

S Tommy Martin

My nightmare encounters with SUVs... slap a big tax on them

My nightmare encounters with SUVs... slap a big tax on them

Nearly everybody seems to own one. And, it seems, everybody else believes they should have one. Two weeks ago, shortly after my car – and me – were...

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Evening Echo

Evening Echo

Dublin official's comments on English Market were a hostage to fortune

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Irish Examiner

S Michael Moynihan

Sinn Féin has created an orange-green split on Lough Neagh

On Tuesday in Stormont, Sinn Féin once again faced the question of what to put first: Lough Neagh or the farming lobby. This time, for the first...

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The Irish Times

Newton Emerson

Could better housing design help end intimidation at interfaces?

Mixed social housing has come to be seen as the ideal use for derelict land along interfaces. This is a noble vision and is usually the preference...

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The Irish News

Newton Emerson

We should not dismiss blatantly political works from artists like Banksy

John Keats, the ingénue English Romantic poet, coined the idea of “negative capability”. He was trying to describe a characteristic of great...

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The Irish Times

Finn Mcredmond

Explainer - changes to organ donation laws

Explainer - changes to organ donation laws

Organ donation is when you give healthy organs and tissue from your body for transplantation into another person’s body, to replace their organs...

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Evening Echo

Evening Echo

Sarah Collins: von der Leyen makes big promises on Israel, Ukraine, but fails to silence critics

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The Business Post

Sarah Collins

Larry Donnelly: After Charlie Kirk’s killing, America teeters on the brink

Larry Donnelly: After Charlie Kirk’s killing, America teeters on the brink

Our columnist says the murder of the 31-year-old conservative commentator will be consequential for the US in ways we can’t be sure of.

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TheJournal

Larry Donnelly