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Sarah Harte

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Columnist The Irish Examiner, Award-Winning Writer. Words are potent weapons for all causes, good or bad.

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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Jason Arday made mistakes, but the dehumanising coverage left him no way back. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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Sarah Harte: Jason Arday made mistakes, but the dehumanising coverage left him no way back
A toxic culture of naming, shaming and a large dollop of racism means the Cambridge Professor was left with nowhere to turn, writes Sarah Harte
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
We need to work out how to merge rewilding with farming to avoid a culture war www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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Sarah Harte: We need to work out how to merge rewilding with farming to avoid a culture war
Eoghan Daltun's book 'An Irish Atlantic Rainforest' brings up timely, provocative questions about how we use our land and what kind of future we want
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Deirdre O'Shaughnessy @deshocks.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Really excellent piece by Sarah Harte today - the news last week was so upsetting that it threatens to overwhelm, but we can't let the worst of human nature outshine the best www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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Sarah Harte: We can't let the worst of human nature blind us to the best of it
The awful deaths of Adina Raluca Constantin, Jamey Carney, and Mackenzie Michalski threaten to overwhelm us, but there are many good people living quiet lives of decency
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Rising femicide and domestic abuse show Ireland must do more to protect women. x.com/irishexamine...
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Sarah Harte: Rising femicide and domestic abuse show Ireland must do more to protect women https://t.co/mY9fZEWl7a
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Social media is amping up the danger that women always faced at home. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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Sarah Harte: Social media is amping up the danger that women always faced at home
Intimate relationships often present the greatest danger for women — and now social media firms are openly profiting from spreading harmful porn and toxic masculinity. It's time we reined in Big Tech
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Deirdre O'Shaughnessy @deshocks.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
It’s taken big tech to make @sarahharte.bsky.social call for a revolution but here we are! www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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Sarah Harte: If we can’t make AI work for us, I’ll meet you at the barricades
Meta's layoffs of Irish staff, Geoffrey Hinton's fears about AI, and Pope Leo's encyclical have all raised fears about AI this week
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
We've gone backwards as a country when it comes to drink-driving.
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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
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Sarah Harte: Play spaces for children in Ireland should not be a postcode lottery
Recreational space is not a lot to ask for
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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
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Sarah Harte: Jessie Buckley shows what's possible if we face our fears
Fear can stop us from doing things. Avoiding fear means avoiding growth. We can step outside our comfort zones and create new stories for ourselves
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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
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Sarah Harte: Pete Hegseth is like a manic clown compared to sober Colin Powell
Operation Epic Fury brings to mind previous US campaigns in the Gulf — but this time, any pretence at respect for life and dignity is gone
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
“War is now a spectator sport, a video game-are there any grownups left in the White House?” www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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Sarah Harte: Pete Hegseth is like a manic clown compared to sober Colin Powell
Operation Epic Fury brings to mind previous US campaigns in the Gulf — but this time, any pretence at respect for life and dignity is gone
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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
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Sarah Harte: What makes a criminal, and can it ever be 'one of us'?
Studies show systemic leniency towards white collar crime, even though it costs the Irish economy at least €2bn annually, writes Sarah Harte
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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
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Sarah Harte: Keeping boys alive becomes the main priority at a certain age
The dominant script for raising boys may need changing as they may be more emotionally fragile than we think
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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
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Sarah Harte: Dear gentle reader, is Bridgerton's colourblind casting really harmful?
Films and TV have long been criticised as an all-white affair. But is 'colourblind casting' in period dramas like 'Bridgerton' or 'Amadeus' really the answer? And does it risk glossing over hard realities minorities faced in the past?
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Do we have a right to our feelings or are they piffling when compared to others challenges?
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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
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Sarah Harte: Too many parents are failing to teach their children basic respect
Happily, we've moved on from labelling children as 'good' or 'bad' — but parents must be able to tell them their behaviour is 'right' or 'wrong'
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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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Sarah Harte: Thank the Bard for Jessie Buckley! January was a Shakespearean tragedy up to now
Speaking what we feel, rather than what we ought to feel, is good advice — even if you're not a fan of the Bard, writes Sarah Harte
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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
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Sarah Harte: Women are expected to be like ninjas in making it safely home
Taxis are meant to be safe, but horror stories abound, while recent findings about Uber in the US are further cause for concern
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Every Woman Deserves to get home safely: are taxi and Uber drivers vetted? www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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Sarah Harte: Women are expected to be like ninjas in making it safely home
Taxis are meant to be safe, but horror stories abound, while recent findings about Uber in the US are further cause for concern
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Feeling more content in 2026 can start with looking beyond yourself.
