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Voices
Punk Economics
Good or evil?: McDonald's and low cost airlines opened up eating out and travel to us all
Strike
Opinion: 'Taxpayers who earn significantly less than Bus Éireann drivers are being asked to foot the bill'
cyclists v motorists
Debate Room: We need a minimum passing distance law or more cyclists will die on our roads
green socialism
Opinion: 'Ireland has become a pollution haven due to neo-liberal model of light-touch regulation'
teenage activist
The youth vote: 'My classmates are more interested in Netflix and Instagram than in politics'
column
Marriage equality?: 'There is no excuse for confining civil partnership solely to gay couples'
Eating Disorders Awareness Week
Bingeing: 'I eat until I feel sick. I don’t realise what I’ve eaten until after the binge'
keep people in their homes
Column: 'New Dáil Bill would help stop devastating home repossessions and evictions'
column
Aodhán Ó RÃordáin: 'I never pass pickets. We are all humans and need each other to survive'
column
'Looking at the Mairead I was on assessment day breaks my heart. I don’t recognise her now'
Medicinal Cannabis
Ming Flanagan: 'Our Minister for Health is like the God of the Old Testament - mean'
medication nation
Column: 'I live with schizophrenia without taking any medication, but I'm an exception'
science reporting
'Media coverage of science remains scant and tends to be uncritically promotional or celebratory'
Opinion
Beyoncé: 'The onus is on everyone to study and understand what a lack of privilege really means'
refugee crisis
Lesvos project: 'Art is the perfect way to connect with locals. It breaks down any barriers'
Gardening
GIY Guru: 'I’ve become interested in mindfulness, sitting quietly for ten minutes, in the morning'
Istanbul Convention
'Boys are taught they are violent oppressors and that whatever violence they experience doesn't matter'
cycle against suicide
Colm Hayes: 'Anxiety comes with the job. I don’t hold it in and I’m a stronger person because of it'
column
Digital piracy: 'People can't get the television they want, when they want it through legal channels'
Opinion
Ming Flanagan: 'Unless you come from the old guard, you are irrelevant in the eyes of mainstream media'
Valentine's Day
Column: 'My mum was dying. Her heart was failing. She was bedridden until she got a new heart'
male aggression
'My friend was gang raped. She attempted suicide; the men went on to have careers and families'
EPILEPSY DAY
'My epilepsy diagnosis gave me impetus to achieve as much as I can to prove all the naysayers wrong'
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