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Voices

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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
1.5k
6
Opinion
Border poll: 'Nationalists will say the recent Assembly elections show things are trending in their direction'
Caoimhín De Barra
18 Mar 2017
757
79
enda in trumpland
'By any objective measure, Enda Kenny acquitted himself and the Irish people honourably'
Larry Donnelly
18 Mar 2017
258
102
Opinion
An American in Ireland: 'Thank you Ireland - you've helped to heal my broken heart'
Kathleen Maloney
17 Mar 2017
1.0k
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
225
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
602
37
Irish Abroad
Michael D Higgins: 'St Patrick's own life story was one of hardship and migration'
Michael D. Higgins
16 Mar 2017
670
52
St Patrick's Day
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 'It's time Irish people stood up against racism. We were the terrorists at one time'
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
16 Mar 2017
1.5k
132
Opinion
'Syrians are increasingly likely to opt for a strongman like Assad, capable of bringing stability'
Antoine Bakhash
15 Mar 2017
782
37
Opinion
Zoo deaths: 'In the wild, gorillas don't eat their own vomit and pull out their hair in frustration'
Elisa Allen
14 Mar 2017
6.3k
44
tax justice
Opinion: 'Tax isn't just an expense, it's a societal good and an investment in all our futures'
Sorley McCaughey
13 Mar 2017
589
113
autism and me
'I want to show that someone who can't speak thinks many thoughts, understands everything'
Fiacre Ryan
12 Mar 2017
8.3k
37
business wear
'There's no right and wrong now for work fashion. A tracksuit and hoodie may be perfect for you'
Brendan Courtney
12 Mar 2017
362
16
Opinion
Food advertising: 'Brands get onto children's newsfeeds and interact like real life friends'
Chris Macey
12 Mar 2017
214
10
generation self-absorbed
Column: 'Millennials' apathy is what is allowing Brexit and Trump to thrive'
Hugh O'Donnell
12 Mar 2017
901
81
burning question
Feel it's too late to do anything about the Poolbeg incinerator? Not so
Laura Fano Morrissey
11 Mar 2017
1.3k
45
women in stem
A female engineer: 'It's important that we respect the natural differences between men and women'
Professor Laoise McNamara
11 Mar 2017
2.1k
30
the vegetable patch
Gardening column: What to grow when you don't have much space, plus a wild garlic pesto recipe
Michael Kelly
11 Mar 2017
273
8
Opinion
'Enda, parents sent children to industrial schools because a court compelled them or they had no choice'
Sinead Pembroke
11 Mar 2017
4.1k
190
leprechaun economics
Column: The Leprechauns are at it again in the latest GDP figures for Ireland
Victor Duggan
10 Mar 2017
937
17
Women's Rights
''Free' legal aid isn't free; people are staying in domestic violence situations because they can't afford it'
Eilis Barry
10 Mar 2017
1.5k
25
national identities
Opinion: 'To say Britishness is authentic, while denying Irishness is quaffing one’s own Kool-Aid too deeply'
Caoimhín De Barra
9 Mar 2017
1.0k
115
international women's day
Fair City's Úna Kavanagh: 'I had a social welfare book called 'Unmarried Mother's Allowance''
Úna Kavanagh
8 Mar 2017
4.2k
47
Read Me
President Higgins speaks out for women 'living in fear in their homes' of brutality and violence
Michael D. Higgins
8 Mar 2017
335
75
international women's day
What Irish women want: 'We must demand what is right and challenge what is frightening'
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
8 Mar 2017
650
92
lenten fast
Moncrieff: 'We decided not to mention Trump during Lent to see how much real news we miss'
Sean Moncrieff
7 Mar 2017
505
53
fair trade fortnight
Column: 'If Ethiopia started to develop its coffee industry, it could trade its way out of poverty'
Killian Stokes
6 Mar 2017
1.2k
33
column
Kate Beaufoy: 'Who cares about the carers? I was a fit fifty when I took on a job of care. I nearly cracked up'
Kate Beaufoy
5 Mar 2017
461
19
insights
'I had to come to terms with the fact that at my age, I was unemployable'
Fora Staff
5 Mar 2017
683
16
George Sigerson
Opinion: 'If we want to create a sustainable, successful, domestic industry, let's grow hemp'
Brian Houlihan
5 Mar 2017
2.0k
53
Seachtain na Gaeilge
Column: 'We speak Irish, but we’re pretty normal. We’re not Nazis. We’re not leprechauns'
Peadar Ó Caomhánaigh
5 Mar 2017
5.5k
66
Read Me
Going to university: 'It’s ridiculous in 2017, that grades define your path in life, and not your ability'
Declan Lavin
4 Mar 2017
6.9k
78
recipe
Luscious starter of broccoli gratin with anchovy-infused cream: Grow it yourself
Michael Kelly
4 Mar 2017
270
7
Read Me
Debate Room: Can you be pro-life and a feminist?
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
4 Mar 2017
3.6k
131
column
Castlepollard Mother and Baby Home survivor: 'We're not shocked by the news'
Paul Remond
3 Mar 2017
3.8k
86
Punk Economics
Good or evil?: McDonald's and low cost airlines opened up eating out and travel to us all
Louis Brennan
3 Mar 2017
572
38
Strike
Opinion: 'Taxpayers who earn significantly less than Bus Éireann drivers are being asked to foot the bill'
Paddy Smyth
2 Mar 2017
1.6k
121
cyclists v motorists
Debate Room: We need a minimum passing distance law or more cyclists will die on our roads
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
1 Mar 2017
1.1k
159
green socialism
Opinion: 'Ireland has become a pollution haven due to neo-liberal model of light-touch regulation'
Cian Prendiville
1 Mar 2017
774
66
teenage activist
The youth vote: 'My classmates are more interested in Netflix and Instagram than in politics'
Owen Cuskelly
28 Feb 2017
3.1k
64
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