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'My failure to conceive makes me feel like I'm not functioning as a woman'
An Irish solution: These are your abortion stories
Leaving Cert results don't define your future
'I know it's not healthy to be fat. You really, really don’t have to tell me that'
We all have dreams as young girls. Having a termination is not one of them.
'My dad was a violent alcoholic. I vowed to make my daughter's childhood better than mine.'
Opinion: Borderline personality disorder is incredibly complex – it rarely affects two people in the same way
I feed my children when they're hungry. Parents in direct provision don't have that choice.
What it’s like to have schizophrenia: an anonymous story
'I have never felt so strongly wronged by those who represent our country'
'I'm desperately reaching out for help... but where can I get it?'
'I'm the child of an alcoholic. I’m 40 years old and I can't fix my father'
Open letter from a lone parent: 'I'm exhausted of trying to provide for my child while living in financial hardship'
'It was always my job to check if Dad was breathing after he passed out'
Bullying in workplaces needs to be addressed, especially in small organisations
'I was raped. Legislating for abortion in rape cases wouldn't go far enough'
Opinion: I never knew how easy it was to become homeless in Ireland until now
Opinion: On the surface, I had accepted that I was bipolar – but I now realise I was in denial
'Dear Joan: Today, I sat in a dole office and cried to a complete stranger through a glass partition'
Opinion: Codeine addiction has taken over my life – and yet I don't feel that I can stop
Opinion: Some of the everyday struggles people with mental illnesses face in Ireland
In her own words: One woman's escape from ethnic cleansing
My Story: I have multiple sclerosis, but it doesn't define me
Opinion: When you think of a sex worker, you might never think of someone like me
Opinion: A fatal foetal diagnosis is nobody’s fault – the deliberate lack of support by the State is.
Opinion: Post Natal Depression – should it discourage you from ‘going again’?
Opinion: St James’s is the "best site" for the children’s hospital? It's a complete farce.
Opinion: Antidepressants – friend or foe?
Opinion: There were days I struggled. I wished I could call in sick and not have to pretend
Column: Ireland shows no love to babies dying in their mothers' wombs
Column: Chuggers, chuggers everywhere – is street fundraising crossing the line?
Column: My girls are entirely dependent on others – how will we cope with care cuts?
Column: Working conditions in hospitals are so bad that sometimes I get no sleep at all
Column: As a mother, I'm not not too posh to push... just too scared
Syrian conflict: Obama and Putin issue joint call for peace
All 14 passengers found dead after Peru helicopter crash