Person: Sarah Harte

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Sarah Harte: Are we living in the age of rage?
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Sarah Harte: The Gen Z stare is real, and we've all seen it 
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Sarah Harte: The GPO deserves more than offices and retail — it needs cultural investment
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Sarah Harte: We need an educated president with moral authority and a clear vision
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Sarah Harte: Limiting freedom of speech is a threat to a functioning democracy
Food Distribution in Gaza
Sarah Harte: The Gaza catastrophe is testing Ireland’s conscience — and its credibility
Ireland’s shared history of colonisation and famine compels more than sympathy for Gaza — it demands decisive political action

Wed, 11 Jun, 2025

Close Up Of Person With Addiction To Online Gambling Or Shopping Using Credit Card And Mobile Phone
Sarah Harte: The Government has bottled it on gambling — our young people will pay
The watered-down Gambling Regulation Act, which still allows gambling companies to advertise and offer free bets, means thousands of people, many of them too young to understand what they are getting into, will pay a high price

Wed, 04 Jun, 2025

France Kardashian Heist
Sarah Harte: The murky international surrogacy racket needs to be spotlighted
We must reconcile an adult's desire to have children with the rights of those children or we risk repeating mistakes of the past

Wed, 28 May, 2025

Daily Life In Gaza
S Sarah Harte: Ireland gave Israel 10 Eurovision points. Did we forget what a green mouth once meant?
While millions tuned in to Eurovision, Gaza starved. Ireland and Europe must stop normalising genocide through silence and spectacle

Wed, 21 May, 2025

Sarah Harte: Camogie skorts row exposes deep-rooted sexism in Irish sport
Sarah Harte: Camogie skorts row exposes deep-rooted sexism in Irish sport
Despite growing participation, women in Irish sport still face entrenched inequality, outdated dress codes, and institutional resistance to change

Wed, 07 May, 2025

Processed foods
Sarah Harte: Our broken food culture is driving us towards weight loss drugs
Weight loss drugs are a revolution for people who are seriously obese, but shouldn't we take a look at the ultra-processed foods causing our health problems first?

Wed, 30 Apr, 2025

2025 Breakthrough Prize Ceremony
Sarah Harte: Why are we letting the richest men in the world steal our ideas?
I might be a Luddite when it comes to AI, but writers' work should not be stolen, no matter who's doing it 

Wed, 16 Apr, 2025

Sarah Harte: Why Ireland still fails to learn from domestic homicides — and how we can change that
Sarah Harte: Why Ireland still fails to learn from domestic homicides — and how we can change that
Ireland urgently needs domestic homicide reviews to learn from preventable partner killings and close gaps in frontline responses

Wed, 09 Apr, 2025

Conor McGregor court case
Sarah Harte: Why dismissing Conor McGregor’s presidential dreams is a mistake — and a warning
Conor McGregor’s presidential hints are laughable — but Ireland’s shifting political landscape makes his populist appeal worth watching

Wed, 26 Mar, 2025

Handsome young man on his phone in cafe
Sarah Harte: Gen Z won’t fight for Europe — and maybe they have a point
As Europe debates rearmament, cutting social welfare for military spending risks undermining the very values the EU was built on

Wed, 19 Mar, 2025

Belgium Europe Summit
Sarah Harte: Race to re-arm means avoiding groupthink has never been more crucial
This anxious time of turmoil threatens to sweep us all into a new wave of militarism. We must avoid being caught up in the tide 

Wed, 12 Mar, 2025

Sarah Harte: At the risk of sounding like a character from Father Ted, hands off our Angelus
Sarah Harte: At the risk of sounding like a character from Father Ted, hands off our Angelus
Progress should seek to embrace our different traditions rather than trying to make everyone the same 

Wed, 26 Feb, 2025

If I had a daughter, I would take her to a Bridget Jones movie and say: 'Don’t be like Bridget'
If I had a daughter, I would take her to a Bridget Jones movie and say: 'Don’t be like Bridget'
The central message of the four movies is, broadly speaking, that it’s enough for Bridget to flap around in her pyjamas with tousled hair, hoping to be rescued by a younger man, an older man, or any man

Wed, 19 Feb, 2025

Neil Gaiman
Sarah Harte: Should we discard works of artists accused of unthinkable things?
Terry Prone wrote an interesting article on Monday about the problems arising from the veneration of public figures.

