Voices

All time

Movember

Column: Men are at greater risk of getting cancer, and dying from it, than women

Kevin O’Hagan

1 Nov 2014

201

Children

Opinion: Something is fundamentally wrong when your kid’s shoes cost more than your own

Claire Micks

1 Nov 2014

4.9k

Reform

Opinion: Attempts to reform the civil service (again) may simply waste more money

Aaron McKenna

1 Nov 2014

719

Black Magic

Opinion: This time of year is seeped in superstition, so I indulged myself by visiting a psychic

Michelle McBride

31 Oct 2014

213

connected

Opinion: What does the Internet of Things mean for Ireland?

Brian MacCraith

31 Oct 2014

369

Halloween

Opinion: Why has 'Slutoween' become a witch hunt? Girls just wanna have fun (so back off)

Lorraine Courtney

30 Oct 2014

1.1k

Homes

Opinion: Six things that need to change in Ireland's rental market

Lorcan Sirr

30 Oct 2014

754

Harassment

Opinion: Street harassment influences how women experience the world

Richard Scriven

29 Oct 2014

902

Trick or Treat

Opinion: You can make Halloween less scary for children with food allergies

Laura Kenny

29 Oct 2014

234

Childhood poverty

Opinion: Sky-rocketing childhood poverty is a direct result of austerity

Julien Mercille

29 Oct 2014

245

Jihadist Brides

Opinion: What is the lure of IS for western girls and women?

Gary Keogh

28 Oct 2014

726

118

sex and science

Opinion: The real allure of superintelligent machines isn't scientific – it's erotic

Business Insider

28 Oct 2014

160

jekyll and hyde

Opinion: 'Who am I?'... answering the big questions about your personality

Gerry Fahey

27 Oct 2014

2.5k

real capital

Opinion: 9 reasons Cork is cooler than Dublin right now

Steve Collins

27 Oct 2014

7.5k

171

new world order

Opinion: Welcome to the new normal – global instability

Jack Lahart

27 Oct 2014

339

braaaains

Column: Embrace your inner zombie – eat some pumpkin brains

Fiann Ó Nualláin

26 Oct 2014

271

Irish Life

Extract: The bits of Irish history you weren't taught at school

Damian Corless

26 Oct 2014

1.2k

god in the classroom

Opinion: A religious education is vital for understanding our world

Gary Keogh

26 Oct 2014

3.7k

202

Family Time

Opinion: The 'frozen eggs' debate is really a societal issue – don't vilify corporations over it

Claire Micks

25 Oct 2014

258

Controversy

Debate Room: Should Ched Evans be allowed to return to professional football?

Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher

25 Oct 2014

450

101

Tax

Aaron McKenna: Has 'success' become a dirty word?

Aaron McKenna

25 Oct 2014

187

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

342

Adult Education

Opinion: 'You never feel embarrassed to admit you don’t understand something'

Darren Bermingham

24 Oct 2014

264

second internet revolution

Column: Demystifying the 'Internet of Things'

Ann O’Dea

24 Oct 2014

205

Terrorism

Opinion: How many hundreds, or thousands, would have been saved if he had lived?

John Crown

23 Oct 2014

4.5k

134

Name of the game

Opinion: What do crystal and bread rolls have in common?

Bernard O’Connor

23 Oct 2014

169

Abuse

Opinion: Are we continuing to avert our eyes from sexual abuse?

Patrick Ryan

22 Oct 2014

296

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

759

Parenting

Opinion: Irish family life has changed dramatically in just one generation

Karen Kiernan

21 Oct 2014

2.0k

Motherhood

Opinion: What happens when a pregnant woman or nursing mother gets sent to jail?

Dr. Mary Rogan

21 Oct 2014

8.9k

USA

Opinion: US midterm elections – why they’re important to America and the world

Larry Donnelly

20 Oct 2014

264

Money Money Money

Opinion: Does money really buy happiness?

Michelle McBride

20 Oct 2014

1.0k

History

Column: Remembering the American Civil War through one Irish family's story

Damian Shiels

19 Oct 2014

449

Journalism

Extract: The role of the media in the Irish economic crisis

Julien Mercille

19 Oct 2014

1.5k

tech overload

Opinion: Can 'digital detoxing' help tech companies to grow?

Elaine Heney

18 Oct 2014

215

Body Image

Opinion: 'Fat shaming' is not the way to encourage healthy eating

Aisling Lyons

18 Oct 2014

1.0k

111

Water Charges

Aaron McKenna: This government is engineering its own downfall through Irish Water

Aaron McKenna

18 Oct 2014

113

138

Terrorism

Opinion: A holy war? Examining the relationship between religion and violence

Gary Keogh

17 Oct 2014

1.3k

173

West Africa

Column: What is life like in a city hit by Ebola? An Irish voice from Sierra Leone

Saoirse McHugh

17 Oct 2014

591

Reading

Opinion: Don't despair if your child doesn't love to read – it's all about finding the right book

Aoife Murray

17 Oct 2014

143

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