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Monday 17 June, 2013

Lisa McInerney: The loudest voices in pro-life camp discredit the civil ones Opinion

Lisa McInerney: The loudest voices in pro-life camp discredit the civil ones

Mon, 7:00 AM 7,667 Views 112 Comments

There is common ground to be found between pro-life and pro-choice people, writes Lisa McInerney, but plastic foetuses and death threats are eroding it.

Monday 3 June, 2013

Lisa McInerney: Caring for children is a tough job – so why don’t we value it more? Opinion

Lisa McInerney: Caring for children is a tough job – so why don’t we value it more?

03/06/13 7,436 Views 41 Comments

Childcare is more of a vocation than a 9-to-5 – but many workers are still underpaid and underqualified, writes Lisa McInerney.

Monday 20 May, 2013

Lisa McInerney: Neil Prendeville blamed the wrong people in his radio rant Opinion

Lisa McInerney: Neil Prendeville blamed the wrong people in his radio rant

20/05/13 21,142 Views 112 Comments

The radio presenter could have attacked those responsible for mismanaging the country – but instead he kicked down, writes Lisa McInerney.

Monday 6 May, 2013

Lisa McInerney: Fianna Fáil doesn’t deserve our ear… Opinion

Lisa McInerney: Fianna Fáil doesn’t deserve our ear…

06/05/13 11,584 Views 120 Comments

…not when the party still owe us a tooth and an eye. So why are many people perversely choosing to drift back=?

Monday 22 April, 2013

Lisa McInerney: How can you be a woman and Catholic? Opinion

Lisa McInerney: How can you be a woman and Catholic?

22/04/13 12,946 Views 197 Comments

This question is not born out of contempt, says TheJournal.ie columnist, but is out of genuine bewilderment when you consider the status of women in Catholic doctrine.

Monday 8 April, 2013

Lisa McInerney: Misinformation made Bressie’s drugs comments front-page news Opinion

Lisa McInerney: Misinformation made Bressie’s drugs comments front-page news

08/04/13 20,987 Views 68 Comments

But the misinformation wasn’t coming from The Voice judge, writes Lisa McInerney, it is coming from his critics – and it’s why young people disregard them.

Monday 25 March, 2013

Lisa McInerney: Rape culture is a stupid, cruel response to a dark reality Opinion

Lisa McInerney: Rape culture is a stupid, cruel response to a dark reality

25/03/13 17,009 Views 73 Comments

Blaming sexual assault victims for their ordeals – such as in the recent case in Steubenville, Ohio – is retrograde and wrong.

Monday 11 March, 2013

Lisa McInerney: Senator’s ‘frape’ gaffe signals that panic – not reason – rules social media debate Opinion

Lisa McInerney: Senator’s ‘frape’ gaffe signals that panic – not reason – rules social media debate

11/03/13 23,506 Views 75 Comments

Fidelma Healy-Eames and Eamonn Coghlan were “given an important task that deserved research and clarity of delivery – instead we got ludicrous schemes and half-remembered gossip”.

Monday 25 February, 2013

Lisa McInerney: Hands off celebrity baby bumps Opinion

Lisa McInerney: Hands off celebrity baby bumps

25/02/13 9,037 Views 13 Comments

“Female celebs are required to share enough to present a rosy image of pregnancy, without grossing anyone out with gory details.”

Monday 11 February, 2013

Lisa McInerney: Magdalene atrocities happened because society allowed them to Column

Lisa McInerney: Magdalene atrocities happened because society allowed them to

11/02/13 6,408 Views 68 Comments

The hand of the State and religious bodies in what happened to the women of the Laundries is clear – but the hard facts of the McAleese report also shows that the Irish public was complicit too.

Monday 28 January, 2013

Lisa McInerney: The New Rules for women are best ignored Column

Lisa McInerney: The New Rules for women are best ignored

28/01/13 17,277 Views 74 Comments

The terrifying ‘How to land a man’ books have dressed their old claptrap up in the language of the interweb – and are a good guide of what NOT to do in the world of dating.

Monday 14 January, 2013

Lisa McInerney: All sexual harassment needs to thrive is for good men to do nothing Opinion

Lisa McInerney: All sexual harassment needs to thrive is for good men to do nothing

14/01/13 13,631 Views 155 Comments

A new #shoutingback project on social media reveals lots of decent men are horrified by public harassment of women – none of us, men or women, should put up with it.

Monday 31 December, 2012

Lisa McInerney: New Year is where we resolve to be grown-ups Opinion

Lisa McInerney: New Year is where we resolve to be grown-ups

31/12/12 4,690 Views 2 Comments

The true mark of maturity, however, is to stop beating ourselves up over not being the perfect adult – and to resolve to be a better kid.

