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We are at the point of societal breakdown as this crisis deepens
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Delightful garden birds have gone for a summer holiday
Let’s hope this is just a temporary break for feathered friends
Creation of a Liffey Valley Park would protect St Edmundsbury’s unique landscape in Lucan
Area supports wildlife and preserves one of the few remaining open riverside landscapes
Dispatch from an Australian who’s feeling increasingly at home in Ireland
A country’s practices may be changing
Car registrations – what’s another year?
Imagine if your washing machine or shoes had to carry a tag displaying the year of their purchase
Does Aer Lingus think Frankfurt is a summer-only destination?
Passengers seem to have no choice but to travel with a different airline
What cash tells us about the psychology of tipping
Is tipping terminal?
Safer cycling around Galway thanks to a vacuum-cleaner manoeuvre
Judicious motorists helped make for a pleasant experience
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Dublin cyclist welcomes improved cycle lanes and infrastructure
Letter writer says cyclists should be free to choose between roads and cycle lanes
Ireland should not greet Donald Trump’s theatre of the absurd with deference
Nothing to admire in US president’s bullying and provocation
Working for longer is not an inevitability
There is no economic law that says increased life expectancy equals an increased working life
Letters to the Editor August 31st: Back to the office childcare issues, inheritance tax and Brent geese living the dream
In a household with two working parents, someone has to lose out
Time to stop the school rat run
They are probably not uploading videos to TikTok but it is still illegal behaviour
Reality of Irish schools is far from ‘placing children at the centre’
An overstretched system is placing school communities under serious strain
Burnham says no, but will Bryant show backbone on Border poll?
UK government clarification would provide useful framework for debates on Irish unity
Denying Palestinian students academic opportunities in Ireland is indefensible
Justifying objections by referencing challenges faced by Irish students is contemptible
Why were creative arts therapists left out of primary school counselling pilot?
Future recruitment processes must be fully transparent and equitable
What is the purpose of the Fiscal Advisory Council?
Simon Harris will ignore the advice, as has every other minister for finance
Driver behaviour is partly to blame for M50 standstills
Sudden braking in high-volume traffic is a huge cause of congestion
Death of Ratko Mladic shows value of International Criminal Court
The court shows that justice is possible and acts as a deterrent
Skyrocketing costs of private health insurance
Many patients simply do not understand this system, the costs or the risks
Masterplan required for Oasis’s rumoured Irish return
So many missed out last time; nobody gets seconds until everyone has a plate
Bicycle-lane designers seem to neglect the reason people cycle in the first place
We need a better balance between safety and function
Stopping dangerous cars is possible with technology now used in US
Grappler device can catch a fleeing vehicle’s rear wheel or axle
Why families had to protest and even litigate to get Skyclarys for Friedreich’s ataxia
But high-cost drugs can damage our health system by denying treatments to other patients
Why replace a perfectly good car with a new electric one?
We live in an age in which reduce, reuse, recycle is supposed to be a guiding environmental principle. Cars should surely be no exception
As wildfires ravage Irish uplands, has work even begun on the promised national plan?
Wildfire risk management strategies should be prioritised
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