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The EU has long passed its original purpose. Time for Brexit to kill it
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16 Apr 2016
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Dublin needs to invest more in itself, not the rest of the country
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12 Mar 2016
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Abolishing water charges is a return to the policies that collapsed our economy
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5 Mar 2016
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Is Ireland going for more parish-pump politics?
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27 Feb 2016
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“Tax the rich” isn’t going to solve our problems after the election
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20 Feb 2016
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What's the best way to destroy violent gangs? Legalise the drugs
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6 Feb 2016
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'Erect a monument to the IRA’s foiled Marita Ann gun-smuggling operation? I don't think so'
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Enda Kenny is almost certainly going to be returned as Taoiseach
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Why are our taxes paying for magic fairy stories to be told in schools?
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Irish neutrality won’t be respected by the likes of ISIS, so why hold so dear to it?
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A basic income could get rid of the welfare state
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Low earners can’t have a free ride and pay no income taxes at all
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If I'm in lingering pain, I should have the choice to end my life
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12 Sep 2015
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5 Sep 2015
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Dublin won't save rural Ireland, it needs to grow up and be allowed to save itself
Aaron McKenna
29 Aug 2015
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Unless you can magic up a few houses, welfare recipients will need to move away from Dublin
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22 Aug 2015
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New fines begin the overdue fightback against pesky cyclists
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