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Read Me
My abortion story: 'I was horrified. The doctor was talking about childcare in college'
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
1 Apr 2017
8.5k
288
sex education
Opinion: 'There is a massive avoidance of LGBT+ sex on the curriculum for sex ed'
Cionnaith Ó Duibhir
30 Mar 2017
820
116
column
'It's like the state is telling my daughter she can’t succeed because she has DS'
Deirdre McNamara
29 Mar 2017
506
21
Human Rights
Column: '"A Right To A Home" should be put to referendum'
Mary Murphy
29 Mar 2017
687
66
Accountability
Tom Clonan: Noirín O'Sullivan's performance in recent days is simply not credible
Tom Clonan
28 Mar 2017
400
59
Women's Rights
Opinion: 'We don't need female traffic lights. We do need decent maternity pay'
Lorraine Courtney
28 Mar 2017
433
54
European Union
Debate Room: Luke 'Ming' Flanagan and Nessa Childers debate the EU's merits
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
27 Mar 2017
355
60
Opinion
'Is the situation really as simple as "cash for passports" here in Ireland? Yes, it is'
Éilis Ryan
27 Mar 2017
10.8k
63
Read Me
'My baby was never going to look into my face, or yawn or cry for food. She was still'
Tracey Smith
26 Mar 2017
1.6k
59
column
'With mental illness comes a different kind of mothering and different worries'
Grace Vaughan
26 Mar 2017
488
6
insights
'I was looking for an excuse to come home. But there was a recession on and I had no job'
Jane Swarbrigg
26 Mar 2017
6.9k
11
Read Me
'Religious identities, or any identity, should never be reduced to a violent caricature'
Jacob J Erickson
26 Mar 2017
338
94
GIY
Gardening: It's spring in the veg patch and we have a recipe for broccoli and cheese risotto
Michael Kelly
25 Mar 2017
82
3
treaty of rome
'Extremism, racial intolerance and ultra-nationalism mean we need the EU now'
Noelle O Connell
25 Mar 2017
820
64
Opinion
'All women live under the male gaze, but the European hijab ruling feels like the eye of Sauron'
Sinead Mercier
25 Mar 2017
1.3k
129
column
Atheist John Halligan's sermon in a Brazilian church: 'I felt it was the respectful thing to do'
John Halligan
24 Mar 2017
585
40
Syrian civil war
Opinion: 'A political solution to the Syrian war is very unlikely now'
Derek O’Rourke
24 Mar 2017
925
23
column
Alan Kelly: 'Craft beer is booming but licensing regulations are harming business'
Alan Kelly
23 Mar 2017
1.3k
53
Opinion
'As the UK withdraws economic opportunities will arise. Ireland must aggressively pursue them'
Neale Richmond
23 Mar 2017
294
19
Truth Commission
Tom Clonan: Truth of what happened in Troubles can't be allowed die with major figures like McGuinness
Tom Clonan
22 Mar 2017
443
59
Debate
Debate Room: Should the Irish abroad be allowed vote in presidential elections?
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
22 Mar 2017
555
77
column
'After hours of questioning by “experts”, Theresa was left traumatised and had to make her own way home'
Sinead Pembroke
22 Mar 2017
728
10
Martin McGuinness
Opinion: 'McGuinness ended up in a better place, bringing his party, followers and society with him'
Dr David McCann
21 Mar 2017
235
73
column
'Trump’s budget is easy to understand: he’s boosting the military, cutting everything else. Scary'
Julien Mercille
21 Mar 2017
194
118
Read Me
Junior Cert English: 'There isn’t a fifteen-year-old alive that can spit out high quality writing in two hours'
Tara O'Sullivan
20 Mar 2017
6.9k
40
Enda Kenny
'It’s inevitable a leader will make mistakes and create the conditions for opportunistic incumbents'
Jason O'Sullivan
20 Mar 2017
351
34
Read Me
A carer goes on holiday: 'Catching a glimpse of the life you once hoped to lead can be painful'
Candi O'Reilly
19 Mar 2017
734
17
insights
'As a child, my father had me handing out leaflets in a shopping centre. It was a business lesson'
Fora Staff
19 Mar 2017
715
7
Opinion
Dublin needs to build up: maybe we should speak to this skyscraper wizard
Jonathan McCrea
19 Mar 2017
1.7k
62
Abortion Rights
'When the fasten seatbelt light illuminates, my right to decide what happens to my body is paused'
Cara Sanquest
19 Mar 2017
579
106
insights
'We compete with huge multinationals, but we're just two girls in Galway who had an idea'
Fora Staff
19 Mar 2017
2.6k
31
Opinion
HeForShe: Emma Watson's empty promise that when women's problems are solved, men will be free too
Karen Straughan
19 Mar 2017
9.2k
160
Addiction
My boyfriend's gambling: 'I loved two people. One was a compulsive liar and emotionally unavailable'
Anonymous
18 Mar 2017
23.0k
33
Gardening
'Irish people put their spuds in the ground around St Paddy’s Day, believing it to be an auspicious day'
Michael Kelly
18 Mar 2017
1.4k
6
Opinion
Border poll: 'Nationalists will say the recent Assembly elections show things are trending in their direction'
Caoimhín De Barra
18 Mar 2017
728
79
enda in trumpland
'By any objective measure, Enda Kenny acquitted himself and the Irish people honourably'
Larry Donnelly
18 Mar 2017
242
102
Opinion
An American in Ireland: 'Thank you Ireland - you've helped to heal my broken heart'
Kathleen Maloney
17 Mar 2017
998
39
column
Julien Mercille: 'We should transform Paddy's Day into a people’s celebration, that's not about blind patriotism'
Julien Mercille
17 Mar 2017
192
86
today fm's 20 year anniversary
Ian Dempsey: 'Was I really asleep in that picture? But I was standing up. Did Matt Cooper really say that?'
Ian Dempsey
16 Mar 2017
573
37
Irish Abroad
Michael D Higgins: 'St Patrick's own life story was one of hardship and migration'
Michael D. Higgins
16 Mar 2017
643
52
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