Voices

Last year
2025
Bugged out over nits: Are head lice just impossible to get rid of these days?
Niamh O'Reilly
Books: An extract from Róisín Lanigan's new novel, 'I want to go home, but I'm already there'
Róisín Lanigan
Opinion: After 14 years of conflict, Syria's women stand ready to rebuild
Doaa Ghadab & Zeina Ali Bajo
Mental health and physical illness: 'The system turns its back on some patients'
Dr Stephen McWilliams
Money Diaries: An interior designer on €45K living in Leinster
The Journal reader
Bookshop owner: 'The new Amazon.ie is bad news for Irish bookshops and other SMEs'
Sarah Kenny
Parenting: Buckle up, this is going to get itchy... we're talking threadworms
Margaret Lynch
Fighting for Justice: How Guatemala’s Indigenous communities recover from conflict
Alejandra Castillo
How fragile we are: Why Netflix drama Adolescence is essential viewing for everyone
Debbie Ging
Social Prescribing: What is it all about and how can it help our health?
Liz O'Hagan
St Patrick's parades: I skipped the Dublin one and headed to the sea — it was a great change
Derek Walsh
Opinion: Watching Conor McGregor in The White House was dystopian and disturbing
Rachel Morrogh
Pronatalism on the rise: Collapsing birth rates do not threaten civilisation — the opposite is true
Dr Catherine Conlon
Prayer, pints and politics: A history of St Patrick’s Day through the ages
Dr Angela Byrne
Money Diaries: A software consultant on €76K living in Co Kildare
The Journal reader
What it means to be Irish: What does the research tell us about our identity?
Finian Murphy
St Patrick: A migrant, a myth and a global brand?
Dr Fiona Murphy
Surrealing in the Years: Plámás is far too kind a word for what we witnessed this week
Carl Kinsella
The Hungry Hooker: Jonny Murphy shares simple recipes for St Patrick's weekend
Jonny Murphy
Opinion: My heart sank when I saw the laughter in the Oval Office about our housing crisis
Sylvia Power
All things considered, the Taoiseach will be happy with how he handled a tricky Trump encounter
Larry Donnelly
Opinion: ‘Universal GP care for Ireland is long overdue’
Domhnall McGlacken-Byrne
Scabies on the rise in Ireland and Europe: What is it, and what are the risks?
Dr Catherine Conlon
Analysis: How well is the Irish economy really doing?
Ciarán Casey
Money Diaries: A project manager on €48K living by the sea and working from home
The Journal reader
Analysis: The Taoiseach will steer a middle course with Trump in Washington this week
Bobby McDonagh
Parenting: When I became a mother, I didn't know it would turn me into a total softie
Margaret Lynch
International Women's Day: 'Years ago, I was advised to hide my pregnancy in the workplace'
Susan Webster
Analysis: If Ukraine is sacrificed to the Russian dictatorship, no country in the region is safe
Donnacha Ó Beacháin
Opinion: The thousands of women who are homeless need action, not words
Ber Grogan
Opinion: Female-led small businesses are the invisible backbone of regional Ireland
Joanne Mangan
#HardStories: Anything that encourages victims of abuse to tell their story is a welcome change
Dr Joe Mooney
Larry Donnelly: What lies in wait following spectacle of Trump’s speech?
Larry Donnelly
Dáil speaking rights: The government really is chancing its arm with this proposed 'solution'
Cian O'Callaghan
Dr Catherine Conlon: Ozempic is not the holy grail when it comes to tackling obesity
Dr Catherine Conlon
Niamh O'Reilly: Should cafés ban laptop squatters?
Niamh O'Reilly
Ukrainians on Zelenskyy at the White House: 'We now rely on the support of Europe'
Polina Bashkina
Money Diaries: An accountant on €45K living in Leinster
The Journal reader
Opinion: Cohousing developments could bring some relief in the housing crisis
Anne Connolly & Dr Ana Dolan
United Ireland and the lessons from Germany: 'We should not make the same mistakes'
Emma DeSouza