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Voices
Last year
2025
Opinion
Refugee to researcher: What my journey from conflict to academia taught me about healing divides
a star is coded
Opinion: Hollywood agencies want to represent the first AI 'actress'. Film audiences must push back
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: Things are not as simple as Micheál Martin might like us to believe
education funding
Opinion: Teachers are marking the government's education homework; it better not let the dog eat it
Women's Health
Endometriosis: I travelled to Athens for surgery because the Irish system let me down
Bike Shed
Opinion: Those outraged by a €100k bike shed should look at the annual cost of renting out car park spaces
Books
Extract: 'I see him as he was that night, before he was a rapist, before he shattered my life.'
win win situation
Parenting: I left my teenagers to fend for themselves this summer. Why didn't I do this years ago?
The Tricolour
Opinion: The Irish flag carries so much baggage - a united Ireland should have a new one
Budget 2026
Opinion: Excluding jobseekers from core welfare increases will cut the safety net of 2.9 million workers
voices
Opinion: Ireland must resist EU attempts to slash and burn environment standards for businesses
spending and saving
Money Diaries: A retail supervisor on €30K who recently graduated and wants to continue studying
shared island
Opinion: We need more cross-border stories on our screens (and the funding to create them)
safety in the capital
Gary Gannon: Dublin doesn’t need curfews - it needs people who care and a plan with money behind it
Water Water Everywhere
Unquenchable thirst: Why are we all so obsessed with drinking water and reusable bottles?
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: You know who was really blocked from getting on the ballot? Me
worker power
Opinion: As our political leaders dither, the power of collective action is a bastion of hope
Vaccines
Doctor: Trump’s feelings about vaccines risk children's lives and discount centuries of evidence
Gaza
Human rights expert: When it comes to Gaza, politicians need to match their actions to their words
Divorced Parents
Opinion: The line that co-parents should 'just communicate' gets thrown around too easily
Opinion
Irish holidays: I've been dozens of places by bus, boat and train - there are pleasures and pitfalls
language rights
Conradh na Gaeilge: Today's protest is about achieving equality for our language and its speakers
Cearta Teanga
Conradh na Gaeilge: Cothrom na Féinne don teanga is a pobal labhartha is ea sprioc na hagóide inniu
Opinion
The Basic Income scheme brought me success, wellbeing and family life; the Government must retain it
irish society
Opinion: Radical hope and joy forged human rights movements, and we need them again now
Opinion
Johnny Fallon: How Eurovision makes its decision on Israel will have long and lasting impact
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