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Planning
Opinion: People living in rural Ireland cannot blame Dublin for the empty towns and villages
Syrian Conflict
Syria's proxy war: 'The Irish government must call in the US and Russian ambassadors'
Opinion
'After Trump and Brexit, the centre ground of Irish politics shouldn't take their position for granted in 2017'
column
Women of 1916: 'Producers and organisers continue to assemble manels to tell us our grandmothers' stories'
Adult Education
Back to School: 'I was broke and suffered from depression, which I drowned out with alcohol'
EXTRACT
Kevin Barry: 'Sometimes writing no longer seems like the thing I do, it seems like the thing I am'
Read Me
A Jewish 'Christmas': 'I suppose my mother had explained the cross-cultural situation to Santa Claus'
Read Me
An Irishman in Chile: 'This Christmas I will create my own memories and start my own traditions'
drug policy
It's planned the first supervised injecting facility will open in 2017. So how did we get here?
Read Me
Caring at Christmas: 'I try to remember what my husband was like before he got sick but it gets harder'
Read Me
Christmas in Gaza: 'Mortars and missiles fly overhead; from Gaza into Israel, from Israel into Gaza'
column
Christmas with depression: 'Even putting on clothes can be hard when there’s a lingering dark cloud'
Berlin
Tom Clonan: After a bloody year, all signs suggest 2017 will bring more of these lone wolf terror attacks
grief at christmas
Christmas after losing your Dad: 'I'm trying to accept the suddenness and unfairness of it'
brexit negotiations
Column: 'It would be lunacy for the UK to proceed with Article 50 notice before agreeing terms'
Read Me
Tom Clonan: 'A Syrian solution will involve a pact with devils such as Bashar al Assad and others'
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