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Institutional Abuse

Opinion: After two decades as a journalist, no project I’ve handled has been quite as harrowing

Bette Browne

28 Jun 2014

688

Pride

Opinion: The journey to Pride – Ireland's dark past and brightening future

Robert Buchanan

28 Jun 2014

347

Protests

Aaron McKenna: Protesting outside politicians' homes cheapens your argument

Aaron McKenna

28 Jun 2014

Good Samaritan

Opinion: A story of a good bus driver and a cyclist on Dublin's quays

Catherine W

27 Jun 2014

336

Out of office

Opinion: Bon Voyage! How to write an effective out of office message

Claire Micks

27 Jun 2014

962

World Cup

Opinion: The ugly cost of the beautiful game in Brazil

Mary Lawlor

26 Jun 2014

240

Torture

Opinion: Torture? It's an unnecessary evil

Emily Nevins

26 Jun 2014

103

Torture

Column: Five torture myths debunked

Josefina Salomon

26 Jun 2014

172

bad hire

Opinion: Are you hiring? Here's how to choose the right employee for your company

Jane Hogan

25 Jun 2014

320

digital skills

Opinion: I’m 15 years old and I've set up my own company – here's why

Harry McCann

25 Jun 2014

412

Protecting whistleblowers

Opinion: Government ideas for whistleblower laws are too weak to ever be used

Fergal Crehan

24 Jun 2014

268

holistic gardener

Opinion: Summer thyme and the remedy's easy...

Fiann Ó Nualláin

24 Jun 2014

541

Health

Opinion: Giving pharmacists greater powers to help patients should be a no-brainer

Fintan Moore

24 Jun 2014

1.1k

Mortgage

Opinion: Lack of mortgage affordability now rivals the bubble era

Kevin Byrne

23 Jun 2014

227

Tax

Opinion: There's no room for complacency over the investigation into Apple in Ireland

Richard O'Callaghan

23 Jun 2014

178

Opinion

Opinion: Thousands of Irish people go on pilgrimage every year... but why?

Richard Scriven

23 Jun 2014

1.7k

Central African Republic

Opinion: The worst crisis you’ve never heard of... is the CAR crisis the next Rwanda?

Dualta Roughneen

22 Jun 2014

296

Looking for Work

Opinion: Yes, I'm unemployed but that doesn't make me lazy or incompetent

Adam Brennan

22 Jun 2014

2.5k

163

institutional accommodation

Opinion: Ireland warehouses asylum-seekers, institutionalises them and leaves them in limbo

Donal O'Keeffe

22 Jun 2014

456

117

Domestic Abuse

Opinion: 'On one occasion she punched me in the face numerous times'

Catherine W

21 Jun 2014

505

Wellbeing

Opinion: 9 ways to reduce stress now

Ciara Conlon

21 Jun 2014

777

Banking Inquiry

Aaron McKenna: The opposition has missed the chance to expose the banking show trial

Aaron McKenna

21 Jun 2014

188

National Debt

Opinion: Is austerity really a necessity – or do we have a choice?

Robert Grant

20 Jun 2014

534

Politics

Opinion: Losing the election hit so hard I thought I might never recover

Joan Geraghty

20 Jun 2014

4.2k

Emigration

Opinion: The undocumented Irish in the US need and deserve our help

Larry Donnelly

19 Jun 2014

329

Middle East

Opinion: As a former Israeli soldier, I had to speak out about the injustices I participated in

Yehuda Shaul

19 Jun 2014

597

Austerity

Opinion: Enda — don’t blow the recovery on a PR stunt

Paul Allen

19 Jun 2014

312

living cities

Opinion: With more of us living in cities, we have to plan for real quality of life

Ciarán Cuffe

18 Jun 2014

260

Opinion

Bullied: Your stories of bullying in the workplace

Christina Finn

18 Jun 2014

19.5k

Rural Towns

Opinion: How can we revitalise rural towns? Simple – take some of the risk out of doing business

Cathal O’Donoghue

18 Jun 2014

669

Education

Opinion: The CAO system can clearly be gamed, and it's perpetuating disadvantage

Phil Maguire

17 Jun 2014

5.9k

China

Opinion: The deepening relationship between Ireland and China

Eoin McDonnell

17 Jun 2014

865

Mental Health

Opinion: On medication, I function – off medication, I don’t. It’s as simple as that.

Fiona Kennedy

17 Jun 2014

335

kindness

Opinion: Absolute strangers have reached out to help us – I feel better about what tomorrow brings

Catherine W

16 Jun 2014

128

community energy

Opinion: Why is community renewable energy important?

Paul Kenny

16 Jun 2014

1.2k

English

Opinion: With Bloomsday upon us, let's be inspired to pay attention to the details

Sue Norton

16 Jun 2014

299

Nuclear

Opinion: Nuclear energy is the cleanest, safest, and cheapest – why do we continue to reject it?

Peter Ferguson

15 Jun 2014

5.9k

144

Family

Opinion: An apology on Father’s Day (or oops! I did it again!)

Orla Breeze

15 Jun 2014

164

Elder Abuse

Opinion: Would you know if an older relative, friend or neighbour was being abused?

Eamon Timmins

15 Jun 2014

781

fathers

Opinion: Where does fatherhood feature in story of mother-and-baby homes?

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

14 Jun 2014

1.1k

186