Voices

Barrister Benedict Ó Floinn & Prof Alan Green
Debate Room: Two lawyers on the 8th Amendment and if we should retain or repeal it
Barrister Benedict Ó Floinn & Prof Alan Green
Eva-Jayne Gaffney
Epilepsy: 'My emotions are heightened and I'm overwhelmed by difficult or upsetting situations'
Eva-Jayne Gaffney
Ian Cumbers
'I had always found work soul destroying, but had accepted this as the norm'
Ian Cumbers
Dermot Goode
Column: 'Those who beat the health insurance penalty deadline are at risk of overpaying'
Dermot Goode
Liz Roche
'We're so conditioned to keep quiet. I notice it in myself all the time'
Liz Roche
Michael Kelly
GIY: Get creative with delicious new potatoes using this Spanish tortilla recipe
Michael Kelly
Stephen Todd
Lad culture: 'We need to tackle masculinity head-on'
Stephen Todd
Anonymous
'I'm not amoral, not stupid, and not promiscuous. I took every precaution. I still got pregnant'
Anonymous
Maria Walsh
Maria Walsh: 'It might be a questioning glance or a curt refusal to shake my hand'
Maria Walsh
Patricia Tsouros
Column: 'Why did I fall so hard? Why did I make myself so vulnerable to him?'
Patricia Tsouros
Dominic Hannigan
Replacing Phil Hogan: 'Other countries have a different attitude and send their elite'
Dominic Hannigan
Prof Donal Brennan
It's been a worrying two weeks - but please don't stop getting smear tests
Prof Donal Brennan
Grattan Healy
Column: 'We are haemorrhaging €5-6bn per year to pay for expensive and dirty fuels'
Grattan Healy
Charlie Flanagan TD
Justice Minister: 'I have seen many women shake with fear of not being believed by a Garda or a court'
Charlie Flanagan TD
Corina Duyn
Column: 'We are ill. We are not faking this illness. It is not in our heads'
Corina Duyn
Brian Merriman
Brian Merriman: 'Identity theatre is always relevant'
Brian Merriman
Sharon Donnery
Sharon Donnery: 'There were no female role models, no one I could aspire to be like'
Sharon Donnery
Gavin Nugent
'I was the first of my family to go to university and this week I paid off the last of my loan'
Gavin Nugent
Michael Kelly
Chickweed: 'Not only is it edible, it’s considered to be a nutritional powerhouse'
Michael Kelly
Stephanie Regan
Column: 'I was lucky, but women's healthcare must not come down to luck'
Stephanie Regan
Larry Donnelly
Larry Donnelly: 'There is a definite sense that the net is tightening around Donald Trump'
Larry Donnelly
Anonymous
'I was nine weeks pregnant when I took an abortion pill - after staring at it for hours'
Anonymous
Richard Moeran
Column: 'Farmers are asking 'where’s my share of this economic boom?''
Richard Moeran
Christy Galligan
'I look at my kids and I think there is so much I would have missed had I gone through with it'
Christy Galligan
Dermot McNally
Floundering forests: The challenges facing the Irish forestry industry
Dermot McNally
Lucie Kavanagh
Borderline Personality Disorder: 'My emotions are overwhelming and almost impossible to regulate'
Lucie Kavanagh
Brian Gray
Standoffs with scorpions: The reality of filming in Sub-Saharan Africa
Brian Gray
Nicola Quinn
'I'm 27. I'm living at home. Going through the same hall door since I was in a school uniform'
Nicola Quinn
Nicola Hampson
'Mad, loony, mental, psycho or schizo': Behind every mental health diagnosis is a person
Nicola Hampson
Kieran Duffy
'As Ireland prepares for its referendum, I'm in the middle of another divisive campaign'
Kieran Duffy
Andrea Mara
'There are days I don’t speak to another grown-up. Online chats keep me going'
Andrea Mara
John Connell
The past isn't the past, it's not even over: We can't discard Junior Cert History
John Connell
Alison Curtis
Alison Curtis: 'I don't sound Irish - but don't tell me to go back to Canada'
Alison Curtis
Michael Kelly
Bio-insecticide Supernemos: 'Sometimes GIYing is not for the faint hearted'
Michael Kelly
Catriona Coyle
‘You might see a successful business and fancy having a go, but you rarely see the sacrifices made’
Catriona Coyle
Thomas Muinzer
Opinion: 'The DUP has a talent for fusing bungled governance with election success'
Thomas Muinzer
Dr Anthony O'Connor
Dr Anthony O'Connor: 'It’s not about your rage or sorrow, deputies. It's about what we do next'
Dr Anthony O'Connor
Anonymous
'The nurses asked how we planned to keep him cold. This wasn't something we were prepared for'
Anonymous
Aiveen Cully-Dunne
'He told us his head was melted. The help didn't come quick enough'
Aiveen Cully-Dunne
Peter Gunning
Column: Do we really need mandatory standardised testing in primary schools?
Peter Gunning