Voices

January

January 2026

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

road crashes

Ireland's dangerous roads: When cars come first, everyone loses

Sadhbh O' Neill

26 Jan

6.1k

spending and saving

Money Diaries: A 28-year-old advertising account manager who has just moved to Australia

The Journal reader

25 Jan

31.4k

national media

RTÉ funding: Public service media isn’t optional — it’s critical infrastructure

Mark Shiel

25 Jan

4.2k

Does it spark joy?

The Big Declutter: How to tidy up without throwing away your memories

Gwen Loughman

24 Jan

13.8k

voices

Motoring: The fears around EV battery don't actually stack up AND there's a big change coming

Paddy Comyn

24 Jan

16.5k

Beckhams

Beckham bust up: Therapist gives insights into how families can fall apart

Rachel Somers

Updated 23 Jan

10.7k

how to make it work

Hot School Meals: The intentions are good, but the delivery is poor

Jen Cummins

Updated 23 Jan

16.5k

former diplomat

Deception and delusion in Davos: What's going on in Trump's head?

Bobby McDonagh

Updated 22 Jan

9.2k

problem drug use

No laughing matter: What is nitrous oxide and why are doctors alarmed by its use?

Dr Catherine Conlon

Updated 22 Jan

10.9k

billionaires got beef

Elon v Ryanair: 'Michael O'Leary might be a dose, but he's our dose'

Peter Flanagan

Updated 21 Jan

9.2k

citizens assembly

Opinion: Mamdani’s New York is listening to its citizens. Why is Ireland not?

Dr Seána Glennon

Updated 21 Jan

7.3k

tuning out irish radio

Static on the horizon: EU must safeguard Irish in-car radio against Big Tech

Barry Andrews

Updated 20 Jan

14.3k

professional growth

From job hunting to oversharing: How LinkedIn morphed into an embarrassing group chat

Niamh O'Reilly

19 Jan

8.4k

a world in chaos

The fight for resources: If 2025 was the year of war, 2026 could be the land-grab year

Emma DeSouza

19 Jan

3.9k

spending and saving

Money Diaries: A part-time writer in Cork, living alone on a pension

The Journal reader

18 Jan

24.9k

illusion of peace

A ceasefire in name only: Israel's relentless targeting of Palestinians has not stopped

Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne

18 Jan

8.9k

human rights law

Ireland and human rights: 'Turning our backs on the European Convention would be wrong'

Patricia Stephenson

17 Jan

8.4k

Surrealing in the Years

Surrealing in the Years: We've found out we know nothing about a lot of Very Important Things

Carl Kinsella

17 Jan

7.5k

Pumped Prices

Surprise surprise: Ireland is among the most expensive countries in the EU to fill a car

Paddy Comyn

17 Jan

17.4k

ireland must lead

Professor Mary Aiken: Grok is a warning shot, not a one-off scandal

Dr Mary Aiken

Updated 16 Jan

8.3k

Employment

Pensions auto-enrolment: It kicks in this month, let's recap on how it will all work

Dr Laura Bambrick

16 Jan

7.1k

UK Government

Ex-IRA hunger striker on Palestine Action protest: 'British Government starves the truth again'

Laurence McKeown

Updated 15 Jan

13.0k

weather dependent

Antisocial behaviour in Dublin: What winter hides, summer reveals

Tony Duffin

15 Jan

10.9k

White House

Trump wants Greenland: A crisis averted, for now…

Larry Donnelly

Updated 14 Jan

18.3k

Under Pressure

Analysis: Over half of Irish adults surveyed expect Ireland to face recession this year

Finian Murphy

14 Jan

37.7k

child sexual abuse

Hazel Chu: Grok creates fake, sexualised images without consent and government is OK with that?

Hazel Chu

Updated 13 Jan

5.5k

jaw jaw or war war

Bobby McDonagh: Diplomacy still matters in Trump’s jungle

Bobby McDonagh

Updated 13 Jan

5.1k

Parenting

Mother of autistic children: No one has ever knocked on our door to invite my son to play

Lucinda Murrihy

12 Jan

21.0k

spending and saving

Money Diaries: An accounting manager on €60K living in Dublin

The Journal reader

11 Jan

30.0k

Trump on the march

Greenland, Trump and a shaken Denmark: An Irishman’s view from Copenhagen

Conor McMahon

11 Jan

14.2k

Winter Birds

Ireland's nature heroes: The birds that come here because it's winter

Jack Morley

10 Jan

13.6k

Surrealing in the Years

Surrealing in the Years: We're entering a new era of lawlessness. Don't expect much help from our leaders

Carl Kinsella

10 Jan

10.9k

Paddy Comyn

Road safety: Drivers use Netflix in their cars and we wonder why people are dying on the roads

Paddy Comyn

10 Jan

24.0k

Trump

Venezuelan woman in Ireland: Trump has raised alarms, but Maduro deserves no sympathy

Liliana Fernández

Updated 9 Jan

10.9k

venezuela under trump

Leo Varadkar: The end of Maduro is welcome. The way it happened is not

Leo Varadkar

Updated 8 Jan

25.1k

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spending and saving

Money Diaries: Have you made any financial New Year's resolutions? Would you like to keep a diary for us?

The Journal reader

Updated 7 Jan

8.5k