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Anne-Marie Flynn

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OPINION: Could the Irish do living funerals?

“Morrie cried and laughed with them. And all the heartfelt things we never get to say to those we love, Morrie said that day. His ‘living...

11.04.2024 9

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OPINION: Leo’s legacy is a very mixed bag

One of my first recollections of Leo Varadkar is not political. In a now long-gone nightclub in Dublin in the mid-noughties, it was to our surprise...

27.03.2024 10

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OPINION: Referendums a failure on so many levels

Where to start with the recent referendums? A shambles, from start to finish, and a costly shambles, at that. Holding Friday’s Care and Family...

14.03.2024 20

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OPINION: We need to talk about suicide

REGULAR readers of this column, An Cailín Rua, will remember my examination before Christmas of the spend on road-safety initiatives, in light of the...

29.02.2024 40

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OPINION: Vaccine education vital in measles battle

Measles is back, and sadly, the disease has already claimed a life in Ireland, the first in over 20 years. At time of writing, nine other suspected...

15.02.2024 10

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OPINION: Be like Brigid – today, her legacy is more relevant than ever

We have all surely had our fill of dark mornings, inclement weather and the general drudgery of January. But hope is on the horizon. February has...

01.02.2024 20

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OPINION: The benefits of solitude

I find it quite incredible that we are already two weeks into the new year. Perhaps it’s just a side-effect of ageing, but the days, the days seem...

20.01.2024 6

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OPINION: Punching above his weight

JUST when you thought the world could not get any madder, or more depressing, mutterings emanating from the cesspit formerly known as Twitter, now X,...

21.12.2023 10

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OPINION: Is the RSA fit for purpose?

THE topic of road safety always come to the fore at this time of year, as the weather deteriorates and end-of-year headline statistics begin to...

07.12.2023 6

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Is wellness making us sicker?

“Make sure you take it easy for the evening,” warned the massage therapist as she dispatched me, lathered in arnica, into the cold, dark evening....

24.11.2023 7

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OPINION: The Christmas creep cometh

It’s November 3, and I’ve just left the pharmacy. Along with the routine prescription and a smelly candle, I left the building with a nagging...

09.11.2023 40

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CAILÍN RUA: On Israel, Gaza, horrors and helplessness

These are heavy times. As dark nights draw in, grey skies droop towards greyer paths, and relentless, bloody war rains down hell on innocents in the...

26.10.2023 7

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OPINION: Mental-health care is a dysfunctional shambles

Tuesday, October 10, marked World Mental Health Day. Established in 1992 as a global advocacy and awareness programme by the World Federation for...

12.10.2023 5

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OPINION: Forgotten women of the revolution

As the Decade of Centenaries draws to a close, there will no doubt be a period of public reflection on the value and achievements of the...

28.09.2023 8

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AN CAILÍN RUA: Fair city no more

It may have been a fair city once, but looking over from this side of the country, it’s fair to say our nation’s capital is not a place of which...

14.09.2023 20

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