Voices

Yesterday

23rd October 2025

what we eat

Opinion: The relationship between farming and pharma is closer than you might like

Pippa Hackett

16 hrs ago

3.2k

This week

19th October 2025 - 24th October 2025

The First Name Treatment

Opinion: Fine Gael's confused campaign branding has done nothing to help Humphreys

Gerard O’Shea

22 Oct

9.1k

Presidential Election

Opinion: The position of the president matters for Ireland’s European interests

Bobby McDonagh

21 Oct

7.7k

Standing side by side

Opinion: I live in one of the UK's most multicultural areas. Immigrants are not the enemy

Peter Flanagan

20 Oct

8.2k

spending and saving

Money Diaries: A governance assistant manager on €71K living in Munster

TheJournal.ie reader

19 Oct

26.3k

Health

Mental health: There isn’t a family in the land who hasn’t been affected by depression - including mine

Gwen Loughman

19 Oct

5.9k

Health

Professor Rónán Collins: Getting the winter flu vaccine is an effective way to reduce the risk of stroke

Professor Rónán Collins

19 Oct

15.5k

Last week

12th October 2025 - 18th October 2025

Work

Opinion: Is AI coming for your job? Maybe - but it's not inevitable

Finian Murphy

18 Oct

5.5k

Hospitality

Restaurant owner: For every €100 in sales, I have to spend €93

Paul Behan

18 Oct

32.4k

Presidential Election

Climate expert: Why I had to contact the candidates directly to get clear answers on climate

Dr Cara Augustenborg

17 Oct

4.8k

Racism and Sexism

Young man: I was radicalised by social media. We need to stop it happening to others

Tom Barton

17 Oct

10.0k

time served

Opinion: Rehabilitated offenders should be able to move on with their lives - that includes jobs

Saoirse Brady

16 Oct

5.2k

Gaeilge

Tuairim: Má táimid dáiríre faoin nGaeilge, tá sé réasúnta a bheith ag súil go mbeadh an tUachtarán in ann í a labhairt

Professor Laura Cahillane and Dr Seán Ó Conaill

15 Oct

3.6k

Creativity

Opinion: Using AI for art will hollow out what it means to be human

Emma DeSouza

14 Oct

4.0k

Homelessness

Housing worker who lived in emergency accommodation as a child: We need to hear first-hand stories of the housing crisis

Rachel Lartey

13 Oct

22.4k

spending and saving

Money Diaries: A chemist on €52K living in Cork

TheJournal.ie reader

12 Oct

31.5k

samhain

Eilish Fisher: We use ghost stories to deal with grief and keep alive memories of those we've lost

Eilish Fisher

12 Oct

3.7k

lapwing

Opinion: Do you know our national bird? We aren't taking nearly enough care of it

Jack Morley

12 Oct

33.1k

This month

October 2025

notes on hurling

Old Parish: An extract from Ciarán Murphy's book about taking up hurling at the age of 42

Ciarán Murphy

11 Oct

6.4k

Surrealing in the Years

Surrealing in the Years: Fianna Fáil once again aggrieved that their actions have consequences

Carl Kinsella

11 Oct

7.5k

BALANCING ACT

Opinion: Between lifting the cap and new Derry flights, is Darragh O'Brien minister for climate, or just transport?

Dr Catherine Conlon

11 Oct

7.5k

US politics

Larry Donnelly: Despite continued criticism, it's full speed ahead for the Trump administration

Larry Donnelly

10 Oct

8.6k

Palestine

Opinion: Ceasefire in Gaza is welcome, but our work has only just begun

Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne

Updated 10 Oct

5.0k

Opinion

Lynn Ruane: Pepper spray may be coming to Irish prisons - but you can't reduce violence through violence

Lynn Ruane

9 Oct

6.6k

spending and saving

Money Diaries: How did Budget 2026 impact you? Would you like to keep a diary for us?

TheJournal.ie reader

8 Oct

4.9k

dyslexia

Opinion: Dyslexic students deserve extra time in exams to level the playing field

Donald Ewing

8 Oct

4.6k

Energy Bills

Opinion: Winter is coming - but the new Budget won't keep our homes warm

Clare O'Connor

8 Oct

8.8k

Best Laid Plans

Opinion: Fianna Fáil election disaster will remind TDs that one day, Micheál Martin won't be leader

Johnny Fallon

7 Oct

6.4k

Housing Crisis

Opinion: This Budget must do something for the 5,000 homeless children around Ireland

Niamh Allen

7 Oct

4.5k

The Walsh Sisters

Booked and hooked: It's been years since I've watched TV - Marian Keyes has changed that

Gwen Loughman

6 Oct

10.5k

spending and saving

Money Diaries: A banker on €92K living in Dublin

TheJournal.ie reader

5 Oct

40.1k

Opinion

Refugee to researcher: What my journey from conflict to academia taught me about healing divides

Islam Borinca

5 Oct

4.8k

Budget 2026

Opinion: Throwing more money at it won't solve the housing crisis. We need more workers

Ciarán Casey

5 Oct

8.8k

a star is coded

Opinion: Hollywood agencies want to represent the first AI 'actress'. Film audiences must push back

Niamh O'Reilly

4 Oct

6.3k

Surrealing in the Years

Surrealing in the Years: Things are not as simple as Micheál Martin might like us to believe

Carl Kinsella

4 Oct

6.9k

education funding

Opinion: Teachers are marking the government's education homework; it better not let the dog eat it

John Boyle

4 Oct

7.1k

Women's Health

Endometriosis: I travelled to Athens for surgery because the Irish system let me down

Katie Gartland

3 Oct

10.3k

Divided

Opinion: The EU is considering sanctioning Israel - will it finally act as a single voice?

Regina O’ Connor

3 Oct

3.6k

Bike Shed

Opinion: Those outraged by a €100k bike shed should look at the annual cost of renting out car park spaces

Ciarán Cannon

2 Oct

31.5k

Books

Extract: 'I see him as he was that night, before he was a rapist, before he shattered my life.'

Bláthnaid Raleigh

2 Oct

20.0k