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Voices

May
May 2025
jews against zionism
Jews against Zionism: 'What Israel has done in Gaza is barbaric - I'll never support it'
Ria Czerniak-LeBov
Updated 11 May
28.5k
Education
Opinion: Normalising the corporate funding of higher education in Ireland is a dangerous game
Jennie C Stephens & Conchur O Maonaigh
11 May
9.6k
45
column
Parenting: Your child doing Junior or Leaving Cert? Sending thoughts and prayers...
Margaret Lynch
10 May
8.5k
34
eurovision 2025
Johnny Fallon: The EBU is caught between a rock and a hard place when it comes to Israel
Johnny Fallon
10 May
6.4k
127
IRISH ELECTIONS
Analysis: We're still not used to diversity in Ireland's electoral system
Dr Iker Erdocia
10 May
6.1k
132
living legend
Opinion: David Attenborough's new film delivers a stark message about the world's oceans
Jack O’Donovan Trá
9 May
8.5k
49
Vatican
Fr Tony Flannery: We will know fairly quickly if this new pope is a reformer or not
Tony Flannery
Updated 8 May
18.7k
20
saunas in ireland
Sweathouse: ‘People love this,’ she says, scrubbing the inside of my armpit
Rosanna Cooney
Updated 6 May
12.0k
9
gender diverse
Opinion: Trans lives aren’t black and white, our conversations about them shouldn’t be either
Carol Ballantine
5 May
12.0k
HISMM
Money Diaries: A paralegal on $26/hr who moved to New York last year
TheJournal.ie reader
4 May
26.0k
17
horse tranquiliser
Dr Chris Luke: It's high time we talked about Ketamine
Dr Chris Luke
4 May
19.3k
20
HOUSING SHORTAGE
Opinion: Irish people being against immigration is like Brazilian people being against football
Peter Flanagan
3 May
15.8k
133
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: Kneecap are NOT the story. And yet.
Carl Kinsella
3 May
6.3k
child free cafes
Niamh O'Reilly: Are we becoming more dog friendly than child friendly?
Niamh O'Reilly
3 May
12.5k
46
trump deportations
Opinion: Can the US still call itself the 'land of the free' while targeting legal residents?
Larry Donnelly
2 May
7.2k
68
UK supreme court ruling
Aoife Martin: We are living through a moral panic about trans people
Aoife Martin
5 hrs ago
9.9k
pagan history
Bealtaine in Ireland: May Day rituals for a world on fire
Dr Fiona Murphy
18 hrs ago
8.9k
25
April
April 2025
neglected capital
Gary Gannon: Grafton and Dawson Streets don't need regeneration, they're already gleaming
Gary Gannon
Updated 30 Apr
26.7k
76
running money through
Opinion: Ireland has a dirty fossil fuel secret, supported by our FDI model and weak regulation
Caoimhe de Barra & Karol Balfe
30 Apr
10.1k
26
election results
Canada elections: A stunning comeback for the Liberals, but more uncertainty ahead
Dr Seána Glennon
Updated 29 Apr
9.1k
46
Secondary SChools
Opinion: Ireland is changing — our schools need to change with it
Jen Cummins
Updated 29 Apr
14.9k
110
magic microbiome
Parkinson's: The gut-brain axis provides food for thought in the treatment of this disease
Oonagh O’Hagan
28 Apr
13.0k
18
women and the church
Opinion: Despite a welcome change in tone, it was business as usual under Pope Francis
Dr Mary McAuliffe
Updated 27 Apr
9.4k
80
HISMM
Money Diaries: An HR specialist on €78K living in Dublin
TheJournal.ie reader
27 Apr
31.6k
30
understanding difference
Opinion: Ireland has much to learn when it comes to treating and valuing all people equally
Derval McDonagh
27 Apr
15.2k
44
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: Ireland and the world at large descending into Dan Brown farce
Carl Kinsella
26 Apr
9.2k
Animals
Dog behaviourist: Why it’s time to treat dogs more like children — not just animals
Suzi Walsh
26 Apr
21.4k
45
MOTHER EARTH
Opinion: Farewell to The Climate Pope, who died during Earth Week
Dr Catherine Conlon
25 Apr
3.2k
7
TikTok trends
Parenting: Bed rotting — is it any wonder people want to 'take to the bed'?
Margaret Lynch
24 Apr
19.4k
church and abuse of children
Opinion: Michael O'Brien's intervention was a watershed moment in our reckoning with abuse
Dr Sinéad Ring
24 Apr
12.4k
Human Rights
Bobby McDonagh: To avert our eyes from Gaza would be a moral travesty
Bobby McDonagh
Updated 24 Apr
6.3k
do look up
Just Stop Oil ends direct action: Being hated somehow worked for this climate campaign group
George Ferns
24 Apr
4.8k
tech and humanity
Opinion: AI is changing how we connect – but we still need each other as human beings
Finian Murphy
23 Apr
3.9k
18
Michael Kelly
Next Pope: How the power base of the Church shifted (and why we won't see an Irish Pope emerge)
Michael Kelly
22 Apr
12.4k
17
rip pope francis
Fr Tony Flannery: I loved that man and that Pope — I will miss him
Tony Flannery
Updated 21 Apr
22.6k
30
changing landscape
Trump’s America: Believe it or not, he's not always the main topic of conversation stateside
Larry Donnelly
Updated 21 Apr
18.1k
35
HISMM
Money Diaries: A healthcare worker preparing for retirement in the South East of the country
TheJournal.ie reader
20 Apr
33.8k
18
up and up and up
Doctor: We need to talk about health insurance...
Domhnall McGlacken-Byrne
20 Apr
16.6k
28
Dirty Old Town
Dublin social spaces: Kill off all the options to congregate and you drive young people away
Conor Brummell
19 Apr
13.7k
36
for i have sinned
First Confession: Why are we still putting our children through this guilt grind?
Simon Tierney
19 Apr
25.9k
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