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Eighth Amendment
Vincent Browne: Let’s cease demanding more of women than we would dare demand of men
Vincent Browne
21 May 2018
237k
267
wendy erskine
Short story: 'To all their dues'
Wendy Erskine
21 May 2018
14.8k
3
Read Me
Debate Room: Two lawyers on the 8th Amendment and if we should retain or repeal it
Barrister Benedict Ó Floinn & Prof Alan Green
21 May 2018
40.7k
178
national epilepsy week
Epilepsy: 'My emotions are heightened and I'm overwhelmed by difficult or upsetting situations'
Eva-Jayne Gaffney
20 May 2018
44.7k
25
rat race
'I had always found work soul destroying, but had accepted this as the norm'
Ian Cumbers
20 May 2018
66.3k
41
Read Me
Column: 'Those who beat the health insurance penalty deadline are at risk of overpaying'
Dermot Goode
20 May 2018
51.6k
29
Opinion
'We're so conditioned to keep quiet. I notice it in myself all the time'
Liz Roche
19 May 2018
49.6k
47
column
GIY: Get creative with delicious new potatoes using this Spanish tortilla recipe
Michael Kelly
19 May 2018
16.2k
2
Opinion
Lad culture: 'We need to tackle masculinity head-on'
Stephen Todd
19 May 2018
35.0k
158
column
'I'm not amoral, not stupid, and not promiscuous. I took every precaution. I still got pregnant'
Anonymous
18 May 2018
61.6k
241
Homophobia
Maria Walsh: 'It might be a questioning glance or a curt refusal to shake my hand'
Maria Walsh
17 May 2018
42.2k
20
coercive control
Column: 'Why did I fall so hard? Why did I make myself so vulnerable to him?'
Patricia Tsouros
16 May 2018
38.5k
39
Opinion
Replacing Phil Hogan: 'Other countries have a different attitude and send their elite'
Dominic Hannigan
15 May 2018
33.3k
58
cervical check
It's been a worrying two weeks - but please don't stop getting smear tests
Prof Donal Brennan
14 May 2018
19.4k
12
Read Me
Column: 'We are haemorrhaging €5-6bn per year to pay for expensive and dirty fuels'
Grattan Healy
14 May 2018
38.3k
168
New Laws
Justice Minister: 'I have seen many women shake with fear of not being believed by a Garda or a court'
Charlie Flanagan TD
13 May 2018
47.5k
48
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
Column: 'We are ill. We are not faking this illness. It is not in our heads'
Corina Duyn
13 May 2018
141k
59
column
Brian Merriman: 'Identity theatre is always relevant'
Brian Merriman
13 May 2018
14.2k
2
Opinion
Sharon Donnery: 'There were no female role models, no one I could aspire to be like'
Sharon Donnery
13 May 2018
28.5k
74
column
'I was the first of my family to go to university and this week I paid off the last of my loan'
Gavin Nugent
12 May 2018
73.3k
26
Growing
Chickweed: 'Not only is it edible, it’s considered to be a nutritional powerhouse'
Michael Kelly
12 May 2018
30.4k
8
cervical cancer scandal
Column: 'I was lucky, but women's healthcare must not come down to luck'
Stephanie Regan
12 May 2018
13.6k
22
Iran
Larry Donnelly: 'There is a definite sense that the net is tightening around Donald Trump'
Larry Donnelly
11 May 2018
68.8k
76
The Eighth Debate
'I was nine weeks pregnant when I took an abortion pill - after staring at it for hours'
Anonymous
10 May 2018
182k
292
fodder crisis
Column: 'Farmers are asking 'where’s my share of this economic boom?''
Richard Moeran
9 May 2018
21.1k
47
darkness into light
'I look at my kids and I think there is so much I would have missed had I gone through with it'
Christy Galligan
8 May 2018
23.0k
4
Read Me
Floundering forests: The challenges facing the Irish forestry industry
Dermot McNally
8 May 2018
29.6k
29
column
Borderline Personality Disorder: 'My emotions are overwhelming and almost impossible to regulate'
Lucie Kavanagh
7 May 2018
85.0k
20
the hardest harvest
Standoffs with scorpions: The reality of filming in Sub-Saharan Africa
Brian Gray
7 May 2018
25.4k
4
fair rent model
'I'm 27. I'm living at home. Going through the same hall door since I was in a school uniform'
Nicola Quinn
7 May 2018
161k
148
column
'Mad, loony, mental, psycho or schizo': Behind every mental health diagnosis is a person
Nicola Hampson
6 May 2018
68.8k
14
Colombia
'As Ireland prepares for its referendum, I'm in the middle of another divisive campaign'
Kieran Duffy
6 May 2018
28.8k
1
column
'There are days I don’t speak to another grown-up. Online chats keep me going'
Andrea Mara
6 May 2018
28.7k
15
History
The past isn't the past, it's not even over: We can't discard Junior Cert History
John Connell
5 May 2018
66.6k
41
Opinion
Alison Curtis: 'I don't sound Irish - but don't tell me to go back to Canada'
Alison Curtis
5 May 2018
193k
130
Growing
Bio-insecticide Supernemos: 'Sometimes GIYing is not for the faint hearted'
Michael Kelly
5 May 2018
11.7k
1
insights and opinion
‘You might see a successful business and fancy having a go, but you rarely see the sacrifices made’
Catriona Coyle
5 May 2018
15.0k
6
confidence and supply
Opinion: 'The DUP has a talent for fusing bungled governance with election success'
Thomas Muinzer
5 May 2018
15.8k
25
cervical check scandal
Dr Anthony O'Connor: 'It’s not about your rage or sorrow, deputies. It's about what we do next'
Dr Anthony O'Connor
4 May 2018
32.9k
35
17 weeks
'The nurses asked how we planned to keep him cold. This wasn't something we were prepared for'
Anonymous
4 May 2018
133k
185
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