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Voices

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darkness into light
'He told us his head was melted. The help didn't come quick enough'
Aiveen Cully-Dunne
3 May 2018
56.7k
7
holistic education
Column: Do we really need mandatory standardised testing in primary schools?
Peter Gunning
3 May 2018
32.5k
23
Opinion
Roisin Shortall: 'Harvesting the personal data of children for marketing purposes is repugnant'
Róisín Shortall
2 May 2018
10.2k
12
darkness into light
'I never thought I'd end up at a funeral at 18 watching everyone in my school break down'
Rachel O'Neill
1 May 2018
68.9k
7
column
Sugar Tax: Nanny State gone mad or a step in the right direction?
Sarah O'Brien
1 May 2018
20.0k
89
Opinion
Paschal Donohoe: 'Our stance on bankers' pay has remained unchanged. This is the right thing to do'
Paschal Donohoe
30 Apr 2018
21.1k
55
voices
My unplanned homebirth: 'You can’t help but think "what if?"'
Jessica O'Neill
29 Apr 2018
29.9k
23
ballad
Column: 'In 1857 Patrick Sheehan was arrested for begging on Grafton St'
Tom Hurley
29 Apr 2018
21.9k
8
column
'She was frantic, her boyfriend had assaulted her and was going to make her do sex work'
Tony Duffin
29 Apr 2018
62.4k
19
column
'If someone requires an app to prove legal consent then you shouldn’t be having sex with them'
Filomena Kaguako
28 Apr 2018
46.9k
88
Read Me
GIY: Courgettes are easy to grow and incredibly prolific, growing freakishly fast
Michael Kelly
28 Apr 2018
18.3k
19
Opinion
'Building walls will not solve this problem. Neither can the EU provide a home for everyone'
Brian Hayes
28 Apr 2018
17.1k
68
precarious work
'Between the doctor, antibiotics and the four days off, it was €600 that I will never see again'
Sinead Pembroke
27 Apr 2018
64.0k
55
darkness into light
'It wasn't about anything that happened in my life, it was about the black hole'
Rebecca McInerney
26 Apr 2018
27.8k
7
the future of you
Most children born now will live to 100, so how do we prepare for an older population?
Dominic Campbell
26 Apr 2018
104k
81
Opinion
'There are two choices: stay in Dublin and pay the price or leave Dublin and pay the price'
Colm Boohig
26 Apr 2018
322k
123
Read Me
Have we broken the ocean?: 'Read the ingredient list before you buy your next batch of toiletries'
Professor Gordon Chambers
25 Apr 2018
25.4k
17
uncrpd
'Sarah Jane would like to live independently with support. No such service or plan is possible'
Suzy Byrne
24 Apr 2018
14.9k
8
darkness into light
'I'm getting better about ignoring the black dog, I've locked him outside and I haven't fed him in years'
Stephen Considine
23 Apr 2018
39.6k
18
Electoral Register
Opinion: 'We need funding for councils to go house to house and check the status of the voters'
Sinéad Halpin
23 Apr 2018
15.3k
35
Parenting
Column: 'Don’t judge a commuting parent. Smile at that noisy toddler'
Geraldine Walsh
22 Apr 2018
32.0k
44
Read Me
Deep Atlantic: 'If you can’t stand up, what's the difference between two and two thousand metres'
Ken O'Sullivan
22 Apr 2018
35.9k
13
Opinion
Fix it like Finland: 'Nowadays there isn’t a single rough sleeper on Helsinki streets'
Jack Maguire
22 Apr 2018
156k
73
column
Deleting Facebook: 'I wouldn’t date someone who wasn't on Facebook. They have secrets'
Amanda Geard
21 Apr 2018
59.3k
65
Growing
GIY: 'We really don’t need a heatwave – just a few days with the sun in the sky'
Michael Kelly
21 Apr 2018
18.6k
8
Opinion
'Access to third level isn't on merit. It's a lottery based on which family you were born into'
Paul Gavan
21 Apr 2018
28.3k
96
Opinion
Vaccines: 'Those of us from an earlier era must speak out to stop little lives being wrecked'
Dr Ida Milne
20 Apr 2018
148k
108
column
Kilkenny mosque debate: 'This could become dangerous. Tensions could escalate'
Malcolm Noonan
19 Apr 2018
89.9k
206
column
Womenomics: 7 steps to make gender equality the new normal
Victor Duggan
18 Apr 2018
19.5k
79
Opinion
Rate my rape list: 'I'm angry at the silence of the men of Ireland'
Cliona Saidlear
17 Apr 2018
96.0k
180
Read Me
Get ready world: 'Trump’s posturing is even more inconsistent and incoherent than Obama's'
Larry Donnelly
16 Apr 2018
31.5k
36
Read Me
'My biggest regret is not reporting my rape. My rapist has a comfortable life with a wife and kids'
Morgan Barbour
15 Apr 2018
259k
112
Honour Magdalenes
Magdalene Laundries: 'Memorial needed for women detained under heartless, vicious regime'
Mary Lou McDonald
15 Apr 2018
17.0k
78
Read Me
'Our parish universe straddled two counties and two States. We forged an identity as borderers'
Darach MacDonald
15 Apr 2018
15.5k
15
voices
Column: So you think adoption has nothing to do with you?
Paul Redmond
15 Apr 2018
32.8k
44
column
An immigrant fits in: 'I added 'sh' sounds to words and repeated the phrase 'Bono is a pox''
Laura Gerulyte Griffin
14 Apr 2018
112k
89
column
In the garden: 'I find that my system is craving fresh greens after a long winter'
Michael Kelly
14 Apr 2018
11.5k
6
Opinion
Why I'd pull up a deckchair, skive off work and queue in the rain to buy a house
Paul Hosford
14 Apr 2018
28.5k
61
Opinion
Women in sport: 'We press pause on our lives, sacrificing friends, family and career'
Ailis Egan
14 Apr 2018
18.1k
43
Opinion
Rape myths: 'Sexual assaults are traumatic. Incoherencies in the victims' accounts are inescapable'
Ciaran McCullagh
13 Apr 2018
29.0k
48
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