Ireland has long held the belief that it is the exception rather than the rule when it comes to racism. Recent events have shown just how wrong we are.
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Ireland’s Abortion Referendum and Its Inconvenient Truths
Since its conception, the Irish abortion debate has inhabited two opposing ends of a spectrum; the mother on one side, unborn on the other.
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In the aftermath the Belfast rape trial, where do we go from here?
An object cannot feel pleasure. An object cannot give consent.
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Men need to start identifying their own behaviour as sexual assault
Like millions of women around the world, it is impossible for me to follow the story of Harvey’s Weinstein with the same distance that is afforded to most -but not all-men.
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If you don’t see colour or gender you’re probably a white male
“I only see people, I don’t see colour or gender.” I’ve heard it said countless times, a self-effacing testament to the speaker’s ability to see the true person unobscured by race, gender, sexuality or religion.
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Campaign for Government Approval of Orkambi: “They are putting a price on our child’s lives.”
Campaigners gathered today outside the Dáil in efforts to suede the government to approve cystic fibrosis treating drug ‘Orkambi’.
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Taoiseach Entreats Irish Families to Talk about Porn
While making an appearance at the launch of a new helpline for the victims of crime, Taoiseach Enda Kenny called for there to be a discussion about the ‘corruption’ of young people of Ireland due to their exposure to porn.
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An Irish Millennial’s Reaction to President Trump: I’m Scared
Like a tightly wound Jack-in-the-box everyone was taken by surprise when the grinning clown sprung up, including those pushing the handle.
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