Opinion Archives – Page 2 of 7

The governments temporary measures are not doing enough to tackle inflation

March 9, 2022

Are the governments short-term assistant schemes able to tackle a long-term problem?

Non-EU doctors working in Ireland deserve greater equality as employees of the healthcare system

March 9, 2022

With non-EU doctors making up nearly half of the Irish health system, they deserve to receive equality to EU born doctors.

Eir does not deserve awards

February 16, 2022

On February 1st Eir was awarded the Excellence in Customer Service Management award by the Public Sector Magazine. The public is not happy. Over recent years Eir’s customer service has been a nightmare to deal

The leaving cert will go ahead as normal this year. Is this fair?

February 16, 2022

Is the return to exams and the rejection of a hybrid Leaving Cert fair? While this is totality subjective, the argument can be made for the accredited grades to remain this year because of Covid-19

Should Ireland remain neutral?

February 2, 2022

Russia about to conduct naval exercises off the coast of Cork, we must remind ourselves that Ireland’s stance on using neutrality as a means of security, will not work when faced with global conflict. For

“Is it ever wrong to socially distance even if they say we don’t need to?”

February 2, 2022

The pandemic has really taken a toll on us all. We have done so much since March 2020, when we’d be glued to the daily press briefings at 5:30 pm to find out how many

Rural homelessness remains a hidden problem.

February 2, 2022

Less prominent counties seem to be struggling the most with homelessness. This is mainly due to insufficient services outside of cities. Homelessness rates in cities and towns remain high, for example, according to Focus Ireland,

New EU report says red meat causes cancer.

January 21, 2022

EU policy for 2022 encourages a shift to a more plant-based diet due to red meat causing cancer. Research from the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows that when haem (a natural chemical found in meat)

Ireland should care about hair.

January 21, 2022

South Korean politician, Lee Jae-Myung proposed at the beginning of the month for public health insurance to include hair loss treatments. This caused a huge divide in the public. Opponents say this is populism, but

Can we trust landlord TDs to vote for the people and not the paycheck?

November 18, 2021

The country has been in an unprecedented housing crisis for the better part of a decade now. Directly where Padraic Pearse stood outside the GPO and read that the nation of Ireland would “cherish all

Re-opening is Overwhelming

October 27, 2021

How the reopening of the country is exciting but overwhelming.

Fireworks: The Danger Behind the Fun

October 27, 2021

A warning against the harm of fireworks, as Halloween approaches.

Transport Crisis in Rural Ireland

October 13, 2021

How the lack of transport in rural Ireland is causing problems.

Kim Kardashian’s Met Gala Look: Chic or Weak?

September 29, 2021

We cannot deny that Kim Kardashian was the main talking point of this years Met Gala, as she stepped out in an outfit that was full body coverage.

Stretched to the last: the unheard voices on scoliosis waiting lists

March 24, 2021

While Covid-19 has changed how we live, and it has affected the general running of hospitals and plunged them under pressure, children are still waiting and their condition has not gone away at the foot of a global infection. Mountains have been moved over the course of this pandemic, this should be one of those mountains.