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Life [5]
Style [7]
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The Covid pandemic has hastened the end of the traditional work knees-up. Photo posed

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Ian O'Doherty Opinion I was never a fan of the traditional office party but now I find myself mourning its demise

What’s your idea of the perfect job? Well, let’s be honest, for most of us the answer is simple – one that pays the most money for the least amount of effort.

Migrants gather as French police officers dismantle a makeshift camp in Loon-Plage near Dunkirk, France, yesterday. Photo: Reuters/Juan Medina

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Mary Kenny Opinion It’s ironic that colonial legacy of the English language means migrants head for Britain

The State Dining Room of the White House is decorated for Christmas. Photo: AP/Evan Vucci

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Robin Givhan Opinion White House decorations bring hope when we need it most

A Covid antigen test. Stock image. Picture: Gerry Mooney

Letters

We have dropped our guard and it is just not good enough

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Editorial Opinion Children cannot be left to bear the brunt of Covid restrictions

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Joy-Tendai Kangere Opinion As a migrant, Christmas is often a time of sadness and missing your family rather than joy

A public health message displayed at Heathrow Terminal 5 in London. Photo: Hollie Adams/Getty Images

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Global vaccine inequity has come home to roost

Green Party Eamon Ryan TD. Photo: Aidan Crawley

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Letters to the Editor Opinion Why are we shouldering burden of climate action?

Ambition: Veteran Green Party member Ciaran Cuffe says it is time to expand the party’s appeal. Photo: Frank McGrath

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John Downing Opinion As Greens mark 40 years as a party, they can aim to do far more than just survive

A healthcare worker administers a Covid-19 vaccination to a woman in Johannesburg, South Africa. Photo: Reuters/Sumaya Hisham/File Photo

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James Moore Opinion The West’s vaccine policy of beggar thy neighbour is self-defeating

Passengers wait to board flights in Johannesburg, South Africa on Saturday. Photo: Sumaya Hisham/Reuters

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At this point, doubling down is all we can do

Brexitude at the Black Pig’s Dyke (2017) by Dermot Seymour. Picture courtesy Kevin Kavanagh Gallery

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Joe Brolly Opinion The unionist cult is falling apart under the weight of reality

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern is back in the doghouse

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Eilis O'Hanlon Opinion No one understands the protocol, Bertie, it’s not just unionists

Boris Johnson came in for criticism over the British government's amnesty plan for the legacy of the Troubles. Photo: Paul Grover

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Chris Donnelly Opinion The truth about the Troubles can’t be reframed by the British government

COP26 plans burned by fossil fuel lobbyists

Naoise Dolan

Transport planning is being hijacked by virtue-signalling idealists

Conor Skehan

Environmental activists are getting caught in the trap of climate nationalism too

Eoin O’Malley

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Chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan. Photo: Colin Keegan

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Philip Ryan Opinion Early hope that we may be on a more optimistic path in terms of Delta spreading

Liz Nugent, one of the leading Irish writers in the crime fiction genre. Photo: Caroline Quinn

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Sinead Ryan Opinion All I want for Christmas is a good, solid murder mystery

Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien speaking to media on the Mica redress scheme in Dublin Castle. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

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John Downing Opinion This mica tale of woe has the hallmarks of a real-life morality play with so many lessons

The Covid pandemic has hastened the end of the traditional work knees-up. Photo posed

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Ian O'Doherty Opinion I was never a fan of the traditional office party but now I find myself mourning its demise

The State Dining Room of the White House is decorated for Christmas. Photo: AP/Evan Vucci

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Robin Givhan Opinion White House decorations bring hope when we need it most

Migrants gather as French police officers dismantle a makeshift camp in Loon-Plage near Dunkirk, France, yesterday. Photo: Reuters/Juan Medina

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Mary Kenny Opinion It’s ironic that colonial legacy of the English language means migrants head for Britain

Garth Brooks is set to play Croke Park in Dublin next September, which has caused a storm with fans and left non-fans unfazed. Photo: Mark Stedman

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Frank Coughlan Opinion Obsessive hysteria around Garth Brooks is part of a pattern

