# read-me - Saturday 29 January, 2022
# Opinion
# Opinion
Quotas alone will not bring about equality of representation writes former Labour TD Jan O’Sullivan.
# read-me - Sunday 23 January, 2022
# Opinion
# Opinion
Author Clodagh Finn on the women who are too often relegated to the footnotes of history.
# read-me - Wednesday 10 November, 2021
# Fast Fashion
# Fast Fashion
Caitriona Rogerson highlights the social and environmental cost of the second-hand clothing trade on African countries.
# read-me - Saturday 30 October, 2021
# CLIMATE CRISIS
# CLIMATE CRISIS
The Irish climate campaigner says framing COP26 as the focal point of global climate action is robbing us of our own collective power.
# read-me - Saturday 23 October, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
Budget 2021 won’t bring long-term equality and fairness with the spectre of climate change, writes Dr Shana Cohen.
# read-me - Sunday 3 October, 2021
# Direct Provision
# Direct Provision
Asylum seekers with disabilities in Direct Provision must be afforded equal rights when compared to people with disabilities outside Direct Provision, Keelin Barry writes.
# read-me - Tuesday 7 September, 2021
# Engage
# Engage
More mythical material gives us more stars to aim at, writes Jack Fennell.
# read-me - Saturday 4 September, 2021
# Newgrange
# Newgrange
Anthony Murphy outlines how the ancient dwellers built clever structures to work in harmony with the cosmos.
# read-me - Friday 27 August, 2021
# Islamic State
# Islamic State
ISIS-K, an affiliate of the Islamic State group, claimed responsibility for the Kabul terrorist attack.
# read-me - Saturday 7 August, 2021
# Voices
# Voices
Perceptions of safety are a significant factor in women’s travel choices, so we need to create a better environment, writes Rachel Cahill.
# read-me - Thursday 5 August, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
‘Ask your Ma for help’ is not a good public policy for childcare in Ireland, writes Liz Carolan.
# read-me - Tuesday 3 August, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
There’s a clear economic interest in the State allowing the resumption of economically productive indoor activities, writes Dr Donal Coffey.
# Column
# Column
Minister of State for Agriculture Pippa Hackett writes that the future for farming in Ireland should see increased incomes and decreased emissions.
# read-me - Sunday 25 July, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
Legislation to underpin individual accountability in the financial sector must be published without delay, writes the Sinn Féin TD.
# read-me - Tuesday 20 July, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
Everyone should have the right to a living wage, job security and decent work conditions, writes Victor Duggan.
# read-me - Sunday 4 July, 2021
# The Good Information Project
# The Good Information Project
Property programmes thrive in societies where home ownership is the most valued and celebrated housing ideology, writes Emmett Scanlon.
# read-me - Saturday 3 July, 2021
# The Good Information Project
# The Good Information Project
Building social housing means building homes, writes Dean Van Nguyen.
# read-me - Saturday 19 June, 2021
# Shirt Off Your Back
# Shirt Off Your Back
Double check if in doubt when approached for clothing donations to ensure those in need benefit.
# read-me - Sunday 13 June, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
“Our political class have forgotten that housing is a right and not simply an opportunity to redistribute money upwards to the wealthy,” writes Mark O’Halloran.
# read-me - Saturday 5 June, 2021
# Wushu
# Wushu
Maynooth University lecturer Dr Lu Zhouxiang explains how martial arts have been a bridge from China to other countries around the world.
# read-me - Saturday 29 May, 2021
# Childcare Crossroads
# Childcare Crossroads
The National Women’s Council says inadequate State investment in childcare has led to an unsustainable system in crisis.
# read-me - Saturday 8 May, 2021
# Shutting The Door
# Shutting The Door
Joan O’Donnell writes that it’s time to ditch failing strategies and embrace an inclusive future of work.
# read-me - Wednesday 5 May, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
The great political challenge of the pandemic is fixing workplaces to be better than they are, writes Michael Taft.
# read-me - Saturday 24 April, 2021
# Lost For Words
# Lost For Words
Mary Phelan writes that lack of accredited training and poor service are having huge consequences and must be addressed by the State.
# read-me - Wednesday 7 April, 2021
# Racism At Work
# Racism At Work
Youth Against Racism and Inequality (YARI) activist writes that immigrants and people of colour are leading the force for change internationally.
# read-me - Saturday 27 March, 2021
# Wild Horses
# Wild Horses
DSPCA education and community outreach projects are trying to address welfare issues facing loose horses in the greater Dublin area.
# read-me - Friday 5 March, 2021
# Column
# Column
This country has a long history of treating pregnant women and girls appallingly; the pandemic should not be an excuse to continue to do the same, writes Seána Glennon.
# read-me - Tuesday 2 March, 2021
# Analysis
# Analysis
Two decades on from a landmark case in Britain, discrimination is still an everyday experience for Travellers, writes legal affairs journalist CJ McKinney.
# read-me - Friday 26 February, 2021
# False News
# False News
Misinformation is now local, global and transnational all at the same time, writes Shane Creevy.
# read-me - Sunday 7 February, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
Rather than looking for swingeing spending cuts or increased taxes on work, how about we start at the top, writes Victor Duggan.
# read-me - Saturday 23 January, 2021
# Funding Fertility
# Funding Fertility
The Government needs to take action and implement the model of care for infertility, writes Emma Mc Dade.
# read-me - Saturday 16 January, 2021
# Stolen Wheels
# Stolen Wheels
The serial number is reported to Gardaí for only one in 16 stolen bikes, writes Dublin Cycling Campaign’s David Timoney.
# read-me - Saturday 9 January, 2021
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
Psychiatrist Anne Doherty on how increased demand during Covid-19 has left already stretched services ‘drowning under the additional pressure’.
# read-me - Monday 4 January, 2021
# Infodemic
# Infodemic
Dr Jane Suiter explores how one of the biggest challenges to public health in 2021 will be conspiracy theories around vaccines.
# read-me - Sunday 20 December, 2020
# Dognapped
# Dognapped
Law where pets are a ‘low value possession’ alongside plant pots and mobile phones should be reviewed, writes vet Dr Sharon Alston.
# read-me - Saturday 19 December, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
The passing of Coco’s Law will prevent the sharing of intimate images without consent – regardless of the motivation for doing so.
# read-me - Wednesday 11 November, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Live discussions on Science Week platform will hear what Irish citizens think the ‘new normal’ should look like.
# read-me - Tuesday 29 September, 2020
# University
# University
Harry McCann says students involved in recent ‘partying’ are not representative of the majority trying to study and live within Covid guidelines.
# read-me - Tuesday 22 September, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Ireland needs a new model for forestry that does not damage nature, writes Minister of State for Agriculture Pippa Hackett.
# read-me - Monday 31 August, 2020
# Column
# Column
Mary Brosnan, the director of nursing & midwifery, writes: “Babies wait for no one, even in a pandemic they will be born.”
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