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Opinion: The reality of mental illness doesn't fit into a sanitised sound bite
Sinead Fallon
19 Jul 2014
504
59
Aaron McKenna: Gender, geography, age – focus on everything but quality in government reshuffle
Aaron McKenna
19 Jul 2014
62
15
Opinion: What will compulsory birth registration of unmarried fathers’ names mean for children?
Margot Doherty
18 Jul 2014
3.3k
56
Opinion: Why I hate the part of me that needs to return to work
Claire Micks
18 Jul 2014
103
60
Opinion: No person or institution can be left behind in the mother-and-baby home inquiry
Mairead Healy
17 Jul 2014
95
17
Opinion: A woman pregnant by rape is treated as 'a vessel and nothing more' by Irish law
Deirdre Duffy
17 Jul 2014
661
142
Opinion: I became the first male survivor of Irish clerical sexual abuse to meet Pope Francis
Mark Vincent Healy
17 Jul 2014
1.1k
17
Opinion: Older people and Gaeilgeoirí are right to be indignant – this Cabinet doesn't care about them
Peter Kavanagh
16 Jul 2014
232
66
Opinion: Once again, we've heard a depressingly familiar tune from Ireland on human rights
Kirsten Roberts
16 Jul 2014
232
36
Opinion: Big Phil wasn't the best option for Europe... it should have been Lucinda
David Moloney
16 Jul 2014
135
65
Opinion: A fatal foetal diagnosis is nobody’s fault – the deliberate lack of support by the State is.
Anonymous
15 Jul 2014
1.7k
52
Opinion: Will Leo survive the Department of Health curse?
Paul Allen
15 Jul 2014
94
45
Opinion: The GAA and Samaritans both have an ethos of giving rather than taking
James
15 Jul 2014
200
32
Opinion: We can't afford NOT to invest in childcare and early education
Ciaran Tierney
14 Jul 2014
175
25
Opinion: Ireland’s record on civil and political rights comes under the UN spotlight
David Joyce BL
14 Jul 2014
855
24
Opinion: Failing to prepare for life’s most important journey could be your biggest mistake
Tony Moore
13 Jul 2014
195
28
Opinion: I've walked across burning coals and broken glass – I know I can beat depression too
Fiona Kennedy
13 Jul 2014
263
11
Opinion: American policy is moving ever further from European interests
Niall McGlynn
13 Jul 2014
81
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Opinion: I have a vision – I want to live in a world where depression is understood
Belle Ryan
12 Jul 2014
149
67
Opinion: SALE! Why does this one word cause all logic to go out the window?
Claire Micks
12 Jul 2014
81
17
Opinion: Reluctance to repossess homes just drags out the misery for those in serious debt
Aaron McKenna
12 Jul 2014
196
128
Opinion: Don't let your fear of flying ruin your holiday – follow these tips
Shane Kelly
11 Jul 2014
3.2k
53
A Bessborough Tale: 'Some nights all you could hear was sobbing'
Sally
11 Jul 2014
6.8k
48
Opinion: The Garth Brooks situation requires no parody – it is the definition of parody itself
Jane Horgan-Jones and Rebecca Moynihan
10 Jul 2014
220
119
Opinion: A simple 'how to' guide for the new Minister for Foreign Affairs
Dr David McCann
10 Jul 2014
54
27
Opinion: Discrimination against the non-religious is being allowed to continue
Peter Ferguson
10 Jul 2014
570
130
Opinion: Post Natal Depression – should it discourage you from ‘going again’?
Anonymous
9 Jul 2014
1.3k
31
Opinion: The rights of the Deaf community have just been spectacularly undermined
John Cradden
9 Jul 2014
763
21
Opinion: Once the bricks and mortar are in place, let's encourage communities to develop
Lucinda McNally
9 Jul 2014
80
20
Opinion: It may seem heartless, but we shouldn't fund an inquiry into religious-run homes
Regina Bushell
8 Jul 2014
270
142
Opinion: St James’s is the "best site" for the children’s hospital? It's a complete farce.
Anonymous
8 Jul 2014
317
105
Opinion: Is imagination more important than knowledge?
Naomi Lavelle
8 Jul 2014
64.0k
36
Video: Error-laden pidgin or creative creole? The Irish of the Gaelscoil
Breandán Mac Ardghail
7 Jul 2014
822
26
Opinion: An opportunity to rid the world of poverty is on the horizon
Jim Clarken
7 Jul 2014
90
36
Opinion: ‘Ah, yer not driving, are ya?!’ – The trials of being a non-drinker in Ireland
Claire Micks
7 Jul 2014
1.2k
40
Opinion: Want to grow your own food, but don't have outside space?
Fiann Ó Nualláin
6 Jul 2014
113
18
Short Story: Whalesong
Barbara Leahy
6 Jul 2014
228
2
Opinion: The Irish have strange, almost unconditional, love affair with alcohol
Jason Johnson
6 Jul 2014
2.3k
53
Opinion: I had a great life, friends, business - and I was paralysed by depression
Niall Harbison
5 Jul 2014
1.2k
36
Short Story: The Chamber Pot
Richard Ball
5 Jul 2014
825
9
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