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Voices

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CyberPsychology
Column: Why do we have such a love/hate relationship with cyberspace?
John Suler
2 Nov 2014
358
5
Children's Hospital
Opinion: I had childhood cancer – I know St James is entirely unsuitable for a children's hospital
Rachel Lavin
2 Nov 2014
387
35
Movember
Column: Men are at greater risk of getting cancer, and dying from it, than women
Kevin O’Hagan
1 Nov 2014
137
19
Children
Opinion: Something is fundamentally wrong when your kid’s shoes cost more than your own
Claire Micks
1 Nov 2014
4.8k
43
Reform
Opinion: Attempts to reform the civil service (again) may simply waste more money
Aaron McKenna
1 Nov 2014
638
41
Black Magic
Opinion: This time of year is seeped in superstition, so I indulged myself by visiting a psychic
Michelle McBride
31 Oct 2014
159
29
connected
Opinion: What does the Internet of Things mean for Ireland?
Brian MacCraith
31 Oct 2014
294
9
Halloween
Opinion: Why has 'Slutoween' become a witch hunt? Girls just wanna have fun (so back off)
Lorraine Courtney
30 Oct 2014
999
62
Homes
Opinion: Six things that need to change in Ireland's rental market
Lorcan Sirr
30 Oct 2014
634
45
Harassment
Opinion: Street harassment influences how women experience the world
Richard Scriven
29 Oct 2014
805
65
Trick or Treat
Opinion: You can make Halloween less scary for children with food allergies
Laura Kenny
29 Oct 2014
133
14
Childhood poverty
Opinion: Sky-rocketing childhood poverty is a direct result of austerity
Julien Mercille
29 Oct 2014
156
43
Jihadist Brides
Opinion: What is the lure of IS for western girls and women?
Gary Keogh
28 Oct 2014
647
119
sex and science
Opinion: The real allure of superintelligent machines isn't scientific – it's erotic
Business Insider
28 Oct 2014
93
17
jekyll and hyde
Opinion: 'Who am I?'... answering the big questions about your personality
Gerry Fahey
27 Oct 2014
2.4k
5
real capital
Opinion: 9 reasons Cork is cooler than Dublin right now
Steve Collins
27 Oct 2014
7.4k
171
new world order
Opinion: Welcome to the new normal – global instability
Jack Lahart
27 Oct 2014
216
40
braaaains
Column: Embrace your inner zombie – eat some pumpkin brains
Fiann Ó Nualláin
26 Oct 2014
172
9
Irish Life
Extract: The bits of Irish history you weren't taught at school
Damian Corless
26 Oct 2014
1.0k
50
god in the classroom
Opinion: A religious education is vital for understanding our world
Gary Keogh
26 Oct 2014
3.6k
200
Family Time
Opinion: The 'frozen eggs' debate is really a societal issue – don't vilify corporations over it
Claire Micks
25 Oct 2014
137
49
Controversy
Debate Room: Should Ched Evans be allowed to return to professional football?
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
25 Oct 2014
321
101
Tax
Aaron McKenna: Has 'success' become a dirty word?
Aaron McKenna
25 Oct 2014
96
85
over to you
A commenter speaks: Adebayo Flynn on why comment sections aren't as bad as they're made out
Adebayo Flynn
24 Oct 2014
278
99
Adult Education
Opinion: 'You never feel embarrassed to admit you don’t understand something'
Darren Bermingham
24 Oct 2014
204
12
second internet revolution
Column: Demystifying the 'Internet of Things'
Ann O’Dea
24 Oct 2014
102
17
Terrorism
Opinion: How many hundreds, or thousands, would have been saved if he had lived?
John Crown
23 Oct 2014
4.2k
134
Name of the game
Opinion: What do crystal and bread rolls have in common?
Bernard O’Connor
23 Oct 2014
83
6
Abuse
Opinion: Are we continuing to avert our eyes from sexual abuse?
Patrick Ryan
22 Oct 2014
211
37
Mental Health
Opinion: Driving home on a stormy night, I saw a distressed young man on a bridge wall
Donal O'Keeffe
22 Oct 2014
618
70
Parenting
Opinion: Irish family life has changed dramatically in just one generation
Karen Kiernan
21 Oct 2014
1.9k
22
Motherhood
Opinion: What happens when a pregnant woman or nursing mother gets sent to jail?
Dr. Mary Rogan
21 Oct 2014
8.7k
27
USA
Opinion: US midterm elections – why they’re important to America and the world
Larry Donnelly
20 Oct 2014
207
28
Money Money Money
Opinion: Does money really buy happiness?
Michelle McBride
20 Oct 2014
940
47
History
Column: Remembering the American Civil War through one Irish family's story
Damian Shiels
19 Oct 2014
348
11
Journalism
Extract: The role of the media in the Irish economic crisis
Julien Mercille
19 Oct 2014
1.4k
29
tech overload
Opinion: Can 'digital detoxing' help tech companies to grow?
Elaine Heney
18 Oct 2014
132
1
Body Image
Opinion: 'Fat shaming' is not the way to encourage healthy eating
Aisling Lyons
18 Oct 2014
969
111
Water Charges
Aaron McKenna: This government is engineering its own downfall through Irish Water
Aaron McKenna
18 Oct 2014
64
138
Terrorism
Opinion: A holy war? Examining the relationship between religion and violence
Gary Keogh
17 Oct 2014
1.2k
173
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