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June 2026

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

4.3k

politics by numbers

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

Gavan Reilly

18 Jun

10.9k

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

27.5k

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

5.2k

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

9.5k

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

ireland's childcare mess

The childcare barrier: The lack of options meant I had to turn down my dream job

Amy Greer Murphy

10 Jun

11.0k

International Football

The World Cup and domestic violence: When the final whistle of a match brings fear

Karol Balfe

9 Jun

7.8k

column

Kelly Earley: How giving up alcohol strengthened my connection to the LGBTQ+ community

Kelly Earley

9 Jun

4.3k

west bank settlers

West Bank: Israel is advancing its E1 master plan, and that's bad news for Bedouin communities

Brendan Ciarán Browne & Bana Abu Zuluf

Updated 9 Jun

4.6k

baby milestones

Raising them right: From percentiles to tummy time, the trials of the public health nurse visit

Niamh O'Reilly

Updated 8 Jun

6.9k

Artificial Intelligence

Dr Paul Davis: AI didn't break universities, it exposed them

Dr Paul Davis

Updated 8 Jun

14.9k

climate breakdown

Ireland on fire: Wildfires are a huge aspect of a changing climate, and we're totally unprepared

Pádraic Fogarty

Updated 7 Jun

6.4k

How I Spend My Money

Money Diaries: A self-employed engineering consultant on €120K living in Co Galway

The Journal reader

7 Jun

39.1k

cooley peninsula

Great Irish road trips: A new book guides you through the best routes to travel in Ireland

Nicola Brady

6 Jun

10.2k

Motoring

The scrappage scheme: Who will be the biggest winners?

Paddy Comyn

6 Jun

23.9k

White House

Larry Donnelly: The Senate battlegrounds that could shape an indifferent Trump's final years

Larry Donnelly

5 Jun

8.1k

drama queens

Confessions of a curtain twitcher: Why are we so fascinated by other people's problems?

Gwen Loughman

5 Jun

4.8k

politics by numbers

Gavan Reilly: 41,185 parliamentary questions so far this year - but at what cost?

Gavan Reilly

4 Jun

14.5k

girl you know it's true

Stars and Swipes: King Trump's big birthday bash has hit the rocks

Marion McKeone

Updated 3 Jun

18.1k

column

The Feeder's Digest: The secret life of a restaurant critic

Patrick Hanlon

Updated 3 Jun

5.7k

dublin homes

Eoin Ó Broin: The government must support Dublin City Council's proposals for Oliver Bond House

Eoin Ó Broin

2 Jun

9.1k

Opinion

Kelly Earley: Society's gender norms – who do they really serve?

Kelly Earley

2 Jun

6.9k

leaving cert holidays

Dr Suzanne Crowe: Let's be clear, teen drinking is a form of self-harm, and it's on the rise

Dr Suzanne Crowe

Updated 2 Jun

10.7k

Raising them right: Sport participation medals used to drive me mad until I became a parent

Niamh O'Reilly

1 Jun

9.6k

sleep and ageing

Body of Evidence: Trump says four hours’ sleep a night is enough. Science strongly disagrees

Dr Catherine Conlon

1 Jun

14.3k

May

May 2026

How I Spend My Money

Money Diaries: A student on €21K planning to emigrate for a better-paid job

The Journal reader

31 May

19.5k

sole parenting

Maria Walsh: Behind closed doors, thousands of Irish women are fighting for motherhood

Maria Walsh

31 May

11.6k

a year lost

A year lost: Transition Year nearly broke my child – it's not for everyone

Margaret Lynch

30 May

29.9k