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Voices
living with mental illness
Opinion: The reality of mental illness doesn't fit into a sanitised sound bite
Reshuffle
Aaron McKenna: Gender, geography, age – focus on everything but quality in government reshuffle
families
Opinion: What will compulsory birth registration of unmarried fathers’ names mean for children?
Human Rights
Opinion: A woman pregnant by rape is treated as 'a vessel and nothing more' by Irish law
Child Abuse
Opinion: I became the first male survivor of Irish clerical sexual abuse to meet Pope Francis
Opinion
Opinion: Older people and Gaeilgeoirí are right to be indignant – this Cabinet doesn't care about them
Not good enough
Opinion: Once again, we've heard a depressingly familiar tune from Ireland on human rights
fatal foetal abnormality
Opinion: A fatal foetal diagnosis is nobody’s fault – the deliberate lack of support by the State is.
Wedding Bells
Opinion: Failing to prepare for life’s most important journey could be your biggest mistake
Mental Health
Opinion: I've walked across burning coals and broken glass – I know I can beat depression too
Mortgages
Opinion: Reluctance to repossess homes just drags out the misery for those in serious debt
garth brooks
Opinion: The Garth Brooks situation requires no parody – it is the definition of parody itself
pregnancy and depression
Opinion: Post Natal Depression – should it discourage you from ‘going again’?
Mother and Baby
Opinion: It may seem heartless, but we shouldn't fund an inquiry into religious-run homes
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