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Voices

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Good or evil?: McDonald's and low cost airlines opened up eating out and travel to us all
Louis Brennan
3 Mar 2017
554
38
Opinion: 'Taxpayers who earn significantly less than Bus Éireann drivers are being asked to foot the bill'
Paddy Smyth
2 Mar 2017
1.5k
121
Debate Room: We need a minimum passing distance law or more cyclists will die on our roads
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
1 Mar 2017
1.0k
159
Opinion: 'Ireland has become a pollution haven due to neo-liberal model of light-touch regulation'
Cian Prendiville
1 Mar 2017
751
66
The youth vote: 'My classmates are more interested in Netflix and Instagram than in politics'
Owen Cuskelly
28 Feb 2017
3.1k
64
Marriage equality?: 'There is no excuse for confining civil partnership solely to gay couples'
Fergus Ryan
27 Feb 2017
711
23
Bingeing: 'I eat until I feel sick. I don’t realise what I’ve eaten until after the binge'
Jodie Kenny
26 Feb 2017
24.7k
18
'Self-serving at the best of times, the Oscars are merely a marketing tool for Hollywood'
Steven Galvin
26 Feb 2017
214
38
Compensation culture: 'We can’t apply health and safety standards to the great outdoors'
Andrew Doyle
26 Feb 2017
471
62
Has political correctness gone mad? 'Comedians must be allowed to offend'
Seán Connolly
25 Feb 2017
3.9k
119
Updates from the potting shed - and a recipe for spicy carrot and lentil soup
Michael Kelly
25 Feb 2017
231
4
Column: 'New Dáil Bill would help stop devastating home repossessions and evictions'
Julie Sadlier
25 Feb 2017
994
84
Tom Clonan: Nerve, blood and choking agents sending state-sponsored message of terror
Tom Clonan
25 Feb 2017
118
11
'No woman should have to cover her head for fear of offending religious values'
Lorraine Courtney
24 Feb 2017
3.1k
191
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 'I never pass pickets. We are all humans and need each other to survive'
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
23 Feb 2017
408
74
'Looking at the Mairead I was on assessment day breaks my heart. I don’t recognise her now'
Mairead Redmond
22 Feb 2017
355
9
'In Dublin, there are 13 empty homes for every adult in homelessness'
Pat Doyle
22 Feb 2017
664
113
Opinion: 'If we choose to stick with the UK, we will probably go backwards'
Seanán Ó Coistín
21 Feb 2017
2.1k
148
The parallels between Irish and American controversies, in a wild week for politics
Larry Donnelly
20 Feb 2017
290
20
Ming Flanagan: 'Our Minister for Health is like the God of the Old Testament - mean'
Luke Ming Flanagan
20 Feb 2017
288
59
Column: 'I live with schizophrenia without taking any medication, but I'm an exception'
Nicola Hynds
19 Feb 2017
13.8k
26
'Media coverage of science remains scant and tends to be uncritically promotional or celebratory'
Cormac Sheridan
19 Feb 2017
493
13
Beyoncé: 'The onus is on everyone to study and understand what a lack of privilege really means'
Elva Carri
19 Feb 2017
361
85
Lesvos project: 'Art is the perfect way to connect with locals. It breaks down any barriers'
Mark Leonard
18 Feb 2017
282
12
GIY Guru: 'I’ve become interested in mindfulness, sitting quietly for ten minutes, in the morning'
Michael Kelly
18 Feb 2017
164
5
'Boys are taught they are violent oppressors and that whatever violence they experience doesn't matter'
David Walsh
18 Feb 2017
2.2k
60
Colm Hayes: 'Anxiety comes with the job. I don’t hold it in and I’m a stronger person because of it'
Colm Hayes
17 Feb 2017
314
8
Digital piracy: 'People can't get the television they want, when they want it through legal channels'
Gavin Nugent
16 Feb 2017
3.8k
76
Ming Flanagan: 'Unless you come from the old guard, you are irrelevant in the eyes of mainstream media'
Luke Ming Flanagan
15 Feb 2017
478
87
First Dates Ireland's Alice on dating: 'I get a little tired of the games that we play'
Alice Marr
14 Feb 2017
5.2k
28
Column: 'My mum was dying. Her heart was failing. She was bedridden until she got a new heart'
Sarah Todd
14 Feb 2017
301
16
Debate Room: In a post-Brexit world, Ireland needs the Canadian trade pact
The Journal Team
13 Feb 2017
247
39
Storms Desmond and Frank: 'One year on, we need to rethink how we manage flood risk'
Anja Murray
13 Feb 2017
334
21
'My friend was gang raped. She attempted suicide; the men went on to have careers and families'
Mary Cate Smith
12 Feb 2017
2.6k
104
My son Joshua was born and died 16 years ago today and we still punish tragedies like his
Gerry Edwards
12 Feb 2017
1.8k
120
'My epilepsy diagnosis gave me impetus to achieve as much as I can to prove all the naysayers wrong'
Ailbhe Benson
11 Feb 2017
967
19
Courgette shortage: Grow your own instead plus a recipe for pan-fried Jerusalem artichokes
Michael Kelly
11 Feb 2017
320
18
'Social media is where Trump puts out information and it's where we can challenge him'
Craig Dwyer
11 Feb 2017
255
38
Tom Clonan: Ireland never rewards whistleblowers like Maurice McCabe and me - it punishes us
Tom Clonan
11 Feb 2017
2.0k
49
'It is arguable that the acts of vulture funds are outside what is to be permitted by the Constitution'
Jody Cantillon
10 Feb 2017
2.7k
34
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