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Child Welfare

Teen social media ban: Protecting kids online shouldn’t mean killing privacy

Andrea Horan

Updated 11 hrs ago

2.7k

Bowl of Shamrock

Taoiseach at the White House: Another perilous St Patrick's Day ahead for Micheál Martin

Larry Donnelly

12 hrs ago

11.0k

Yesterday

12th March 2026

Pay and Conditions

A self-inflicted wound: Low cadet pay is damaging the Defence Forces

Lt Col Conor King

12 Mar

6.9k

cabinet paddys day trips

The Great Paddy's Day Getaway: There's one for every politician in the audience this year

Jason O'Sullivan

Updated 12 Mar

6.2k

This week

8th March 2026 - 13th March 2026

the mother load

The Mental Load: The parenting work that no one sees, mostly done by women

Niamh O'Reilly

Updated 11 Mar

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Irish History

John Charles McQuaid: The Archbishop who ran Ireland returns to our screens

Darach Ó Séaghdha

11 Mar

9.8k

remote working

Fuel going up: Yet another sign that remote working matters in a volatile world

George Lawlor

Updated 11 Mar

7.3k

strait of hormuz

Ireland’s food security illusion: The Iran war has exposed our dependence on imports

Michael Kelly

Updated 10 Mar

16.1k

War Death and Taxes

Opinion: Be careful who you aim your anger at when it comes to diesel prices

Paddy Comyn

10 Mar

8.6k

Disabled children

School places: Ireland doesn't have a shortage of school places, it has a shortage of inclusion

Lucinda Murrihy

9 Mar

7.6k

spending and saving

Money Diaries: A 38-year-old accountant on $185K living in Melbourne

The Journal reader

8 Mar

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international women's day

Neale Richmond: From Ethiopia to Sudan, rape is still a weapon of war

Neale Richmond

8 Mar

3.8k

Last week

1st March 2026 - 7th March 2026

road worthy woes

Is she roadworthy?: The NCT queue nearly broke me before the car did

Gwen Loughman

7 Mar

14.5k

Surrealing in the Years

Surrealing in the Years: Is it the biblical End of Days? Yeah, sure, why not?

Carl Kinsella

7 Mar

3.9k

Opinion

Money and motoring: There is a never-ending appetite to charge car owners for everything

Paddy Comyn

7 Mar

6.2k

irish iranians

Iranian woman in Ireland: We would rather risk US intervention than be forgotten by the world

Samieh Hezari

6 Mar

5.8k

Embrace our language

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ní amháin gur rud cultúrtha í an Ghaeilge, is rud tábhachtach í ar bhonn proifisiúnta

Félim Ó Maolmhána

5 Mar

1.4k

iran missiles overhead

Dubai influencers: The entitlement, denial and moral vacuum in the so-called 'safest city'

Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC

Updated 5 Mar

128k

Neutrality debate

Retired Irish general: Ireland's neutrality, the threat of war and the illusion of security

Brigadier General Ger Aherne

Updated 5 Mar

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trump disses starmer

UK-US Special Relationship: Starmer may be no Churchill, but Trump is no Roosevelt

Sydney Nash

4 Mar

5.7k

epic fury

Tom Clonan: Trump’s war on Iran is a death blow to the rules-based order

Tom Clonan

Updated 3 Mar

18.7k

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chaos in middle east

Trump’s Iran gamble: Could this be the war that splits MAGA?

Marion McKeone

Updated 3 Mar

23.4k

Babies

The Irish For: Baby names - Rían’s fada and the myth of the ‘neutral’ name

Darach Ó Séaghdha

2 Mar

15.6k

endless rain

The Bee Guy: This rainy season has nearly washed us away

Paul Handrick - The Bee Guy

Updated 2 Mar

5.5k

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Money diaries

Money Diaries: A software engineering manager on €140K living in the east of the country

The Journal reader

1 Mar

28.8k

irish fishing

Drowning in plain sight: Thousands of sharks, skates, seals and dolphins are dying in tangle nets

Pádraic Fogarty

Updated 1 Mar

4.5k

Last month

February 2026

networking matters

The 2026 graduate job hunt: It's not a hopeless labour market, but it is harder

Sarah Geraghty

28 Feb

6.6k

Renter beware: I set my novel in a two-tier housing nightmare that came true

Edel Coffey

28 Feb

6.2k

Analysis

Motoring: Why the Chinese car has gone mainstream

Paddy Comyn

28 Feb

9.7k

tech out of control

The AI arms race: Are we sleepwalking into the abyss?

Jason O'Sullivan

27 Feb

3.8k

the physio is in

Weight training: Midlife is not about decline, it can be the turning point for your health

Stephen O'Rourke

Updated 26 Feb

6.5k

TRUMP ON THE STAGE

Trump's State of the Union: The night was long, the impact short

Larry Donnelly

25 Feb

8.4k

cuts u turn

Special Needs Assistant: We are not 'just SNAs' - we are the calm in the chaos

Oneesa McWeeney

25 Feb

16.7k

racism in culture and sport

Racism broadcast to millions: From the Baftas stage to sporting arenas, we still have far to go

Leon Diop

Updated 24 Feb

7.4k

ireland's education system

SNA cuts U-turn: This has exposed the deep faultlines in our education system

Derval McDonagh

24 Feb

6.7k

four years of war

Two fronts, one fight: How Ukrainian women are holding the line in wartime

Iryna Koval

24 Feb

3.2k

Domestic Abuse

The bruises we don’t question: When domestic abuse happens to men

Alison Comyn

23 Feb

9.6k

spending and saving

Money Diaries: A marketing freelancer on €20K living in Co Wicklow

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22 Feb

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holding our nerve

Conviction in the age of chaos: How to hold the centre in the Trump era

Bobby McDonagh

22 Feb

4.7k

Sorry Not Sorry

Menopause: Hot flushes, hangxiety and the HRT revolution

Gwen Loughman

21 Feb

12.4k