Voices

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safety online

'The early days of social media were mostly carefree – now mistakes can be like a bad tattoo'

Roisin Kiberd

10 Feb 2015

284

tfmr

Diary of losing a baby: One woman writes about her devastating pregnancy

Laura McGlynn

10 Feb 2015

6.3k

Abortion

'I was raped. Legislating for abortion in rape cases wouldn't go far enough'

Anonymous

10 Feb 2015

512

Diet

Opinion: As January drew to a close, so did hundreds of New Year’s diets

Ger Lowry

9 Feb 2015

175

Relationships

Column: What is the key to a happy relationship?

Tony Moore

9 Feb 2015

227

Change

Column: Can one person make a difference in the world?

Ciara Galvin

8 Feb 2015

836

Gender Identity

Column: Why do I have to choose between my identity and my family?

Victoria Mullen

8 Feb 2015

1.6k

200

Leaving on a jet plane

Column: An anatomy of one family’s emigration

Philip Lynch

7 Feb 2015

886

Carer

Column: What it's like to care for a parent with Alzheimer's

Helen Cashell-Moran

7 Feb 2015

1.2k

Homeless

Opinion: Blowing taxpayers money might generate headlines, but it won’t solve homelessness

Aaron McKenna

7 Feb 2015

sick and tired

Opinion: Good riddance to Black January – it hasn't been kind to us parents

Claire Micks

6 Feb 2015

185

pay cheque

Opinion: Raising the minimum wage sounds nice, but it could price young people out of work

Lorraine Courtney

6 Feb 2015

615

tip of the iceberg

Opinion: Why don't we have big campaigns for mental health?

Fiona Kennedy

5 Feb 2015

398

marriage referendum

Opinion: Same-sex marriage will be decided by the silent (possibly disinterested) majority

Neale Richmond

5 Feb 2015

1.8k

267

EBOLA

Opinion: 'The outbreak has brought an unmatched level of fear and panic'

Seán Farrell

4 Feb 2015

164

trans rights

Column: We could put Ireland at the forefront of trans recognition, so why don't we?

Emma Cassidy

4 Feb 2015

1.1k

155

Gaming

Opinion: Is it really Anita Sarkeesian vs videogames? I don't think so – criticism is essential

Conor Reynolds

3 Feb 2015

1.1k

116

Male suicide

Opinion: Men are talking, but are we listening?

John Gormley

3 Feb 2015

1.3k

Internships

Opinion: JobBridge has very vocal critics, but it's delivering results for thousands of young people

Séamus Conboy

2 Feb 2015

461

angry at the system

Opinion: I never knew how easy it was to become homeless in Ireland until now

Anonymous

2 Feb 2015

1.3k

unmanned

Opinion: Drones may be fun, but they also pose complex legal and safety challenges

John Wright

1 Feb 2015

249

storm juno

Opinion: Get used to 'freak weather' – that’s climate change, folks

Leah Gainey

1 Feb 2015

217

168

Irish Culture

Column: Feast, love, enjoy – and welcome the Irish spring!

Fiann Ó Nualláin

1 Feb 2015

887

Column: Did I really fall in love online?

Christine Allen

31 Jan 2015

13.0k

Lip service

Column: So, you've made it into government? Here's how to avoid a democratic revolution

Jonathan Victory

31 Jan 2015

616

twilight zone

Opinion: Break up the eurozone and slim down the EU – or voters will do it for us

Aaron McKenna

31 Jan 2015

232

Water Charges

Opinion: I've just signed up to Irish Water. I don't think that makes me a traitor.

Donal O'Keeffe

30 Jan 2015

542

307

Drinking

Opinion: Our harmful drinking culture impacts us all – we urgently need to tackle it

Martin Davoren

30 Jan 2015

1.0k

Education

Opinion: Can we really trust that Junior Cycle reform isn't linked to the austerity agenda?

Geraldine Mooney Simmie

29 Jan 2015

677

Water

Opinion: Those criticising the President for signing Bills into law are overestimating his power

Alan Greene

29 Jan 2015

4.5k

131

Homeless

Opinion: Rural homelessness remains a hidden problem in Ireland

Niamh Randall

28 Jan 2015

418

Opinion

How an electoral commission can stop another e-voting fiasco

Michael McCarthy

28 Jan 2015

184

Wisdom

Opinion: Age-ing or Sage-ing? It's time to focus on the positive aspects of getting older

Maeve Halpin

28 Jan 2015

212

Mental Health

Opinion: I thought my eating disorder gave me control, but it was really controlling me

Méabh Corr

27 Jan 2015

1.6k

Holocaust

'I think about the different family I might have had – if only she had been given sanctuary'

Gideon Taylor

27 Jan 2015

432

Anti-austerity

Opinion: Greece has turned the page – it's up to all of us to write the next chapter

Paul Murphy

26 Jan 2015

282

122

Health

Opinion: Not being open about my health nearly cost me my colon

Tim Ryan

26 Jan 2015

1.7k

Advice

How to pick the right therapist for you

Dil Wickremasinghe

25 Jan 2015

11.6k

buying sex

Opinion: Buying a woman's body for sexual gratification is not a harmless act

Alan Farrell

25 Jan 2015

1.8k

142

groupthink

Opinion: Opposition to mortgage caps is worryingly shortsighted – have we learned nothing?

Mick Byrne

25 Jan 2015

169

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