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Voices

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bike week
Opinion: 'Cyclists would rather not be sharing road space with lorries, buses, and cars'
Roderic O'Gorman
15 Jun 2018
41.1k
275
trans rights
Opinion: 'Under 16s should be able to access gender recognition with parental consent'
Eilis Barry
14 Jun 2018
18.5k
112
Opinion
'Abortion is not part of routine general practice. 85% of GPs are of this opinion'
Dr Maitiu O Tuathail
13 Jun 2018
28.1k
82
Opinion
Poverty: 'There is a dominant narrative that seeks to blame people for their circumstances'
Dr Tricia Keilthy
12 Jun 2018
24.5k
143
column
'The seriousness with which Americans take their flag and national anthem is unusual'
Caoimhín De Barra
11 Jun 2018
46.4k
61
Anxiety
'It overwhelms me totally. I physically shake. The tone of my voice changes'
Neil Kelders
10 Jun 2018
60.3k
23
Brain Injury
'My symptoms were all invisible, so how could anybody understand what I was going through?'
Linda Collins
10 Jun 2018
72.6k
8
column
Campaigning for Repeal: 'My hijab made me a target. My brown skin made me a target'
Somaya Mahmud
10 Jun 2018
59.8k
273
Summer Days
'We had returned over the years but this trip was different. This time, when my dad talked, I listened'
Michelle McBride
9 Jun 2018
57.4k
14
column
Simon Coveney in Jordan: '80,000 live in Zaatari refugee camp. That's the same population as Galway City'
Simon Coveney
9 Jun 2018
18.3k
32
column
GIY: 'I've been grappling with how we get kids to try beetroot and I reckon I've cracked it'
Michael Kelly
9 Jun 2018
31.1k
18
Voting Rights
Home to Vote: 'It was stressful, it was exhausting, and it was expensive'
Danny Rigg
9 Jun 2018
39.9k
84
Read Me
Opinion: 'A 'new profile' of women are taking their own lives in the same numbers as men'
Tara Deacy
8 Jun 2018
41.1k
33
Opinion
Ruth Coppinger: No Leo, this wasn't a 'quiet revolution'
Ruth Copppinger
7 Jun 2018
43.3k
102
Adoption
Joan Burton: 'I only saw my long form birth cert when I was close to 50 years of age'
Joan Burton
6 Jun 2018
58.4k
65
Opinion
'We are putting tourists into houses and homeless people in hotels'
Patrick Costello
5 Jun 2018
39.7k
59
Mental Health
'I just didn't want to be in my world and I was so grateful for the option of going to St Pat's'
Christina Broderick
4 Jun 2018
42.5k
20
Men's Health
Column: 'Men need to treat their bodies in a similar way as to how they treat their cars'
Peter Gunning
4 Jun 2018
45.7k
42
deafblindness
Column: 'Mummy, tell me the story again of how you made my brother blind'
Hesline Crawford
3 Jun 2018
127k
11
Jason Corbett
'The law, whether it is in Ireland, the UK or the US, more often than not gets it right'
Ralph Riegel
3 Jun 2018
45.2k
12
Women for Election
Opinion: 'I want to invite every woman in this country to run for election'
Ciairín de Buis
3 Jun 2018
45.8k
72
tfmr
'The 'No' side feel let down by people and country. Nobody understands this feeling more than us'
Denise Coakley
3 Jun 2018
109k
116
Column: 'Some 90 years after my maternal grandparents left Ireland, I am returning'
Matthew Conway
2 Jun 2018
34.2k
20
Growing
'Slug patrols with a torch after dark have resumed, as have my attempts to lure them into beer traps'
Michael Kelly
2 Jun 2018
22.8k
24
Read Me
'We need maternity care providers who respect women and who listen to women'
Various
2 Jun 2018
32.6k
29
Church and State
What's next?: Breaking religious influence over education with a Citizens Assembly model
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
1 Jun 2018
31.1k
194
Sexual Abuse
'The sanctity of the confession box is still an issue when it comes to keeping children safe'
Tanya Ward
31 May 2018
24.6k
109
Opinion
'It is time to step up and bring an end to the destruction of Palestinian homes, lives and livelihoods'
Patrick Costello
30 May 2018
23.1k
81
column
Referendum: 'In this campaign Ireland got real and Ireland got talking'
Grainne Conroy
29 May 2018
16.8k
59
8th amendment
Column: 'We need to learn from how we treated each other during the referendum'
Philip Kirwan
28 May 2018
34.6k
80
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Column: 'While my friends were out enjoying a busy social life, I received my last rites'
Clara Caslin
27 May 2018
82.4k
7
Self-help
Column: 'What is holding you back from getting the results you want?'
Jamie Smart
27 May 2018
27.0k
7
Opinion
'Ireland in 2018 is not just a post-Catholic country, it's a pro-choice country'
Larry Donnelly
26 May 2018
26.6k
54
Opinion
'I’m tired of all the feel-good campaigns when there's no real debate around entry into mental health services'
Anonymous
26 May 2018
55.0k
41
Read Me
The politics of black women's hair: 'There is a struggle attached to this hair'
Ola Majekodunmi
26 May 2018
26.0k
22
poverty line
Opinion: 'In modern Ireland, you are invisible without money'
Audry Deane
25 May 2018
22.4k
44
Opinion
'For Mary Lou McDonald, the lack of IRA baggage may prove to be both a blessing and a curse'
Danny Rigg
24 May 2018
33.8k
91
column
'She was not a baby with a fatal foetal abnormality, she was my baby, and she was perfect'
Vicky Wall
23 May 2018
50.1k
155
Opinion
John Bruton: 'Abortion ends a life. Once it has happened there is no going back'
John Bruton
22 May 2018
26.9k
124
Opinion
Surrogacy: 'Infertile couples will still have to go abroad to make their dream a reality'
Dr Brian Tobin
22 May 2018
21.4k
29
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