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nuclear bets
Ireland's energy future: What if the real failure here is that we stopped thinking bigger?
new book
Barry Cummins: I shudder to think I sat in Tina Satchwell’s home while her body lay buried there
life in the west
An Spidéal in a byelection: We're caught between dereliction, development and a lack of vision
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: How is Bertie Ahern still finding new ways to disappoint us?
childhood in a rocky world
Navigating an uncertain world: The adults are panicking, but the kids are alright
the hunger games
The Bezos Ball: This year's Met Gala sold its soul to billionaires, did anyone notice?
spending and saving
How are you dealing with the cost of living? Would you like to keep a Money Diary for us?
LOSS OF A PARENT
Loss of a parent: I spent 50 years preparing for my father's death, but it still came as a shock
middle age spread
Body of Evidence: Why your body starts storing fat in your 50s — and how it affects your brain
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: Come on guys, we don't have it in the locker to pull off nuclear energy
How to choose a car
Car love: I have that strange affliction of seeing cars as having personalities and souls
voices
David Attenborough turns 100: He brought the natural world into focus for us, we owe him so much
white house press room
Leavitt steps away, DJ Rubio wings it: Trump’s White House looks increasingly chaotic
no country for animal rights
Cruelty to animals in Ireland: It's still happening all the time and our laws need to catch up
Forever Problems
The housing crisis: Like wildfire, we need to abandon the delusion it’ll burn itself out
Border poll
United Ireland: On the contrary, Northern Ireland is not a burden, it brings fresh opportunities
stuck on a cruise
Dr Catherine Conlon: Hantavirus at sea triggers a global health response — what is this virus?
hydroelectric power
Ireland, an electrostate: 100 years after Ardnacrusha, we now face the same energy challenges
healing after surgery
Good Vibrations: The Cork choir helping cancer survivors to reclaim their voice
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: I'm not a government minister and AI didn't help me write this article
Out with the old
Stephen's Green Shopping Centre: Jaded Dubliners have had enough of bland, soulless buildings
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