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I found out I was having a miscarriage this week. My husband wasn't allowed into the hospital.

Anonymous

7 May 2021

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'I hung up for the last time': How I lost my partner to conspiracy theories

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18 Apr 2021

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Safety

Opinion: Women have lived in fear of walking alone in the dark for too long - we've had enough

Anonymous

11 Mar 2021

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World Suicide Prevention Day

Opinion: 'I tried to take my own life more than once and felt the compassion of staff begin to fade'

Anonymous

10 Sep 2020

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assessing autism

The long wait for autism assessment: 'From cautiously optimistic to desperately worried'

Anonymous

25 Aug 2020

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Addiction

My food addiction: How group therapy helped me overcome years of bingeing and purging

Anonymous

18 Jul 2020

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Domestic Abuse

'The scariest part was there was no remorse': One survivor on her experience of domestic abuse

Anonymous

14 May 2020

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Health Crisis

Opinion: Examined in the toilet, protesting in a chair for a bed - my battle for comfort in hospital

Anonymous

29 Jan 2020

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Opinion

'I’m tired of all the feel-good campaigns when there's no real debate around entry into mental health services'

Anonymous

26 May 2018

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'I'm not amoral, not stupid, and not promiscuous. I took every precaution. I still got pregnant'

Anonymous

18 May 2018

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The Eighth Debate

'I was nine weeks pregnant when I took an abortion pill - after staring at it for hours'

Anonymous

10 May 2018

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17 weeks

'The nurses asked how we planned to keep him cold. This wasn't something we were prepared for'

Anonymous

4 May 2018

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Candid recordings of female doctor from field hospital in East Ghouta

Anonymous

3 Mar 2018

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Opinion

'We've fostered 15 children, in the beginning I thought we were going to save the world'

Anonymous

25 Feb 2018

35.7k

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Broadband in rural Ireland: 'If I disconnect, I don't get paid - I fear for my job'

Anonymous

6 Feb 2018

26.0k

irish justice system

Sexual abuse: 'Did I consent? I was just a little girl, but yes, I let it happen'

Anonymous

26 Nov 2017

126k

Read Me

#MeToo: 'I have been drugged twice by men I knew'

Anonymous

22 Oct 2017

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Workplace stress

'My doctor insisted I leave the job, and signed me off on stress leave'

Anonymous

7 Oct 2017

179k

Read Me

'I am not ashamed of losing my home. But people's judgemental attitudes make it harder'

Anonymous

9 Jul 2017

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'We were even questioning the future of our marriage': One couple share their fertility story

29 May 2017

16.3k

reproductive rights

My abortion: 'I don't want to be eternally attached to someone I do not love'

Anonymous

27 May 2017

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Addiction

My boyfriend's gambling: 'I loved two people. One was a compulsive liar and emotionally unavailable'

Anonymous

18 Mar 2017

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column

An Irish nurse: 'I began to hate my job. I questioned my career. There were days when I came home crying'

Anonymous

10 Jan 2017

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'One of the most horrible experiences of my life': An Irish woman on travelling for an abortion

Anonymous

22 Dec 2016

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column

'He confirmed what I had known for hours - there was no heartbeat'

Anonymous

22 Dec 2016

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Youth Unemployment

'My Jobseeker's Allowance was cut to €40 a week - I can’t afford to go to interviews'

Anonymous

27 Nov 2016

14.7k

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'I walked past people with signs about how I was a murderer': Getting an abortion as a teenager

Anonymous

4 Sep 2016

2.8k

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Opinion

There is no easy way to escape poverty as a single parent

Anonymous

18 Jul 2016

8.6k

Opinion

'As a child of an alcoholic, I am damaged'

Anonymous

10 Jul 2016

4.3k

column

Supporting my mam through depression: 'We never give up trying to make her feel loved'

Anonymous

2 May 2016

197

column

Leaving an abusive relationship: He knocked me into a wall when I dared to speak back

Anonymous

10 Apr 2016

64.2k

Opinion

'I fed myself through looking or smelling, but never eating. I'm not over anorexia; I'm living with it'

Anonymous

21 Feb 2016

965

Opinion

Call me a selfish criminal and a murderer if you want, but having an abortion was right for me

Anonymous

17 Feb 2016

10.3k

325

Opinion

'My partner was lovely at first, but things changed after we moved in together'

Anonymous

10 Feb 2016

8.6k

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Opinion

I chose to put my four children through private secondary school, here's why

Anonymous

8 Dec 2015

15.8k

Opinion

I love a drink but I don't want to end up like my dad: an alcoholic and alone

Anonymous

6 Dec 2015

2.4k

Opinion

No opportunities for non-EU students: I fell in love with Ireland but will soon have to leave

Anonymous

30 Nov 2015

20.8k

Opinion

'I'll never forget the looks he gave me. I knew he wanted me dead'

Anonymous

11 Nov 2015

285

Human Rights

'If I don’t have papers I won’t be able to study after the Leaving Cert'

Anonymous

3 Nov 2015

257

Opinion

I spent five long years studying to be a vet and I'm up against JobBridge ads paying €50 a week

Anonymous

27 Oct 2015

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