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Voices

This month
March 2024
Surrealing in the Years: Snow nice but nation could use heads up next time
Clara Dillon: I love stories about darkness lurking beneath a veneer of domestic civilisation
Carer: 'I'm so desperate for scraps of support, I'm almost hoping for a yes vote next week'
Last month
February 2024
Opinion: I've been rejected by the government's Cost Rental Scheme again - it's time to emigrate
Debate Room: The Yes and No sides set out their cases for the forthcoming referendums
Opinion: What would a merger of Vodafone and Three mean across the UK telecoms market?
Money Diaries: A financial advisor on €55K living in Dublin
Ciaran Mullooly: RTÉ told staff to take our medicine because we were all equal - that was wrong
Larry Donnelly: Quick takes on US politics - where are we now in the race for the White House?
Surrealing in the Years: UK Pleasure Boys can teach us all a valuable lesson
Opinion: Helping Ukrainians flee war along with their pets is the right thing to do
Irish film director: 'A couple of minutes in, I knew we had found our Ukrainian leading lady'
Niamh O'Reilly: I looked around the rage room I'd just trashed and had the urge to tidy up
Tom Clonan: An emboldened Putin and a possible Trump return pose real dangers for Europe
Handling heartbreak: 'Rejection does not make you a reject, it just means they weren't for you'
Opinion: The Hen Harrier is the canary in the coal mine for upland biodiversity in Ireland
Money Diaries: A marketing and advertising executive on €60K living in Leinster
Doctor: How to live longer and help the planet at the same time
Sinéad Burke: Heart disease has taught me to grab life with both hands and live every moment
Surrealing in the Years: This was a really good week to embarrass yourself on TV
Border analysis: 'My dad was in the Orange Order, but I'd probably vote for a United Ireland'
Shifting sands: The people of the West Bank are stuck in hellish game they never agreed to play
Dr Catherine Conlon: We need to get real about the dangers of smartphone use by young children
JFK in 1960, Blair 1997, Obama 2008, Corbyn 2017: Youth vote is a starting gun for momentum
Irish: It's not cool to just tear down our beautiful, native Gaeilge
Gino Kenny: 'The time has come to grasp the nettle on assisted dying'
Money Diaries: How is your spending and saving going? Would you like to keep a diary for us?
Linda Coogan Byrne: Why is Irish radio afraid to play Bambie Thug?
Pancake Tuesday: Some tasty twists on the old favourite recipes
Planning: 'Proposed law designed to scare local groups off potential challenges'
Tom Clonan: Israel has pursued the relentless massacre of innocent Palestinians in Gaza
Extract: 'I felt a kind of bereavement for the Mayo of my youth and my stories'
Jennifer Whitmore: The school transport system is not serving the communities that need it
Money Diaries: A client manager on €90K living in Co Wicklow
Rebecca Moynihan: The exorbitant cost of baby formula should not be tolerated
Larry Donnelly: US democracy isn't perfect, but it's easier to vote there than in Ireland
Surrealing in the Years: Joe Brolly and Kneecap join forces against the Tory government
John Bruton tribute: 'I told John I'd been to Mass and knew that would buy me some time'
Michael Pidgeon: Dublin's new city centre transport plan is not a 'ban on cars'
Referendum vote: 'I realise now we men were conditioned to think women are more natural carers'