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Family
Opinion: Our daughters can't be expected to live for the sole purpose of bearing children
Sinéad Fox
10 Jun 2014
294
141
RIP
Opinion: Goodbye Rik Mayall – you loveable, manic scoundrel
Stephen Downes
9 Jun 2014
396
33
Opinion
Column: We must stop claiming that 'we never knew' about child abuse at Catholic institutions
Fin Dwyer
9 Jun 2014
2.6k
100
Health
Opinion: Can you imagine waking up one morning to find you can't move?
Niall O'Connor and Christina Finn
9 Jun 2014
864
6
Climate Change
Opinion: Climate change is the single biggest threat to winning the fight against hunger
Jim Clarken
8 Jun 2014
117
236
Living
Opinion: 'Being stuck in a wheelchair without hands or speech is such a challenge as a mother'
Emma Fitzpatrick
8 Jun 2014
350
4
Children
Opinion: Horror doesn't belong to the past, Ireland's most vulnerable are still marginalised and neglected
Aoife Nolan
8 Jun 2014
336
40
Friends With Benefits
Opinion: Casual dating – is it just one big wind up?
Christine Allen
7 Jun 2014
1.7k
40
Mental Health
Opinion: We are in the midst of a national crisis. How many more deaths before the government acts?
Vicky Kavanagh
7 Jun 2014
100
38
800 babies
Aaron McKenna: The nation, not just the Church, bears responsibility for horrors of the past
Aaron McKenna
7 Jun 2014
136
161
Women's Health
Opinion: Why are some women avoiding cervical cancer screening?
Marie Kotzur
6 Jun 2014
1.8k
35
LGBT
Opinion: Dear Vincent Browne, I don't have a 'gay lifestyle'... I have a life
Brian Finnegan
6 Jun 2014
252
161
Tuam
Opinion: Tuam's 800 babies – a legacy of shame and horror beyond words
Elaine Feeney
5 Jun 2014
1.4k
144
men's health week
Opinion: Warning! This article could seriously improve your health
Colin Fowler
5 Jun 2014
79
22
Migrants
Opinion: An EU coastguard for the Mediterranean could save lives and national budgets
Niall McGlynn
5 Jun 2014
82
31
men's health week
Opinion: Laughing our way to good male health – why we need humour in healing
Finian Murray
4 Jun 2014
452
21
rural ireland
Opinion: Rural Ireland is tough and resilient – but it needs more support
Cathal O’Donoghue
4 Jun 2014
208
50
Testing times
Opinion: The State exams start today – but don't let stress get you down
Jamie Wiggins
4 Jun 2014
253
7
Property
Opinion: Do rising property prices impact on Local Property Tax payments?
Christine Keily
3 Jun 2014
170
58
Leaving Cert
Opinion: Have a positive impact on Ireland’s society and economy – choose a STEM career
Dr Ruth Freeman
3 Jun 2014
576
38
Older People
Opinion: After seeing what my dad has gone through, I'm convinced we need an Ombudsman for the Elderly
Claire Micks
3 Jun 2014
94
26
Housing Crisis
Opinion: The issue at the heart of our housing crisis is an unaffordable private rental market
Katherine Zappone
2 Jun 2014
76
85
rollicking
Column: Debauchery, drinking and chaos - The beginner's guide to opera
Rosemary Collier
2 Jun 2014
291
6
playing politics
Opinion: The Irish political elite should curb its temptation to run with the big boys
Natasha Browne
2 Jun 2014
120
73
Dubliners
Video column: The Ghost – remembering Patrick Kavanagh
Eoin Lynch and Deirdre Brennan
1 Jun 2014
118
6
Internet
Column: People who use social media need to think long and hard about their privacy
Fiachra Ó Raghallaigh
1 Jun 2014
87
24
fixing dublin
Opinion: The election results offer radical possibilities to solve the housing crisis in Dublin – here’s how
Dr Rory Hearne
1 Jun 2014
96
82
Drug use
Opinion: The 'War on Drugs' has failed – let's finally implement policies that make sense
Tony Duffin
1 Jun 2014
461
118
Disruptive
Opinion: Once, there were artists, entrepreneurs and everyone else on the sidelines. Then the internet came along.
Andrea Mara
31 May 2014
49
11
Mass Grave
Opinion: Mass grave 'filled to the brim with tiny bones and skulls' shows how we cherish children
Donal O'Keeffe
31 May 2014
2.5k
282
dark arts
Column: How the Catholic Church and the media thought Satanic cults were a real danger to young people in the 1980s
Barry Sheppard
31 May 2014
2.0k
182
E-Voting
Aaron McKenna: It's time to revisit E-Voting machines, and here's why...
Aaron McKenna
31 May 2014
82
51
BYE BYE BOD
Opinion: Brian O'Driscoll is up there with sporting greats such as Pele - and it's down to his mindset
Emmet O’Rafferty
30 May 2014
423
112
Judiciary
Opinion: Would stricter guidelines for trial judges encourage more consistent sentencing?
Darius Whelan
30 May 2014
220
20
problem drinking
Opinion: The first step to fixing Ireland's alcohol problem? Fight back against the drinks industry
Julien Mercille
30 May 2014
881
92
sharing is caring
Opinion: Ireland needs to capitalise on the sharing economy
Katie Roche
29 May 2014
158
11
green ribbon
Opinion: A mental health nurse’s experience of mental health issues
Donal Scanlan
29 May 2014
909
30
Children
Opinion: Childline is at breaking point – who else will listen to vulnerable children?
John Hyland
29 May 2014
887
21
SMEs
Opinion: We can't afford to take a single job for granted, as recent painful history has shown
Peter Hynes
28 May 2014
73
7
Childcare
Opinion: One year on from the Prime Time childcare exposé – what have we learned?
Andrea Mara
28 May 2014
558
15
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