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Voices

Last year
2023
influencers
Parenting: When we were growing up, our parents weren't bombarded by images of perfection
Margaret Lynch
7 Oct 2023
20.6k
30
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: Bedbug apocalypse the least of our worries when it comes to neighbours
Carl Kinsella
7 Oct 2023
13.8k
1
EXTRACT
Gerry Creighton: You can learn sentience and emotional expression from animals
Gerry Creighton
7 Oct 2023
14.3k
7
art exhibition
The Art Riddler: 'What did I know about art or about mounting an exhibition? Nothing'
The Art Riddler
6 Oct 2023
7.2k
5
Disability
Opinion: My heart sank when I heard calls for the word 'care' to be added to Article 41.2
Ann Marie Flanagan
Updated 6 Oct 2023
18.9k
vacant property tax
Opinion: It's time we grasped the nettle and taxed those hoarding property in Ireland
Ciarán Casey
5 Oct 2023
16.3k
35
Interest Rates
Opinion: Banks are making a fortune from Irish savers - should you shop around?
Mark Coan
5 Oct 2023
21.2k
35
learning lessons
Opinion: The HSE must learn to listen to social workers in the wake of the 'Emily' case
Sinéad McGarry
4 Oct 2023
15.8k
12
a city neglected
Opinion: Dublin has long been promoted as a city of private enterprise and endless consumption
Emmett Scanlon
3 Oct 2023
9.5k
30
HISMM
Money Diaries: A 23-year-old mechanical engineer on £40K living in London
TheJournal.ie reader
1 Oct 2023
32.1k
39
deepnude images
Fake Porn, Real Victims: We must stop the easy use of AI to create nude images of women & girls
Dr Fiona Vera-Gray & Professor Clare McGlynn
1 Oct 2023
41.7k
checks and balances
Opinion: Recent scandals should show us just how important corporate governance is
Siobhán Finn
30 Sep 2023
11.3k
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: Leo Varadkar is not good at pop culture references
Carl Kinsella
30 Sep 2023
15.6k
30
extreme swim
Extract: 'This is why you are here', the inner voice repeated. 'Breathe and trust yourself'
Nuala Moore
30 Sep 2023
11.6k
US politics
Larry Donnelly: A poor GOP debate, questions about Biden and a dysfunctional Congress
Larry Donnelly
29 Sep 2023
10.2k
48
Teacher
Eoghan Cleary: The new sex ed curriculum is being misrepresented by a small but loud group
Eoghan Cleary
27 Sep 2023
31.7k
Rugby World Cup
Opinion: Let's face it, the crowd sang 'Zombie' because it just sounds great when thousands sing it
Tom Savage
Updated 26 Sep 2023
46.0k
101
HISMM
Money Diaries follow-up: A student air traffic controller on €24K living in Shannon
TheJournal.ie reader
24 Sep 2023
35.5k
35
citizens assembly
Opinion: The Citizens’ Assembly on Drug Use needs more diversity of speakers and thought
Lynn Ruane, Ian Marder & Cian O’Concubhair
24 Sep 2023
11.1k
Smartphones
Parenting: 'We can't block technology for our kids - that ship has sailed'
Margaret Lynch
23 Sep 2023
14.9k
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: Has the establishment finally noticed the far-right?
Carl Kinsella
23 Sep 2023
13.7k
Housing Crisis
Cian O'Callaghan: We need 10,000 new affordable purchase & rental homes built every year
Cian O'Callaghan
21 Sep 2023
9.2k
77
dail violence
Tom Clonan: There is a real danger now of serious injuries or fatalities at a far-right protest
Tom Clonan
21 Sep 2023
41.7k
30
Analysis
Opinion: Why Stalin's 'fatal decision' means tens of thousands in Karabakh now live in terror
Donnacha Ó Beacháin
20 Sep 2023
15.9k
28
Northern Ireland
Brian Rowan: The head of the new Troubles legacy body will have a mountain to climb
Brian Rowan
20 Sep 2023
4.6k
5
creative arts
Fair City Photographer: 'It's not just a matter of pressing a button on an iPhone, senator'
Beta Bajgart
19 Sep 2023
21.5k
Erectile Dysfunction
Opinion: 'The Viagra was handed to me as though it were a live bomb'
Bob Mc Quaid
Updated 19 Sep 2023
38.7k
toxic culture
Aoife Barry: Clips of Brand and others from the mid-2000s show how change still needs to happen
Aoife Barry
Updated 19 Sep 2023
25.1k
UK bully ban
Opinion: Banning the XL Bully won't protect the public in any real way
Paula Feaheny
18 Sep 2023
24.8k
79
recruitment and funding
Opinion: Ireland relies heavily on the community and voluntary sector - it is at breaking point
Ivan Cooper
18 Sep 2023
11.0k
18
HISMM
Money Diaries: A nurse on €40K living in Dublin and saving to buy a home
TheJournal.ie reader
17 Sep 2023
51.8k
51
Biodiversity
Analysis: From the Curlew to the Natterjack Toad - how are Ireland's native species doing?
Mary McGrath
17 Sep 2023
11.2k
10
US politics
Larry Donnelly: Could Elvis’s cousin, a Democrat, be Mississippi’s next governor?
Larry Donnelly
16 Sep 2023
18.8k
17
Mental Health
My life with ADHD: 'I'm so grateful for the diagnosis, I now have a user guide to myself'
Louisa Ní Éideáin
16 Sep 2023
30.1k
47
France
Dr Catherine Conlon: Botulism - where does it come from and what are the risks?
Dr Catherine Conlon
15 Sep 2023
23.3k
1
getting paid
Substitute teacher: 'I lived abroad and came home, but teaching in Ireland has been a disaster'
Anonymous Teachers
Updated 14 Sep 2023
69.4k
10
Opinion
Dr Caoimhe Hartley: 'We hear about menopause but perimenopause can be just as disruptive'
Dr Caoimhe Hartley
11 Sep 2023
20.7k
13
HISMM
Money Diaries: A delivery driver on €25K living in Co Carlow
TheJournal.ie reader
10 Sep 2023
32.9k
24
climate targets
Opinion: If proper funding is provided, farmers can recover from the nitrates derogation blow
Dr Catherine Conlon
10 Sep 2023
10.0k
40
Starting School
Parenting: 'I've realised that to raise resilient kids I need to practice what I preach'
Margaret Lynch
9 Sep 2023
23.9k
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