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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
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Sarah Harte: High notions at Christmas can end in tears...or in the back of a squad car
The advantage for you, social butterfly reader of this column, is that you can benefit from my couch-potato ways and party confidently, passing off third-hand etiquette tips as your own
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Separated and divorced women are free of ‘mankeeping’ at last.
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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
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Sarah Harte: Separated and divorced women are free of 'mankeeping' at last
Sarah Harte wonders if cultural norms are slowly changing around what relationships and life paths look like for women
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Bragging used to be a faux pas. These days it seems to be a necessity.
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
We need to dismantle the racialised stereotypes of Muslims in Ireland
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
The Catholic Church has just demoted The Virgin Mary (no longer a Girl Boss). Time to focus on social justice and put an end to this nonsense.
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Lily Allen's album is resonating with women for a reason
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Families of murdered women know how the system failed them. We must listen if we want to prevent more domestic homicides.
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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
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Sarah Harte: Families of murdered women know how the system has let them down — listen to them 
A ‘5 Books That Could Save Your Life’ event highlighted how the voices of survivors and families of victims killed by their partners must be at the centre of our response to domestic abuse and coercive control if we are to prevent more domestic homicides
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
The new defamation bill is a crushing disappointment. It still makes it far too easy to weaponise the courts against free speech.
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
There are young men out there seeking connection in the wrong places, and we have to help them because it’s a problem for us all.
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
My column today on divorce stigma, Ireland’s post-Catholic identity & Maria Steen’s role in the presidential debate.
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
The current TERF v Trans debate is toxic. What about attentive free speech?
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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
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Sarah Harte: Graham Linehan's part in toxic debate puts freedom of speech limits into focus
'I have ideologically flip-flopped more times on how extensive freedom of speech should be than I have changed the treat I chomp at the end of a working day'
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Women’s second and third acts have changed
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Contraceptive advice from the vast army of undereducated, over-confident influencers to cognitively underdeveloped young people via AI. You can see the problem
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Setting realistic professional goals and surviving eating an executive steak www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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Sarah Harte: When positivity meets reality, sometimes you have to choose
Sarah Harte: When positivity meets reality, sometimes you have to choose : A comprehensive series of articles on this topic
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
“Ireland for the Irish.” Who counts as Irish? Thankfully, that answer has changed.
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Irish Examiner @irishexaminer.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
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Sarah Harte: Are we living in the age of rage?
We are at a clear societal turning point, when collectively at a familial, community, and national level, we have to fight back against misogyny, social media, the degradation of public discourse and porn, writes Sarah Harte
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
More from @sarahharte.bsky.social today. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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Sarah Harte: Are we living in the age of rage?
We are at a clear societal turning point, when collectively at a familial, community, and national level, we have to fight back against misogyny, social media, the degradation of public discourse and ...
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Men raged because I mentioned men's anger www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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Sarah Harte: Are we living in the age of rage?
We are at a clear societal turning point, when collectively at a familial, community, and national level, we have to fight back against misogyny, social media, the degradation of public discourse and ...
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Recent tragedies expose a violent continuum of misogyny in Ireland - from verbal abuse to fatal domestic control and coercion
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu... The Gen Z stare is real, and we've all seen it
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Sarah Harte: The Gen Z stare is real, and we've all seen it
The voices of adults don’t matter more than those of children, but Gen Z need guidance and boundaries that make them feel more secure and help them navigate life
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Proud revolutionary history of the GPO deserves better than shops and offices www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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Sarah Harte: The GPO deserves more than offices and retail — it needs cultural investment
Turning the GPO into shops and offices isn’t progress — it’s a sign of cultural insecurity. We owe our history better than that
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Limiting freedom of speech is a threat to a functioning democracy
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Young women are saying no thanks to motherhood.... www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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Sarah Harte: Motherhood is not the default anymore — and the reasons why are eye-opening
From housing to childcare, cost and cultural shifts are reshaping how Irish women think about motherhood and family
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Sex positivity seems groovy but it’s ultimately regressive. #MeToo #SabrinaCarpenter #TimesUp www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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Sarah Harte: Same old crap being served up with a veneer of feminist empowerment
Two images led Sarah Harte to think about developments since the #MeToo movement and the whole sex positive idea for women
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Gambling: How the government bottled it www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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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 ...
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Surrogacy is a complex issue where the rights of the child must be paramount www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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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
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Sarah Harte @sarahharte.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
There are no words to describe the depravity on our screens. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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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
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