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Voices

January
January 2024
Brian Rowan: Donaldson finally came through, but the real work starts now
Brian Rowan
Dr Catherine Conlon: Catch Up vaccination clinics needed now before measles sweeps the country
Dr Catherine Conlon
Money Diaries follow-up: An early years educator on €25K living in Leinster
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It's clear Trump is the Republican nominee ... but Haley won’t quit
Larry Donnelly
Surrealing in the Years: Story of giant Luke Kelly head vandalism comes to a sad end
Carl Kinsella
Diary of an aid worker in Gaza: 'I go to the local market. There is nothing to buy.'
The Journal Team
Dog behaviourist: The problem of dog attacks won't be solved with just a ban on certain breeds
Suzi Walsh
Holly Cairns: Ireland has long advocated for the Palestinians - we can't let them down now
Holly Cairns
Tom Felle: Toxic language around migration is not unique to Ireland - it's playing out globally
Tom Felle
Money Diaries: A public sector HR specialist on €94K living in Dublin
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Kittens & Current Affairs: 'Try not to look away from a world in flames, no matter how tempting'
Bobby McDonagh
Parenting: I've had it with January, is it nearly over?
Margaret Lynch
Surrealing in the Years: Finally, a national conversation about throuples
Carl Kinsella
Tony Duffin: Each fatal drug overdose is a preventable death
Tony Duffin
Brian Rowan: The people of Northern Ireland have finally had enough of its broken politics
Brian Rowan
Opinion: Operation Transformation is not the problem, it's the Government that lags behind
Dr Catherine Conlon
Brian Rowan: 'The politics of this place is a story of power cuts rather than power sharing'
Brian Rowan
Opinion: We could all learn a bit about democracy from Austrian millionaire Marlene Engelhorn
Seána Glennon
Money Diaries: An accountant on €65K living in Kildare
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With Silicon Valley 'visionaries', profits are prioritised over true technological progress
Peter Bloom
Larry Donnelly: What to look for as Iowa and New Hampshire choose their nominees for president
Larry Donnelly
Graduate: Finding work after college is tough - I wish employers would give us a chance
College Graduate
Money Diaries: A project engineer on €58K living in Cork
TheJournal.ie reader
Peter Flanagan is on holidays: 'Hiking in Wales is like swimming in the Irish Sea'
Peter Flanagan
Surrealing in the Years: First week of the new year marked by "preventable trauma"
Carl Kinsella
Housing: If private investors are willing to put money in, why on earth would we say no?
Fiona Cormican
Analysis: What is the difference between real and perceived risk?
Dr Emma Howard
Larry Donnelly: Here's hoping this year's politics in the US and Ireland are better than 2023
Larry Donnelly
Financial analyst: Pensions, savings and insurance - what's in store this year?
Ralph Benson
Last year
2023
Money Diaries: A 25-year-old marketing assistant on €35K living in South Dublin
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Pádraic Fogarty: Next year, we can't afford to be complacent about biodiversity
Pádraic Fogarty
Tom Clonan: A defeated Ukraine would be a military and political disaster for the EU and NATO
Tom Clonan
Surrealing in the Years: New retirement plan means 40 more years of this column
Carl Kinsella
Opinion: Housing has always been a crisis for disabled people with thousands without a home
Jacqui Browne
Remote working: 'It has the potential to end the commute, which is getting worse'
Joanne Mangan
Financial analyst: How to make your money go further in 2024
Mark Coan
Opinion: We are living in difficult times – but we must not give up hope
Karol Balfe
Life after heart attack: 'I was dead before I hit the ground - I was 52'
Paul Nolan
Extract: Coroners exposed corruption, social and moral failures in nineteenth century Ireland
Michelle McGoff-McCann
Analysis: Meet the students championing positive change around consent in Irish universities
Dr Caroline West