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Opinion
Roisin Shortall: 'Harvesting the personal data of children for marketing purposes is repugnant'
darkness into light
'I never thought I'd end up at a funeral at 18 watching everyone in my school break down'
Opinion
Paschal Donohoe: 'Our stance on bankers' pay has remained unchanged. This is the right thing to do'
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'If someone requires an app to prove legal consent then you shouldn’t be having sex with them'
Opinion
'Building walls will not solve this problem. Neither can the EU provide a home for everyone'
precarious work
'Between the doctor, antibiotics and the four days off, it was €600 that I will never see again'
darkness into light
'It wasn't about anything that happened in my life, it was about the black hole'
the future of you
Most children born now will live to 100, so how do we prepare for an older population?
Read Me
Have we broken the ocean?: 'Read the ingredient list before you buy your next batch of toiletries'
uncrpd
'Sarah Jane would like to live independently with support. No such service or plan is possible'
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'
Electoral Register
Opinion: 'We need funding for councils to go house to house and check the status of the voters'
Read Me
Deep Atlantic: 'If you can’t stand up, what's the difference between two and two thousand metres'
Opinion
'Access to third level isn't on merit. It's a lottery based on which family you were born into'
Opinion
Vaccines: 'Those of us from an earlier era must speak out to stop little lives being wrecked'
Read Me
'My biggest regret is not reporting my rape. My rapist has a comfortable life with a wife and kids'
Honour Magdalenes
Magdalene Laundries: 'Memorial needed for women detained under heartless, vicious regime'
Read Me
'Our parish universe straddled two counties and two States. We forged an identity as borderers'
Opinion
Rape myths: 'Sexual assaults are traumatic. Incoherencies in the victims' accounts are inescapable'
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