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Voices
Last year
2025
mayo pride
Pride under pressure: 'Rural LGBTQ+ events were the last to form, and we'll be the first to go'
Trump presidency
Ciarán Cuffe: Greenland is at a crossroads, but its people are determined to stay strong
Housing Crisis
Opinion: Access to social and affordable housing is the key issue for this generation
Workplace Relations
Opinion: I can't help but think that if men got periods, the workplace would offer period leave
voices
Like Conor Pass, the ambition is to expand the number of national parks and protect biodiversity
friendships
Parenting: Using the Facebook 'like' button is lazy, but I can't discuss your life in person
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: You wouldn't pay €35 for a ride on the Norman Splash
10 years on
Conor Sheehan TD: Once that day in May came, I couldn’t continue living in a web of lies
Mental Illness
Mental illness: How do schizophrenia and psychosis present, and how can we best treat them?
national biodiversity week
Building a nature reserve: 'Wildacres has gone from a desert for wildlife to a haven'
my health story
Living with ulcerative colitis: 'I was so sick I thought I'd do my Junior Cert and then die'
ireland immigration
Gary Gannon: Fear is what drives immigration protests in neglected communities, not hatred
Religious Institutions
Opinion: To learn the lessons of Ireland's institutional past, we must teach it in schools
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: Why on earth would we want to follow in Britain's footsteps right now?
captains of industry
Remote working: Denis O'Brien reminded us of the outdated work practices we've left behind
loss and grief
Books: My older son interrogated me. ‘Is he dead?’ he finally asked, stopping me in my tracks
Garda Siochana
Tribute: Kevin Flatley's death has shocked and saddened all of us in the extended Garda family
jews against zionism
Jews against Zionism: 'What Israel has done in Gaza is barbaric - I'll never support it'
Education
Opinion: Normalising the corporate funding of higher education in Ireland is a dangerous game
eurovision 2025
Johnny Fallon: The EBU is caught between a rock and a hard place when it comes to Israel
living legend
Opinion: David Attenborough's new film delivers a stark message about the world's oceans
gender diverse
Opinion: Trans lives aren’t black and white, our conversations about them shouldn’t be either
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