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Voices

May
May 2024
50 years of Guaranteed Irish: 'Within two months over 200 companies had joined'
Enda MacMahon
Money Diaries: A social worker on €49K in the west of the country on maternity leave
TheJournal.ie reader
Late autism diagnosis: 'Now I know, I don't care what anyone thinks of me'
Clare McAfee
Larry Donnelly: Campus protests are squeezing Biden from left and right
Larry Donnelly
Surrealing in the Years: United Kingdom trying to drag Ireland down to its level on immigration
Carl Kinsella
Graduate: 'The reality of the J-1 visa leaves Irish graduates vulnerable to exploitation'
Sarah Moran
Opinion: Dialogue is key to solving the UK-Ireland asylum issue
Dr Clare Rice
Trashing the place: 'The actual state of litter in Ireland'
Niamh O'Reilly
Opinion: Our media and government forget about Ireland's history when they talk about refugees
Leon Diop
Opinion: Unions matter, and we need them more now than ever
Marie Sherlock
April
April 2024
Money Diaries: An administrator on €41K in the east of the country on health leave from work
TheJournal.ie reader
John Connell: We must take a stake in the future. I have begun with 12 sheep.
John Connell
Opinion: Enough of the greenwashing - we cannot recycle our way out of our waste problems
Lyndsey O’Connell
Parenting: After years of hardship and sacrifice, we finally have a home of our own
Margaret Lynch
Surrealing in the Years: Bloody horses on the loose in London, bloody chaos on the loose in Ireland
Carl Kinsella
Travel: I had just retired and could see the future and it sucked, so I decided to travel
Peter Murtagh
Housing: If we don't ruffle the feathers of existing homeowners, we care less than we pretend
Ciarán Casey
Opinion: What's the point of a new national park if we're not preserving nature?
Pádraic Fogarty
Tom Clonan: US money is a shot in the arm for Ukraine defence
Tom Clonan
Paul Murphy: If we want real change, we should ban fossil fuel companies from advertising
Paul Murphy
Money Diaries: An investment consultant on €60K living in Dublin
TheJournal.ie reader
Tony Duffin: The trauma of war is fuelling drug abuse among soldiers in Ukraine
Tony Duffin
Larry Donnelly: The immigration issue compounds uncertainty in Irish politics
Larry Donnelly
Opinion: People pleasing is exhausting, but learning to say 'no' is liberating
Niamh O'Reilly
Opinion: Trans young people have nowhere to turn, and the Cass Report has made it worse
Dr Chris Noone & Karen Sugrue
Opinion: The Cass Report is welcome - here's what it means for Ireland
Dr Paul Moran
Opinion: We can no longer leave children alone to face this unregulated tech world
Dr Catherine Conlon
Dublin Bus chief: 'It's easy for cynics to sneer at efforts to climate-proof bus services'
Billy Hann
Tom Clonan: We have reached a dangerous moment in the Middle East conflict
Tom Clonan
Opinion: We and other NGOs are saying no to the EU's migration pact
Jim Clarken
Money Diaries: A sales account manager on €55K in Munster looking towards retirement
TheJournal.ie reader
John O'Brien: We had a road safety policing model that worked, what went wrong?
John O'Brien
Choking on fresh air: How Ireland's air quality is leading to premature deaths
Dr Lisa McNamee
Parenting: A message for the new Taoiseach - please get a handle on housing
Margaret Lynch
Surrealing in the Years: Well Simon, the jamboree period is over
Carl Kinsella
Dr Chris Luke: To improve care in emergency departments, we should do two simple things today
Dr Chris Luke
Opinion: Biden’s Gaza policy is likely to cost him the election
Dr Laurence Davis
Emma DeSouza: Should we really put a price on a United Ireland?
Emma DeSouza
Author: My recovery from illness helped me create characters for my books
Jenny Ireland
Solicitor: Insurers should take note of the Supreme Court's decision today on personal injuries
Stuart Gilhooly