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Voices

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Opinion
'As the UK withdraws economic opportunities will arise. Ireland must aggressively pursue them'
Neale Richmond
23 Mar 2017
293
19
Truth Commission
Tom Clonan: Truth of what happened in Troubles can't be allowed die with major figures like McGuinness
Tom Clonan
22 Mar 2017
435
59
Debate
Debate Room: Should the Irish abroad be allowed vote in presidential elections?
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
22 Mar 2017
547
77
column
'After hours of questioning by “experts”, Theresa was left traumatised and had to make her own way home'
Sinead Pembroke
22 Mar 2017
724
10
Martin McGuinness
Opinion: 'McGuinness ended up in a better place, bringing his party, followers and society with him'
Dr David McCann
21 Mar 2017
232
73
column
'Trump’s budget is easy to understand: he’s boosting the military, cutting everything else. Scary'
Julien Mercille
21 Mar 2017
192
118
Read Me
Junior Cert English: 'There isn’t a fifteen-year-old alive that can spit out high quality writing in two hours'
Tara O'Sullivan
20 Mar 2017
6.9k
40
Enda Kenny
'It’s inevitable a leader will make mistakes and create the conditions for opportunistic incumbents'
Jason O'Sullivan
20 Mar 2017
349
34
Read Me
A carer goes on holiday: 'Catching a glimpse of the life you once hoped to lead can be painful'
Candi O'Reilly
19 Mar 2017
723
17
insights
'As a child, my father had me handing out leaflets in a shopping centre. It was a business lesson'
Fora Staff
19 Mar 2017
714
7
Opinion
Dublin needs to build up: maybe we should speak to this skyscraper wizard
Jonathan McCrea
19 Mar 2017
1.7k
62
Abortion Rights
'When the fasten seatbelt light illuminates, my right to decide what happens to my body is paused'
Cara Sanquest
19 Mar 2017
575
106
insights
'We compete with huge multinationals, but we're just two girls in Galway who had an idea'
Fora Staff
19 Mar 2017
2.6k
31
Opinion
HeForShe: Emma Watson's empty promise that when women's problems are solved, men will be free too
Karen Straughan
19 Mar 2017
9.1k
160
Addiction
My boyfriend's gambling: 'I loved two people. One was a compulsive liar and emotionally unavailable'
Anonymous
18 Mar 2017
23.0k
33
Gardening
'Irish people put their spuds in the ground around St Paddy’s Day, believing it to be an auspicious day'
Michael Kelly
18 Mar 2017
1.4k
6
Opinion
Border poll: 'Nationalists will say the recent Assembly elections show things are trending in their direction'
Caoimhín De Barra
18 Mar 2017
724
79
enda in trumpland
'By any objective measure, Enda Kenny acquitted himself and the Irish people honourably'
Larry Donnelly
18 Mar 2017
241
102
Opinion
An American in Ireland: 'Thank you Ireland - you've helped to heal my broken heart'
Kathleen Maloney
17 Mar 2017
988
39
column
Julien Mercille: 'We should transform Paddy's Day into a people’s celebration, that's not about blind patriotism'
Julien Mercille
17 Mar 2017
191
86
today fm's 20 year anniversary
Ian Dempsey: 'Was I really asleep in that picture? But I was standing up. Did Matt Cooper really say that?'
Ian Dempsey
16 Mar 2017
571
37
Irish Abroad
Michael D Higgins: 'St Patrick's own life story was one of hardship and migration'
Michael D. Higgins
16 Mar 2017
642
52
St Patrick's Day
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 'It's time Irish people stood up against racism. We were the terrorists at one time'
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
16 Mar 2017
1.4k
132
Opinion
'Syrians are increasingly likely to opt for a strongman like Assad, capable of bringing stability'
Antoine Bakhash
15 Mar 2017
746
37
Opinion
Zoo deaths: 'In the wild, gorillas don't eat their own vomit and pull out their hair in frustration'
Elisa Allen
14 Mar 2017
6.2k
44
tax justice
Opinion: 'Tax isn't just an expense, it's a societal good and an investment in all our futures'
Sorley McCaughey
13 Mar 2017
557
113
autism and me
'I want to show that someone who can't speak thinks many thoughts, understands everything'
Fiacre Ryan
12 Mar 2017
8.1k
37
business wear
'There's no right and wrong now for work fashion. A tracksuit and hoodie may be perfect for you'
Brendan Courtney
12 Mar 2017
356
16
Opinion
Food advertising: 'Brands get onto children's newsfeeds and interact like real life friends'
Chris Macey
12 Mar 2017
199
10
generation self-absorbed
Column: 'Millennials' apathy is what is allowing Brexit and Trump to thrive'
Hugh O'Donnell
12 Mar 2017
882
81
burning question
Feel it's too late to do anything about the Poolbeg incinerator? Not so
Laura Fano Morrissey
11 Mar 2017
1.2k
45
women in stem
A female engineer: 'It's important that we respect the natural differences between men and women'
Professor Laoise McNamara
11 Mar 2017
2.0k
30
the vegetable patch
Gardening column: What to grow when you don't have much space, plus a wild garlic pesto recipe
Michael Kelly
11 Mar 2017
257
8
Opinion
'Enda, parents sent children to industrial schools because a court compelled them or they had no choice'
Sinead Pembroke
11 Mar 2017
4.0k
190
leprechaun economics
Column: The Leprechauns are at it again in the latest GDP figures for Ireland
Victor Duggan
10 Mar 2017
864
17
Women's Rights
''Free' legal aid isn't free; people are staying in domestic violence situations because they can't afford it'
Eilis Barry
10 Mar 2017
1.5k
25
national identities
Opinion: 'To say Britishness is authentic, while denying Irishness is quaffing one’s own Kool-Aid too deeply'
Caoimhín De Barra
9 Mar 2017
938
115
international women's day
Fair City's Úna Kavanagh: 'I had a social welfare book called 'Unmarried Mother's Allowance''
Úna Kavanagh
8 Mar 2017
4.1k
47
Read Me
President Higgins speaks out for women 'living in fear in their homes' of brutality and violence
Michael D. Higgins
8 Mar 2017
311
75
international women's day
What Irish women want: 'We must demand what is right and challenge what is frightening'
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
8 Mar 2017
611
92
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