by Magpie | Sep 4, 2017 | Awareness, News & Views, Top 4 Stories
Puberty. A word that many preteens shudder at the thoughts of and that many adults would prefer to forget. Nothing is more daunting than standing by and watching your body change from that of a child into a woman or man. Its not all bad though, its a coming of age...
by Magpie | Aug 1, 2017 | Activism, Awareness, News & Views, Top 4 Stories
Imagine waking up in a makeshift tent on the side of a road, the clothes you usually wear gone, worn rags are in their place. You don’t feel safe, you’re fleeing persecution, running from war and conflict – your home has been reduced to rubble. What...
by Magpie | Jun 11, 2017 | Activism, Awareness, News & Views, Opinion, Top 4 Stories
The campaign calling for the repeal of the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution has been around in full force for the past two years, and perhaps at this point, you feel overwhelmed by the endless chatter, protest and debate – but how much do you really...
by Magpie | May 29, 2017 | Activism, Awareness, People
Last year life changed dramatically for Jamie and Chloe O’ Herlihy when together as sisters they decided to come out to the world as transgender. The initial reveal through a video on Facebook was a way of telling their friends and family that they identified as...
by Magpie | May 29, 2017 | Awareness, News & Views, Top 4 Stories
Opinion: Response to “Equating ‘straight white men’ with privilege is idiocy By Angie Weisgal The recent opinion article by author Frankie Gaffney in The Irish Times is from the point of view of a white man from an impoverished part of Dublin who...
by Magpie | May 20, 2017 | Awareness, People, Top 4 Stories
“I was 22 when I took an E at Electric Picnic and had a breakdown. I’d had angsty teenage years, but I’d had no history of mental health issues. I had taken drugs, smoked a lot of weed and taken E on big nights out while I was in college, but I thought I was...