Wed, 12 Feb, 2025

Sarah Harte: Stand down, boys — masculine hierarchies are far from being neutered
Sarah Harte: Stand down, boys — masculine hierarchies are far from being neutered
Men remain positioned to influence policies, ideologies, working culture, and practices, and they do so in a way that is far from neutered and not always in female colleagues' interests or arguably even their own, writes Sarah Harte

Wed, 05 Feb, 2025

Sarah Harte: Cabinet appointments compound the gender imbalance in Leinster House
Sarah Harte: Cabinet appointments compound the gender imbalance in Leinster House
Leinster House is a workplace with asymmetrical gender power arrangements, and it’s a terrible example

Wed, 29 Jan, 2025

Mark Zuckerberg
Sarah Harte: Meta smart glasses are shady new tools for predatory behaviour
What is the ultimate point of introducing new legislation to combat harmful behaviour if we simultaneously allow tech companies to roll out this technology?

Wed, 22 Jan, 2025

Smoking Marijuana Joint
Sarah Harte: Decriminalise dope use but only if public health message is managed
The strong and compelling advantage of decriminalisation of cannabis use is that people caught in possession of a small amount of drugs won’t end up in the criminal justice system

Wed, 15 Jan, 2025

the VOICE, the microphone in a court room
Sarah Harte: We need to change how juries operate to modernise the courts
Instead of juries in sexual assault cases, we should have specially trained judges

Wed, 08 Jan, 2025

A woman thinking of different New Years resolutions
Sarah Harte: Set the bar reasonably low when making new year’s resolutions
Rather than crashing into the new year with barely-achievable goals, let's ease into 2025 with things we can achieve. Let's do this

Wed, 01 Jan, 2025

Sarah Harte: We would do anything to avoid hospital emergency departments. How did we get here?
Sarah Harte: We would do anything to avoid hospital emergency departments. How did we get here?
Logistically, something is very wrong in our healthcare system. It’s not like we don’t spend on health, only Luxembourg and Denmark spend more per person than us on health within the EU, writes Sarah Harte

Wed, 18 Dec, 2024

Sky Women In Film And Television Awards 2024
Sarah Harte: We need more wonderful women who will speak up for themselves
The fact that many men between 18 and 29 feel ‘real men shouldn’t have to care about women’s feelings’ shows the amount of work to be done regarding attitudes

Wed, 11 Dec, 2024

Assisted dying bill
Sarah Harte: Our ageing voters deserve dignity and respect
Our infrastructure is creaking, and our population is expanding fast

Wed, 04 Dec, 2024

Sarah Harte: We need to re-write the script where victims are blamed 
Sarah Harte: We need to re-write the script where victims are blamed 
We over-expect from the legal system — the reality is that while we call out the law, we don’t call out the culture

Wed, 27 Nov, 2024

Sarah Harte: Young men need an ideology of ‘positive masculinity’ as guidance
S Sarah Harte: Young men need an ideology of ‘positive masculinity’ as guidance
We now appear to live in a lurid Marvel universe with blow-hard, misogynist, villainous characters

Wed, 20 Nov, 2024

Trump Goes Back To Butler Assassination Site To Bolster Campaign
Sarah Harte: Here are some of the issues behind Trump's win that may come into play here
As electoral candidates pound the streets, patronising people or not understanding the real pressures in normal people’s lives should be avoided, writes Sarah Harte

Wed, 13 Nov, 2024

Small Things Like These
Sarah Harte: The small things that went ignored were our biggest issues in the past
As 'Leathered' and 'Small Things like These' demonstrate, so much of what was visited on Ireland's children in the past has repercussions in the present, writes Sarah Harte

Wed, 06 Nov, 2024

Sarah Harte: Should there be signs in men's bathrooms asking: 'Are you a sexual predator?'
Sarah Harte: Should there be signs in men's bathrooms asking: 'Are you a sexual predator?'
We must educate boys and men on how to interact healthily with girls and women and must spotlight harmful attitudes

Wed, 16 Oct, 2024

Tough Times
S Sarah Harte: We seek diagnostic terms too often to address regular problems
The heretical thought that pops into my mind is whether there is any young person left in the country without an autism, ADHD, dyslexia, or anxiety disorder diagnosis

Tue, 08 Oct, 2024

Sarah Harte: The Catholic Church can still act as a lifeboat to the disenchanted
Sarah Harte: The Catholic Church can still act as a lifeboat to the disenchanted
The international image of the Roman Catholic Church remains one of a powerful, authoritarian, conservative, patriarchal, wealthy, and corrupt organisation that has presided over systematic sexual abuse, covered it up and sought to avoid paying for redress.