Monday 17 December, 2012

Lisa McInerney: Don’t feed the Grinch – Christmas is meant to be over the top Opinion

Lisa McInerney: Don’t feed the Grinch – Christmas is meant to be over the top

17/12/12 6,958 Views 15 Comments

We overspend, not because we’re greedy or worried we’ll be ostracised if we don’t, but because we love how generosity feels.

Monday 3 December, 2012

Lisa McInerney: What’s so terrible about abortion-on-demand? Opinion

Lisa McInerney: What’s so terrible about abortion-on-demand?

03/12/12 12,835 Views 206 Comments

It took this long for the State to really address medically-necessary termination – so how long is it going to take for it to address the wider complexity of

Monday 19 November, 2012

Lisa McInerney: Hey guys, you don’t have to be arrogant to be attractive Opinion

Lisa McInerney: Hey guys, you don’t have to be arrogant to be attractive

19/11/12 15,044 Views 63 Comments

Women do like nice men – and to say otherwise, as an anonymous column did last week, is a real disservice to the good guys.

Monday 5 November, 2012

Lisa McInerney: Playing the ‘pleb’ – why are we still at it? Opinion

Lisa McInerney: Playing the ‘pleb’ – why are we still at it?

05/11/12 14,366 Views 47 Comments

Jarvis Cocker was right – it’s not cool to pretend to be poor, and struggling to get by doesn’t automatically make you a folk hero.

Monday 22 October, 2012

Lisa McInerney: Does wearing make-up mean you’re shallow? Opinion

Lisa McInerney: Does wearing make-up mean you’re shallow?

22/10/12 10,259 Views 52 Comments

“When it comes to aesthetic assistance, women in particular run the risk of being damned if they do, and damned if they don’t.”

Monday 8 October, 2012

Lisa McInerney: Tragic cases don’t need a side of victim-blaming Column

Lisa McInerney: Tragic cases don’t need a side of victim-blaming

08/10/12 13,776 Views 51 Comments

Tragedies like those which befell Jill Meagher and April Jones are awful and sad – but some people feel the need to turn them into a morality play.

Monday 24 September, 2012

Lisa McInerney: Should we forgive Chris Brown? Opinion

Lisa McInerney: Should we forgive Chris Brown?

24/09/12 9,808 Views 86 Comments

As the pop star heads to Dublin for a gig later this year, should we remain hostile to him over his brutality towards Rihanna or let him get on with it?

Friday 7 September, 2012

Column: This wasn’t the Middle Ages, Bishop Kirby, it was the 1990s Opinion

Column: This wasn’t the Middle Ages, Bishop Kirby, it was the 1990s

07/09/12 8,098 Views 75 Comments

Lisa McInerney asks why, if a senior member of the Catholic Church thought paedophilia was ‘crossing the line in friendship’, does the same Church think it can guide people on how to love and who to marry?

Monday 27 August, 2012

Column: The horrible consequences of telling men how ‘real’ men behave Opinion

Column: The horrible consequences of telling men how ‘real’ men behave

27/08/12 17,233 Views 55 Comments

As we head into a new college year and young men and women find their feet, Lisa McInerney writes about how far we have yet to go to allow males to be themselves… and not what TV ads tell them to be.

Friday 10 August, 2012

Column: Female Olympians are national heroes, not national sweethearts Opinion

Column: Female Olympians are national heroes, not national sweethearts

10/08/12 10,919 Views 57 Comments

The desire to see female athletes looking feminine at all times is a bit of a relic, says Lisa McInerney, but it doesn’t stop some people bodysnarking at female Olympians.

Monday 30 July, 2012

Column: Why do people try so hard with someone who’s not interested? Opinion

Column: Why do people try so hard with someone who’s not interested?

30/07/12 10,169 Views 58 Comments

There’s no law against going on the pull, but drunken suitors who can’t take a hint can spoil a good night out, writes Lisa McInerney.

Sunday 15 July, 2012

Column: Discussing teen drinking… over a bottle of vino Opinion

Column: Discussing teen drinking… over a bottle of vino

15/07/12 5,322 Views 23 Comments

“Alcohol, to a child, must seem like some sort of guaranteed treat for grown-ups. It’s advertised as being fuel for wit, a stylish accessory, or a national heritage.”

Monday 2 July, 2012

Column: Why are we so pass-remarkable on weight issues? Opinion

Column: Why are we so pass-remarkable on weight issues?

02/07/12 8,696 Views 31 Comments

We are all aware that discrimination on the basis of race, creed or sexual preference is unacceptable, writes Lisa McInerney, so why is someone’s BMI fair game?

Monday 18 June, 2012

Column: The Young and the Angry need to take themselves to task Opinion

Column: The Young and the Angry need to take themselves to task

18/06/12 6,040 Views 110 Comments

Lisa McInerney is a fan of The Secret Millionaire reality TV show – but it has alerted her to a section of disillusioned First World youth who won’t take any blame for their actions.

