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Voices

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Martin McGuinness
Eileen Paisley: 'I think there was a quietness and shyness about Martin. He was good company'
Jude Collins
1 Apr 2018
2.8k
53
Bereavement
Column: 'I felt a wave of guilt come over me. How was I laughing in a world my mum wasn’t in?'
Mairead Doyle
31 Mar 2018
1.8k
11
column
GIY: Our guru's 'nerdy' guide to growing onions for home-made marmalade
Michael Kelly
31 Mar 2018
1.0k
5
Biological clock
Opinion: 'Corporate egg freezing is a great idea for the women who want that option'
Meriem Ahmed
31 Mar 2018
729
64
column
Mary Magdalene: 'A queen of nobility wrongly cast as prostitute by womb-envying patriarchs'
Grace Vaughan
30 Mar 2018
3.7k
128
Opinion
'We need to help people who use drugs make healthier choices, not treat them as criminals'
Tony Duffin
29 Mar 2018
7.0k
44
Opinion
When consent is contested, both sides are fighting for a 'win'
Noeline Blackwell
28 Mar 2018
123k
Opinion
Russian diplomat expulsion: 'Ireland should have avoided jumping on this bandwagon'
Danielle Ryan
28 Mar 2018
57.2k
349
Opinion
'Ireland needs to invest in its neutral status - is expelling a Russian diplomat the best way?'
Tom Clonan
27 Mar 2018
19.7k
228
Paternity Leave
'Having seen how much my wife went through, it felt so wrong to be heading out the door'
Eric Nolan
27 Mar 2018
167k
58
Opinion
The lost decade is over: Our 7.8% GDP growth last year was comfortably the highest in Europe
Victor Duggan
26 Mar 2018
33.1k
87
Disability
Column: 'I have been asked if I mourn the healthy, normal son that I could have had'
Hesline Crawford
25 Mar 2018
34.7k
48
column
Gen Z: We're looked down on by older generations and not given the chance to show who we are'
Keely Jenkinson
25 Mar 2018
27.8k
51
Opinion
Hooded Men: Can the use of torture by a State be justified?
Conor Courtney
25 Mar 2018
13.8k
51
Growing
GIY: Secrets to growing your own juicy tomatoes
Michael Kelly
24 Mar 2018
14.4k
6
Opinion
American mom: 'Why I am marching for American gun control in Dublin'
Mary Farley
24 Mar 2018
20.1k
45
column
'People can live quite happily alongside cancer. I have been doing that for the past 11 years'
Liz Burke
23 Mar 2018
31.0k
21
column
An Irishman in Brexit Britain: 'The atmosphere has changed since the vote'
Peter Flanagan
22 Mar 2018
111k
117
Read Me
Retirement: 'For the first time in nearly forty years I could openly admit that I didn't believe in God'
Peter Gunning
21 Mar 2018
184k
173
Opinion
'The notion that RTÉ is the only public service broadcaster in the State is nonsense'
Brian Moss
20 Mar 2018
24.7k
35
Asylum seeker
'Since moving to Ireland I have been born again, I want to thank the country for that'
Nasir Elsafi
19 Mar 2018
92.7k
95
EXTRACT
The Cattle Raid of Cooley is our national epic - and still has resonance for modern rural life
John Connell
19 Mar 2018
31.1k
29
column
Opinion: 'When we ask that question – why doesn’t she leave? - we abuse again'
Dr Carol Baumann
19 Mar 2018
43.7k
75
column
Life with endometriosis: 'I haven't given up hope of becoming a mum one day'
Cate O'Connor
18 Mar 2018
38.3k
4
syria to ireland
'People aren't fleeing for no reason, they are forced to leave - forced by killing'
Anonymous Man Graphic
18 Mar 2018
27.5k
57
column
'I'm sickened by the D4/ mid-Atlantic/ makey-up English accent that is blighting Ireland'
Michael Fortune
18 Mar 2018
383k
255
EXTRACT
Irish in Nottingham: 'We created a little Gaeltacht by the games cabinet of an old English pub'
Scott De Buitléir
17 Mar 2018
25.5k
65
column
GIY: 'This St Patrick’s Day I will be out (as I am every year) sowing my spuds for the year'
Michael Kelly
17 Mar 2018
10.8k
11
column
Do you guys have pizza in Ireland?: 'Most Americans I met knew almost nothing about Ireland'
Caoimhín De Barra
17 Mar 2018
106k
146
Opinion
Career breaks: 'We shouldn't be stopping young teachers from going and exploring the world'
Garrett O'Dowd
16 Mar 2018
29.7k
67
Read Me
Eastern Ghouta: 'Maybe this is the last time that I will be able to text you. Please pray for us'
Ayham Al Akkad
15 Mar 2018
11.2k
25
Opinion
'Committing' the homeless during Storm Emma: An improper use of the Mental Health Act 2001?
Mairead Leen
14 Mar 2018
20.3k
55
Opinion
Instead of segregated policies, we need inclusive housing for people on different incomes
Ciarán Cuffe
13 Mar 2018
19.3k
67
Opinion
State exams are a rote learning memory test and aren't serving our children's future needs
Geoffrey Browne
12 Mar 2018
57.4k
82
Opinion
‘Of course she has time, she has no children for God’s sake’: What women who aren't mothers deal with
Úna Ni Mhaoldhomhnaigh
11 Mar 2018
81.2k
107
Eat Happy
Good food shouldn't go to waste - here's how to use up leftovers and make something out of nothing
Melissa Hemsley
11 Mar 2018
25.0k
9
Relationships
Dreading Mother's Day? Let go of expectations and accept your mother for who she is
Maeve Halpin
11 Mar 2018
28.0k
27
Adult Education
'When you’ve never been told you’re good at anything, it’s hard to find confidence'
Anne Redmond
10 Mar 2018
33.2k
13
GIY
Supermarket queues: How well would we cope with a more sustained crisis?
Michael Kelly
10 Mar 2018
23.5k
28
Defamation
Facebook post led classic story of wronged ex and new girlfriend to the defamation courts
Simon Carty
10 Mar 2018
61.4k
36
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