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Lara Marlowe Lara Marlowe - Paris Correspondent

Vigilante’ editor seeks out corruption and abuse in French political and financial life

Ann Marie Hourihane Ann Marie Hourihane -

Everything is very far from rosy in the garden

Lucy Kellaway Lucy Kellaway -

A meeting is still a meeting no matter how obscure the title

Maureen Dowd Maureen Dowd -

Under-fire Obama should drop the wistful, petulant approach

John McManus John McManus - Business Editor

Simplistic debate on IFSC does no one any favours

Breda O'Brien Breda O'Brien -

Needs of children trumped by politics and economics

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Noel Whelan Noel Whelan -

Cabinet allowed Seanad reform Bill to advance because it had little choice

Simon Carswell Simon Carswell - Washington Correspondent

All that jazz: grave of F Scott Fitzgerald recalls the life less ordinary

Patrick Smyth Patrick Smyth - Foreign Policy Editor

Political abuse of charity status rife in US

Stephen Collins Stephen Collins - Political Editor

Enda Kenny’s political reputation at stake in abortion legislation’s safe passage

Miriam Lord Miriam Lord -

Super Simon Coveney earns the plaudits for marathon talks on fishing deal

Shane Hegarty Shane Hegarty -

Check out this brilliant technology. It’s called a ‘book’

John Waters John Waters -

Men’s place in society ignored in renewed media focus on suicide

Hilary Fannin Hilary Fannin -

Seeing and not believing this May

Frank McNally Frank McNally -

A literary digression

Brian Boyd Brian Boyd -

We don’t need no high-cost, high-brow, heavy metal education

Donald Clarke Donald Clarke - Chief Film Correspondent

Gatsby’s last-gasp review blackout

Dan O'Brien Dan O'Brien - Economics Editor

Too little credit or too few entrepreneurs?

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Proposed abortion law is gravely immoral and strikes at the heart of our faith
 The Garda Ombudsman Commission was given, effectively, the same powers as the Garda. Photograph: Frank Miller Time for Shatter to call shots on Garda watchdog
Minister of State at the Department of Health Alex White: my area of responsibility is primary care, the first port of call for citizens seeking access to the health services. Photograph: Alan Betson No U-turn on free GP care from this administration
Developing human embryos, nucleated by somatic cell nuclear transfer, pictured in their third day of development. Biologists at Oregon Health & Science University have created human stem cells using cloning techniques. Photograph: Oregon Health & Science University/Reuters Stem cell research requires legislation and guidelines
Mental health services need long-overdue cultural and structural revamp
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Suzanne Lynch Suzanne Lynch - European Correspondent

Financial crisis exposes EU’s credibility gap

William Reville William Reville -

Amino acids and the beginning of life

Laura Slattery Laura Slattery - Journalist

Independence of Sunday titles at risk in seven-day trend

Karlin Lillington Karlin Lillington - Technology Journalist

Chris Hadfield’s use of social media made space seem less alien

Vincent Browne Vincent Browne -

In Kenny’s book the Constitution is king . . . not the church

Harry McGee Harry McGee - Political Correspondent

Cá bhfuil ár bhFionn féin?

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Jennifer O'Connell Jennifer O'Connell -

Turning marriage-sceptic Merida into Celtic Barbie was not a brave move, Disney

Ciaran Hancock Ciaran Hancock - Business Affairs Correspondent

Credit unions have nothing to fear from debt scheme

Martin Wolf Martin Wolf -

Market blinds us to dangers of climate change

Fintan O'Toole Fintan O'Toole - Literary Editor

Free GP care not a priority for austerity sadists

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