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From Kitui to Somalia: A Trócaire humanitarian’s 28-year mission of hope and resilience
Paul Healy
Yesterday
18th August 2025
Opinion: From control to conversation - how the Christian message meets the modern world
Tony Flannery
This week
17th August 2025 - 19th August 2025
Money Diaries: Data analyst on €48.5K living in Limerick, but commuting two days to Dublin office
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Professor: 'It's hard to reassure international researchers about their safety in Ireland'
Professor Lokesh Joshi
Last week
10th August 2025 - 16th August 2025
Relationships and the art of compromise: One person wants their way, but the other says 'no'
Margaret Lynch
Opinion: The British political class has it in for Kneecap - they just don't get it
Peter Flanagan
Opinion: For Ukraine, it's a case of 'if you're not at the table, you're probably on the menu'
Donnacha Ó Beacháin
Conor McGregor, the far right and the Constitution: A love-hate relationship
Reidín Doyle
‘They're too malnourished to treat': Marion McKeone meets an NHS nurse working in Gaza
Marion McKeone
Money Diaries: Is it time for you to keep a diary for us?
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An Gorta Mór: How the horror of forced starvation in Gaza echoes our own cruel past
Fintan Drury
This month
August 2025
Ode to the Middle Aisle: Scrub Daddies, inflatable paddle boards and other DIY distractions
Gwen Loughman
Larry Donnelly: From Washington to the Áras, uncertainty reigns on both sides of the Atlantic
Larry Donnelly
Never again: 80 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world still faces nuclear threats
Niall O’Keeffe
Peter Chap Cleere: If you were upset over camogie skorts, then why not show up to their games?
Peter Chap Cleere
The hidden harm: How modern pornography is warping young minds and fuelling criminal pathways
Mick Moran
When empires fall: Trump, climate denial and the end of American reason
John Gibbons
Opinion: Forget 'save the honeybees', there are so many other bees in dire need of help
Brian Murray
Emma DeSouza: Should we follow the UK's lead and lower the voting age to 16?
Emma DeSouza
Money Diaries: A marketing manager on €70K living in Co Clare
TheJournal.ie reader
Attack on Indian man in Dublin: 'Words aren't enough, Irish people need to do more'
Priyanka Borpujari
Opinion: Defending the rights of Palestinians does not mean turning a blind eye to anti-Semitism
Ria Czerniak-LeBov
Surrealing in the Years: We're getting better at rejecting bad ideas, now all we need are some good ones
Carl Kinsella
Severe asthma: It's like running while breathing through a tiny straw, with a peg on your nose
Emily Smyth
Last month
July 2025
Brain rot and the rise of AI Slop: We're scrolling like the old days, but everything's changed
Finian Murphy
Viva la vasectomy: 'There was some snipping, sealing and burning, but then it was done'
Anonymous Dad
Gaza mother: 'My children ask for food, and I can give them nothing'
Amal
Larry Donnelly: Trump secures a win on tariffs, but Epstein refuses to go away
Larry Donnelly
AIB pushes office return: Ireland needs to stop reacting to remote mandates and start competing
Tracy Keogh
The scent of a hound: 'I love how my dog smells, I can't help it'
Gwen Loughman
Money Diaries: Everything feeling expensive? Would you like to keep a diary for us?
TheJournal.ie reader
Bobby McDonagh: It's vital we support the EU at a time of global chaos
Bobby McDonagh
Marion McKeone: Trump is truly rattled over Epstein - can he weather the storm?
Marion McKeone
Money Diaries: A former IT company director on €168K who is being made redundant
TheJournal.ie reader
Marie Sherlock: Time to face the reality of synthetic drug use among young people
Marie Sherlock
Surrealing in the Years: Does anyone want to go in on a four-person mortgage with me?
Carl Kinsella
When they leave us: Understanding grief after the loss of a pet
Suzi Walsh
The Gen Z stare: 'There it was, like the human version of the buffering symbol'
Niamh O'Reilly
Buyers beware: High-risk invasive plants still found in garden centres and trade fairs
Noeleen Smyth
I'm about to lose my disability allowance: 'It's time to stop means testing this unfair system'
Niamh Ní Hoireabhaird