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Voices
Last year
2025
social media ban
Opinion: Banning under-16s from social media is a half-measure. We should ban toxic algorithms
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: 'How To Suffer Indignity' - a documentary by the Department of Housing
voices
Tom Clonan: If media didn't report on drones breaching no-fly zone, the state may never have told us
Culture
TD: New adults had their teens interrupted by Covid. A free 'culture card' could be the remedy
Housing Crisis
Young adult who moved back home: The government's 'how to cope' video shows they don't understand us
spending and saving
Christmas is going to be expensive this year - would you like to keep a Money Diary for us?
The clean girl look
Opinion: Teens shouldn't be hydrated and well-rested. It's not the natural order of things
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: Government could learn something from RTÉ's delayed bravery
By Any Other Name
Opinion: Taking more care in how we choose placenames could help to avoid renaming furores
Living in harmony
Opinion: Leaders say we need a 'conversation on migration'. The public are way ahead of them
Irish Unity
Opinion: Politicians shouldn't shy away from a peace plan to prepare for a unity referendum
naughty or nice
Parent: It's the most terrifying time of the year. The elves on the shelves are back
Green Friday
Black Friday: We all love a bargain - but let's not destroy the planet for the sake of them
Bereavement
Grief: I've lost my dad, my mum and my sisters. I've learned we all need a space to talk
housing plan
Opinion: Government shouldn't make local councils into scapegoats for its own housing failures
Irish Book Awards Nominee
Hector Ó hEochagáin: I was sent photos of the word 'loinnir' being tattooed on readers’ skin
Irish Book Awards Nominee
Manchán Magan: What birds, trees, insects and fish told our forebears about the weather
Health
Doctor: Weight loss drugs look set to be made more affordable - we need to do the same for healthy food
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