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Voices

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Voting Age
Opinion: Why has there been such silence on lowering the voting age?
Kathryn Reilly
25 Nov 2014
133
44
Redress
Opinion: Without meaningful action, apologies to child abuse survivors are just words
Mark Vincent Healy
24 Nov 2014
848
90
Business
Opinion: The time has come to reframe the gender issue
Avivah Wittenberg-Cox
24 Nov 2014
145
44
Mental Health
Opinion: We've seen an outburst in mental illness ads – but people still don’t talk.
Ellen
23 Nov 2014
313
44
Grief
A time to grieve? Why we should consider a statutory entitlement to compassionate leave
Claire Micks
23 Nov 2014
5.6k
32
New York
Opinion: The Irish handprints on the world's most symbolic site – One World Trade Centre
Audrey Galvin
23 Nov 2014
1.0k
35
Gender
Opinion: The psychology of appearance – is there a gender bias at play in job interviews?
Gerry Fahey
22 Nov 2014
2.0k
8
Memory
Opinion: Academic doping – can drugs make you smarter?
Adam Winstock and Larissa Maier
22 Nov 2014
275
14
Water protests
Opinion: Water protestors should claim victory and go home now
Aaron McKenna
22 Nov 2014
114
223
Immigration Reform
Opinion: At last, a lifeline for the undocumented Irish in the US
Larry Donnelly
21 Nov 2014
150
35
column
Luke Ming Flanagan: 'It's torture to watch everything falling around our ears'
Luke Ming Flanagan
21 Nov 2014
248
226
mindfulness
Opinion: Develop your ‘mental fitness’ in work to find a sense of well-being
Nicole Paulie
21 Nov 2014
195
portrayal of women
Opinion: A game that lets you murder prostitutes? It's creepy, offensive and infuriating
Callan Price
20 Nov 2014
17.4k
229
Democracy
Opinion: Is it any wonder protests turn nasty when they make fools out of those who believe?
Oliver Moran
20 Nov 2014
115
73
harm reduction
Doctor's corner: The biggest problem with a zero tolerance approach to drug use
Dr Adam Winstock
19 Nov 2014
1.1k
25
Opinion
Debate Room: Should there be a boycott of Israeli academic institutions?
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
19 Nov 2014
197
165
tenants
Opinion: Rent controls ARE a viable option in calming Ireland's housing crisis
Aideen Elliott and Áine Mannion
19 Nov 2014
370
44
ched Evans
Opinion: Some men (and women) still don't believe that rape exists
Sinead O'Carroll
18 Nov 2014
495
285
Water Charges
Opinion: We have every right to be angry over water charges – but not to be violent
Donal O'Keeffe
18 Nov 2014
101
94
Opinion
Column: Did you know Hitler had an Irish sister-in-law?
Amy Bracken
18 Nov 2014
1.1k
51
Water protests
Eamon Ryan: Ireland should hold a referendum on the public ownership of water
Eamon Ryan
17 Nov 2014
96
85
Money Money Money
Opinion: Are you SURE you'd like to be a millionaire?
Ronan Kennedy
17 Nov 2014
65.0k
68
mothership
Opinion: The unwritten rule that helps stressed parents through the tough days
Andrea Mara
16 Nov 2014
129
20
Me and my backbone
Opinion: They said I would never walk – but I proved them wrong
Siobhan Mungovan
16 Nov 2014
325
7
cravings
Opinion: Are we addicted to certain foods?
Mary Flynn
16 Nov 2014
110
44
BYE BYE BABY
Opinion: Detachment parenting – deliver, bond, and then deposit in creche
Claire Micks
15 Nov 2014
7.4k
65
Education
Opinion: Changes to the Junior Cycle will produce a creative, proactive generation
Craig McHugh
15 Nov 2014
920
62
e-cigarettes
Opinion: Opposition to 'vaping' adverts is knee-jerk moral outrage
Aaron McKenna
15 Nov 2014
310
102
Education
Opinion: Teachers should grasp this unique opportunity to engage with young learners
Majella Dempsey and Gerry Jeffers
14 Nov 2014
212
38
victims of crime
Column: 'My father told us our mother was gone. Her plane had crashed into the Atlantic Ocean.'
Susheel Gupta
14 Nov 2014
120
6
Opinion
Opinion: How mobile phones can be used to fight diseases like Ebola
Kunal Patel
13 Nov 2014
98
6
Opinion
Irish abroad should have the right to vote back home. Here's why...
Dominic Hannigan
13 Nov 2014
263
62
Sudan
In her own words: One woman's escape from ethnic cleansing
Anonymous
12 Nov 2014
115
35
Students
Opinion: I had to leave home and become independent at 18 – but SUSI won't recognise that
Gary
12 Nov 2014
13.2k
120
Dáil
Opinion: Parliamentary privileges extended to TDs and Senators should be reconsidered
John Jacob
12 Nov 2014
239
8
Clocking in
Opinion: Why are employers rewarding long hours in the office above all else?
Andrea Mara
11 Nov 2014
997
28
Foster Care
Opinion: 'I used to think foster parents were very special people. I now know they are very ordinary people.'
Caroline and Emmet
11 Nov 2014
21.6k
34
having your say
Opinion: Irish Water protests show exactly why we need direct democracy
Oliver Moran
10 Nov 2014
227
139
Creativity
Opinion: How to find razor-sharp focus in the age of distraction
Ciara Conlon
10 Nov 2014
181
11
Domestic Abuse
Opinion: Psychological and emotional abuse should be recognised as crimes
Patricia Tsouros
9 Nov 2014
8.8k
89
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