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# opinion - Yesterday’s News
Poll: Should workers who don't smoke be given extra holidays?
A Japanese marketing firm is offering cigarette-free staff six additional days of annual leave.
'The gap in household income in Dublin versus rural Ireland is widening'
The government’s objective of delivering growth in rural areas still remains a challenge that remains to be overcome.
# opinion - Sunday 5 November, 2017
Young mum stereotypes: 'Some of us are happy being mothers and wives'
I don’t have to worry about the biological clock, and I’ll be thirty-eight when my eldest starts college, writes Susannah O’Brien.
Mary Kenny: 'I used to hear men say that "only tarts kiss and tell"'
Am I A Feminist? Are You? is a new book by journalist Mary Kenny.
Opinion: 'A welcome compliment to someone isn’t a problem. Lewd jokes are'
The #MeToo hashtag is less than a month old but already there is push back, writes Noeline Blackwell.
# opinion - Saturday 4 November, 2017
Column: Should Irish companies give non-smokers extra days off?
Japanese companies are offering non-smoking staff an additional six days paid annual leave to make up for the breaks smokers take, writes Jason O’Callaghan.
Column: Brexit is dangerous for Ireland if we're not prepared
Irish businesses develop their international business plans to mitigate against the risks coming down the road, writes Hugh Torpey.
# opinion - Friday 3 November, 2017
Mark McNulty and Stephen Kenny's fake outrage are the only things selling the FAI Cup final right now
The reaction to the Cork goalkeeper’s remarks was inevitable, and it was disingenuous, writes John O’Sullivan.
Opinion: Is this the beginning of the end of Donald Trump?
We don’t know at present exactly what all that has unfolded this week means or what lies ahead, writes Larry Donnelly.
# opinion - Thursday 2 November, 2017
#MeToo: 'Some contributors use it as a platform to pour scorn on all men'
Too much of the debate in the mainstream and social media around gender issues is dictated by a strain of feminism that views masculinity as inherently problematic, writes AR Devine.
# opinion - Wednesday 1 November, 2017
The reality of house hunting on HAP: 'Please don’t call back if I don’t email you the address'
A HAP applicant stands no chance against a well paid individual seeking the same property, writes Chris O’Donnell.
# opinion - Tuesday 31 October, 2017
Micro-beads: 'There will be more waste plastic in the ocean than fish by 2050'
The government has made many promises, so where is the Oceans Bill, ask Aengus Ó Corráin and Grace O’Sullivan.
# opinion - Monday 30 October, 2017
Stay-at-home mom turned vampire author Clare Daly: 'How I became a writer'
Clare Daly is about to self-publish her first novel, an Irish Vampire story, Our Destiny is Blood.
Poll: Do you think Dublin's public transport system is confusing for tourists?
Fáilte Ireland says a lack of signage for services like the Dart and Luas leaves tourists stranded.
Column: Would you know how to respond to a mental health emergency?
Last year, Ireland became one of the most recent countries to launch an official mental health first aid training programme, writes Dr Stephen McWilliams.
'Only for Hallowe’en surviving in America, it probably would have died out here'
We have an underlying lack of confidence in Ireland and continually throw the baby out with the bathwater, writes Michael Fortune.
# opinion - Sunday 29 October, 2017
Cancer: 'My Big C news had no Ali McGraw or Marcus Welby MD moment of discovery'
I neither look nor sound like a person with cancer but I know that could change tomorrow, writes Peter Gunning.
Mourinho's gritty masterclasses and more Premier League talking points
Plus Roy Hodgson’s steady impact at Crystal Palace and Chelsea back on track following a dismal start to the campaign.
And they call it the Toy Department - a difficult week for sport to digest
It’s been a week to forget for the sports department, writes Tommy Martin.
Michael Murphy: What does it really mean when we dream about the Leaving Cert?
By paying attention to our dreams, we can ground ourselves in the deepest truth of our being, and make wiser choices that work towards our greater good, writes Michael Murphy.
90 minutes missing: A parent's worst nightmare (with a happy ending)
Those moments of drama in a family’s life that can change your perspective forever.
'In 1971 homelessness was seen as a marginal problem and focused on single men'
Having worked in housing, homelessness and social work for 45 years, Justin O’Brien reflects on personal challenges, successes and milestones.
# opinion - Saturday 28 October, 2017
An Irish nurse meets ex-ISIS slaves: 'They put stones inside the cuts and sewed them shut'
I am only back in Ireland two weeks from spending time with women and children who survived ISIS torture, writes Eileen Carr.
Cold storage: This is what six years of a work ban under direct provision is like
Lassane Ouedraogo was declared a refugee by the Irish State but feels that the system stripped him of dignity and freedom.
'The majority of us don't agree with either pro choice or pro life hardliners'
The middle ground are rarely heard in Ireland’s fraught debates over abortion, writes Larry Donnelly.
# opinion - Friday 27 October, 2017
When McGregor speaks, his fans listen - now an apology, not silence, is what's required
It’s about a blight on our lexicon which needs to be erased.
And they call it the Toy Department - a difficult week for sport to digest
It’s been a week to forget for the sports department, writes Tommy Martin.
Opinion: 'Surrogacy proposals would make process costly, time consuming and frustrating'
It seems like Irish policy-makers are in fact trying to discourage domestic surrogacy, writes Dr Brian Tobin.
# opinion - Thursday 26 October, 2017
The new sugar tax: Has the government gone far enough?
The new tax should be seen as a welcome first step and perhaps it will ignite an attitude change, writes Ciara Wright.
# opinion - Wednesday 25 October, 2017
Opinion: Young people should not have to get used to precarious employment
Too many young people are not only struggling to find work, but work that gives them a decent salary and quality of life, writes James Doorley.
# opinion - Tuesday 24 October, 2017
Column: Without tax breaks, skilled workers and innovation, Ireland is Albania without the weather
We need more than documents and targets. We need a national shared vision on innovation, writes Martin Curley.
# opinion - Monday 23 October, 2017
Poll: Do you think Ireland's housing crisis is exaggerated?
A leading government adviser certainly thinks it is.
Why it's a case of 'innovate or die' for Ireland's economy
The country’s business model hinges on often-fickle foreign investment.
Opinion: 'Our indifference to our flag and anthem is actually healthy'
Placing legislative restrictions on how our anthem is used would be an unnecessary limitation on our freedom of expression, writes Caoimhín De Barra.
# opinion - Sunday 22 October, 2017
#MeToo: 'I have been drugged twice by men I knew'
#MeToo was spawned by the Harvey Weinstein revelations and is where women are detailing incidences of sexual assault and harassment online.
Che stamp hypocrisy: 'A centre-right government selling us the iconography of leftists'
It is a few steps backwards from Bertie Ahern calling himself a socialist, writes Odrán Waldron.
# opinion - Saturday 21 October, 2017
'Abstinence-only approach to nicotine has created undue fears about alternatives'
We need truthful information on the relative risks of cigarettes compared to the various smoke-free alternative products, writes David T Sweanor.
# opinion - Friday 20 October, 2017
'Up to 10% of older Irish people are victims of financial abuse'
We need to face up to the reality of this situation. Financial abuse can happen anyone, writes Eileen O’Callaghan.
# opinion - Thursday 19 October, 2017
Kinsale's lighthouse family: 'Monday was the scariest day of our lives'
On the morning of the storm we were all laughing and saying how the news had got it all wrong again. But my God were we wrong, writes Cathy Lennon.
Opinion: 'We Catalans supported the Irish struggle from 1880 onwards'
All Catalans ask our international counterparts who called for dialogue, to call for the same from the Spanish government, writes Albert Royo-Mariné.
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