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# you tell us
Calling The Journal readers: Help us explore our future
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# Tune in
A new and simple way to listen to podcasts from The Journal
We’ve launched an in-app podcast player.
# Vaccines
Commission decision to invoke Article 16 without consulting Irish government 'extraordinary'
Coveney said relationships had been damaged by the move and trust will now have to be rebuilt.
Coveney says the Commission's move was a "costly mistake"
NI First Minister Arlene Foster accuses the Commission of committing an 'act of hostility'
Taoiseach still has faith in Commission despite Article 16 move but says 'mistakes were made'
# newsletter
Sign up for Inside the Newsroom, the new monthly email for supporters of The Journal
Go behind the scenes with highlights and previews of our biggest stories.
# views
Storm Lorenzo, a shock court ruling, and microplastics: The most read articles on TheJournal.ie this year
Thank you for reading.
# Team
New editorial line-up to lead TheJournal.ie into exciting new phase
Meet the team charged with delivering insightful, impartial journalism on one of Ireland’s most popular digital outlets.
# Awards
TheJournal.ie has been nominated in four categories at the Headline Mental Health Awards
The awards recognise excellence in media coverage of mental health issues.
# Justice
Journal Media won four awards at yesterday's Justice Media Awards
Reporters Gráinne Ní Aodha, Sean Murray, Paul O’Donoghue and Cianan Brennan picked up prizes for their articles.
# journal journeys
'When it says get a life, it means get friends and get sisters': Meet the GALs
We joined them on a trip to Kilkenny.
# legal eagles
Journal Media reporters win five plaudits at Justice Media Awards
Incisive reporting and investigation by our reporters into tribunals, High Court proceedings, Garda strike action, wills and company law has been rewarded.
# SeeMyGull
New feature on TheJournal.ie will help combat scourge of seagulls
We need your help, though.
# Your chance
Come join TheJournal.ie on a Google News Lab Fellowship
We have an exciting opportunity coming up for bright new talent.
# journal journeys
"A fabulous, happy day" - 100 reasons to get on board TheJournal.ie Journeys
We have partnered with Irish Rail to give almost 5,000 return trips away to worthy community groups like these…
# journal journeys
WIN: Free trips for 100 groups with TheJournal.ie and Irish Rail
We are proud to support initiative to provide up to 5,000 individual free return trips to members of community and voluntary groups.
# happy birthday us
QUIZ: How well do you remember the last 5 years on TheJournal.ie?
Let’s find out.
# Competition
OUR BIRTHDAY GIVEAWAY: Win an all-access family pass to Tayto Park
TheJournal.ie is five years old this month so we’re giving readers the chance to win some great prizes.
# Competition
OUR BIRTHDAY GIVEAWAY: Win a pair of Dr Marten boots worth €125 from Walkshoes.ie
TheJournal.ie is five years old this month so we’re giving readers the chance to win some great prizes.
# humble brag
TheJournal.ie is now the most-read online-only news resource in Ireland
After less than five years publishing, we’re in the top three overall in digital news with legacy media.
# culture bus is coming
WIN: A seat for you and a friend on TheJournal.ie Culture Night Preview Bus!
To celebrate Culture Night 2014 – on Friday, 19 September – we want to give you a sneak preview of some of the cool sites to be unlocked…
# training day
Think this TheJournal.ie staffer would make a good garda? Here's 35 reasons why not...
100 new recruits will start in Templemore in the next few weeks. College staff spent yesterday giving journalists a taster of what the students will be facing.
# we're hiring
Meet the tech team who make TheJournal.ie run smoothly
We’re hiring software developers!
# we're hiring
Is this you? TheJournal.ie is hiring a copywriter
Think this could be for you? Have a read.
# News Fix
Here’s What Happened Today: Monday
Everyone’s talking about the first day of the new Insolvency Service, Phil Hogan’s latest response on Priory Hall and the Syrian President’s combative TV interview.
# The Ugly Truth
Best Irish website awards to introduce 'worst website' award
Nominations for the annual Realex Web Awards are now open. In terms of web design, this year’s ceremony will be recognising the bad and the downright ugly, alongside the good.
# apptitude
Introducing the new DailyEdge.ie app!
Our exciting new app is now available! Here it is explained in cat GIFs.
# thank you guys
10 more of the weirdest pictures we’ve been sent by our readers
Sometimes we are sent really useful news tips and pictures, other times we are sent really weird crap like this.
# fingers and thumbs
Good news! You can now change your mind about TheJournal.ie comments
You can change the way you “thumb” in the apps.
# jobfairy
WE’RE HIRING: Attention, experienced software engineers
Are you a talented software engineer looking for an exciting and challenging role? TheJournal.ie is looking for you!
# revealed
"It's a killer" - Junior doctors still forced to work 36-hour shifts
A source also told TheJournal.ie that he works “about 70 hours a week on average” and is often not paid overtime.
# review 2012
Here are the top 10 most read articles on TheJournal.ie in 2012
Stabbings at the Swedish House Mafia gig, Ireland’s copyright laws under threat, and topless Kate Middleton – these are the stories you read this year.
# over to you
An engagement, duck in a scarf and chislers galore... Christmas with TheJournal.ie readers
We asked you how your day was going, and you told us.
# work for us
WE'RE HIRING! Attention, pop culture fans
Are you passionate about pop culture and excited by the world of social media? We want to hear from you…
# Flux Capacitor
Time Machine: Here's how 26 popular websites used to look
Have you ever seen the very first version of RTE.ie? Or wondered what the name ‘Daft’ came from?
# you tell us
Open thread: The things that remind us it's back-to-school time
Wallpaper-wrapped schoolbooks, the theme tune to Glenroe, a shoe-fitting machine of torture: what were the triggers that let you know it was THAT time of year again?
# you told us
Top readers' comments of the week
Here’s our round-up of the funniest, most thought-provoking and interesting comments you lot made this week. Did you make it in?
# you told us
Top readers' comments of the week
Here’s our round-up of the funniest, most thought-provoking and interesting comments you lot made this week. Did you make it in?
# you told us
Top readers' comments of the week
Here’s our round-up of the funniest, most thought-provoking and interesting comments you lot made this week. Did you make it in?
# Media
The future of journalism: What Irish media bosses are saying
Figures from RTÉ, TheJournal.ie, The Irish Times and Silicon Republic on the challenges – and innovations – lying ahead for digital news journalism.
# you told us
Top readers' comments of the week
Here’s our round-up of the funniest, most thought-provoking and interesting comments you lot made this week. Did you make it in?
# you told us
Top readers' comments of the week
Here’s our round-up of the funniest, most thought-provoking and interesting comments you lot made this week. Did you make it in?