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Voices
EXTRACT
The Cattle Raid of Cooley is our national epic - and still has resonance for modern rural life
syria to ireland
'People aren't fleeing for no reason, they are forced to leave - forced by killing'
EXTRACT
Irish in Nottingham: 'We created a little Gaeltacht by the games cabinet of an old English pub'
Read Me
Eastern Ghouta: 'Maybe this is the last time that I will be able to text you. Please pray for us'
Opinion
‘Of course she has time, she has no children for God’s sake’: What women who aren't mothers deal with
Eat Happy
Good food shouldn't go to waste - here's how to use up leftovers and make something out of nothing
Defamation
Facebook post led classic story of wronged ex and new girlfriend to the defamation courts
Bereavement
'After years of caring for my late husband, who and what am I now that I'm no longer a wife or carer?'
Opinion
36 hours alone in a bed without so much as a hot drink: lessons to be learned from Storm Emma
Isolation
'At a time such as Storm Emma we can feel the emptiness of endless time without boundaries'
Opinion
'I started using a wheelchair at 18 and instantly became isolated but I just want to be wanted, like everybody else'
Opinion
Kildare man at Harvard Law: 'Days before my 24th birthday, I was told I had 6 months to live'
when nature calls
If there's no toilet around, is having a sneaky wee down a lane really a big deal?
column
'Gardening can be a major turn off for people but food growing is not about gardening, it’s about food'
Opinion
'There's an element of a lottery in the Irish criminal justice system, we need sentencing guidelines'
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