Voices

June

June 2026

play therapy

The magic of play therapy: What children can’t say, they show

Isabelle O’Kane

28 Jun

4.6k

being seen

Lessons from a hospital waiting room: Becoming an ally of the LGBT community

Dr Suzanne Crowe

27 Jun

6.8k

Opinion

Mass exodus: Why I and hundreds of solicitors have quit criminal legal aid

Kate McGee

27 Jun

12.6k

Surrealing in the Years

Surrealing in the Years: Housing minister's war on targets comes for homeless children

Carl Kinsella

27 Jun

3.5k

Opinion

Forecourt fallout: The fuel crisis changed something. The question now is whether it sticks

Paddy Comyn

27 Jun

4.9k

courage under fire

Lise Hand: What Veronica Guerin can still teach us about dogged journalism

Lise Hand

26 Jun

6.5k

politics by numbers

Gavan Reilly: 7 PMs in 10 years show Starmergeddon might be the new norm

Gavan Reilly

25 Jun

3.1k

is vance ok?

Stars and Swipes: JD Vance is revealing himself as a shapeshifter with no fixed principles

Marion McKeone

25 Jun

12.4k

drug policy in ireland

Opinion: A whole of government approach is key to addressing drug use, addiction and recovery

Dawn Russell

24 Jun

2.7k

europe's heat dome

An Irishman melting in Spain: Life in a 40°C city is no joke

Cormac Breen

24 Jun

25.5k

child abuse in the church

Ivana Bacik: Religious orders must now be compelled to pay redress for child abuse

Ivana Bacik

24 Jun

4.8k

Pawsing For Shade

Dogs and the heat: A complete guide to keeping your furry friends safe in hot weather

Suzi Walsh

Updated 23 Jun

11.6k

social media addiction

Kelly Earley: Social media bans for teens make the internet a worse place for all of us

Kelly Earley

23 Jun

3.4k

IRELAND'S EU PRESIDENCY

European Parliament president: This is Ireland’s moment to take the lead for Europe

Roberta Metsola

23 Jun

4.0k

hearing aids help

Body of Evidence: Hearing loss and brain health - what is the science telling us?

Dr Catherine Conlon

22 Jun

6.9k

end of school year

Raising them right: Do teachers really need gifts when the school year ends?

Niamh O'Reilly

Updated 22 Jun

11.4k

How I Spend My Money

Money Diaries: A clerical officer on €32K trying to save for a mortgage deposit

The Journal reader

21 Jun

23.6k

local government

Lynn Ruane: When eviction becomes part of Ireland's housing policy, everyone loses

Lynn Ruane

21 Jun

5.2k

Northern Ireland

Elon Musk platformed: The world's first trillionaire and the poverty of values

Bobby McDonagh

20 Jun

5.2k

Motoring

Small cars are cool: We just forgot.

Paddy Comyn

20 Jun

7.4k

russia invaded ukraine

Ukrainian therapist in Ireland: Trauma follows people wherever they go, but therapy helps

Liudmyla Nakonechna

19 Jun

2.8k

How I Spend My Money

What will your spending look like this summer? Would you like to keep a Money Diary for us?

The Journal reader

19 Jun

6.6k

trump's fool's errand

Larry Donnelly: The US-Iran deal raises more questions than answers

Larry Donnelly

Updated 19 Jun

5.8k

new books

The case against the West: Just who enabled Gaza’s destruction?

Fintan Drury

18 Jun

3.3k

a cost of billions

Maternity medical negligence cases: The adversarial legal process fails families and taxpayers

Dr Suzanne Crowe

Updated 18 Jun

4.4k

politics by numbers

Gavan Reilly: 1,854 days between acknowledging the problem with short-term lets and fixing it

Gavan Reilly

18 Jun

11.0k

knicks finally win

Stars and Swipes: New York is having a moment. The Big Apple is back

Marion McKeone

17 Jun

6.0k

radio doc control

Beyond the decks: The movement that opened up Irish electronic music

Kate Butler

17 Jun

5.5k

Irish Literature

Beautiful Bloomsday: Where Joyce met Nora, and other Dublin stories we ignore

Lise Hand

Updated 16 Jun

5.5k

daddy daycare

Raising them right: Is it time to retire the phrase 'hands-on dad'?

Niamh O'Reilly

Updated 15 Jun

6.5k

How I Spend My Money

Money Diaries: An engineering director on €75K living in Co Wicklow

The Journal reader

14 Jun

27.6k

what to do after death

Beyond burial and cremation: How Ireland is rethinking remembrance

Dr Brian Casey

14 Jun

6.2k

show on the road

A puff of smoke: I caught my teenager vaping and lost my mind

Margaret Lynch

13 Jun

9.9k

Cinematic cars

Four-wheeled stars: The greatest cars ever to grace the big screen

Paddy Comyn

13 Jun

5.3k

new books out now

Gill Perdue: How the injury, recovery and resilience of my past have inspired my new book

Gill Perdue

11 Jun

3.6k

we found paradise

Stars and Swipes: Ivanka Trump's island dream and the Balkan backlash

Marion McKeone

Updated 11 Jun

9.6k

politics by numbers

Gavan Reilly: Can TDs criticise double-jobbing consultants when many hold down second careers?

Gavan Reilly

11 Jun

14.7k

column

Wish you were here: Everyone up for the World Cup of global dreams and Irish regrets?

Lise Hand

Updated 10 Jun

3.4k

column

Feeder's Digest: Another series of MasterChef UK has come and gone, did any of us watch?

Patrick Hanlon

Updated 10 Jun

7.5k

what future awaits?

Artificial intelligence and humanity: AI is here, now we have to decide what to do with it

Dr Siobhán O’Sullivan

10 Jun

3.2k