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly

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Gabija Gataveckaite Opinion Subsidised tests were not to be sniffed at – until the plan vanished

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It's better to remind men of their best features, such as their admirable capabilities as providers, protectors and defenders

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Larissa Nolan Opinion A day to remind men of their most admirable attributes

Germany's chancellor-elect Olaf Scholz

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Justin Huggler, Berlin Opinion ‘The Putin whisperer’ Merkel can’t ride to the rescue this time

Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer. Photo: Gareth Chaney /Collins Photos

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Philip Ryan Opinion Government must make it through another treacherous winter without resorting to any return to lockdown

Powerful figure: Helen McEntee, in Slane, Co Meath, came across as shy and reserved when she first became TD in 2013 but few now doubt her grasp of the issues. Photo by David Conachy

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Helen McEntee in profile: the rise of a Fine Gael leader in waiting

An artist’s impression of part of the planned development at Clonliffe Road in Drumcondra. An Bord Pleanála this week approved planning for 1592 apartments on the 19-acre site in Dublin 3.

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A land deal trinity: the Church, the GAA and a global build-to-let developer

‘Convenient symbol’: Greta Thunberg addresses protesters at Cop26 in Glasgow

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Ian O'Doherty Opinion World leaders pretend as Cop26 fails to deliver

Activists from Friends of the Earth call for an end to all new oil and gas projects in the North Sea at the COP26 summit in Glasgow yesterday. Photo: PA

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Julian Lee Opinion Oil producers deliver a gaslighting masterclass – but are fooling no-one

The Irish delegates, painted by John Lavery in London, 1921: Chairman Arthur Griffith TD. (Courtesy Dublin City Gallery/The Hugh Lane)

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Colum Kenny Opinion Fraught final push for Irish Treaty deal would not go well

Letters

A Covid antigen test. Stock image. Picture: Gerry Mooney

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We have dropped our guard and it is just not good enough

Green Party Eamon Ryan TD. Photo: Aidan Crawley

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Letters to the Editor Opinion Why are we shouldering burden of climate action?

Palestinian mourners gather around bodies of members of the Abu Hatab and al-Hadidi families during a funeral procession in Gaza city, on May 15, 2021. 10 family members were killed early in an Israeli air strike on the western Gaza Strip, medics in the Palestinian enclave said. Photo: Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images

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Letters to the Editor Opinion An unsustainable situation where people are trapped

Mural depicting a hospital worker at Harolds Cross, Dublin. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

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Letters to the Editor Opinion After nearly two years living under threat, we must acknowledge the impact of chronic stress

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Letters to the Editor Opinion Chances are equally slim whether you do Lotto or not

Taoiseach Micheál Martin. Photo: Julien Behal Photography

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Leaders and experts must be challenged on Covid remarks

Sinead O'Brien, the founder of Mungo Murphy's Seaweed Company in Co Galway

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Letters to the Editor Opinion ‘We’ve nine years to adapt, if we don’t it will be too late’

Garth Brooks at Croke Park, Dublin, where he appeared on Monday to promote his concerts there next September. Photo: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin

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Letters to the Editor Opinion Hotels should explain price rise coinciding with concerts

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Editorial Opinion Children cannot be left to bear the brunt of Covid restrictions

A public health message displayed at Heathrow Terminal 5 in London. Photo: Hollie Adams/Getty Images

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Global vaccine inequity has come home to roost

Passengers wait to board flights in Johannesburg, South Africa on Saturday. Photo: Sumaya Hisham/Reuters

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At this point, doubling down is all we can do

A young woman receives a Pfizer jab against Covid-19 in Diepsloot Township near Johannesburg. Photo: Denis Farrell/AP

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Editorial Opinion New variant highlights the gap between rich and poor

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Editorial Opinion Vaccines for our children are another step forward

Deputy chief medical officer Dr Ronan Glynn

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Editorial Opinion Questionable calls at top level leave public baffled

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

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Editorial Opinion Core health messaging must be swift and clear

Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan. Photo: Collins Photos

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Editorial Opinion Playing the Covid blame game will get us nowhere

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