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Inspirational
Column: 'Obama showed that traditional oratory is the most powerful way that politicians can connect'
grow it yourself
Gardening: Plant your potatoes right now plus a recipe for warming winter root veg frittata
Accountability
Opinion: 'Charities need to be above reproach. After all it's our money that funds them'
column
Operation Transformation diary: 'I'm disheartened that I've only lost a pound but I'm going to accept it'
Heartbreak
VIDEO: 'I'll never catcall, I'll treat and respect and help create an Ireland that will stand in awe of all mná'
hard versus soft
Opinion: Theresa May seems to be saying 'Give me the deal I want or the 64 million Brits get it'
unhappy new year
Relationship blues: How to ensure you don't become another January divorce statistic
Discrimination
Living with albinism: 'I can't go into town without someone pointing or laughing at me'
Opinion
Trivialities of the 'reformed' Seanad: 'Senators talking about All-Ireland tickets and seagulls'
Donald Trump
'Listening to Trump voters, I am surprised, disappointed, bewildered, fascinated and enlightened'
us-russia relations
'Vladimir Putin, such a vastly overrated leader': 'We are one tweet away from bad relations'
i want to get cancer
Debate: The shock tactics of the Irish Cancer Society's new campaign are hurtful
column
Operation Transformation diary: 'I can actually go into clothes shops now and buy clothes I want to wear'
column
An Irish nurse: 'I began to hate my job. I questioned my career. There were days when I came home crying'
mcguinness resigns
Opinion: 'Brexit and a weak economy mean that Northern Ireland has little time to be stuck in neutral'
column
Endometriosis: 'It's the kind of pain that takes the breath from you and makes you fall to your knees'
trolleys no more
An ED Consultant on the trolley crisis: 'There are solutions and they are multifactorial'
column
Nollaig na mBan 2017: 'Do we trust Irish women to make the best decisions for themselves in pregnancy?'
new year's resolutions
Fitness truths: 'Exercise might be uncomfortable, overwhelming. It's supposed to be'
you're grand
New Year's Resolutions: 'Forever chasing a whole new us isn’t self-help, it’s self-harm'
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