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Voices

All time
column
'Mad, loony, mental, psycho or schizo': Behind every mental health diagnosis is a person
Nicola Hampson
6 May 2018
68.8k
14
Colombia
'As Ireland prepares for its referendum, I'm in the middle of another divisive campaign'
Kieran Duffy
6 May 2018
28.8k
1
column
'There are days I don’t speak to another grown-up. Online chats keep me going'
Andrea Mara
6 May 2018
28.7k
15
History
The past isn't the past, it's not even over: We can't discard Junior Cert History
John Connell
5 May 2018
66.6k
41
Opinion
Alison Curtis: 'I don't sound Irish - but don't tell me to go back to Canada'
Alison Curtis
5 May 2018
193k
130
Growing
Bio-insecticide Supernemos: 'Sometimes GIYing is not for the faint hearted'
Michael Kelly
5 May 2018
11.7k
1
insights and opinion
‘You might see a successful business and fancy having a go, but you rarely see the sacrifices made’
Catriona Coyle
5 May 2018
15.0k
6
confidence and supply
Opinion: 'The DUP has a talent for fusing bungled governance with election success'
Thomas Muinzer
5 May 2018
15.8k
25
cervical check scandal
Dr Anthony O'Connor: 'It’s not about your rage or sorrow, deputies. It's about what we do next'
Dr Anthony O'Connor
4 May 2018
32.9k
35
17 weeks
'The nurses asked how we planned to keep him cold. This wasn't something we were prepared for'
Anonymous
4 May 2018
133k
185
darkness into light
'He told us his head was melted. The help didn't come quick enough'
Aiveen Cully-Dunne
3 May 2018
56.7k
7
holistic education
Column: Do we really need mandatory standardised testing in primary schools?
Peter Gunning
3 May 2018
32.5k
23
Opinion
Roisin Shortall: 'Harvesting the personal data of children for marketing purposes is repugnant'
Róisín Shortall
2 May 2018
10.2k
12
darkness into light
'I never thought I'd end up at a funeral at 18 watching everyone in my school break down'
Rachel O'Neill
1 May 2018
68.9k
7
column
Sugar Tax: Nanny State gone mad or a step in the right direction?
Sarah O'Brien
1 May 2018
20.0k
89
Opinion
Paschal Donohoe: 'Our stance on bankers' pay has remained unchanged. This is the right thing to do'
Paschal Donohoe
30 Apr 2018
21.1k
55
voices
My unplanned homebirth: 'You can’t help but think "what if?"'
Jessica O'Neill
29 Apr 2018
29.9k
23
ballad
Column: 'In 1857 Patrick Sheehan was arrested for begging on Grafton St'
Tom Hurley
29 Apr 2018
21.9k
8
column
'She was frantic, her boyfriend had assaulted her and was going to make her do sex work'
Tony Duffin
29 Apr 2018
62.4k
19
column
'If someone requires an app to prove legal consent then you shouldn’t be having sex with them'
Filomena Kaguako
28 Apr 2018
46.9k
88
Read Me
GIY: Courgettes are easy to grow and incredibly prolific, growing freakishly fast
Michael Kelly
28 Apr 2018
18.3k
19
Opinion
'Building walls will not solve this problem. Neither can the EU provide a home for everyone'
Brian Hayes
28 Apr 2018
17.1k
68
precarious work
'Between the doctor, antibiotics and the four days off, it was €600 that I will never see again'
Sinead Pembroke
27 Apr 2018
64.0k
55
darkness into light
'It wasn't about anything that happened in my life, it was about the black hole'
Rebecca McInerney
26 Apr 2018
27.8k
7
the future of you
Most children born now will live to 100, so how do we prepare for an older population?
Dominic Campbell
26 Apr 2018
104k
81
Opinion
'There are two choices: stay in Dublin and pay the price or leave Dublin and pay the price'
Colm Boohig
26 Apr 2018
322k
123
Read Me
Have we broken the ocean?: 'Read the ingredient list before you buy your next batch of toiletries'
Professor Gordon Chambers
25 Apr 2018
25.4k
17
uncrpd
'Sarah Jane would like to live independently with support. No such service or plan is possible'
Suzy Byrne
24 Apr 2018
14.9k
8
darkness into light
'I'm getting better about ignoring the black dog, I've locked him outside and I haven't fed him in years'
Stephen Considine
23 Apr 2018
39.6k
18
Electoral Register
Opinion: 'We need funding for councils to go house to house and check the status of the voters'
Sinéad Halpin
23 Apr 2018
15.3k
35
Parenting
Column: 'Don’t judge a commuting parent. Smile at that noisy toddler'
Geraldine Walsh
22 Apr 2018
32.0k
44
Read Me
Deep Atlantic: 'If you can’t stand up, what's the difference between two and two thousand metres'
Ken O'Sullivan
22 Apr 2018
35.9k
13
Opinion
Fix it like Finland: 'Nowadays there isn’t a single rough sleeper on Helsinki streets'
Jack Maguire
22 Apr 2018
156k
73
column
Deleting Facebook: 'I wouldn’t date someone who wasn't on Facebook. They have secrets'
Amanda Geard
21 Apr 2018
59.3k
65
Growing
GIY: 'We really don’t need a heatwave – just a few days with the sun in the sky'
Michael Kelly
21 Apr 2018
18.6k
8
Opinion
'Access to third level isn't on merit. It's a lottery based on which family you were born into'
Paul Gavan
21 Apr 2018
28.3k
96
Opinion
Vaccines: 'Those of us from an earlier era must speak out to stop little lives being wrecked'
Dr Ida Milne
20 Apr 2018
148k
108
column
Kilkenny mosque debate: 'This could become dangerous. Tensions could escalate'
Malcolm Noonan
19 Apr 2018
89.9k
206
column
Womenomics: 7 steps to make gender equality the new normal
Victor Duggan
18 Apr 2018
19.5k
79
Opinion
Rate my rape list: 'I'm angry at the silence of the men of Ireland'
Cliona Saidlear
17 Apr 2018
96.0k
180
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