discrimination

If someone said to you that you could rent a room in central Dublin for €250 a month you would probably be torn between snapping their hand off and looking around to try and find the catch. Well this is what Elder Home Share is offering.…

Women have long reported doctors not taking them seriously, and recent research indicates physicians do treat female pain more dismissively than they do men's. Maybe the phenomenon occurs in part due to the way women's bodily autonomy has…

Even if you don’t know it, there’s a good chance you know somebody who’s struggling with a dependency on drugs. Or maybe you knew somebody who had a drug problem, but through intense self-reflection and some help from their family and…

When you get to the root of a problem or issue, you usually find what’s causing it. In the case of prejudice, whether it’s racial, ethnic, or sexual, what you’ll find fueling that prejudice is usually ignorance and fear. Prejudice often…

On this week's episode of The Suss, Steph and Glenn tackle the issues of privilege and prejudice in Irish society. Glenn sits down with Eileen Flynn, a proud member of the Irish Travelling community, for a chat about the systemic lack of…

“Don’t forget your potato skinner, mate.” I let the sentence register for a moment and assess how I should take it. Have I just been racially abused? Or is this just a bit of harmless fun between friends? I’ve agreed to meet an English…

I remember realizing there was something different about me when I was only about six, sitting in the back of my parents' car as we drove home after visiting a family-friend one day. As we were driving out of the housing estate, we passed a…

2015 was a pretty good year. In Ireland, decades of struggle, months of canvassing, and over a million votes finally saw same-sex marriage become a reality. The Gender Recognition Bill passed successful through the Oireachtas.…

“They just think I’m crazy...” “They wouldn’t have understood...” “You can’t see the effects of my accident…” are just some of the statements Hudgell Solicitors received when they asked their clients how they were treated returning to work…