Sunday 3 June, 2012

Column: Intervening in prostitution is not acting the nanny Opinion

Column: Intervening in prostitution is not acting the nanny

03/06/12 3,678 Views 64 Comments

Advocating the selling of sex is not just a bad idea, writes Lisa McInerney, but also a very blinkered one.

Monday 21 May, 2012

Column: National pride or bald-faced bigotry? Maybe neither, or both. Opinion

Column: National pride or bald-faced bigotry? Maybe neither, or both.

21/05/12 5,705 Views 73 Comments

Being proud to be Irish is sometime looked on as a social gaffe, writes Lisa McInerney, but that’s not always fair… and it’s not always the best way to figure out who really is racist…

Saturday 5 May, 2012

Column: Being held to accountability is not persecution, Cardinal Brady Opinion

Column: Being held to accountability is not persecution, Cardinal Brady

05/05/12 4,558 Views 59 Comments

One’s civic duties are not the same as one’s self-imposed religious obligations, writes TheJournal.ie columnist Lisa McInerney – nor are they superseded by them.

Monday 23 April, 2012

Column: Vodafone pair were idiots – but they don’t need a kicking from us Opinion

Column: Vodafone pair were idiots – but they don’t need a kicking from us

23/04/12 10,315 Views 33 Comments

Customer service is a tough job, writes Lisa McInerney, but what seemed to rile people most about the disrespectful Vodafone reps was they didn’t count their blessings for having a job. Is that fair?

Friday 6 April, 2012

Column: ‘Too beautiful’ Samantha Brick is playing us for fools Opinion

Column: ‘Too beautiful’ Samantha Brick is playing us for fools

06/04/12 14,547 Views 36 Comments

Either the Daily Mail columnist is a complete ass and believes every word she writes, or she’s being deliberately provocative – and perpetuating the old porky that women detest other women.

Monday 26 March, 2012

Column: Tallafornia isn’t real – but it is normalising bad behaviour Opinion

Column: Tallafornia isn’t real – but it is normalising bad behaviour

26/03/12 11,622 Views 33 Comments

“Four men and three women were plucked from the desperate masses and replanted in a Tallaght semi, cultivated on Grey Goose and a terrifying amount of eggs, and kept at a near tropical temperature so as to render clothes completely unfeasible.”

Monday 12 March, 2012

Column: Why is it cringeworthy to get behind a cause? Opinion

Column: Why is it cringeworthy to get behind a cause?

12/03/12 4,659 Views 60 Comments

There seems to be a trend towards stigmatising protesters, writes TheJournal.ie columnist Lisa McInerney. What are we afraid of? The Bono effect?

Monday 27 February, 2012

Column: If you’re not religious, why observe a Lenten sacrifice? Opinion

Column: If you’re not religious, why observe a Lenten sacrifice?

27/02/12 5,031 Views 44 Comments

As children, we used to try to get out of Lenten obligations – now we use them as if they are a second chance at New Year’s resolutions.

Monday 13 February, 2012

Column: Accept it – ‘rape culture’ exists Opinion

Column: Accept it – ‘rape culture’ exists

13/02/12 10,256 Views 178 Comments

Rape ‘jokes’ and equating violence with passion – just two of the ways in which Ireland shows some alarming societal attitudes towards women and sex, writes Lisa McInerney.

Monday 30 January, 2012

Column: Interview? Put some trousers on, pyjama girls Opinion

Column: Interview? Put some trousers on, pyjama girls

30/01/12 10,425 Views 68 Comments

We’re very quick to judge, writes TheJournal.ie columnist Lisa McInerney, but it still stands that the dole office is no place for parading the middle finger to society.

Monday 16 January, 2012

Column: Let the extremists speak – if only so we can fight back Opinion

Column: Let the extremists speak – if only so we can fight back

16/01/12 3,230 Views 17 Comments

This week, TheJournal.ie regular columnist Lisa McInerney argues that everyone is entitled to their opinion – because it gives us a chance to stand up against odious claptrap.

Monday 2 January, 2012

Column: It hasn’t been an easy Christmas – but the best traditions remain Opinion

Column: It hasn’t been an easy Christmas – but the best traditions remain

02/01/12 5,254 Views 1 Comment

TheJournal.ie’s regular columnist Lisa McInerney finds that Christmas 2011 was a muted affair – but there were some traditions that we should be glad we’re rid of.

Monday 19 December, 2011

Column: Ban video games? Ban crap pre-teen books instead Opinion

Column: Ban video games? Ban crap pre-teen books instead

19/12/11 5,315 Views 55 Comments

TheJournal.ie’s regular columnist Lisa McInerney takes apart TD Mary Mitchell O’Connor’s outburst over “violent video games”.

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