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June 2022

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Sinead Kelleher Opinion ‘Black is the colour as Leaving Cert perpetuates body image issues’

Galway manager Henry Shefflin with Ciarán Joyce of Cork after the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-Final match between Galway and Cork at Semple Stadium in Thurles Photo by Ray McManus/Sportsfile

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Damian Stack Opinion Cork at a crossroads after latest set-back

A bicycle or a tricycle can be a great metaphor to tell us all to slow down, tóg go bog é.

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Fr Michael Commane OP Opinion Summer the perfect time to take to the bicycle

Reducing the age teenagers can buy beer is worth debating.

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David Looby Opinion "You went to the pub again. Is this a weekly thing?” – foisted again

At least Neymar's gymnastics will cheer up our winter.

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Simon Bourke Opinion Straight Talking We survive a once-in-a-lifetime event and this is what we get

There was a very definite whiff of middle-age about our holiday.

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Justine O'Mahony Opinion It was a different kind of holiday for the new more mature me

The ‘understanding’ that the President should not enter the debate on Government policy may not be ideal but it exists for a reason.

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Editorial Comment Opinion President entering housing debate creates a difficult political quandary

The so-called Eisenhower tree at Augusta National golf course in Georgia . The story is told of how President Eisenhower played a round at Augusta and clattered his drive at the 17th hole into the pine growing in the middle of the fairway.

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David Medcalf Opinion Medders at Large Woodman, woodman spare that tree which snared the president’s golf ball

The Class of 2022 are coming to the end of their Leaving & Junior Cert Exams. In a scene recreated across the county, here Junior Cert students Zara Kirbey and Maggie Scanlon, Presentation Secondary School Tralee, caught up on some last minute study in the shade. Photo: Domnick Walsh

Kerry’s Leaving Cert students will be top of the class again this year as State exams hit the home straight

Turkish clinics offer hair-restoration procedures at budget prices.

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Simon Bourke Opinion Straight Talking Turkish delights turn sour with no refunds for buff bods and hairy heads

The attack on the Capitol Building shocked the world and rocked the US to its very core.

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Editorial Comment Opinion Trump hearings show there’s still plenty of showbiz left in US politics

Turkish clinics offer hair-restoration procedures at budget prices.

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Simon Bourke Opinion Straight Talking Turkish delights turn sour with no refunds for buff bods and hairy heads

The children and I enjoyed the Borris writing and ideas festival for different reasons.

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David Looby Opinion Literature a harder swallow than chocolate crepes at Ideas festival

"Ah Jaysus, it's only us that could be driving around St. Tropez in a Fiat 500 XL while waiting for the washing to be finished," says Himself gazing at the multi million euro yachts anchored in the bay.

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Justine O'Mahony Opinion A trip to a St Tropez laundry proves to be a bit pricey

Is there anywhere across the church where there is open, real and animated discussion about how we perceive God to be present in the world about us?

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Fr Michael Commane OP Opinion Open debate is a must for organisations

I will never be someone who travels light. Ever.

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Justine O'Mahony Opinion Yes!...Heading off to the sun with family...and overweight suitcase

Donald Trump has mastered the art feeding people with hunches. He knows how to inflate the bias or prejudice that might easily lie dormant in many of us.

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Fr Michael Commane OP Opinion Fanaticism destroys sensible debate

Employee rewards.

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Simon Bourke Opinion Straight Talking Workers seduced with gifts as employers struggle to recruit new staff

The war in Ukraine is becoming a bitterly contested affair and appears likely to drag on for months, if not years.

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Editorial Comment Opinion After 100 days of war in Ukraine the west has to brace for a long fight

Small crowds on Banna Beach said it all as the forecast gets it wrong again.

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David Looby Opinion Fuel bills and inflation have us bracing ourselves for home working return

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Sinead Kelleher Opinion Who are you really interacting with online?

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Sinead Kelleher Opinion Don’t promote rural living if you’re going to close our services.

Paudie Clifford of Kerry in action against Paul Maher of Limerick during the Munster GAA Football Senior Championship Final between Kerry and Limerick at Fitzgerald Stadium Photo by Diarmuid Greene/Sportsfile

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Shane Enright Opinion Next four weeks will define Kerry’s season, getting preparation right is key

The Two Johnnies 'GAA Catfish’ story shows us the world we live in now, a world where face-to-face interactions are eschewed in favour of digital romance.

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Simon Bourke Opinion Straight Talking Johnny B’s ‘Catfish’ scenario a sign of the times

Shocked people at the scene of the US latest mass shooting.

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David Looby Opinion ‘Daddy, I’m not sure I want to go to America’ – as guns hit home

Tourists planning to visit Dublin have been greeted by prices such as €450 for a two night hotel break in Dublin, or two nights in a Dublin hostel for over €800.

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Editorial Comment Opinion Tourism industry is facing a new crisis but this is one of its own making

These weren’t your ordinary run of the mill priests. These guys were young and cool and one of them was drop-dead gorgeous. Thorn Birds sort of way.

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Justine O'Mahony Opinion A priestly encounter of the Thorn Birds kind makes my night out

My morning of observing proved nothing as exciting or as dangerous as the Hitchcock classic.

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Fr Michael Commane OP Opinion Watching life go by from my window

May 2022

Kerry could be in action against Tipperary in June in a relegation/promotion play-off should the Kingdom win the Joe McDonagh Cup next week Photo by Eóin Noonan / Sportsfile

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Damian Stack Opinion Kerry’s potential promotion play-off shows some counties more equal than others

Russian ambassador to Ireland Yuri Filatov doesn't stray from the Putin line of thinking, but should we be surprised? Aren’t ambassadors simply mouthpieces of their governments?

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Fr Michael Commane OP Opinion From Filatov to Crispin Miller: How do we ever know what is true and honest?

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