How long more is the Government going to cling to the fiction that 30,000 new homes is enough?

There seems to be a general acceptance, behind the scenes at least, in Government that the game is up when it comes to the targets set in Housing...

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John Mcmanus

Snobbery about snobs is misplaced. Just ask foodie Eoin Ó Broin

More than once the Sinn Féin Housing spokesperson, Eoin Ó Broin, has come under gentle fire for his cooking habits. Not because they resemble what...

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Finn Mcredmond

Battle lines are being drawn in the North over sex education and hate crimes

Open culture war has broken out between the DUP and Alliance. An Alliance motion in the Assembly on Monday called on the DUP to implement a...

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Newton Emerson

Not-quite-Independents are emerging as the new political force

In case you imagined that we have only a handful of political parties, well, the news is we have 29. Yep, 29. All legally registered with the...

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Kathy Sheridan

If the worst happens, who would come to our defence? We are acutely vulnerable to threat

It is a strange irony that the majority of EU states, including Nato members, are collectively considering how to deal with the threat posed by the...

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Michael Mcdowell

EU’s new migration pact portrays irregular migrants as debased, undeserving and possibly criminal

The European Parliament has given the green light to the adoption of the new EU pact on migration and asylum and Helen McEntee has signalled that...

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Ciara Smyth

Have we ditched the Stardust-era stereotype that the working classes are wild and reckless?

Once might be carelessness; twice begins to look like unconscious bias. To come to terms with the full import of last week’s inquest verdicts of...

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Fintan O&x27Toole

Should the mandatory three-day wait for abortion be lifted? Dr Mary Favier and Eilís Mulroy debate

Women are still leaving Ireland for abortion – at least 860 women since the Eighth Amendment was repealed. Many of these women are pushed over the...

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Mary Favier And Eilis Mulroy

From coral babies to a battery-powered grid, there are reasons for hope

This article won the Opinion and overall Student Journalist of the Year categories at the Newsbrands Ireland Press Pass Student Journalism awards...

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Grace Oleary

Politics is all about managing the present. What people need is a story of the future

No offence to Fine Gael’s new leader but Simon Harris: The Movie is unlikely to be made. Ryan Gosling’s phone will never ring with the offer to...

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Joe Humphreys

‘Money and I are best friends’: The influencers promising that manifesting will make you rich

Here is a video of a young woman with blonde highlights and a smattering of chin acne. She smiles serenely for the camera, patting her temples like...

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Rachel Odwyer

Many parents still value a Catholic education, but too few teachers are willing to provide it

Sigmund Freud famously quipped that the Irish were the only people in the world resistant to psychoanalysis. They may also be the only people in...

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Alexander Ohara

Did no alarm bell tinkle from RTÉ's editorial structures about its programme on abortion services?

Way back at the end of the last century, I was wondering whether to continue with the insecure, six-month researcher contracts I was getting from...

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Breda O&x27Brien

Surge dining: Would you pay more to eat a rib-eye on a Saturday than on Tuesday?

Wendy’s is an American hamburger chain famous for fare that sounds like a Young Scientist experiment: square beef patties and “Frosty”...

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Jennifer O&x27Connell

I have reported in Rwanda three times. On my fourth attempt, I was not allowed on the plane

It took me a moment to realise that the airline staff at the gate in front of me were shaking their heads. It was March 25th, and I was in Addis...