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Voices

Last year
2023
fixing housing
Analysis: The €26 billion surplus could be used in a politically and financially clever way
Ciarán Casey
22 Apr 2023
18.6k
35
Social capital
Extract: 'Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover shows we badly need a new future for social media'
Aoife Barry
Updated 21 Apr 2023
16.5k
26
medecins sans frontieres
Doctor on the front line in Sudan: 'Even ambulances are being turned back'
Ghazali Babiker
20 Apr 2023
6.9k
4
vacant homes tax
Cian O'Callaghan: Owners of vacant properties should either use it, rent it or sell it
Cian O'Callaghan
19 Apr 2023
15.7k
43
american climate action
John Gibbons: Biden may not be perfect on climate but he's our best hope
John Gibbons
18 Apr 2023
5.9k
15
literary love
John Connell: Rural Ireland has been ripe for a 'booktown' - here's why I set one up
John Connell
17 Apr 2023
10.2k
3
HISMM
Money Diaries: A 28-year-old consultant on €120K living in the United Arab Emirates
TheJournal.ie reader
16 Apr 2023
54.3k
32
resilience
Opinion: I am now blind - here are some tips for the sighted to help us along
Robert Thompson
16 Apr 2023
18.8k
7
DERELICTIRELAND
Analysis: 'In a housing crisis, this government is leaving thousands of buildings to rot'
Dr Frank O’Connor
15 Apr 2023
23.0k
36
longwave shutdown
Opinion: The rise of Atlantic 252 caused no little upset to the UK radio bigwigs in the 1990s
Steve Conway
13 Apr 2023
21.2k
19
money diaries
Money Diaries: Have you been affected by rising costs? Would you like to keep a diary for us?
TheJournal.ie reader
13 Apr 2023
11.9k
12
Healthcare
Opinion: Older people being cared for on trolleys rather than beds is an all-year-round issue
Dr Seamus Cowman
10 Apr 2023
11.2k
7
HISMM
Money Diaries: A project manager on €86K living in Dublin and saving for a second house
TheJournal.ie reader
9 Apr 2023
75.1k
53
Human Rights
Opinion: Ireland can play its part in helping people pushing for freedom in Iran
Colin Lee
9 Apr 2023
6.1k
19
Housing Crisis
Dr Rory Hearne: Lifting the ban on evictions was an unforgivable act by a misguided government
Dr Rory Hearne
8 Apr 2023
34.0k
84
scrap homework
Parent: 'When she can’t figure something out for homework, we head into nuclear meltdown'
Margaret Lynch
8 Apr 2023
26.4k
29
Good Friday Agreement
Jenny Maguire: There is violence in poverty, discrimination and systems that don’t work
Jenny Maguire
7 Apr 2023
8.9k
3
Good Friday Agreement
Benji Mobeeky: Why do we all still whisper the words “Protestant” and “Catholic”?
Benji Mobeeky
7 Apr 2023
10.7k
10
gfa 25
Brian Rowan: The magic of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 was how a firm 'no' became 'yes'
Brian Rowan
7 Apr 2023
8.5k
2
lgbtqia+
Analysis: Don't fall for the 'groomer' slur - it's an old trick used to stir hatred of LGBTQ+ people
Aoife Gallagher & Tim Squirrell
Updated 6 Apr 2023
26.5k
24
art history
Opinion: Shouldn't protest art provoke exactly the response we've seen this week?
Dr Emily Mark-FitzGerald
Updated 5 Apr 2023
16.8k
10
garda recruitment
Analysis: This week's policing storm illustrates the differing views on the roles of Gardaí
Dr Ian Marder
Updated 4 Apr 2023
11.1k
14
Employment rights
Opinion: After three years we still don't understand what remote work really is
Tracy Keogh
3 Apr 2023
14.0k
21
HISMM
Money Diaries: A 25-year-old sales representative on €35K living in Dublin
TheJournal.ie reader
2 Apr 2023
38.6k
15
Protests
Hannah McCarthy: What type of democracy are Israelis actually fighting for?
Hannah McCarthy
2 Apr 2023
10.8k
18
political theatre
Opinion: Biden knows the value of his visit to Ireland in the wake of Brexit and Trump
Peter Flanagan
1 Apr 2023
17.7k
20
United Nations
Barry Andrews: Russia at the helm of the UN Security Council from today makes a mockery of it
Barry Andrews
Updated 1 Apr 2023
35.4k
43
wellness
Extract: 'I didn't see a future for myself then and never imagined I'd reach where I am today'
Jennifer Carroll
1 Apr 2023
23.0k
7
Opinion
Larry Donnelly: This indictment won’t solve the Trump conundrum
Larry Donnelly
31 Mar 2023
21.6k
40
Analysis
Tom Clonan: Defence Forces are deeply misogynistic and an unsafe workplace for women and men
Tom Clonan
28 Mar 2023
15.4k
30
HISMM
Money Diaries: A part-time call centre supervisor on €29K in her final year of college
TheJournal.ie reader
26 Mar 2023
31.8k
8
Cost of Living
Analysis: We know of 'shrinkflation' but what role is 'greedflation' playing in our economy?
Victor Duggan
26 Mar 2023
17.7k
21
diversity
Opinion: 'Having a therapist who understands your race, sexuality and gender is important'
Niamh Jimenez
25 Mar 2023
16.1k
36
Good Friday Agreement
Analysis: If the SDLP decline continues, Northern Ireland's politics will suffer
Emma DeSouza
25 Mar 2023
11.1k
7
Planning
Opinion: We could improve our planning law - instead the public is being excluded
Alison Hough & Gavin Elliott
24 Mar 2023
10.9k
10
orban laws
Fiona O'Loughlin: Ireland can remain a leader on LGBTQI+ rights if it stands up to Hungary
Fiona O'Loughlin
22 Mar 2023
15.2k
45
Opinion
Opinion: As educators, we must step up our game in the face of ChatGPT
Dr James McDermott, Prof Michael Madden & Dr Iain MacLaren
21 Mar 2023
12.0k
6
HISMM
Money Diaries: A 27-year-old staff officer on €47K living in the southeast of the country
TheJournal.ie reader
19 Mar 2023
57.5k
14
Prisons
Opinion: The Inspection of Places of Detention Bill promises reforms but doesn't go far enough
Dr Ian Marder & Dr Joe Garrihy
18 Mar 2023
7.9k
3
Biodiversity
Opinion: We have many lost Irish woodlands - let's document, cherish and protect them
Ray Ó Foghlú
18 Mar 2023
11.6k
5
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