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    • Dying with dignity

      Given its inevitability, we all aspire to a good death - free of pain and with our wishes respected. As the Irish Hospice Foundation reminds us, most people want to die in their own homes. However, they don't always get what they want. p
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    • My life is in politicians' hands

      Orla Tinsley (20) is studying at university despite her cystic fibrosis. The average life expectancy for an Irish person with CF is 21, less than half what it is in the US. She wants political action. Whoever is the next taoiseach, Orla Tinsley wants the best shot at life she can get, her illness notwithstanding. This is her impassioned appeal to the government we are about to elect p

    • Losing sight of the big issues

      What do we expect of our governments? asks Fintan O'Toole. If the major parties are to be believed, there are two answers: very little, and less than we used to. p

    • Voting is a serious moral responsibility

      Rite and Reason: There is no such thing as neutral politics - all sides must be heard on election issues, writes Fr Seán Fagan p
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    • An Irishman's Diary

      As with many popular myths, the notion that the River Liffey is Dublin's main social divider is not without a grain of truth, writes Frank McNally   p
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