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2023
Opinion: Recent scandals should show us just how important corporate governance is
Siobhán Finn
Surrealing in the Years: Leo Varadkar is not good at pop culture references
Carl Kinsella
Extract: 'This is why you are here', the inner voice repeated. 'Breathe and trust yourself'
Nuala Moore
Larry Donnelly: A poor GOP debate, questions about Biden and a dysfunctional Congress
Larry Donnelly
Eoghan Cleary: The new sex ed curriculum is being misrepresented by a small but loud group
Eoghan Cleary
Opinion: Let's face it, the crowd sang 'Zombie' because it just sounds great when thousands sing it
Tom Savage
Money Diaries follow-up: A student air traffic controller on €24K living in Shannon
TheJournal.ie reader
Opinion: The Citizens’ Assembly on Drug Use needs more diversity of speakers and thought
Lynn Ruane, Ian Marder & Cian O’Concubhair
Parenting: 'We can't block technology for our kids - that ship has sailed'
Margaret Lynch
Surrealing in the Years: Has the establishment finally noticed the far-right?
Carl Kinsella
Cian O'Callaghan: We need 10,000 new affordable purchase & rental homes built every year
Cian O'Callaghan
Tom Clonan: There is a real danger now of serious injuries or fatalities at a far-right protest
Tom Clonan
Opinion: Why Stalin's 'fatal decision' means tens of thousands in Karabakh now live in terror
Donnacha Ó Beacháin
Brian Rowan: The head of the new Troubles legacy body will have a mountain to climb
Brian Rowan
Fair City Photographer: 'It's not just a matter of pressing a button on an iPhone, senator'
Beta Bajgart
Opinion: 'The Viagra was handed to me as though it were a live bomb'
Bob Mc Quaid
Aoife Barry: Clips of Brand and others from the mid-2000s show how change still needs to happen
Aoife Barry
Opinion: Banning the XL Bully won't protect the public in any real way
Paula Feaheny
Opinion: Ireland relies heavily on the community and voluntary sector - it is at breaking point
Ivan Cooper
Money Diaries: A nurse on €40K living in Dublin and saving to buy a home
TheJournal.ie reader
Analysis: From the Curlew to the Natterjack Toad - how are Ireland's native species doing?
Mary McGrath
Larry Donnelly: Could Elvis’s cousin, a Democrat, be Mississippi’s next governor?
Larry Donnelly
My life with ADHD: 'I'm so grateful for the diagnosis, I now have a user guide to myself'
Louisa Ní Éideáin
Dr Catherine Conlon: Botulism - where does it come from and what are the risks?
Dr Catherine Conlon
Substitute teacher: 'I lived abroad and came home, but teaching in Ireland has been a disaster'
Anonymous Teachers
Dr Caoimhe Hartley: 'We hear about menopause but perimenopause can be just as disruptive'
Dr Caoimhe Hartley
Money Diaries: A delivery driver on €25K living in Co Carlow
TheJournal.ie reader
Opinion: If proper funding is provided, farmers can recover from the nitrates derogation blow
Dr Catherine Conlon
Parenting: 'I've realised that to raise resilient kids I need to practice what I preach'
Margaret Lynch
Saturday Serving: Pickle's Sunil Ghai shares some recipes from his first book
Sunil Ghai
Surrealing in the Years: Legacy Bill apparently not as juicy as three old men
Carl Kinsella
Troubles Legacy Bill: 'It's almost as if the UK is writing itself out of the North's history'
Prof Laura McAtackney
The Wolfe Tones: A sensation once again, but why?
Dean Van Nguyen
Farmer: Irish farming is connected with nature - we are not the enemy
Vincent Roddy
Tom Clonan: Ukraine's counteroffensive comes at a high price, but Russia is in disarray
Tom Clonan
Money Diaries: A 22-year-old kitchen assistant living at home in the south of the country
TheJournal.ie reader
Opinion: Ethiopia is suffering under the immoral debt burden imposed on it by rich countries
Billy Abimbilla
Opinion: As Hollywood strikes, Irish film workers also deserve to have their conditions addressed
Jason O'Sullivan
Surrealing in the Years: A modest proposal for a Donegal-Dublin Bay South constituency
Carl Kinsella
Larry Donnelly: Trump is in hot legal water - will there be a tipping point for him?
Larry Donnelly