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Voices
Enda Kenny
'It’s inevitable a leader will make mistakes and create the conditions for opportunistic incumbents'
Read Me
A carer goes on holiday: 'Catching a glimpse of the life you once hoped to lead can be painful'
insights
'As a child, my father had me handing out leaflets in a shopping centre. It was a business lesson'
Abortion Rights
'When the fasten seatbelt light illuminates, my right to decide what happens to my body is paused'
Opinion
HeForShe: Emma Watson's empty promise that when women's problems are solved, men will be free too
Addiction
My boyfriend's gambling: 'I loved two people. One was a compulsive liar and emotionally unavailable'
Gardening
'Irish people put their spuds in the ground around St Paddy’s Day, believing it to be an auspicious day'
Opinion
Border poll: 'Nationalists will say the recent Assembly elections show things are trending in their direction'
enda in trumpland
'By any objective measure, Enda Kenny acquitted himself and the Irish people honourably'
column
Julien Mercille: 'We should transform Paddy's Day into a people’s celebration, that's not about blind patriotism'
today fm's 20 year anniversary
Ian Dempsey: 'Was I really asleep in that picture? But I was standing up. Did Matt Cooper really say that?'
St Patrick's Day
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 'It's time Irish people stood up against racism. We were the terrorists at one time'
Opinion
Zoo deaths: 'In the wild, gorillas don't eat their own vomit and pull out their hair in frustration'
tax justice
Opinion: 'Tax isn't just an expense, it's a societal good and an investment in all our futures'
autism and me
'I want to show that someone who can't speak thinks many thoughts, understands everything'
business wear
'There's no right and wrong now for work fashion. A tracksuit and hoodie may be perfect for you'
Opinion
Food advertising: 'Brands get onto children's newsfeeds and interact like real life friends'
generation self-absorbed
Column: 'Millennials' apathy is what is allowing Brexit and Trump to thrive'
women in stem
A female engineer: 'It's important that we respect the natural differences between men and women'
the vegetable patch
Gardening column: What to grow when you don't have much space, plus a wild garlic pesto recipe
Opinion
'Enda, parents sent children to industrial schools because a court compelled them or they had no choice'
Women's Rights
''Free' legal aid isn't free; people are staying in domestic violence situations because they can't afford it'
national identities
Opinion: 'To say Britishness is authentic, while denying Irishness is quaffing one’s own Kool-Aid too deeply'
international women's day
Fair City's Úna Kavanagh: 'I had a social welfare book called 'Unmarried Mother's Allowance''
Read Me
President Higgins speaks out for women 'living in fear in their homes' of brutality and violence
international women's day
What Irish women want: 'We must demand what is right and challenge what is frightening'
lenten fast
Moncrieff: 'We decided not to mention Trump during Lent to see how much real news we miss'
fair trade fortnight
Column: 'If Ethiopia started to develop its coffee industry, it could trade its way out of poverty'
column
Kate Beaufoy: 'Who cares about the carers? I was a fit fifty when I took on a job of care. I nearly cracked up'
George Sigerson
Opinion: 'If we want to create a sustainable, successful, domestic industry, let's grow hemp'
Seachtain na Gaeilge
Column: 'We speak Irish, but we’re pretty normal. We’re not Nazis. We’re not leprechauns'
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