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political failure
Opinion: What is deliberative democracy and how can it bring about climate action?
Ursula Quill
14 Nov 2021
7.8k
5
Us off-year elections
Larry Donnelly: Republicans and Democrats need to play the next election cycle very carefully
Larry Donnelly
13 Nov 2021
11.5k
13
saturday serving
Mary Berry serves up some delicious new recipes for you to try at home
Mary Berry
13 Nov 2021
28.3k
11
EXTRACT
Extract: 'Thanks to climate change, Ireland's coastlines won't be in the same place'
Val Cummins and Robert Devoy
13 Nov 2021
19.7k
17
women in science
Opinion: How life on Mars made me a better citizen of Earth
Niamh Shaw
12 Nov 2021
12.1k
5
RIP
Opinion: Austin Currie - peacemaker, parliamentarian and titan of the civil rights movement
Colum Eastwood
12 Nov 2021
7.0k
6
Opinion
Cathal Crowe: We need substitute teachers, so why not use teaching students to fill the gap?
Cathal Crowe
11 Nov 2021
19.0k
18
Movember
Opinion: 'My prostate cancer diagnosis whipped up an emotional whirlpool that spun me around'
Stephen McIntyre
11 Nov 2021
20.3k
9
fast fashion
Opinion: 'We can't export our way out of our fast fashion addiction'
Caitriona Rogerson
10 Nov 2021
12.5k
4
Opinion
Opinion: 'Until the 70s, puritanical attitudes of Irish society and State discouraged women’s writing'
Eilis Ní Dhuibhne
9 Nov 2021
10.0k
6
HISMM
Money Diaries: A support worker on €35K living with her partner in the south west of the country
TheJournal.ie reader
7 Nov 2021
40.6k
22
ableism
Opinion: The world should not fall into its old ableist habits as Covid re-openings continue
Matt McCann
7 Nov 2021
12.1k
9
fighting blindness
Opinion: I've been accused of faking my visual impairment - this got worse during Covid
Gillian Stafford
6 Nov 2021
26.6k
15
Opinion
Opinion: Want to write a book? Maybe all it takes is a chat with your 10-year-old self...
Freddie Alexander
6 Nov 2021
11.8k
2
EXTRACT
Extract: 'Well', I said to her - 'I have something to ask you but I don’t want to upset you'
Philippa Ryder
5 Nov 2021
52.1k
Opinion: I could face 15 years in prison if stopped by Israeli border patrol on my way home to Cork
Dr Susan Power
4 Nov 2021
41.4k
47
Opinion
Opinion: 'In my everyday reality, self-love doesn’t protect me from racial harassment, sexism and ableism'
Rosaleen McDonagh
4 Nov 2021
14.8k
pensions for planet
Opinion: Can ethical investing really help in the fight against climate change?
Ralph Benson
3 Nov 2021
6.6k
6
knowhere to go
Opinion: It took me years to realise I'd been raped - I had never been taught about consent
Ashley Westpheling
Updated 2 Nov 2021
41.5k
HISMM
Money Diaries: Customer service clerk on €38K who bought a home outright with savings
TheJournal.ie reader
31 Oct 2021
109k
38
US politics
Larry Donnelly: What might Tuesday’s elections in the US hold in store?
Larry Donnelly
30 Oct 2021
18.3k
4
cop26
Opinion: Can COP26 produce the goods? Ask me again in ten years' time
Grace O'Sullivan MEP
30 Oct 2021
5.6k
4
CLIMATE CRISIS
Saoi O’Connor: COP26 won't give us what we’re fighting for - only the people can do that
Saoi O'Connor
30 Oct 2021
8.0k
6
CLIMATE CRISIS
Opinion: Will things be different at COP26 this year? Yes. There's a sense of urgency in the air
Ciarán Cuffe
29 Oct 2021
6.9k
16
Mental Health
Opinion: 'Covid left many feeling disregarded by society because they don’t live in a family unit'
Yvonne Barnes-Holmes
29 Oct 2021
27.0k
9
housing rights
Opinion: 'Housing has been a crisis for disabled people for decades'
James Cawley
28 Oct 2021
6.6k
2
bulbsforbees
Opinion: Young people are demanding action on climate and biodiversity, we can't let them down
Yvonne McKenna
25 Oct 2021
16.4k
58
budget 2022
Opinion: Government has squandered an opportunity to make real, balanced, and lasting changes
Alice-Mary Higgins, Lynn Ruane, Frances Black & Eileen Flynn
25 Oct 2021
14.8k
17
HISMM
Money Diaries: A PhD student on €16K living and studying in Dublin
TheJournal.ie reader
24 Oct 2021
68.0k
26
Poverty
Opinion: Rising energy costs this winter are now a major concern for low-income households
Issy Petrie
24 Oct 2021
18.4k
31
Opinion
Opinion: The climate crisis will cost us money, but way more money if we wait any longer
Dr Shana Cohen
23 Oct 2021
7.7k
36
plastic or planet?
Opinion: If we don't act now on plastic pollution, we will run out of choices
Lyndsey O’Connell
Updated 22 Oct 2021
15.0k
34
Education
Opinion: The future of Ireland's economy depends on the digital education of our children
Gavin Molloy
21 Oct 2021
10.1k
5
Northern Ireland
Opinion: Make no mistake - this UK government will not rest until the Protocol is gone
Sydney Nash
21 Oct 2021
29.7k
40
Dublin City Marathon
Opinion: 'I created a short couch-to-marathon-runner plan - it's not a thing for a reason'
Alan Corcoran
20 Oct 2021
22.4k
7
reopening
Opinion: Today's announcement was a shambles - the live events sector is now on its knees
Shane Dunne
19 Oct 2021
44.8k
30
legal rights
Opinion: Ireland's outdated definition of 'Mother' leaves thousands of families in limbo
Dearbhla Crosse
19 Oct 2021
31.5k
12
urinary incontinence
Physio: Fixing a wee problem - before, during and after menopause
Aoife Ni Eochaidh
Updated 18 Oct 2021
35.1k
2
HISMM
Money Diaries: A 25-year-old finance analyst on €45K living in the family home in Clare
TheJournal.ie reader
17 Oct 2021
55.5k
25
assessing Biden
Larry Donnelly: Biden presidency report card - 'could do better'
Larry Donnelly
16 Oct 2021
14.1k
29
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