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Voices

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Marriage
Column: On marriage equality and the red herring of raising children
Peter Ferguson
24 Jan 2015
259
234
Election
Column: What Ireland can learn from the left-wing party set to win victory in Greece tomorrow
John Douglas
24 Jan 2015
83
120
Childcare
Column: Why am I working purely to keep my foot in the door?
Claire Micks
24 Jan 2015
382
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
241
11
BALANCING ACT
Opinion: An alliance between secular and religious people would defeat extremism
Ian Hughes
23 Jan 2015
136
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
4.1k
101
the science bit
Opinion: Lacking New Year motivation? There is always some science to explain it!
Naomi Lavelle
21 Jan 2015
181
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
51
15
digital detox
Opinion: Could you quit ALL social media for a month?
Diarmuid Lyng
20 Jan 2015
135
40
hungry
Opinion: Are we being overly sensitive about C4's Famine sitcom?
Mark Farrell
19 Jan 2015
502
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
112
5
understanding our world
Opinion: Learning from the Paris bloodshed – the need for an intercultural Ireland
Orla McGarry
18 Jan 2015
523
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
1.1k
35
Support
Column: Healing broken souls and bodies – how sexual violence is shattering lives in CAR
Hélène Thomas
17 Jan 2015
211
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
87
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
127
90
business sense
Opinion: The secret to managing a stress-free employee review
Louise Campbell
16 Jan 2015
549
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
75
16
Development
Column: Meet the Irish man managing global change on behalf of everyone on the planet
Jamie Drummond
15 Jan 2015
284
16
green living
Opinion: How to make your home (or business!) more efficient and green
James Hogan
15 Jan 2015
155
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
95
7
Torture
Opinion: What my years as a military defence lawyer in Guantánamo forced me to see
Jason D. Wright
13 Jan 2015
321
31
decisions decisions
Opinion: The CAO process can be daunting, so bear these tips in mind...
Richard Murphy
13 Jan 2015
368
co-parenting
Opinion: 'My daughter is happy. My daughter has two homes.'
Kellie Kearney
12 Jan 2015
185
7
Haiti
Column: Rebuilding a shattered country – Haiti, five years later
Prospery Raymond
12 Jan 2015
117
15
ireland inc
Opinion: Enda and Co have done a great thing for the Irish people – they have made us aware.
Mark Farrell
11 Jan 2015
135
88
healthy
Opinion: My tips for feeling healthy and happy this winter
Tina Murphy
11 Jan 2015
369
45
Body Image
Opinion: The Urban Outfitters ‘thigh gap’ ad sparked a rage in me – have we learned nothing?
Claire Micks
11 Jan 2015
1.4k
130
feeling foreign
Opinion: The reverse culture shock of coming back to Ireland after years abroad
Kate O'Shaughnessy
10 Jan 2015
2.4k
84
Charlie Hebdo
Opinion: Islam must be treated like Christianity in Europe – accepted, revered and lambasted
Aaron McKenna
10 Jan 2015
303
225
Social Welfare
'Dear Joan: Today, I sat in a dole office and cried to a complete stranger through a glass partition'
Anonymous
9 Jan 2015
39.9k
400
Mental Health
Opinion: Have we reached the beginning of the end for mental health stigma?
Dr Keith Gaynor
9 Jan 2015
695
47
Charlie Hebdo
Opinion: 'The gunmen shouted about “avenging Muhammad”. How dare they?'
Al-Mustafa Islamic Centre Ireland
8 Jan 2015
90
223
Diaspora
Opinion: Young, debarred and politically exiled – Ireland's emigrants have no voice
David Burns and Conor O'Neill
8 Jan 2015
198
80
reboot ireland
Opinion: Dear Lucinda and Reboot Ireland, aren't ALL votes issues of conscience?
Donal O'Keeffe
7 Jan 2015
89
58
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