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Voices

    cost of education
    Opinion: Third level tuition fees should be reintroduced – here's why
    Sean Byrne
    25 Nov 2014
    1.4k
    76
    Voting Age
    Opinion: Why has there been such silence on lowering the voting age?
    Kathryn Reilly
    25 Nov 2014
    150
    44
    Redress
    Opinion: Without meaningful action, apologies to child abuse survivors are just words
    Mark Vincent Healy
    24 Nov 2014
    875
    90
    Business
    Opinion: The time has come to reframe the gender issue
    Avivah Wittenberg-Cox
    24 Nov 2014
    168
    44
    Mental Health
    Opinion: We've seen an outburst in mental illness ads – but people still don’t talk.
    Ellen
    23 Nov 2014
    324
    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
    1.1k
    35
    Gender
    Opinion: The psychology of appearance – is there a gender bias at play in job interviews?
    Gerry Fahey
    22 Nov 2014
    2.1k
    8
    Memory
    Opinion: Academic doping – can drugs make you smarter?
    Adam Winstock and Larissa Maier
    22 Nov 2014
    295
    14
    Water protests
    Opinion: Water protestors should claim victory and go home now
    Aaron McKenna
    22 Nov 2014
    137
    223
    Immigration Reform
    Opinion: At last, a lifeline for the undocumented Irish in the US
    Larry Donnelly
    21 Nov 2014
    172
    35
    column
    Luke Ming Flanagan: 'It's torture to watch everything falling around our ears'
    Luke Ming Flanagan
    21 Nov 2014
    270
    226
    mindfulness
    Opinion: Develop your ‘mental fitness’ in work to find a sense of well-being
    Nicole Paulie
    21 Nov 2014
    220
    1
    portrayal of women
    Opinion: A game that lets you murder prostitutes? It's creepy, offensive and infuriating
    Callan Price
    20 Nov 2014
    17.7k
    229
    Democracy
    Opinion: Is it any wonder protests turn nasty when they make fools out of those who believe?
    Oliver Moran
    20 Nov 2014
    140
    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
    224
    165
    tenants
    Opinion: Rent controls ARE a viable option in calming Ireland's housing crisis
    Aideen Elliott and Áine Mannion
    19 Nov 2014
    393
    44
    ched Evans
    Opinion: Some men (and women) still don't believe that rape exists
    Sinead O'Carroll
    18 Nov 2014
    517
    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
    126
    94
    Opinion
    Column: Did you know Hitler had an Irish sister-in-law?
    Amy Bracken
    18 Nov 2014
    1.2k
    51
    Water protests
    Eamon Ryan: Ireland should hold a referendum on the public ownership of water
    Eamon Ryan
    17 Nov 2014
    124
    85
    Money Money Money
    Opinion: Are you SURE you'd like to be a millionaire?
    Ronan Kennedy
    17 Nov 2014
    65.3k
    68
    mothership
    Opinion: The unwritten rule that helps stressed parents through the tough days
    Andrea Mara
    16 Nov 2014
    156
    20
    Me and my backbone
    Opinion: They said I would never walk – but I proved them wrong
    Siobhan Mungovan
    16 Nov 2014
    346
    7
    cravings
    Opinion: Are we addicted to certain foods?
    Mary Flynn
    16 Nov 2014
    122
    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
    952
    62
    e-cigarettes
    Opinion: Opposition to 'vaping' adverts is knee-jerk moral outrage
    Aaron McKenna
    15 Nov 2014
    329
    102
    Education
    Opinion: Teachers should grasp this unique opportunity to engage with young learners
    Majella Dempsey and Gerry Jeffers
    14 Nov 2014
    231
    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
    136
    6
    Opinion
    Opinion: How mobile phones can be used to fight diseases like Ebola
    Kunal Patel
    13 Nov 2014
    117
    6
    Opinion
    Irish abroad should have the right to vote back home. Here's why...
    Dominic Hannigan
    13 Nov 2014
    288
    62
    Sudan
    In her own words: One woman's escape from ethnic cleansing
    Anonymous
    12 Nov 2014
    136
    35
    Students
    Opinion: I had to leave home and become independent at 18 – but SUSI won't recognise that
    Gary
    12 Nov 2014
    13.5k
    120
    Dáil
    Opinion: Parliamentary privileges extended to TDs and Senators should be reconsidered
    John Jacob
    12 Nov 2014
    271
    8
    Clocking in
    Opinion: Why are employers rewarding long hours in the office above all else?
    Andrea Mara
    11 Nov 2014
    1.0k
    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
    21.7k
    34
    having your say
    Opinion: Irish Water protests show exactly why we need direct democracy
    Oliver Moran
    10 Nov 2014
    255
    139
    Creativity
    Opinion: How to find razor-sharp focus in the age of distraction
    Ciara Conlon
    10 Nov 2014
    208
    11
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