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Voices

All time
taboo
Opinion: My son is a little boy who happens to like pink... isn’t that allowed?
Sinéad Fox
22 Jul 2014
12.1k
90
HIV
Opinion: 'It's a terrible blow to Aids research – and not the first time lives have been needlessly lost'
Enida Friel
21 Jul 2014
61
18
Prostitution
Opinion: When you think of a sex worker, you might never think of someone like me
Anonymous
21 Jul 2014
1.8k
152
Children
Opinion: Struggling to entertain the kids over the summer holidays?
Aisling Lyons
21 Jul 2014
666
31
Gardening
Opinion: The lazy guide to fair-weather gardening
Fiann Ó Nualláin
20 Jul 2014
132
5
Traces of the past
The road to Petras: Why I gave up my job and became an archaeologist
Frank Lynam
20 Jul 2014
237
8
golden years
Opinion: We have made no preparations for our ageing population
Tadhg Daly
20 Jul 2014
761
16
confined
Opinion: Cast claustrophobia? It's very real and it's very unpleasant.
Aoibhin Fallon
19 Jul 2014
61.8k
31
living with mental illness
Opinion: The reality of mental illness doesn't fit into a sanitised sound bite
Sinead Fallon
19 Jul 2014
508
59
Reshuffle
Aaron McKenna: Gender, geography, age – focus on everything but quality in government reshuffle
Aaron McKenna
19 Jul 2014
63
15
families
Opinion: What will compulsory birth registration of unmarried fathers’ names mean for children?
Margot Doherty
18 Jul 2014
3.3k
56
9 to 5
Opinion: Why I hate the part of me that needs to return to work
Claire Micks
18 Jul 2014
107
60
Inquiry
Opinion: No person or institution can be left behind in the mother-and-baby home inquiry
Mairead Healy
17 Jul 2014
96
17
Human Rights
Opinion: A woman pregnant by rape is treated as 'a vessel and nothing more' by Irish law
Deirdre Duffy
17 Jul 2014
671
142
Child Abuse
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
Opinion: Older people and Gaeilgeoirí are right to be indignant – this Cabinet doesn't care about them
Peter Kavanagh
16 Jul 2014
236
66
Not good enough
Opinion: Once again, we've heard a depressingly familiar tune from Ireland on human rights
Kirsten Roberts
16 Jul 2014
233
36
Commissioners
Opinion: Big Phil wasn't the best option for Europe... it should have been Lucinda
David Moloney
16 Jul 2014
136
65
fatal foetal abnormality
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
poison chalice
Opinion: Will Leo survive the Department of Health curse?
Paul Allen
15 Jul 2014
95
45
community
Opinion: The GAA and Samaritans both have an ethos of giving rather than taking
James
15 Jul 2014
210
32
childhood education
Opinion: We can't afford NOT to invest in childcare and early education
Ciaran Tierney
14 Jul 2014
178
25
your rights
Opinion: Ireland’s record on civil and political rights comes under the UN spotlight
David Joyce BL
14 Jul 2014
864
24
Wedding Bells
Opinion: Failing to prepare for life’s most important journey could be your biggest mistake
Tony Moore
13 Jul 2014
198
28
Mental Health
Opinion: I've walked across burning coals and broken glass – I know I can beat depression too
Fiona Kennedy
13 Jul 2014
264
11
USA and Europe
Opinion: American policy is moving ever further from European interests
Niall McGlynn
13 Jul 2014
82
89
Mental Health
Opinion: I have a vision – I want to live in a world where depression is understood
Belle Ryan
12 Jul 2014
153
67
Bargain
Opinion: SALE! Why does this one word cause all logic to go out the window?
Claire Micks
12 Jul 2014
84
17
Mortgages
Opinion: Reluctance to repossess homes just drags out the misery for those in serious debt
Aaron McKenna
12 Jul 2014
198
128
Fear of Flying
Opinion: Don't let your fear of flying ruin your holiday – follow these tips
Shane Kelly
11 Jul 2014
3.2k
53
mother and baby home
A Bessborough Tale: 'Some nights all you could hear was sobbing'
Sally
11 Jul 2014
6.8k
48
garth brooks
Opinion: The Garth Brooks situation requires no parody – it is the definition of parody itself
Jane Horgan-Jones and Rebecca Moynihan
10 Jul 2014
226
119
Northern Ieland
Opinion: A simple 'how to' guide for the new Minister for Foreign Affairs
Dr David McCann
10 Jul 2014
56
27
Atheists
Opinion: Discrimination against the non-religious is being allowed to continue
Peter Ferguson
10 Jul 2014
576
130
pregnancy and depression
Opinion: Post Natal Depression – should it discourage you from ‘going again’?
Anonymous
9 Jul 2014
1.3k
31
Signing
Opinion: The rights of the Deaf community have just been spectacularly undermined
John Cradden
9 Jul 2014
769
21
community
Opinion: Once the bricks and mortar are in place, let's encourage communities to develop
Lucinda McNally
9 Jul 2014
82
20
Mother and Baby
Opinion: It may seem heartless, but we shouldn't fund an inquiry into religious-run homes
Regina Bushell
8 Jul 2014
277
142
Children's Hospital
Opinion: St James’s is the "best site" for the children’s hospital? It's a complete farce.
Anonymous
8 Jul 2014
320
105
make-believe
Opinion: Is imagination more important than knowledge?
Naomi Lavelle
8 Jul 2014
64.1k
36
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