Voices

February

February 2026

tattoo or not tattoo

Tattoos: Ink, identity and the fear of regret

Gwen Loughman

14 Feb

5.6k

Surrealing in the Years

Surrealing in the Years: There was never any chance that we wouldn't draw Israel

Carl Kinsella

14 Feb

5.3k

Motoring

Steering clear of stress: how to navigate the complex Irish car finance market

Paddy Comyn

14 Feb

5.6k

a broken system

Psychiatric care and prisons: Why is the State relying on prisons to fill the gaps in a broken system?

Saoirse Brady

13 Feb

3.0k

Northern Ireland

Breaking the grip: Can we rethink education in Ireland, north and south?

Emma DeSouza

Updated 12 Feb

4.3k

spending and saving

Money Diaries: How is your spending and saving going? Would you like to keep a diary for us?

The Journal reader

Updated 12 Feb

9.6k

SEAMUS CULLETON

Larry Donnelly: The hard edge of Trump’s immigration policy now tests Irish America

Larry Donnelly

Updated 11 Feb

13.6k

EU ukraine funding

Barry Cowen on EU Ukraine loan: Supporting Ukraine doesn't mean short-changing Ireland

Barry Cowen

Updated 11 Feb

6.5k

endless rain

Stuck in the dark: How not to get SAD this time of year

Dr Catherine Conlon

Updated 10 Feb

9.2k

Strasbourg

Kafka with coffee: Life in the European Parliament - it might be boring, but it still matters

Kevin Purcell

10 Feb

4.0k

wet school mornings

Rainy mornings: It's gridlock at the school gates, so god help us all

Margaret Lynch

Updated 10 Feb

12.0k

what next for journalism

From watchdogs to mouthpieces: Washington Post and the wreckage of legacy media

Jeff Jarvis

Updated 9 Feb

5.6k

Total Gridlock

Stuck in the past: Ireland’s remote working policies are built for a world that doesn't exist

George Lawlor

Updated 9 Feb

42.6k

Why luxury

Motoring: 'I don't remember much about being 3, but I remember that car like it was yesterday'

Paddy Comyn

8 Feb

8.9k

spending and saving

Money Diaries: A medical administrator working part-time and living in Co Kildare

The Journal reader

8 Feb

18.5k

democracy dies in darkness

From white knight to grim reaper: Bezos guts the Washington Post

Marion McKeone

Updated 8 Feb

8.7k

storm chandra

Storm planning: Chandra and the price of hollowed-out Irish governance

Dr Paul Davis

Updated 8 Feb

5.3k

at home with jack

40 years on, his legend lives on in Ireland - here’s what happened when I met Jack Charlton

Eanna Brophy

7 Feb

12.9k

Surrealing in the Years

Surrealing in the Years: Oh good, something else that Magic Wand Micheál is powerless to solve

Carl Kinsella

7 Feb

5.6k

plan for flooded future

Ireland in the storms: Flood barriers won't save us if we keep draining the land

Pádraic Fogarty

6 Feb

25.1k

wearable devices

Watching the kids: When parental fear meets GPS tracking

Niamh O'Reilly

5 Feb

5.1k

the Epstein files

Mandelson, Epstein and pressure on Starmer: What now for Britain's unpopular leader?

Peter Flanagan

Updated 4 Feb

6.0k

music as protest

Rockin' in the Free World: Music fights back against oppression, but is it working?

Jack Campbell

Updated 3 Feb

4.3k

Social Media

Opinion: The porn industry is normalising the sex trade for the next generation of teen girls

Eoghan Cleary

Updated 3 Feb

16.4k

weaponising trauma

Therapist on therapy notes: Stop using sexual assault survivors' words against them

Jacky Grainger

Updated 3 Feb

7.5k

left to rot

New apartments, empty shops: The quiet scandal of Ireland’s modern dereliction

Jude Sherry and Dr Frank O’Connor

Updated 2 Feb

58.8k

spending and saving

Money Diaries: A civil technician on €60K living in the east of the country

The Journal reader

1 Feb

30.9k

1980s kids

The Sunday Drive: In praise of the lost joy of going nowhere slowly

Gwen Loughman

1 Feb

8.8k

January

January 2026

st brigid's day

Imbolc: Why regenerative tourism matters, even in an unsettled world

Niall Heenan

31 Jan

4.2k

Surrealing in the Years

Surrealing in the Years: Climate change is on our doorstep in the least metaphorical way possible

Carl Kinsella

31 Jan

4.3k

The Luas is Free

Think about it: If public transport was free, would you use it more?

Paddy Comyn

31 Jan

15.1k

friendzone

Q&A: "In the Wild West early days of social media, we had zero chill"

The Journal Q&A

30 Jan

4.1k

government overspend

Stairway to nowhere: What the €500,000 steps really tell us about how Ireland makes decisions

Dr Paul Davis

30 Jan

20.5k

endless trump

The Donald Show: Is Trump pulling back at home and abroad – or no?

Larry Donnelly

29 Jan

11.8k

new rent reforms

Higher rents, more evictions: What is the reality behind the Government’s rent reset?

Rory Hearne

Updated 29 Jan

12.8k

warnings failure

Carlow Weather: 'Ireland has flood forecasts - we’re just not allowed to see them'

Alan O’Reilly, Carlow Weather

Updated 28 Jan

44.8k

political will

Scramblers and E-Scooters: Time for radical action before another life is lost

Marie Sherlock

Updated 28 Jan

8.9k

Parenting

Blessing the food: Should we learn to slow down and enjoy our meals?

Margaret Lynch

Updated 27 Jan

4.3k

new era facelifts

Botox, beauty and the filtered generation: What happens if everyone freezes their faces?

Keelin Moncrieff

Updated 27 Jan

12.6k

flexible working

Back to office pressure: 'These rules may be harming a quarter of the workforce'

Laura Gormley & Aoife Brennan

Updated 27 Jan

17.9k