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Letters to the Editor, January 2nd: On climate action and agriculture, and standards in rental property
The stark reality is that current climate action measures are insufficient
New Year customs
Our homes were thoroughly cleaned, symbolically sweeping away the old year’s misfortunes
Letters to the Editor, January 1st: On Trump and an unstable world, and immigration figures
Centrist parties and politicians are ignoring economic grievances and concerns over migration
A sober January
Rethinking our relationship with alcohol
Letters to the Editor, December 31st: On neglecting our National Archives, bylaws and homelessness, and reforming the Seanad
The superb staff of the National Archives need the independence to make their own decisions on policy, budget and hiring
Recycling and the environment
It’s time to confront the deeper issue of unsustainable consumption
Letters to the Editor, December 30th: On Dublin’s on-street soup kitchens, and Maud Gonne’s legacy
Feeding vulnerable people on the street is not a dignified solution to their needs
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Letters to the Editor, December 28th: On the Occupied Territories Bill, and subsidising private education
Ireland should not permit itself to be restricted by the EU’s immoral indifference
Letter to the Editor, December 27th: On investing in the Naval Service, and Ireland’s international aid obligations
The remuneration model offered by the Naval Service does not match what is available in the merchant navy
Why it is possible to rent a property more cheaply in Sydney than Dublin?
Australia has created strong regulatory and tax incentives for small landlords
Letters to the Editor, December 26th: On GPs and mental health services, and Zimbabwe at a crossroads
Parents living in poverty don’t have the means to access the private services that may act as a safety net for children in more affluent areas
A very Kennelly Christmas
“There is a Christmas spirit that refuses to be dimmed or distorted or destroyed”
Letters to the Editor, December 24th: On subsidising private education, and sharing the load at Christmas
A form of educational segregation
Letters to the Editor, December 23rd: Sinn Féin’s electoral support, and crisis point for homecare system
The political dynamic has changed
Letters to the Editor, December 21st: mental health services for children and young people, climate crisis, and mistletoe
Children can fall through the cracks of a disjointed system
Letters to the Editor, December 20th: On a blocked democracy, unattainable climate targets, and school absences
Political stagnation breeds clientelism, and centrism underlies parochialism
Letters to the Editor, December 18th: On Ireland, Israel and international law, and a new Ceann Comhairle
An adherence to the principles of international law
Letters to the Editor, December 17th: On Israel’s accusation of anti-Semitism, and data protection and justice
Outrageous allegation against Simon Harris was carefully crafted to damage Ireland internationally