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Voices

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Bereavement
'After years of caring for my late husband, who and what am I now that I'm no longer a wife or carer?'
Annie McGuinness
9 Mar 2018
38.7k
18
Read Me
International Women's Day 2018: Here's what Irish women need
Orla O’Connor
8 Mar 2018
82.5k
61
Opinion
36 hours alone in a bed without so much as a hot drink: lessons to be learned from Storm Emma
Tom Clonan
7 Mar 2018
78.0k
29
column
Female Indian doctor attacked and Nigerian UCD student lost eye: Ireland's unwelcoming 1960s
Bryan Fanning
7 Mar 2018
57.7k
71
Isolation
'At a time such as Storm Emma we can feel the emptiness of endless time without boundaries'
Stephanie Regan
6 Mar 2018
21.7k
30
Opinion
'I started using a wheelchair at 18 and instantly became isolated but I just want to be wanted, like everybody else'
Niamh Ni Ruari
5 Mar 2018
25.1k
13
Opinion
Kildare man at Harvard Law: 'Days before my 24th birthday, I was told I had 6 months to live'
Michael Mullen
4 Mar 2018
282k
45
column
America’s gun culture: What makes Americans so attached to their weapons?
Larry Donnelly
4 Mar 2018
68.6k
112
when nature calls
If there's no toilet around, is having a sneaky wee down a lane really a big deal?
Anonymous
3 Mar 2018
119k
104
column
'Gardening can be a major turn off for people but food growing is not about gardening, it’s about food'
Michael Kelly
3 Mar 2018
17.3k
19
column
Candid recordings of female doctor from field hospital in East Ghouta
Anonymous
3 Mar 2018
21.4k
31
Opinion
'There's an element of a lottery in the Irish criminal justice system, we need sentencing guidelines'
Rory Fitzgerald
2 Mar 2018
18.2k
48
Read Me
From making bread to feeding birds - these are your comments on the weather
Cliodhna Russell
1 Mar 2018
24.8k
27
Opinion
30 hours on a trolley in Kerry: 'I witnessed an elderly woman being shielded with towels by relatives'
John Paul O'Connor
28 Feb 2018
29.9k
50
Opinion
Disposable fashion and take-away coffee cups: Are you part of the throwaway culture?
Sundara O'Higgins
27 Feb 2018
23.3k
26
Opinion
'Militant, hard-liners or Nazis' - How those challenging the status quo are labelled
Caoimhín De Barra
26 Feb 2018
20.8k
73
Opinion
'We've fostered 15 children, in the beginning I thought we were going to save the world'
Anonymous
25 Feb 2018
35.7k
21
Advice
The most common foods we throw out and how to keep them fresher for longer
Odile Le Bolloch
25 Feb 2018
50.6k
19
Advice
Expert advice on what to say to a friend or colleague who is recently bereaved
Breffni McGuinness
25 Feb 2018
50.8k
16
debate room
Is staying on top of the news important? One married couple give polar opposite views
Various
24 Feb 2018
26.5k
29
GIY
A single tomato plant can produce 200 tomatoes in a season, here's how to sow them
Michael Kelly
24 Feb 2018
90.5k
22
Opinion
'We feel we deserve everything and equate happiness to things, so I gave up shopping for a year'
Lisa Regan
24 Feb 2018
62.0k
39
Opinion
How arming teachers would increase the risk of school shootings, not prevent them
Tom Clonan
23 Feb 2018
27.5k
62
Opinion
'Walls to stop immigrants would have made my own existence impossible'
Thamil Ananthavinayagan
22 Feb 2018
22.2k
133
column
Dublin councillor with MS: 'I was on a walking stick at 32 ... now I plan to run the marathon'
Mark Ward
21 Feb 2018
38.7k
22
Opinion
'The hysterical reaction on social media if the majority opinion isn't agreed with is ridiculous'
Ethan Shattock
20 Feb 2018
28.6k
84
Opinion
'We've paid back €90,000 on a €30,000 loan but we're still battling to keep our home'
Anonymous
19 Feb 2018
239k
202
Opinion
'At 32, I was told I had breast cancer just seven months after having my first baby'
Georgie Crawford
18 Feb 2018
82.0k
11
Opinion
Growing up in the Troubles: 'I remember showing a plastic bullet to my Mum to excuse my lateness'
Shauneen Armstrong
18 Feb 2018
40.3k
46
Swedish Death Cleaning
'How to sort out your affairs so loved ones won't have embarrassing memories of you after you die'
Laura Hutchinson
18 Feb 2018
53.8k
23
Opinion
Dublin in the 80s - 'Instead of an 18th birthday card, given a birth cert and told to sign on'
Anthony Goulding
17 Feb 2018
67.2k
48
column
Use remaining old-season veg and store cupboard ingredients for a delicious cassoulet
Michael Kelly
17 Feb 2018
18.4k
10
Opinion
'There's a deep-rooted hatred toward the indigenous culture of Ireland, above all its language'
Caoimhín De Barra
17 Feb 2018
75.2k
155
Opinion
'Let's be accurate: There's no proposal to bring in new interviews in Irish for Gaelscoils'
Colmán Ó'Drisceoil
16 Feb 2018
15.4k
18
Opinion
'I live in enduring, constant severe pain - Versatis patches made things bearable'
Margaret Kennedy
15 Feb 2018
48.9k
48
Psychometric
Do you know where the adverts on your phone about the Eighth Amendment are coming from?
David Morrison
14 Feb 2018
8.4k
244
Opinion
Why are more and more Irish charities not publishing their financial information?
Patricia Quinn
13 Feb 2018
4.6k
78
Epilepsy Ireland
'If I miss my meds, it's a matter of hours before I have a seizure': Rick O'Shea on life with epilepsy
Rick O'Shea
12 Feb 2018
3.5k
51
Opinion
'Raped women are forced to marry their rapists to maintain their family's name'
Jenifer Williams
11 Feb 2018
11.7k
83
Opinion
Ruby Tandoh: 'Food fads are toxic - they erode the faith you have in your appetite'
Ruby Tandoh
11 Feb 2018
3.0k
16
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