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Voices

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column
'I used to hold everything back. My shyness triggered depression and nearly killed me'
Brian Strahan
4 Jun 2017
1.5k
17
Read Me
Opinion: 'I’ve never seen hunger and despair like I saw last week in Kenya'
David O'Hare
4 Jun 2017
261
15
Opinion
'Neutrality and pluralism are not particularly good reasons for taking God out of our Constitution'
Dr Thomas Finegan
4 Jun 2017
2.1k
180
Missing You
An Irish emigrant: 'I knew I wouldn't make it back home in time to say goodbye'
Romy Delaney
3 Jun 2017
998
19
recipe
Gardening column: Growing carrots in the veg patch and roasting radishes in the kitchen
Michael Kelly
3 Jun 2017
437
2
Paris Agreement
Climate Change: 'Trump is on a path to planetary destruction'
Senator Grace O'Sullivan
3 Jun 2017
1.2k
111
Addiction
'My parents used to tell me that Matthew was “on holiday”. I found letters addressed from Clover Hill'
Niamh O'Donoghue
2 Jun 2017
1.7k
29
Ombudsman For Children
'Sarah is 7 and has hydrocephalus. Her homeless family spent nights sleeping in their car'
Dr Niall Muldoon
2 Jun 2017
196
58
fine gael leadership battle
Debate Room: Simon Harris and Paschal Donohoe debate the leadership candidates
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
1 Jun 2017
176
21
Opinion
'Bitter, ugly, divisive politics. Team Coveney could have marched on without going so negative'
Larry Donnelly
1 Jun 2017
240
38
world no tobacco day
Column: '8 per cent of young people aged 10 to 17 smoke cigarettes'
Donal Buggy
31 May 2017
523
21
Read Me
'With the average house costing €338K, the market is looking sillier with each passing minute'
Gavin Mendel-Gleason
30 May 2017
2.9k
43
Equality
Opinion: 'We still don't have crucial parental rights for same-sex married couples'
Dr Brian Tobin
29 May 2017
3.3k
34
IBD
Andréa Farrell: 'There is such a social taboo in admitting to bowel troubles'
Andréa Farrell
28 May 2017
2.7k
21
Read Me
Firgun: 'The emotion you probably never knew you have'
Dr Keith Gaynor
28 May 2017
1.9k
12
Cuts
Opinion: 'Trump’s budget attacks science, medical research and disease prevention'
Julien Mercille
28 May 2017
103
41
reproductive rights
My abortion: 'I don't want to be eternally attached to someone I do not love'
Anonymous
27 May 2017
48.7k
323
Gardening
Grow it yourself: Barley salad with green garlic and sugarsnap peas
Michael Kelly
27 May 2017
137
1
transitional justice
'I'm a former child resident of a mother and baby home. We want truth and justice'
Conrad Bryan
27 May 2017
1.4k
25
FAKE NEWS
'Young people lack critical thinking skills, leading to a struggle with news literacy'
Alan Keane
26 May 2017
5.0k
37
good vibrations
Column: 'I am determined to make music available to the deaf'
Orla O'Sullivan
25 May 2017
776
5
housing sector
Opinion: 'Vulture funds pay around €1 in taxes for every €1 million they hold in Irish assets'
Dr Brian O’Boyle
25 May 2017
522
79
children's hospice
'I enjoy the peace and the space to be myself when I come to LauraLynn'
Lauren Shaw
24 May 2017
394
6
Gender Pay Gap
Column: 'Women in full time employment work for free for one month every year'
Senator Ivana Bacik
24 May 2017
781
102
column
Tom Clonan: 'There was a level of support and pre-meditation to this sinister attack'
Tom Clonan
23 May 2017
179
68
Domestic Violence
Opinion: 'A father’s right to access should not outweigh a child’s right to safety'
Margaret Martin
23 May 2017
9.1k
129
column
Brexit: 'We do not want the British sailing off like some pirate state, joining the Trump administration'
Eamon Ryan
22 May 2017
137
59
Read Me
'Once you start talking, it's hard to stop, and suddenly people are avoiding you, their cancer friend'
Áine O'Connell
21 May 2017
1.1k
23
herstory
Column: 'Irish women were writing too, yet we don’t hear half enough about them'
Eleanor Fitzsimons
21 May 2017
421
44
insights
'I set up the first Irish bar in Jakarta. It took 18 months just to get Guinness on tap'
Fora Staff
21 May 2017
1.3k
18
corbyn manifesto
Opinion: 'One bank holiday per month would give employees something to look forward to'
James Shaw
21 May 2017
232
54
Diabetes
My dead pancreas: 'My diabetes diagnosis is celebrating its 20th birthday'
Caitríona Daly
20 May 2017
1.5k
34
insights
'The shop was too reliant on me. If I was away, people would come but wouldn't buy anything'
Fora Staff
20 May 2017
160
1
Gardening
GIY Comfrey: Grown for it's healing powers, comfrey is a great garden fertiliser
Michael Kelly
20 May 2017
4.3k
13
fine gael leadership
'It's disappointing that there are no women in the race and no possibility for first woman Taoiseach'
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
20 May 2017
156
100
Read Me
English language schools: 'Low-hours contracts, low pay and bogus self-employment'
Roy Hassey
19 May 2017
4.5k
12
Green ribbon campaign
'Mental health is part of us all; We’ve all been heartbroken, we’ve all had moments of glory'
Barbara Brennan
17 May 2017
669
25
whistle blower
Column: 'I do not know what Chelsea Manning will do next. She owes the world nothing'
Ruairí McKiernan
17 May 2017
192
25
creative classes
Opinion: 'The recovery is at serious risk of creating a hostile environment for artists and creatives'
Roisin Agnew
16 May 2017
666
38
Opinion
Divided Ireland: 'One side dedicated to making Ireland secular; another preserving Church's influence'
Larry Donnelly
16 May 2017
2.3k
145
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