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Opinion
Opinion: How mobile phones can be used to fight diseases like Ebola
Kunal Patel
13 Nov 2014
86
6
Opinion
Irish abroad should have the right to vote back home. Here's why...
Dominic Hannigan
13 Nov 2014
248
62
Sudan
In her own words: One woman's escape from ethnic cleansing
Anonymous
12 Nov 2014
111
35
Students
Opinion: I had to leave home and become independent at 18 – but SUSI won't recognise that
Gary
12 Nov 2014
12.9k
120
Dáil
Opinion: Parliamentary privileges extended to TDs and Senators should be reconsidered
John Jacob
12 Nov 2014
206
8
Clocking in
Opinion: Why are employers rewarding long hours in the office above all else?
Andrea Mara
11 Nov 2014
970
28
Foster Care
Opinion: 'I used to think foster parents were very special people. I now know they are very ordinary people.'
Caroline and Emmet
11 Nov 2014
21.5k
34
having your say
Opinion: Irish Water protests show exactly why we need direct democracy
Oliver Moran
10 Nov 2014
198
139
Creativity
Opinion: How to find razor-sharp focus in the age of distraction
Ciara Conlon
10 Nov 2014
161
11
Domestic Abuse
Opinion: Psychological and emotional abuse should be recognised as crimes
Patricia Tsouros
9 Nov 2014
8.8k
89
healthy living
Opinion: Extreme adventure races are fun, challenging, AND they helped me quit smoking
Nicholas Fitzgerald
9 Nov 2014
56
Sad
Column: If long winter months fill you with dread, don't suffer in silence
Shane Kelly
9 Nov 2014
408
33
Culture
Opinion: Pop culture is saturated with throwbacks to the 1960s right now – but why?
Darren Mooney
8 Nov 2014
127
15
You're not my type
Opinion: Why do some straight people automatically assume a gay person fancies them?
Christine Allen
8 Nov 2014
6.4k
73
Cannabis
Opinion: Marijuana is legal in nearly half of US States – Ireland should follow suit
Aaron McKenna
8 Nov 2014
177
172
Reproduction
Opinion: Legislation is urgently needed following Supreme Court ruling on surrogacy
Katherine Irwin
7 Nov 2014
528
149
Energy
Opinion: Is it time for Ireland to embrace nuclear energy?
Conor Farrell
7 Nov 2014
1.0k
165
stereotype
Opinion: Soju think the Irish are all drunks?
Clare Hartwieg
7 Nov 2014
1.5k
43
Right to die
Opinion: Brittany Maynard deserves our compassion – and her bravery deserves our attention
Alan Rossiter
6 Nov 2014
284
75
mairia cahill
Opinion: Sinn Féin continues its Stand By Your Man policy... but will it sour public opinion?
Donal O'Keeffe
5 Nov 2014
160
208
Civil Service
Opinion: The Irish civil service is a genuine success story – other countries should follow our model
Tom Geraghty
5 Nov 2014
1.2k
73
Water Charges
Opinion: Is it too late to fix Irish Water?
Kevin Byrne
4 Nov 2014
108
209
anti-EU
Opinion: The growth of Euroscepticism shows Europes's problems are deeper than its pockets
Fiachra Ó Raghallaigh
4 Nov 2014
641
83
marriage for all
Opinion: The one thing people can do for same-sex marriage to pass in Ireland
Tiernan Brady
3 Nov 2014
155
286
Tobacco
Opinion: Plain cigarette packaging can save lives – we need to introduce it in Ireland
Peter Ferguson
3 Nov 2014
213
63
Prisoners
Opinion: If the USA practises torture, then so could any other country
Kirsten Roberts
2 Nov 2014
77
56
CyberPsychology
Column: Why do we have such a love/hate relationship with cyberspace?
John Suler
2 Nov 2014
304
5
Children's Hospital
Opinion: I had childhood cancer – I know St James is entirely unsuitable for a children's hospital
Rachel Lavin
2 Nov 2014
341
35
Movember
Column: Men are at greater risk of getting cancer, and dying from it, than women
Kevin O’Hagan
1 Nov 2014
118
19
Children
Opinion: Something is fundamentally wrong when your kid’s shoes cost more than your own
Claire Micks
1 Nov 2014
4.6k
43
Reform
Opinion: Attempts to reform the civil service (again) may simply waste more money
Aaron McKenna
1 Nov 2014
611
41
Black Magic
Opinion: This time of year is seeped in superstition, so I indulged myself by visiting a psychic
Michelle McBride
31 Oct 2014
127
29
connected
Opinion: What does the Internet of Things mean for Ireland?
Brian MacCraith
31 Oct 2014
257
9
Halloween
Opinion: Why has 'Slutoween' become a witch hunt? Girls just wanna have fun (so back off)
Lorraine Courtney
30 Oct 2014
922
62
Homes
Opinion: Six things that need to change in Ireland's rental market
Lorcan Sirr
30 Oct 2014
569
45
Harassment
Opinion: Street harassment influences how women experience the world
Richard Scriven
29 Oct 2014
756
65
Trick or Treat
Opinion: You can make Halloween less scary for children with food allergies
Laura Kenny
29 Oct 2014
90
14
Childhood poverty
Opinion: Sky-rocketing childhood poverty is a direct result of austerity
Julien Mercille
29 Oct 2014
137
43
Jihadist Brides
Opinion: What is the lure of IS for western girls and women?
Gary Keogh
28 Oct 2014
620
119
sex and science
Opinion: The real allure of superintelligent machines isn't scientific – it's erotic
Business Insider
28 Oct 2014
76
17
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