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Voices

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Ireland and the UK should double team the EU on tax
Aaron McKenna
30 May 2015
48
48
Young people are powerful. Let's harness our newfound voting spirit to change Ireland.
Eoin Neylon
29 May 2015
455
76
"The Rohingya people are seen as a group to be eliminated"
Mary Lawlor
29 May 2015
305
50
5 reasons you should go to Bloom this weekend
Kevin Dennis
28 May 2015
690
14
'Averil did us an amazing disservice and I feel like her inconvenient truth'
Paul McAuliffe
28 May 2015
2.2k
71
Nepal earthquake survivor: 'More than anything now, the women need safety'
Gyaneshwori Thapa
27 May 2015
86
4
Whatever about What Averil Did Next, what about the future of the Soldiers of Destiny?
Donal O'Keeffe
27 May 2015
104
51
Meeting a food hero who once only served food grown in a prison garden
Michael Kelly
26 May 2015
150
6
"In that moment, looking 'gay' no longer felt like a negative thing. It no longer felt dangerous."
Christine Allen
26 May 2015
148
82
To shape a fairer Africa in the next 50 years, we must listen to women
Gillian Wylie
25 May 2015
144
108
I salute the gluten-free trend (but let’s recognise real coeliacs from the fashion followers)
Emma Clarke Conway
25 May 2015
348
60
The New Parenting: Nowadays, are mum and dad the ones seen and not heard?
Claire Micks
24 May 2015
376
41
This referendum will be remembered as a victory for equality, democracy and love
Laurence Davis
24 May 2015
243
154
'Ireland's maternity units are facing chronic and dangerous understaffing'
Sinéad Redmond
24 May 2015
577
75
What an extraordinary, historic and momentous day for Ireland
Larry Donnelly
23 May 2015
113
66
Mad Max: Fury Road – this generation may have found its Ellen Ripley
Darren Mooney
23 May 2015
445
38
The 'gay cake' row and freedom of speech: Being offended isn't a right
Aaron McKenna
23 May 2015
934
116
Open letter to Ban Ki-Moon: 'Ireland’s commitments to human rights are being weakened '
Michael O’Flaherty
22 May 2015
121
49
'My life in Ireland is the normal tapestry of pleasure and pain – but the good far outweighs any bad'
Thabi Madide
22 May 2015
407
28
It’s not scaremongering to look at the bioethical implications of the marriage referendum
Louise Doris
21 May 2015
387
217
'My experience in Ireland has been quite simply incredible'
Niwel Tsumbu
21 May 2015
836
46
I get annoyed when it is assumed that older people in rural Ireland will vote No
Mamo McDonald
21 May 2015
465
205
'Children are being targeted by snipers and civilians shot in the street'
David Adams
20 May 2015
78
31
That handshake was a publicity coup for Sinn Fein – why were the opposition missing in action?
Paul Allen
20 May 2015
103
68
The story of us: "I have never felt luckier or like I was on a bigger adventure"
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
20 May 2015
166
137
'The marriage referendum proposal could affect future laws relating to children'
Eileen King
19 May 2015
554
215
What are the economics of same-sex marriage?
Daragh McGreal
19 May 2015
462
163
That 'other referendum' could bridge a gap between the Irish and English versions of our Constitution
Barry Ward
19 May 2015
326
33
It's official: I've found my first grey hair... The inevitable is happening.
Christine Allen
18 May 2015
480
46
We're being short-changed by the 'other referendum'
Oliver Moran
18 May 2015
100
62
I don’t want to 'lose' my stutter – I want to be someone who accomplishes great things, and also stutters
Simon Walsh
17 May 2015
957
19
What I've learned through my career as a counsellor
Maeve Halpin
17 May 2015
4.4k
26
My wonderful gay family: I was raised by two loving, beautiful lesbian mums
Taisce Gillespie
17 May 2015
10.3k
373
My No vote isn’t about faith, it’s about children
Kate Bopp
16 May 2015
1.4k
396
Squash and peas please: crops you can plant in May
Michael Kelly
16 May 2015
223
21
'Got a big Irish Water bill? Alright – now fix that leak'
Aaron McKenna
16 May 2015
176
119
Why voting No won't tackle the ethical challenges around surrogacy or donor conception
Andrea Mulligan
15 May 2015
194
149
Marriage is the only institution which unites children with their mother and father
Jim Walsh
15 May 2015
660
261
Whatever happens, government may regret activating so many young, idealistic voters
Donal O'Keeffe
15 May 2015
101
121
Column: Enda's charm offensive has begun
Paul Allen
14 May 2015
73
105
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