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The Irish For: You don't need improving... but how about learning some Gaeilge in 2019?
Darach Ó Séaghdha
Opinion: No one should be prosecuted for personal possession of drugs
Tony Duffin
From the Garden: Reflecting on the year - it all went great except for the aubergines!
Michael Kelly
Previewing Ireland's economy in 2019: The stats don't lie - Ireland is doing well right now
Victor Duggan
Opinion: Should judges hand down concurrent sentences in rape cases?
Ivana Bacik
How I Spend My Money: A call centre worker in Sligo on €22,000 who spent just under €120 during a busy week
TheJournal.ie reader
Ireland in a snapshot: Donal Moloney reflects on a striking year in photography
Donal Moloney
Opinion: Top five parenting tips to surviving Christmas
Shane Dunphy
Indigestion at Christmas time - that is your stomach crying out for a break
Ciara Wright PhD
Fr Richard Gibbons: 'When was the last time you did something truly selfless for someone else, even if they didn’t deserve it?'
Fr Richard Gibbons
The Irish For... All the most important Christmas words (including Fairytale of New York as Gaeilge)
Darach Ó Séaghdha
Too loud, too bright, too fast, too tight: Christmas can be a nightmare of anxiety for children with autism
Tara Matthews
How I Spend My Money: A civil servant in Kildare on €43,000 put off renting rooms to save money by a bad experience
TheJournal.ie reader
Lynn Ruane: In remembrance of my friend, Graham Jones
Lynn Ruane
Opinion: Why I no longer have turkey for Christmas dinner
Elisa Allen
Expert tips for parents who discover that their teenager drinks alcohol
Laoise Neylon
The Mueller investigation will be the political story of 2019, and other predictions for US politics
Larry Donnelly
From the Garden: Supermarkets selling below cost veg is hurting farmers and it is bad for us all
Michael Kelly
Opinion: You say you love your children - so why are you stealing our futures?
Beth Doherty
Mary Lou McDonald: 'Leo asked where I was in the Dáil yesterday. I'm in Palestine observing the daily abuse they face'
Mary Lou McDonald
How I Spend My Money: A data analyst in Dublin on €75,000 who wants to live his life instead of saving
TheJournal.ie reader
Opinion: Let's talk about sex and pornography - like adults do
Caroline West
Opinion: Debunking the myth of the squeezed middle
Killian Donoghue
Opinion: The Irish state is a very bad parent - when its children turn 18 they often end up on the streets
Shane Dunphy
How I Spend My Money: A tech worker on €37,000 dreaming of a three-bed house with a small garden
TheJournal.ie reader
The Irish For: The word deatach, meaning smoke, also refers to the family huddled together around the fire
Darach Ó Séaghdha
Ireland in a Snapshot: Inside our crumbling former asylums, the walls whisper 'forgive me'
Donal Moloney
From the Garden: Every cloud has a silver lining and bogland proved useful this summer
Michael Kelly
Opinion: A virtual college changed my life and my family's future
Róisín Kelly
Opinion: Should disabled characters be played by disabled actors?
Paddy Slattery
How I Spend My Money: A marketing manager in Dublin on €40,000 who is moving home in the new year
TheJournal.ie reader
Opinion: It took us 8 years to build 19 social homes although we owned the land and there were no objections
Dermot Lacey
'When the border was finally ripped down - hope rose and healing began. We must not go back'
Grace Vaughan
Opinion: There are some striking similarities between Irish independence and Brexit
Caoimhín De Barra
How I Spend My Money: An engineer in Kildare on €70,000 who is thinking about leaving the country
TheJournal.ie reader
Lynn Ruane: We must pioritise people's lives over pharmaceutical companies' profits
Lynn Ruane
Opinion: It doesn't get much weirder than being asked to twerk but Ada Hegerberg reacted like a real star
Louise Quinn
The Irish For: All the characters you know - good, bad or total craic vortex
Darach Ó Séaghdha
Ireland in a Snapshot: Shooting a music video in the Wicklow woods
Donal Moloney
Dr Anthony O'Connor: 'I remember the detail of my errors and the guilt and shame I felt are burnt onto my mind'
Dr Anthony O'Connor