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Opinion - Sarah Breen: I told my daughter I would buy her a smartphone before secondary school. Here's why I'm breaking that promise

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Brendan O'Connor: If World War III comes, how will we cope without WFH and wifi?

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Letters to the Editor: Sinn Féin goes beyond satire by embracing subsidised comedy

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Eilis O'Hanlon: Flu crisis has been made worse by our national case of long Covid

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David Quinn: Trump's social media vetting plan is a sign of growing US paranoia

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Colin Murphy: What do the Collison brothers and Jack Chambers mean when they talk about 'abundance'?

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The Sunday Independent's View: Flu vaccine rush linked to an underlying health problem

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Conor Skehan: Festive glow might lift morale but it is only masking the collapse of towns across Ireland

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Simon Lewis: School survey missed the most important question: do you even care about patronage at all?

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Eoin O'Malley: When politicians have to plead with European Court of Human Rights judges, democracy is in danger

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Paul Kearns: Lefties are discovering that their fantasy Ireland is rather ordinary

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Sarah Finnan: Forget that housing video – here's some real advice for those moving back in with the parents

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Shane Ross: Angelic Kevin Bakhurst turns his Oireachtas critics from rottweilers to pussycats

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Naoise Dolan: Some 'words of the year' are rage bait but here are some that made me smile

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Máiría Cahill: Without names, Stakeknife report reads like a ghost story removed from reality

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John Downing: Nerves jangle in Brussels as Andrej Babis, populist billionaire Trump fan, returns as Czech prime minister

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Kathy Donaghy: With our starlings, saunas and starry skies, Ireland's magical winters are a bright hope for boosting tourism

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Declan Lynch: Europe must stand up to Trump, and Mamdani shows how it can be done

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Dr Brendan O'Shea: As a GP on the flu front line, my biggest challenge is finding the patients most at risk

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Sarah Carey: All choices in agonising fatal foetal abnormality cases must be discussed with parents

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Declan Power: Ireland could be 'specifically targeted' in as part of 'armed attack' on EU – why we must act now

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Anne-Marie Walsh: 'Uberisation' of Irish taxis could deliver lower fares – but there are no guarantees

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Max Boot: It's anti-EU and against DEI – Donald Trump's 'peace plan' could pass as a pamphlet penned by Putin

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Kevin Cunningham: Lack of a credible rival within Fine Gael may prove to be Simon Harris's salvation

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Joe Barnes: With peace talks stalling, Trump may abandon Russia and Ukraine

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Letters: Collapse of US support is a major wake-up call for all of Europe as war rages

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Letters: After backing the housing video, perhaps Taoiseach could produce a follow-up

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Letters: Tone-deaf housing advice shows Government still ignoring root of problem

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Letters: Can we have more letters to Santa, please, and less of the digital interference

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Letters: People simply can't get on the property ladder if there is no ladder to climb

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