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Voices

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Homeless
Opinion: Rural homelessness remains a hidden problem in Ireland
Niamh Randall
28 Jan 2015
315
35
Opinion
How an electoral commission can stop another e-voting fiasco
Michael McCarthy
28 Jan 2015
85
20
Wisdom
Opinion: Age-ing or Sage-ing? It's time to focus on the positive aspects of getting older
Maeve Halpin
28 Jan 2015
95
13
Mental Health
Opinion: I thought my eating disorder gave me control, but it was really controlling me
Méabh Corr
27 Jan 2015
1.4k
11
Holocaust
'I think about the different family I might have had – if only she had been given sanctuary'
Gideon Taylor
27 Jan 2015
247
42
Anti-austerity
Opinion: Greece has turned the page – it's up to all of us to write the next chapter
Paul Murphy
26 Jan 2015
157
122
Health
Opinion: Not being open about my health nearly cost me my colon
Tim Ryan
26 Jan 2015
1.6k
31
Advice
How to pick the right therapist for you
Dil Wickremasinghe
25 Jan 2015
11.2k
18
buying sex
Opinion: Buying a woman's body for sexual gratification is not a harmless act
Alan Farrell
25 Jan 2015
1.6k
142
groupthink
Opinion: Opposition to mortgage caps is worryingly shortsighted – have we learned nothing?
Mick Byrne
25 Jan 2015
73
80
Marriage
Column: On marriage equality and the red herring of raising children
Peter Ferguson
24 Jan 2015
245
234
Election
Column: What Ireland can learn from the left-wing party set to win victory in Greece tomorrow
John Douglas
24 Jan 2015
70
120
Childcare
Column: Why am I working purely to keep my foot in the door?
Claire Micks
24 Jan 2015
375
83
Health
Opinion: Advice for overweight people to slim down is valid – it's about health, not body image
Aaron McKenna
24 Jan 2015
6.1k
79
Mali
Column: The people making a new life in the desert after civil war
Stephanie Hegarty
23 Jan 2015
232
11
BALANCING ACT
Opinion: An alliance between secular and religious people would defeat extremism
Ian Hughes
23 Jan 2015
126
85
Anxiety
Opinion: A person who suffers from anxiety can’t just 'get over it' – it's not that simple
Michaela Deane
22 Jan 2015
10.0k
55
i wanna hold your hand
Opinion: Hold hands or hide? I'm going to stop adjusting my life to suit everyone else
Liam Redmond
22 Jan 2015
4.0k
101
the science bit
Opinion: Lacking New Year motivation? There is always some science to explain it!
Naomi Lavelle
21 Jan 2015
155
9
Dublin town
Opinion: I might have been born in Lagos, but I was definitely made in Dublin
Timi Ogunyemi
21 Jan 2015
6.0k
224
Austerity
Opinion: Battle lines are being drawn – this year, eight EU states will vote
Eugene Kiernan
20 Jan 2015
42
15
digital detox
Opinion: Could you quit ALL social media for a month?
Diarmuid Lyng
20 Jan 2015
127
40
hungry
Opinion: Are we being overly sensitive about C4's Famine sitcom?
Mark Farrell
19 Jan 2015
481
110
Family ties
Opinion: I can be an awful grump when it comes to my folks – but, the truth is, they're saints
Michelle McBride
19 Jan 2015
101
5
understanding our world
Opinion: Learning from the Paris bloodshed – the need for an intercultural Ireland
Orla McGarry
18 Jan 2015
509
204
Parenting
Reflections on two years of fatherhood: I never thought I could love so much (or be so tired)
Larry Donnelly
18 Jan 2015
1.0k
35
Support
Column: Healing broken souls and bodies – how sexual violence is shattering lives in CAR
Hélène Thomas
17 Jan 2015
197
3
Hang in there
Opinion: Keeping a new year’s resolution can be difficult – here’s how you can succeed
Shane Kelly
17 Jan 2015
74
5
Bipolar Disorder
Opinion: On the surface, I had accepted that I was bipolar – but I now realise I was in denial
Anonymous
17 Jan 2015
2.1k
28
whitewash
Opinion: This year's Oscars were a decidedly white affair
Donal O'Keeffe
16 Jan 2015
106
90
business sense
Opinion: The secret to managing a stress-free employee review
Louise Campbell
16 Jan 2015
538
17
Reform
Opinion: Government is making a mockery of democratic reform – so we're taking matters into our own hands
Second Republic
15 Jan 2015
65
16
Development
Column: Meet the Irish man managing global change on behalf of everyone on the planet
Jamie Drummond
15 Jan 2015
270
16
green living
Opinion: How to make your home (or business!) more efficient and green
James Hogan
15 Jan 2015
138
10
postnatal depression
Opinion: Postnatal depression filled me with an all-consuming, terrifying and explosive rage
Fiona Kennedy
14 Jan 2015
4.3k
12
Career
Opinion: 4 things to help you overcome burnout at work
Nicole Paulie
14 Jan 2015
85
7
Torture
Opinion: What my years as a military defence lawyer in Guantánamo forced me to see
Jason D. Wright
13 Jan 2015
300
31
decisions decisions
Opinion: The CAO process can be daunting, so bear these tips in mind...
Richard Murphy
13 Jan 2015
357
co-parenting
Opinion: 'My daughter is happy. My daughter has two homes.'
Kellie Kearney
12 Jan 2015
174
7
Haiti
Column: Rebuilding a shattered country – Haiti, five years later
Prospery Raymond
12 Jan 2015
100
15
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