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Our rights and freedoms are at stake in times as perilous as the late 1930s

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The Irish Times

Michael Mcdowell

Ireland’s parliamentary standards have been trashed in recent weeks

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The Irish Times

Kathy Sheridan

Kathriona Devereux: Forget the Swiss Army knife - how will you feed the baby in a disaster? 

Kathriona Devereux: Forget the Swiss Army knife - how will you feed the baby in a disaster? 

In the aftermath of Storm Éowyn, I wrote about how we all need to become preppers in a climate changed world. Someone high up in the EU must be an...

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Evening Echo

Evening Echo

Useless automated systems make every transaction a struggle

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Irish Examiner

Sarah Harte

World Autism Day: 'My children deserve to be valued by the system for who they are'

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TheJournal

Lucinda Murrihy

Cork art exhibition inspired by children of Gaza

Cork art exhibition inspired by children of Gaza

When friends Féile Butler, of Sligo, and Mohammed Timraz, of Gaza, began swapping images of children’s art over WhatsApp in June last year, they...

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Evening Echo

Evening Echo

Keir Starmer's plans risk losing the dressing room even before half-time

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Irish Examiner

S Fergus Finlay

Cork hurlers have always been able to take or leave the league

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Irish Examiner

S Kieran Shannon

Trevor Laffan: 'I have no desire to get naked in public'

Trevor Laffan: 'I have no desire to get naked in public'

The media in the UK has been warning British tourists holidaying on the Algarve this summer that they could face £1,250 fines if they are caught...

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Evening Echo

Evening Echo

Costs at home convincing GAA teams to train in Portugal

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Irish Examiner

S Fogarty Forum

Connacht have sown seeds by making rugby accessible and relatable

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Irish Examiner

S Duncan Casey

Let’s not pretend the Twelfth is about ‘respect and understanding’

Forgive me if I seem churlish. On the face of it, Friday’s statement from groups planning Eleventh Night bonfires this year looks like a step in...

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The Irish News

Tom Collins

‘Beneath the smile he has steel’ – Meet Maroš Šefčovič, the man leading the EU’s response to Trump

Who is Maroš Šefčovič, the mild-mannered company man trying to save transatlantic trade?

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The Business Post

Sarah Collins

Opinion: Our focus should not be on 'toxic masculinity', but on why men and boys feel so lost

Opinion: Our focus should not be on 'toxic masculinity', but on why men and boys feel so lost

A focus on ‘toxic masculinity’ after the Netflix drama Adolescence misses the point, writes Dr Chris Luke.

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TheJournal

Dr Chris Luke

Who will grasp the opportunity to solve Stormont’s housing and water crisis?

A primary role of governance is ensuring people can meet their basic needs through properly functioning market or state provision. Shelter and...

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The Irish News

Lee Reynolds

Opinion: 'Not only could he not get an appointment, he couldn't get a GP to take him on'

When his GP retired, *Paul faced cancer without primary care and was left begging to be put on a waiting list.

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TheJournal

Anonymous

Boys want love, trust and intimacy just as much as girls do

Like, it seems, everybody else, I’ve been watching Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham’s brilliant and terrible Netflix series Adolescence. It does what...

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The Irish Times

Fintan O&x27Toole

Michael Lowry gave two fingers to the public. Their message back to the Government is equally concise

Amid the spin, obfuscation, arguments, upcoming no-confidence motion, reaction and criticism that characterises the current Dáil, reflection on why...

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The Irish Times

Una Mullally

The 80/20 rule of dating is nonsense. So why do so many people believe it?

The “80/20 rule” plays a key part in the Netflix series Adolescence. It says 80 per cent of women are attracted to 20 per cent of men, meaning if...

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The Irish Times

Joe Humphreys

Donald Trump’s tariffs: The distinct dangers for Ireland, pharma in the spotlight and what else to expect

Donald Trump could hardly have talked up the importance of next Wednesday’s tariff announcement any more, dubbing it America’s “Liberation...

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The Irish Times

Cliff Taylor

Being an Age Friendly ambassador might just be useful — and fun

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Irish Examiner

S Terry Prone

What Kerry lacked in polish they made up for in grunt

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Irish Examiner

S Éamonn Fitzmaurice

Let’s learn the lessons of history as Trump brings US to brink of fascism

Huey P Long, the authoritarian, populist governor of Louisiana in the 1920/30s, nearly made it to the White House. He’s the real-life individual on...

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The Irish News

Tom Kelly

By punching down on some of the poorest in society, has Labour lost its moral compass? 

Having endured 14 years of Tory governments which included austerity, a cost-of-living crisis, Brexit and Covid-19, the public voted for change....

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The Irish News

Deirdre Heenan

The childhood smack that stayed with me: Reflections on parenting, discipline and smacking

I loved my granny, my source of wisdom, my inspiration. When I knelt beside her bed as she was dying she suddenly opened her dear eyes and smiled...

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The Irish News

Anne Hailes

Opinion: This government is determined to turn its back on sustainable forestry in Ireland

Opinion: This government is determined to turn its back on sustainable forestry in Ireland

Pádraic Fogarty says that despite the climate crisis, Ireland’s native trees are last in line once again as unsustainable forestry practices...

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TheJournal

Pádraic Fogarty

The road to the Irish presidency is not an easy one for northerners

Michael D Higgins has been an outstanding Irish first citizen over the last 14 years and, as he prepares to stand down, identifying a successor who...

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The Irish News

Noel Doran

‘The industry is on ice’: Why Ireland risks losing energy investors just as demand for power soars

Last year judicial reviews against energy projects trebled, as the country tried to add more assets to the grid

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The Business Post

Laura Roddy

Opinion: Ireland’s islands have a unique and captivating history — we should cherish them

Opinion: Ireland’s islands have a unique and captivating history — we should cherish them

Artist Pamela de Brí looks at the history and changing shape of life on Ireland’s many islands.

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TheJournal

Pamela De Brí

Bangkok is banging hot spot, so I need my nana naps

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Irish Examiner

Suzanne Harrington

Money Diaries: A laboratory specialist on €70K living in Dublin

Money Diaries: A laboratory specialist on €70K living in Dublin

This week, our reader is busy hitting the gym early, walking the dog and getting ahead on spending, saving and budgeting.

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TheJournal

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