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<p>Gen X's nightclub experience means having nowhere to sit and being unable to hear conversations.</p>

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Sam Boland: Young people do not need Gen X in their social spaces
Stuck under parents’ roofs, sacrificing chunks of their formative years to covid lockdowns to keep older people alive, young people do not now need us wrinklies in their social space
<p>Taylor Swift makes it clear that men who behave badly can take a hike. And look at her current beau, American football star Travis Kelce: The responsibility he takes for his behaviour is a world away from the toxic masculinity beguiling a generation of lonely young men. 	Picture: Brynn Anderson/AP</p>

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Sam Boland: Time for men to listen to women, and learn from them
Sandra McAvoy, Kathy D’Arcy, Lorna Bogue, Trish Connolly, Sam Boland, and Donna Rose of Cork Coalition to Repeal the 8th on St Patrick’s St in 2017.

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Cork tapping into a well of talent with Ireland's first mixed ability rugby team
Cork tapping into a well of talent with Ireland's first mixed ability rugby team

Munster and Ireland legend Paul O&rsquo;Connell is Danny Lynch&rsquo;s favourite player, writes Sam Boland.

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COMMENT ... Extreme behaviour at Slane  not the end of  our youth
COMMENT ... Extreme behaviour at Slane not the end of our youth

It was the ensuing witch hunt, and not the events at Slane, that deserves condemnation, writes Sam Boland

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Eminem shows there is life after his alter-egos at Slane gig

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