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Voices

Last month
October 2025
education funding
Opinion: Teachers are marking the government's education homework; it better not let the dog eat it
John Boyle
4 Oct
7.1k
17
Women's Health
Endometriosis: I travelled to Athens for surgery because the Irish system let me down
Katie Gartland
3 Oct
10.6k
22
Divided
Opinion: The EU is considering sanctioning Israel - will it finally act as a single voice?
Regina O’ Connor
3 Oct
3.6k
Bike Shed
Opinion: Those outraged by a €100k bike shed should look at the annual cost of renting out car park spaces
Ciarán Cannon
2 Oct
31.6k
84
Books
Extract: 'I see him as he was that night, before he was a rapist, before he shattered my life.'
Bláthnaid Raleigh
2 Oct
21.0k
win win situation
Parenting: I left my teenagers to fend for themselves this summer. Why didn't I do this years ago?
Gwen Loughman
1 Oct
24.1k
11
Carer's Allowance
Opinion: The means test for carers is an insult and must be scrapped
Liam Quaide
1 Oct
8.0k
September
September 2025
The Tricolour
Opinion: The Irish flag carries so much baggage - a united Ireland should have a new one
Emma DeSouza
30 Sep
20.4k
162
Budget 2026
Opinion: Excluding jobseekers from core welfare increases will cut the safety net of 2.9 million workers
Dr Laura Bambrick
29 Sep
18.7k
46
voices
Opinion: Ireland must resist EU attempts to slash and burn environment standards for businesses
Cillian Quinn
29 Sep
3.6k
spending and saving
Money Diaries: A retail supervisor on €30K who recently graduated and wants to continue studying
TheJournal.ie reader
28 Sep
23.2k
12
shared island
Opinion: We need more cross-border stories on our screens (and the funding to create them)
Gavin Halpin
28 Sep
2.7k
7
safety in the capital
Gary Gannon: Dublin doesn’t need curfews - it needs people who care and a plan with money behind it
Gary Gannon
28 Sep
14.3k
70
Water Water Everywhere
Unquenchable thirst: Why are we all so obsessed with drinking water and reusable bottles?
Niamh O'Reilly
27 Sep
20.8k
33
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: You know who was really blocked from getting on the ballot? Me
Carl Kinsella
27 Sep
10.9k
voices
Autism campaigner: Autism is not new and does not need to be cured
Evie Nevin
27 Sep
8.2k
Opinion
Larry Donnelly: In this three-way race for president, everything is still to play for
Larry Donnelly
26 Sep
5.4k
50
Transport
Opinion: The idea that cars give us freedom is a myth sold by advertisers
Ciaran Brennan
25 Sep
9.6k
57
worker power
Opinion: As our political leaders dither, the power of collective action is a bastion of hope
Sylvia Leatham
24 Sep
3.0k
3
Vaccines
Doctor: Trump’s feelings about vaccines risk children's lives and discount centuries of evidence
Dr Catherine Conlon
23 Sep
3.3k
Religion
Opinion: Christianity is having a resurgence on social media - but what's driving it?
Andrea Horan
23 Sep
8.5k
Gaza
Human rights expert: When it comes to Gaza, politicians need to match their actions to their words
Liam Herrick
22 Sep
3.3k
spending and saving
Money Diaries: A data analyst on €42K living in Munster
TheJournal.ie reader
21 Sep
21.3k
34
Divorced Parents
Opinion: The line that co-parents should 'just communicate' gets thrown around too easily
Sandra Schmidt
21 Sep
5.2k
11
voices
Dealing with stress: Give yourself permission to put your day on pause
James O'Connell
21 Sep
9.8k
27
Opinion
Irish holidays: I've been dozens of places by bus, boat and train - there are pleasures and pitfalls
Anna Heussaff
20 Sep
12.8k
language rights
Conradh na Gaeilge: Today's protest is about achieving equality for our language and its speakers
Ciarán Mac Giolla Bhéin
20 Sep
13.9k
54
Cearta Teanga
Conradh na Gaeilge: Cothrom na Féinne don teanga is a pobal labhartha is ea sprioc na hagóide inniu
Ciarán Mac Giolla Bhéin
20 Sep
2.7k
3
time to act
Opinion: The EU has failed Palestine. Countries meeting at the UN must not
Éamonn Meehan
20 Sep
3.3k
Opinion
The Basic Income scheme brought me success, wellbeing and family life; the Government must retain it
Michael Gallen
19 Sep
8.6k
irish society
Opinion: Radical hope and joy forged human rights movements, and we need them again now
Dr Michael Barron
19 Sep
3.0k
Opinion
Johnny Fallon: How Eurovision makes its decision on Israel will have long and lasting impact
Johnny Fallon
18 Sep
8.2k
Racism
Opinion: Turning this into a witch hunt helps no one - but blackface is not 'just a joke'
Dr Ebun Joseph
17 Sep
9.1k
Saint Carlo Acutis
Opinion: Cynics suggest the Church may use Carlo to boost attendance - there may be merit to that claim
Fr Michael Collins
17 Sep
6.3k
Israel
Opinion: Preventing another genocide is how Germany should come to terms with its history
Bobby McDonagh
16 Sep
5.2k
Opinion
Pippa Hackett: Farmers are being treated as pawns in the rural economy
Pippa Hackett
16 Sep
9.6k
14
rights not charity
Opinion: The budget will show if Government is serious about a 'step change' for disabled people
Derval McDonagh
15 Sep
9.2k
19
global sumud flotilla
Lawyer sailing toward Gaza: I can't stand idly by while the rule of law is decimated
Leigh Brosnan
14 Sep
11.9k
spending and saving
Money Diaries: A clerical officer on €31K living in Dublin
TheJournal.ie reader
14 Sep
27.1k
21
anna duke
Wicklow player from BBC's Traitors: It breaks my heart to see the fabulous Irish cast getting hate online
Anna Duke
14 Sep
36.2k
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