Voices

All time

whitewash

Opinion: This year's Oscars were a decidedly white affair

Donal O'Keeffe

16 Jan 2015

249

business sense

Opinion: The secret to managing a stress-free employee review

Louise Campbell

16 Jan 2015

647

Reform

Opinion: Government is making a mockery of democratic reform – so we're taking matters into our own hands

Second Republic

15 Jan 2015

136

Development

Column: Meet the Irish man managing global change on behalf of everyone on the planet

Jamie Drummond

15 Jan 2015

382

green living

Opinion: How to make your home (or business!) more efficient and green

James Hogan

15 Jan 2015

328

postnatal depression

Opinion: Postnatal depression filled me with an all-consuming, terrifying and explosive rage

Fiona Kennedy

14 Jan 2015

4.5k

Career

Opinion: 4 things to help you overcome burnout at work

Nicole Paulie

14 Jan 2015

226

Torture

Opinion: What my years as a military defence lawyer in Guantánamo forced me to see

Jason D. Wright

13 Jan 2015

494

decisions decisions

Opinion: The CAO process can be daunting, so bear these tips in mind...

Richard Murphy

13 Jan 2015

449

co-parenting

Opinion: 'My daughter is happy. My daughter has two homes.'

Kellie Kearney

12 Jan 2015

310

Haiti

Column: Rebuilding a shattered country – Haiti, five years later

Prospery Raymond

12 Jan 2015

267

ireland inc

Opinion: Enda and Co have done a great thing for the Irish people – they have made us aware.

Mark Farrell

11 Jan 2015

235

healthy

Opinion: My tips for feeling healthy and happy this winter

Tina Murphy

11 Jan 2015

442

Body Image

Opinion: The Urban Outfitters ‘thigh gap’ ad sparked a rage in me – have we learned nothing?

Claire Micks

11 Jan 2015

1.5k

130

feeling foreign

Opinion: The reverse culture shock of coming back to Ireland after years abroad

Kate O'Shaughnessy

10 Jan 2015

2.5k

Charlie Hebdo

Opinion: Islam must be treated like Christianity in Europe – accepted, revered and lambasted

Aaron McKenna

10 Jan 2015

466

225

Social Welfare

'Dear Joan: Today, I sat in a dole office and cried to a complete stranger through a glass partition'

Anonymous

9 Jan 2015

41.0k

400

Mental Health

Opinion: Have we reached the beginning of the end for mental health stigma?

Dr Keith Gaynor

9 Jan 2015

855

Charlie Hebdo

Opinion: 'The gunmen shouted about “avenging Muhammad”. How dare they?'

Al-Mustafa Islamic Centre Ireland

8 Jan 2015

152

223

Diaspora

Opinion: Young, debarred and politically exiled – Ireland's emigrants have no voice

David Burns and Conor O'Neill

8 Jan 2015

309

reboot ireland

Opinion: Dear Lucinda and Reboot Ireland, aren't ALL votes issues of conscience?

Donal O'Keeffe

7 Jan 2015

172

Opinion

Column: Too much “stuff” – what causes hoarding?

Olivia Gordon

7 Jan 2015

1.0k

embarrassing pictures

Opinion: Embarrassing photos posted online? There are ways of having them removed...

Fergal Crehan

6 Jan 2015

1.4k

nollaig na mban

Opinon: This Nollaig na mBan, let's recognise that women shoulder the majority of care work

Orla O’Connor

6 Jan 2015

240

not so beautiful

Opinion: Sexism and homophobia will be big issues for the beautiful game in 2015

Glenn Fitzpatrick

5 Jan 2015

397

Charles Haughey

Opinion: Charles Haughey’s election as Fianna Fáil leader – the Northern Ireland factor

Dr Stephen Kelly

5 Jan 2015

465

Politics

Opinion: Let's grow our democracy – let's lower the voting age to 16

Malcolm Byrne

4 Jan 2015

1.9k

302

January blues

Opinion: Don't let the January blues get you down – make small, positive changes

Tony Moore

4 Jan 2015

247

Opinion

Opinion: On motherhood, postnatal depression, and being kind to yourself

Fiona Kennedy

4 Jan 2015

359

blockbuster

Opinion: Superheroes have jumped from comic books to the silver screen – but for how long?

Emma Vince

3 Jan 2015

288

Political Reform

Opinion: The Government's pretence about reform fell away at the first genuine challenge

Oliver Moran

3 Jan 2015

202

103

Retirement

Opinion: Our state pensions ponzi scheme is nearing a breaking point

Aaron McKenna

3 Jan 2015

589

129

Mental Health

Opinion: My New Year's resolution? To no longer be ashamed.

Natalie Marr

2 Jan 2015

256

Substance Abuse

Opinion: Codeine addiction has taken over my life – and yet I don't feel that I can stop

Anonymous

1 Jan 2015

104k

don't let it go

Opinion: Why I love ‘Frozen’ (embarrassing and all as that may be to admit)

Claire Micks

1 Jan 2015

570

seeking asylum

Opinion: Workhouses and Direct Provision – the parallels can no longer be ignored

Fiona Fitzsimons

31 Dec 2014

750

102

my 2014

My 2014: From documentary launches to sitting the Leaving Cert – it was a year to remember!

Joanne O'Riordan

31 Dec 2014

295

January blues

Opinion: There's value in a good old cry – so let it all out

Michelle McBride

30 Dec 2014

195

transatlantic

Race, immigration, and water water everywhere – the year in Irish and American politics

Larry Donnelly

30 Dec 2014

217

Abortion

Opinion: Tragic case of clinically dead pregnant woman highlights our unworkable approach to abortion

Donal O'Keeffe

29 Dec 2014

5.9k

383

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