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The Tuam Babies: two years on, hard questions remain

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As archaeologists excavate the Tuam Mother and Baby Home site where 796 children are believed to be buried, questions remain unanswered, writes Donal O'Keeffe. Last...

Sherlock pushes for plain language on insurance hikes

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Seán Sherlock TD, Labour Spokesperson on Public Expenditure, has pushed on insurance watchdogs for plain answers to the question of increased premiums for consumers...

Just what the abortion debate needs: another middle-aged man dictating women’s...

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I'm a middle-aged man, writes Donal O'Keeffe. I'm not even sure I have any right to talk about women's reproductive rights. I'm so old I...

Maintaining the memory of Liam Lynch in Fermoy

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Liam Lynch was a key figure in the Irish War of Independence and the civil war that followed. Buried in the Republican Plot in Kicrumper...

Schools ‘face chaos’ due to ballot for industrial action

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Calling for the Minister for Education and the ASTI to come together and reach an agreement to avoid the closure of schools as a result...

How you can help an Irish citizen in jail for ‘dabbling...

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A 65-year-old Irish citizen has been held in Iran's dreaded Evin prison for three months now. She is gravely ill and her family says...

‘Lot of scaremongering over measles case’ -GP

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A local GP has said there is a lot of 'scaremongering out there' surrounding news that adult measles was linked a number of public venues in...

Call to change pension clause

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The Government is being urged to amend an anomaly created by changes to the retirement pension in 2014 whereby recent retirees are placed on...

Catholic Church still haunted by the ghost of McQuaid

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The last thing Archbishop Diarmuid Martin wanted this evening was to be explaining Grindr to the ghost of John Charles McQuaid, but there it...

Heffernan apologises but claims he was ‘unfairly targeted’

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Former politician James Heffernan, who was arrested three times by gardaí while attending the Indiependence Festival in Mitchelstown over the bank holiday weekend, claims...

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