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Voices

money diaries

Money Diaries: Have you been affected by rising costs? Would you like to keep a diary for us?

The Journal reader

13 Apr 2023

11.9k

Healthcare

Opinion: Older people being cared for on trolleys rather than beds is an all-year-round issue

Dr Seamus Cowman

10 Apr 2023

11.2k

HISMM

Money Diaries: A project manager on €86K living in Dublin and saving for a second house

The Journal reader

9 Apr 2023

75.3k

Human Rights

Opinion: Ireland can play its part in helping people pushing for freedom in Iran

Colin Lee

9 Apr 2023

6.1k

Housing Crisis

Dr Rory Hearne: Lifting the ban on evictions was an unforgivable act by a misguided government

Dr Rory Hearne

8 Apr 2023

34.6k

scrap homework

Parent: 'When she can’t figure something out for homework, we head into nuclear meltdown'

Margaret Lynch

8 Apr 2023

26.6k

Good Friday Agreement

Jenny Maguire: There is violence in poverty, discrimination and systems that don’t work

Jenny Maguire

7 Apr 2023

8.9k

Good Friday Agreement

Benji Mobeeky: Why do we all still whisper the words “Protestant” and “Catholic”?

Benji Mobeeky

7 Apr 2023

10.7k

gfa 25

Brian Rowan: The magic of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 was how a firm 'no' became 'yes'

Brian Rowan

7 Apr 2023

8.6k

lgbtqia+

Analysis: Don't fall for the 'groomer' slur - it's an old trick used to stir hatred of LGBTQ+ people

Aoife Gallagher & Tim Squirrell

Updated 6 Apr 2023

27.0k

art history

Opinion: Shouldn't protest art provoke exactly the response we've seen this week?

Dr Emily Mark-FitzGerald

Updated 5 Apr 2023

17.0k

garda recruitment

Analysis: This week's policing storm illustrates the differing views on the roles of Gardaí

Dr Ian Marder

Updated 4 Apr 2023

11.2k

Employment rights

Opinion: After three years we still don't understand what remote work really is

Tracy Keogh

3 Apr 2023

14.1k

HISMM

Money Diaries: A 25-year-old sales representative on €35K living in Dublin

The Journal reader

2 Apr 2023

38.7k

Protests

Hannah McCarthy: What type of democracy are Israelis actually fighting for?

Hannah McCarthy

2 Apr 2023

10.9k

political theatre

Opinion: Biden knows the value of his visit to Ireland in the wake of Brexit and Trump

Peter Flanagan

1 Apr 2023

17.8k

United Nations

Barry Andrews: Russia at the helm of the UN Security Council from today makes a mockery of it

Barry Andrews

Updated 1 Apr 2023

35.4k

wellness

Extract: 'I didn't see a future for myself then and never imagined I'd reach where I am today'

Jennifer Carroll

1 Apr 2023

23.1k

Opinion

Larry Donnelly: This indictment won’t solve the Trump conundrum

Larry Donnelly

31 Mar 2023

21.7k

Analysis

Tom Clonan: Defence Forces are deeply misogynistic and an unsafe workplace for women and men

Tom Clonan

28 Mar 2023

15.5k

HISMM

Money Diaries: A part-time call centre supervisor on €29K in her final year of college

The Journal reader

26 Mar 2023

31.9k

Cost of Living

Analysis: We know of 'shrinkflation' but what role is 'greedflation' playing in our economy?

Victor Duggan

26 Mar 2023

17.8k

diversity

Opinion: 'Having a therapist who understands your race, sexuality and gender is important'

Niamh Jimenez

25 Mar 2023

16.3k

Good Friday Agreement

Analysis: If the SDLP decline continues, Northern Ireland's politics will suffer

Emma DeSouza

25 Mar 2023

11.2k

Planning

Opinion: We could improve our planning law - instead the public is being excluded

Alison Hough & Gavin Elliott

24 Mar 2023

11.1k

orban laws

Fiona O'Loughlin: Ireland can remain a leader on LGBTQI+ rights if it stands up to Hungary

Fiona O'Loughlin

22 Mar 2023

15.3k

Opinion

Opinion: As educators, we must step up our game in the face of ChatGPT

Dr James McDermott, Prof Michael Madden & Dr Iain MacLaren

21 Mar 2023

12.0k

HISMM

Money Diaries: A 27-year-old staff officer on €47K living in the southeast of the country

The Journal reader

19 Mar 2023

57.6k

Prisons

Opinion: The Inspection of Places of Detention Bill promises reforms but doesn't go far enough

Dr Ian Marder & Dr Joe Garrihy

18 Mar 2023

8.0k

Biodiversity

Opinion: We have many lost Irish woodlands - let's document, cherish and protect them

Ray Ó Foghlú

18 Mar 2023

11.6k

Larry Donnelly: There's no denying that the ties between America and Ireland are exceptional

Larry Donnelly

17 Mar 2023

9.2k

svb

Opinion: What happened to the Silicon Valley Bank and why does it matter?

Oana Peia and Davide Romelli

15 Mar 2023

13.8k

Lavender

Irish drag artist: 'Following the music awards last week, I received a wave of online abuse'

Lavender

14 Mar 2023

23.5k

Biodiversity

The Bee Guy: It's Mother's Day soon, so let's pause and thank the original mother - this planet

Paul Handrick - The Bee Guy

13 Mar 2023

9.8k

climate action

Bríd Smith: If we did free transport right, we can convince more than 1% of car users to switch

Bríd Smith

13 Mar 2023

13.1k

HISMM

Money Diaries: A systems operations analyst on €57K living in Wicklow

The Journal reader

12 Mar 2023

36.0k

wuhan

Opinion: If global leaders can't agree on the origin of Covid then what hope for future crises?

Dr Seána Glennon

12 Mar 2023

8.7k

smartphone

Opinion: 'Phones have become a battleground for parenting in the age of social media'

Margaret Lynch

11 Mar 2023

18.5k

oscar hopes

Darach Ó Séaghdha: Why Martin McDonagh’s Englishness shouldn’t be disregarded

Darach Ó Séaghdha

11 Mar 2023

32.4k

Analysis: In the trial of Gary Lineker, he'll probably leave and critics will find another target

Richard Sambrook

10 Mar 2023

19.1k

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