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Opinion
Opinion: Does the behaviour of gulls in the city need to change - or do we?
Shanna May Breen
6 Sep 2022
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Cost of Living
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Victor Duggan
Updated 6 Sep 2022
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Analysis
From the energy crisis to the never-ending Brexit saga - the challenges facing the new UK PM
Christina McSorley
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AI humankind
Opinion: Artificial intelligence can no longer be ignored - we need policies to deal with it
Malcolm Byrne
4 Sep 2022
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College Fees
Larry Donnelly: Biden’s student debt initiative is a welcome drop in the ocean
Larry Donnelly
3 Sep 2022
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17
Back in the USSR
Deaglán de Bréadún: It was clear in Moscow that Gorbachev's popularity was not reflected there
Deaglán de Bréadún
Updated 3 Sep 2022
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Opinion
Opinion: Exploring sex work in Ireland - eight inch heels, pink acrylics and stigma
Lianne O'Hara
1 Sep 2022
32.4k
Back To School
Therapist: Back-to-school anxiety is real for many pupils this week - here's how you can help
Susi Lodola
Updated 30 Aug 2022
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18
Opinion
Remember what our soldiers told the Snake Island ship? That's how I feel reading calls for us to capitulate
Polina Bashkina
28 Aug 2022
26.5k
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Opinion
Excerpt: In our culture, old women are mostly ignored - but it hasn't always been that way
Sharon Blackie
27 Aug 2022
26.5k
15
price crunch
Opinion: Under 20s aren't entitled to the national minimum wage, that has to change
Dr Laura Bambrick
26 Aug 2022
28.1k
28
monkeypox
Opinion: Lack of clarity around monkeypox vaccination specifics is likely to add to confusion
Dr John Gilmore and Dr Chris Noone
25 Aug 2022
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Opinion
Opinion: The hyperfocus on our punters blinds people to the real issues sex workers face
Molly
25 Aug 2022
17.0k
Opinion
Emily Ashmore: Stand-up comedy helped me deal with my mystery health issue
Emily Ashmore
23 Aug 2022
19.2k
4
Climate Change
Opinion: Climate transition must happen - it's up to us whether by design or by disaster
Ali Sheridan
21 Aug 2022
16.0k
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US politics
Larry Donnelly: Conservatives may need an antidote to Trump, but Cheney isn't it
Larry Donnelly
20 Aug 2022
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25
smalltown America
Author: 'I knew those neo-Nazi classmates were living in a sort of oblivion of meaninglessness'
Conner Habib
20 Aug 2022
21.0k
8
fine gael housing
Opinion: 'Tánaiste, Fine Gael's housing policy only benefits developers & vulture funds'
Cian O'Callaghan
19 Aug 2022
18.5k
70
climate catastrophe
Opinion: 'Our animals used to feed us, but now we feed them - they are dying and we are next'
Paul O'Brien
Updated 19 Aug 2022
20.6k
10
clear our paths
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Tabitha Kenlon
Updated 18 Aug 2022
12.7k
5
Nuclear Threat
Tom Clonan: Only Putin knows how far he is willing to go to win his futile war in Ukraine
Tom Clonan
16 Aug 2022
30.1k
71
collins remembered
Mary Lou McDonald: Michael Collins is a divisive figure, but history is complex
Mary Lou McDonald
Updated 16 Aug 2022
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92
HISMM
Money Diaries: A 30-year-old administrator on €44K living in Dublin
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14 Aug 2022
52.3k
24
Human Rights
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Brendan McNamara
13 Aug 2022
20.4k
12
cycle safety galway
Opinion: Galway councillors promised us a cycling solution months ago - nothing has happened
Gráinne Faller
11 Aug 2022
12.8k
41
HISMM
Money Diaries: A clerical officer on €26K living in Co Meath
TheJournal.ie reader
7 Aug 2022
60.1k
13
Conservatives
Neale Richmond: We owe it to our friends in the UK to call out their bad behaviour
Neale Richmond
7 Aug 2022
29.2k
32
US politics
Larry Donnelly: Are we seeing rays of hope for Democrats?
Larry Donnelly
6 Aug 2022
29.3k
26
Birth
Author: 'Nobody told me about the loneliness that comes with having a new baby'
Andrea Mara
3 Aug 2022
25.4k
8
Opinion
Donnacha Ó Beacháin: Sabina Higgins' letter - a damaging and avoidable controversy
Donnacha Ó Beacháin
Updated 3 Aug 2022
39.1k
102
abuse of players
Opinion: We as legislators have an obligation to tackle the scourge of sledging in sport
Shane Cassells
2 Aug 2022
19.3k
10
rural ireland
Opinion: Remote working could be a game changer for local towns in these uncertain times
John Evoy
1 Aug 2022
23.1k
18
British Politics
Opinion: Boris has left his party with a tough choice - a leader to the right or hard right
Peter Flanagan
1 Aug 2022
25.6k
20
Climate emergency
Climate activist: 'As we humans adapt to heatwaves, the quiet death of nature continues'
Jessica Dunne
31 Jul 2022
14.5k
40
vaping
Opinion: E-cigarettes are not part of the solution to a tobacco free Ireland
Des Cox
30 Jul 2022
15.9k
72
Opinion
Stephen Donnelly: The intimidation of women seeking abortion services will soon be illegal
Stephen Donnelly
27 Jul 2022
17.3k
47
Opinion
Brian Rowan: How loyalist support helped an embattled David Trimble seal the Good Friday deal
Brian Rowan
26 Jul 2022
10.0k
3
Opinion
Fire chief: Last week we witnessed the arrival of climate change in Britain
Dave Walton
25 Jul 2022
19.0k
17
HISMM
Money Diaries: A 26-year-old trainee solicitor on €37K living in Cork
TheJournal.ie reader
24 Jul 2022
45.0k
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