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Voices

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Opinion
'Therapy and personal training taught me that it's impossible to run away from self-loathing'
Rosemary MacCabe
31 Dec 2017
32.2k
15
review 2017
These were the 15 'biggest things' to happen in 2017
Kevin Cunningham
31 Dec 2017
115k
29
Read Me
2017: How was it for Trump?
Larry Donnelly
31 Dec 2017
10.1k
37
Read Me
Self-care: 'Ireland is the only country where 'you love yourself' is an insult'
Amy Plant
30 Dec 2017
48.3k
43
column
GIY: 'Over a hot cup of soup, I was reminded how great you feel after a meitheal'
Michael Kelly
30 Dec 2017
19.2k
4
Irish language
Opinion: Will Bliain na Gaeilge turn into Bliain na Begrudgers 2018?
Dermot McNally
30 Dec 2017
17.3k
77
forgotten legacy
'Politicians can't agree about 10 people - so another 490 injured through no fault of their own get nothing'
Dennis Godfrey
29 Dec 2017
35.1k
35
new year's resolutions
Ditch the diet: 'Your plan for 2018 should be not to make grand plans'
Ciara Wright PhD
29 Dec 2017
16.7k
9
it stops now
Opinion: Women of Ireland, 2018 will be our year
Orla O'Connor
29 Dec 2017
18.1k
235
column
Caring at Christmas: '24: The number of hours I work per day'
Tracy McGinnis
28 Dec 2017
9.1k
10
column
'An attack is a distinct possibility in Ireland in 2018 - our security is provocatively weak'
Tom Clonan
28 Dec 2017
8.8k
101
column
Lonely this Christmas?: Being single in a room full of couples is the worst
Rena Maycock
27 Dec 2017
5.3k
54
column
Spanish flu centenary: 'We're overdue another influenza pandemic'
Dr Tim Hinchey
27 Dec 2017
6.9k
27
column
Christmas with depression: 'I know I should be happy, but I can't help it. I really can't'
Abigail McDonnell
26 Dec 2017
14.3k
31
review 2017
'Some scoff at his use of social media and attire but 'brand Leo' is resonating with us'
Larry Donnelly
26 Dec 2017
971
66
dysfunctional family
Column: How to cope with toxic family members during Christmas
Karl Melvin
25 Dec 2017
58.8k
53
column
Mysterious ways: 'Dad dies. I get cancer. That isn't a mysterious way. It's a double-whammy'
Peter Gunning
25 Dec 2017
36.3k
29
column
Knock's Fr Richard Gibbons: 'Christmas is the antidote to humbug, despair and hopelessness'
Fr Richard Gibbons
24 Dec 2017
10.8k
71
Bereavement
Column: 'I'm facing my second Christmas without my partner, Patric'
Jenny Gilleece
24 Dec 2017
59.6k
18
Read Me
Separated father: 'I will spend Christmas on my own, not seeing my children'
Anonymous
23 Dec 2017
89.4k
193
Gardening
My 2017 GIY report: 'Aubergines – F. Great plants, no fruit. Must do better'
Michael Kelly
23 Dec 2017
9.5k
5
column
Christmas as a Muslim: 'My mom was always careful that we'd never feel left out'
Meriem Ahmed
23 Dec 2017
29.4k
78
Binge Eating
'Increased access to "comfort foods" during Christmas sent my eating disorder into overload'
Jodie Kenny
22 Dec 2017
22.6k
13
Read Me
Previewing Ireland’s economy in 2018: It’s gonna get better, before it gets worse
Victor Duggan
22 Dec 2017
35.8k
41
Bah Humbug
Column: 'I never give anything to anyone for Christmas and I don't expect junk in return'
Barry Purcell
21 Dec 2017
24.6k
85
sean mcdermott street
Magdalene memorial: 'I grew up in the shadow of that laundry'
Gary Gannon
21 Dec 2017
22.3k
34
Opinion
'Ownership rights make it difficult to tackle neglect and disrepair in the private sector'
Neasa Hourigan
20 Dec 2017
23.0k
58
Driving Licence
Opinion: Why is the Irish driving test so hard and so expensive?
Barry Dunning
19 Dec 2017
91.3k
176
Opinion
Civil servants: 'Men are twice as likely to occupy senior positions as women'
Selina McCoy
18 Dec 2017
17.9k
160
Read Me
'Why I gave 26-year-old Syrian refugee, Wassim, a room in my home'
Mary O'Reilly
17 Dec 2017
105k
215
column
Jackeen: 'A fellow who does very little for a living, and wants to do less'
Donal Fallon
17 Dec 2017
48.7k
75
Read Me
Column: Naughty or nice? The science of Santa Claus
Keith Gaynor
17 Dec 2017
15.9k
15
Read Me
'We underestimate the relief people feel when they get a mental illness diagnosis'
Grace Vaughan
16 Dec 2017
43.1k
55
Read Me
Gardening column: How to keep hens
Michael Kelly
16 Dec 2017
25.8k
38
me too
Gender based violence: 'Our outrage cannot be confined to Hollywood'
Dominic MacSorley
16 Dec 2017
9.6k
97
column
'Brussels spends our money on pet projects for which it has no mandate'
Malcolm Byrne
15 Dec 2017
16.7k
71
Food Shortages
Ireland's food security: 'It's said that modern civilisation is three meals deep'
Mícheál Callaghan
14 Dec 2017
32.2k
38
column
€6.5 million apartments: 'These aren't the types of homes we need'
Senator Kevin Humphreys
13 Dec 2017
29.9k
49
Opinion
'Snobbery and hypocrisy when some people in the 26 counties talk about 'The North''
James Cumiskey
12 Dec 2017
95.6k
202
Opinion
'Maybe we should slosh our way through the forty days before Easter too'
Eunan McKinney
11 Dec 2017
30.5k
53
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