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Sarah Harte: Battling mindsets over women’s clothing leaves us a little ‘short’

Sarah Harte: Battling mindsets over women’s clothing leaves us a little ‘short’

How women dress and how society views them has changed over the years, as Sarah Harte experienced on Grafton St in Dublin, recently

Wed, 22 May, 2024

Sarah Harte: Do new Irish citizens need to know more about what it means to be Irish?

Sarah Harte: Do new Irish citizens need to know more about what it means to be Irish?

What it means to be Irish, of course, is open to a wide variety of interpretations

Wed, 15 May, 2024

Sarah Harte: Right to peaceful protest can’t be at a cost to human rights of others

Sarah Harte: Right to peaceful protest can’t be at a cost to human rights of others

There’s a marked difference between protests that may be disruptive but democratically acceptable and protests that are designed to target and intimidate public figures

Wed, 08 May, 2024

Sarah Harte: McGahern leaves us pondering what we have lost and gained

Sarah Harte: McGahern leaves us pondering what we have lost and gained

These are the men and women who took the boat in droves in the second half of the 20th century, to find work, and to flee institutional abuse

Wed, 01 May, 2024

Street prostitute of Eastern Europe

Sarah Harte: It’s ludicrous to suggest that sex work is just another form of work

A job with a risk of unwanted pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, rape, violence, and stigma is not a dream job

Wed, 24 Apr, 2024

Herd of Friesian cattle

Sarah Harte: Could a new crop of independents harness anger and come together?

The lens in rural Ireland has always been different. Ignoring their concerns just plays into the hands of populists

Wed, 17 Apr, 2024

Vivien Leigh, Hattie McDaniel

S Sarah Harte: Negative stereotyping inherited from the past is hard to eradicate

How to solve the problem of finding people for a project without inadvertently conveying the message that we want people to fill a quota for their skin colour?

Wed, 10 Apr, 2024

Sarah Harte: Confidence trick could explain the gender gap in our fear of failure

S Sarah Harte: Confidence trick could explain the gender gap in our fear of failure

Maybe we women lack confidence and underestimate our abilities. Or maybe it's just that some men are staggeringly overconfident...

Wed, 03 Apr, 2024

Sarah Harte: Widening of eligibility criteria is a huge concern if assisted dying legislation is introduced

S Sarah Harte: Widening of eligibility criteria is a huge concern if assisted dying legislation is introduced

While the time may have come to confront the issue of assisted dying, it is not something to be done lightly

Wed, 27 Mar, 2024

Victim Meave McLoughlin-Doyle

S Sarah Harte: ‘Good guys’ hide behind their status to commit domestic abuse

It's hard to report domestic violence when the perpetrator is in a position of authority

Wed, 20 Mar, 2024