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Voices

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Older People
Opinion: Ageism is far too prevalent, we need a cultural shift in how older people are perceived
Lianne Murphy
30 Jul 2014
667
24
Human Rights
Opinion: 'At the heart of Irish law is an inescapable fact... we are second class citizens'
Amanda Mellet
29 Jul 2014
605
247
Iraq
Opinion: 'Our children wake up crying in the night... Isis has stolen our lives'
Donatella Rovera
29 Jul 2014
300
129
Irish
Opinion: The new Gaeltacht Minister has hit the ground running – despite not being fluent
Seán Mag Leannáin
29 Jul 2014
58
46
Twins
Opinion: Twinning with China – money maker or moral maze?
Joe Conway
28 Jul 2014
128
5
World War One
Column: 'Hell is Coming' - fragments of horror from World War One
Liam Hogan
28 Jul 2014
1.1k
24
transatlantic
Larry Donnelly: 10 things I still just don’t get about Ireland
Larry Donnelly
28 Jul 2014
4.5k
91
True Love
Opinion: Why do people continue to do 'the hardest job in the world'?
Andrea Mara
27 Jul 2014
59
59
abolition of slavery
Opinion: Following the money – Irish slave owners in the time of abolition
Liam Hogan
27 Jul 2014
16.3k
70
LGBT
Opinion: The journey for acceptance for transgender people is ongoing – in all parts of society
Christine Allen
27 Jul 2014
397
52
mojitos
Opinion: DIY cocktails – how to grow your own mojito
Fiann Ó Nualláin
26 Jul 2014
363
8
Parenting
Opinion: I admit it, I'm an Apple Parent... are you?
Lucy O'Connor
26 Jul 2014
60
77
NAMA
Aaron McKenna: Massive state intervention in house building? Welcome back to 2007
Aaron McKenna
26 Jul 2014
94
7
Democracy
Opinion: Voter turnout isn’t a problem, so let’s stop all the hand-wringing
Eoin O'Malley
25 Jul 2014
142
30
Addiction
Opinion: For drug service reform to work, we need to be brave and innovative
Tony Duffin
25 Jul 2014
72
23
Apathy and Empathy
Opinion: Young people are not 'apathetic' - we prioritise the collective good
Gary Gannon
24 Jul 2014
1.3k
34
peaches
Opinion: The sudden death of a young woman is not any less tragic for her being an addict
Claire Micks
24 Jul 2014
871
91
living cities
Opinion: Is the effort to ‘revive the property market’ pushing creative groups out of the Docklands?
Mick Byrne
24 Jul 2014
346
24
Research
Opinion: Ireland should be at forefront of modern science – Ireland should join CERN
Conor Farrell
23 Jul 2014
129
26
Catholic
Opinion: Ring them bells! Why Ireland should never get rid of the Angelus
Donal O'Keeffe
23 Jul 2014
2.2k
179
right to be forgotten
Opinion: 'Right to be forgotten' ruling opens a legal and ethical Pandora's box
Niall McGlynn
23 Jul 2014
198
7
Gaza
Opinion: In the name of 'defence' we are attacking civilians already under Israeli control
Yehuda Shaul
22 Jul 2014
67
84
Justice
Opinion: What does it actually take to establish an 'independent' policing authority?
Kirsten Roberts
22 Jul 2014
78
5
taboo
Opinion: My son is a little boy who happens to like pink... isn’t that allowed?
Sinéad Fox
22 Jul 2014
12.1k
90
HIV
Opinion: 'It's a terrible blow to Aids research – and not the first time lives have been needlessly lost'
Enida Friel
21 Jul 2014
61
18
Prostitution
Opinion: When you think of a sex worker, you might never think of someone like me
Anonymous
21 Jul 2014
1.8k
152
Children
Opinion: Struggling to entertain the kids over the summer holidays?
Aisling Lyons
21 Jul 2014
669
31
Gardening
Opinion: The lazy guide to fair-weather gardening
Fiann Ó Nualláin
20 Jul 2014
133
5
Traces of the past
The road to Petras: Why I gave up my job and became an archaeologist
Frank Lynam
20 Jul 2014
238
8
golden years
Opinion: We have made no preparations for our ageing population
Tadhg Daly
20 Jul 2014
763
16
confined
Opinion: Cast claustrophobia? It's very real and it's very unpleasant.
Aoibhin Fallon
19 Jul 2014
61.9k
31
living with mental illness
Opinion: The reality of mental illness doesn't fit into a sanitised sound bite
Sinead Fallon
19 Jul 2014
509
59
Reshuffle
Aaron McKenna: Gender, geography, age – focus on everything but quality in government reshuffle
Aaron McKenna
19 Jul 2014
65
15
families
Opinion: What will compulsory birth registration of unmarried fathers’ names mean for children?
Margot Doherty
18 Jul 2014
3.3k
56
9 to 5
Opinion: Why I hate the part of me that needs to return to work
Claire Micks
18 Jul 2014
108
60
Inquiry
Opinion: No person or institution can be left behind in the mother-and-baby home inquiry
Mairead Healy
17 Jul 2014
98
17
Human Rights
Opinion: A woman pregnant by rape is treated as 'a vessel and nothing more' by Irish law
Deirdre Duffy
17 Jul 2014
671
142
Child Abuse
Opinion: I became the first male survivor of Irish clerical sexual abuse to meet Pope Francis
Mark Vincent Healy
17 Jul 2014
1.1k
17
Opinion
Opinion: Older people and Gaeilgeoirí are right to be indignant – this Cabinet doesn't care about them
Peter Kavanagh
16 Jul 2014
237
66
Not good enough
Opinion: Once again, we've heard a depressingly familiar tune from Ireland on human rights
Kirsten Roberts
16 Jul 2014
234
36
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