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Voices
May
May 2026
How to choose a car
Car love: I have that strange affliction of seeing cars as having personalities and souls
voices
David Attenborough turns 100: He brought the natural world into focus for us, we owe him so much
white house press room
Leavitt steps away, DJ Rubio wings it: Trump’s White House looks increasingly chaotic
no country for animal rights
Cruelty to animals in Ireland: It's still happening all the time and our laws need to catch up
Forever Problems
The housing crisis: Like wildfire, we need to abandon the delusion it’ll burn itself out
Border poll
United Ireland: On the contrary, Northern Ireland is not a burden, it brings fresh opportunities
stuck on a cruise
Dr Catherine Conlon: Hantavirus at sea triggers a global health response — what is this virus?
hydroelectric power
Ireland, an electrostate: 100 years after Ardnacrusha, we now face the same energy challenges
healing after surgery
Good Vibrations: The Cork choir helping cancer survivors to reclaim their voice
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: I'm not a government minister and AI didn't help me write this article
April
April 2026
Out with the old
Stephen's Green Shopping Centre: Jaded Dubliners have had enough of bland, soulless buildings
protecting nature
Minister for nature: We need to work together to protect against biodiversity loss
Irish Abroad
Irishwoman living abroad: Like many of my generation, the 'bailout babies', I chose emigration
lifesaving blood transfusions
Blood donation: Ireland's stocks are a lifeline for patients, but the system is under strain
Islamic republic
When morality becomes law: The parallels between modern oppressive Iran and Ireland’s past
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: Housing plans will have us living like Bosco, if Bosco had roommates
transitioning conference
Fail to prepare: Recent fuel protests have exposed Ireland’s lack of future climate planning
ireland in a troubled world
Larry Donnelly back from Boston: The recent fuel protests have struck a chord in Irish America
new books
Caroline Foran's new book: I wish I'd known sooner that self-compassion changes everything
Corporation Tax
The Spring Economic Statement: Ireland is no longer forecasting the future, it’s bracing for it
Irish Soccer
Soccer academies: Football can unite Ireland, but the hard work to build its future starts here
new books
Pirate queens, powerbrokers & public servants: Anne Chambers on her life as an Irish biographer
spending and saving
Money Diaries: A man receiving invalidity pension living in the west of the country
property ladder
Office vacancy rates: Dublin's busy office market isn't broken, the interpretation of data is
for the love of dogs
The money dial: How we manage our finances best to protect what we care about the most
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