Wed, 02 Oct, 2024

Obesity levels
Sarah Harte: There isn’t a light touch solution to tackle weighty issue of obesity
It’s clear we urgently require robust new cross-departmental policies to tackle what has been described as an epidemic

Wed, 25 Sep, 2024

Pat Finucane death
Sarah Harte: Let’s hope the family of murdered Pat Finucane finally get justice
Back in the 90s in some strata of Irish society, there was a whiff of cordite about the Finucane family

Wed, 18 Sep, 2024

Oasis reunion
Sarah Harte: Oasis reunion gives Gen X a chance to look back in nostalgia
Music can bring us together, bridging gaps between cultures, beliefs, and languages

Wed, 04 Sep, 2024

Capital Jingle Bell Ball 2014 - Sunday
Sarah Harte: Men need to partner with women to create political gender equality
One of the main challenges of our era is to make men realise that sexism isn’t just a women’s issue

Wed, 28 Aug, 2024

Sarah Harte: Jools Lebron’s demure world highlights cracks in trad wife vision
Sarah Harte: Jools Lebron’s demure world highlights cracks in trad wife vision
True freedom of choice means women establishing the parameters of their femininity

Wed, 21 Aug, 2024

Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Day 15 - Athletics
Sarah Harte: Edna O’Brien has passed the baton on to other brave, brilliant women of Ireland
On the day Edna O'Brien was buried in Clare, four of our brightest and best stepped onto the track at the Stade de France and did Ireland proud at the highest level

Wed, 14 Aug, 2024

Rhasidat Adeleke ahead of the race 5/8/2024
Sarah Harte: Our Olympians are the embodiment of true patriotism
Patriotism or civic nationalism creates a sense of solidarity with values of equality, freedom and tolerance. It’s what we are seeing daily at the Olympics, writes Sarah Harte

Wed, 07 Aug, 2024

Sarah Harte: We must ask: When we are fed an origin story, what lies beneath it?
Sarah Harte: We must ask: When we are fed an origin story, what lies beneath it?
Your life story may be a valuable asset if you decide to go into politics — but only if it has trauma or adversity in it

Wed, 24 Jul, 2024

Sarah Harte: Aged 21, I was traumatised by my arrest in the Middle East
Sarah Harte: Aged 21, I was traumatised by my arrest in the Middle East
Not wanting to minimise Tori Towey's nightmare, aspects of her experience have chimed with me. Because I too have run afoul of state/religious authorities in the Middle East

Wed, 17 Jul, 2024

Sarah Harte: Standing by your man is no longer the first duty of a wife in politics
Sarah Harte: Standing by your man is no longer the first duty of a wife in politics
It’s a tough station, being a political wife, because it seems to be a delicate balance of stepping up but only in a narrowly prescribed way and staying in your old-fashioned lane

Wed, 10 Jul, 2024

Divorce
Sarah Harte: We need a more affordable, more compassionate divorce system 
Would-be reformers are sidelined while those seeking divorce have to endure such a long, expensive, and psychologically draining process that it feels like they're being punished

Wed, 03 Jul, 2024

2024 European Athletics Championships - Day Four
Sarah Harte: Anti-hate laws not about being woke, we need clear and legal parameters
Adeleke story is more proof, if any was needed, that we cannot manage the cyber world by consent alone

Wed, 19 Jun, 2024

Nicola Coughlan
S Sarah Harte: Attack on Nicola Coughlan shows it’s open season on women’s bodies again
Professing to enjoy Coughlan’s acting skills and 'lovely face' while using demeaning words like 'trundling', Strimpel concluded: 'She is not hot.'

Wed, 05 Jun, 2024

Sarah Harte: A train to Youghal would help protect our cultural heritage
S Sarah Harte: A train to Youghal would help protect our cultural heritage
Why, when the town has patently got so much to offer, is it destined endlessly to be the bridesmaid to Kinsale?

Wed, 29 May, 2024

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