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Voices

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kindness
Opinion: The simple, powerful gesture you can make to balance the sadness of the past week
Donal O'Keeffe
15 Dec 2014
146
14
Parenting
Opinion: Stay-at-home fathers are still seen as a 'novelty' but perceptions are slowly changing
Bernard Kelly
14 Dec 2014
186
23
Mental Health
Opinion: Messages like this shouldn't be given to patients – depression isn't an 'embarrassing problem'
Fiona Kennedy
14 Dec 2014
136
33
Trade
Column: What you should know about hushed negotiations taking place between the EU and US
Matt Carthy
14 Dec 2014
113
97
matching socks
Opinion: Forget the fancy stuff, THIS is my Christmas wishlist
Andrea Mara
13 Dec 2014
56
12
Dating
Column: How to survive the festive season as a singleton
Rena Maycock
13 Dec 2014
70
44
Health
Opinion: 'Poor people can't cook' remark caused outrage – but consider the facts behind the headlines
Aaron McKenna
13 Dec 2014
411
63
watershed
The KAL case kickstarted a decade of debate on marriage equality
In The Name of Love by Una Mullally
12 Dec 2014
523
38
canny cooking
How to buy a slap-up Christmas meal (and all the extras) on a budget
Caitriona Redmond
12 Dec 2014
994
11
Not good enough
'Finally, I have an appointment with a psychologist... 294 days after being discharged from the hospital'
Natalie Marr
12 Dec 2014
1.6k
42
Breixt
Opinion: Of all the member states, Ireland would be the most affected if the UK opted to leave the EU
David Moloney
11 Dec 2014
110
73
Loneliness
Opinion: A simple act of kindness could help someone feeling alone at this time of year
Shane Kelly
11 Dec 2014
436
5
Torture
Tortured: ‘They called a doctor to check if they could continue without killing me’
Josefina Salomon
10 Dec 2014
223
15
Protest
Opinion: We have been sold out, we have been failed. That is why I'm marching today.
Fergal Anderson
10 Dec 2014
98
152
Protest
Opinion: When the people lead, politicians are forced to follow – so let's make our voices heard
Ruairí McKiernan
9 Dec 2014
77
35
something about mary lou
Opinion: Mary Lou would elevate Sinn Féin to the political elite as party leader
Natalie Tennyson
9 Dec 2014
136
111
Peace Process
Opinion: I deeply hope that Dáil Éireann will vote to recognise Palestine
Ailbhe Smyth
9 Dec 2014
188
44
Education
The forgotten voice: a student’s opinion of the Junior Cycle
David Nash
8 Dec 2014
243
29
goodbye old friend
Opinion: Goodbye Ray – we've been through a lot together (even though you don't know it)
Claire Micks
8 Dec 2014
133
83
mindfulness
Opinion: Have yourself a mindful Christmas
Joanne O'Malley
8 Dec 2014
283
8
Mental Health
Opinion: Some of the everyday struggles people with mental illnesses face in Ireland
Anonymous
7 Dec 2014
514
11
Listen
Dublin Sounds: An autumnal walk in Dartmouth Square
La Cosa Preziosa
7 Dec 2014
171
1
Divided
Opinion: The left needs to form a stronger alliance – and soon
Cillian Doyle
7 Dec 2014
111
67
winter beer
Column: Have a Hoppy Christmas! Some beers to try over the festive season...
Reuben Gray
6 Dec 2014
94
43
spread a little tenderness
Opinion: We can’t let bad charities sour us on doing good this Christmas
Aaron McKenna
6 Dec 2014
143
16
vision for the future
Opinion: There has been a shift in Ireland’s political climate... but why now?
Robert Grant
5 Dec 2014
1.0k
106
Home
Opinion: Despite talk of an improving economy, worrying mortgage arrears on family homes persist
Paul Joyce
5 Dec 2014
85
13
A thousand words
Opinion: The Taoiseach visiting Pantibar shows we will no longer be hidden away
Tiernan Brady
4 Dec 2014
109
104
protect and serve
Opinion: US policing culture is growing increasingly violent – so where will it end?
Niall McGlynn
4 Dec 2014
75
88
ho ho no
Opinion: Christmas – the season of sugar-laced tantrums, queues, and unreasonable demands
Claire Micks
3 Dec 2014
84
4
political legacy
Opinion: The 1916 centenary is coming... but are we honouring the ideal of equality for all?
Donal O'Keeffe
3 Dec 2014
298
145
Jill Meagher
800 Days: 'I thought I knew what anger was, but I had never even touched its surface'
Aoife Lyons
2 Dec 2014
2.1k
28
Opinion: 'I want to support my students, I don't want to judge them'
Conor Murphy
2 Dec 2014
211
30
Opinion: Gaming for stress-reduction – how we can use technology to help our wellbeing
Mateusz Cieslak
2 Dec 2014
121
51
Opinion
Opinion: The 'smart homes' of the near future – Irish homes will have about 500 connected devices
Tanya Duncan
1 Dec 2014
339
25
EBOLA
Opinion: Healthcare apartheid is unacceptable – there can be no 'them and us'
Breda Gahan
1 Dec 2014
93
7
column
Column: 'My mother is not a person dying from Alzheimer’s – she is a hero living with it'
Sean Donal O Shea
30 Nov 2014
919
23
bit of the auld sod
Vlog: I've finally started playing GAA – as an emigrant in Spain
Oisin Gregorian
30 Nov 2014
320
15
no stress
Opinion: How to plan for a stress-free Christmas
Ciara Conlon
30 Nov 2014
134
29
dreams
Column: The power and beauty in exploring other cultures
Kathleen Maloney
29 Nov 2014
85
8
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