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Damien Kiberd: They say €240 per year for water. Sure. For now.
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11 May 2014
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Damien Kiberd: Some very solid reasons why the banking inquiry will fail to deliver
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4 May 2014
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Damien Kiberd: Teachers do, literally, run the country
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27 Apr 2014
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Damien Kiberd: United States of Europe? Then show us the benefits
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20 Apr 2014
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Damien Kiberd: Michael Noonan wants house prices to rise so we can emerge from this cul-de-sac
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13 Apr 2014
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Damien Kiberd: Be honest, GAA, the Sky deal IS about cash...
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6 Apr 2014
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Damien Kiberd: Martin Callinan thought his friendship with Shatter would save him. He was wrong.
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30 Mar 2014
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Damien Kiberd: If prices are deflating, why are we feeling poorer?
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23 Mar 2014
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Damien Kiberd: The real reason why Frank Flannery's head was served up on a plate
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16 Mar 2014
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Damien Kiberd: Why are the Irish not more critical of the EU?
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9 Mar 2014
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Damien Kiberd: Government policy on housing is a massive muddle
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2 Mar 2014
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Damien Kiberd: A new property bubble - but not as we know it
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23 Feb 2014
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Damien Kiberd: Why neither Ireland nor USA wants to question tax haven
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16 Feb 2014
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Damien Kiberd: RTÉ thinks it played safe on Pantigate - I beg to differ
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9 Feb 2014
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Damien Kiberd: Are whistleblowers saints? The ethics can be complicated.
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2 Feb 2014
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Damien Kiberd: Why was Ariel Sharon's funeral such a lonely affair?
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26 Jan 2014
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Damien Kiberd: Ireland's real friend in Europe is not who you think
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19 Jan 2014
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Damien Kiberd: So what if Kenny and Bruton didn't lecture Middle East on human rights?
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12 Jan 2014
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Damien Kiberd: Why middle-aged men with money invest in Netflix...
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5 Jan 2014
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Damien Kiberd: Drop the goody-two-shoes approach to economic policy
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22 Dec 2013
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Damien Kiberd: We recover part of our sovereignty - but banks still losing their senses
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15 Dec 2013
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Damien Kiberd: Forbes has Ireland all wrong
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8 Dec 2013
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Damien Kiberd: Reasons to be cheerful? Maybe - but cautious too
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1 Dec 2013
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Damien Kiberd: 'Top-up' payments part of a game whose rules need to change
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24 Nov 2013
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Damien Kiberd: Why we need to deliver an Irish version of the NHS
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17 Nov 2013
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Damien Kiberd: Govt won't admit it but we've been battered by new taxes
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10 Nov 2013
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Damien Kiberd: Jihad against Junior Cert is bizarre
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3 Nov 2013
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Damien Kiberd: If Enda wants cash from his EU mates, he needs to stop ticking the boxes
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27 Oct 2013
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Damien Kiberd: Health is not just Angola, it’s the original Heart of Darkness
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20 Oct 2013
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Damien Kiberd: Budget 2014 arithmetic not just iffy - it's scary
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16 Oct 2013
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Damien Kiberd: Austerity economics have us locked in Permaslump
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8 Oct 2013
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