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This year
2023
How are you managing your electricity bills? We want to hear your stories
We want to get a sense of how Irish households are coping with electricity prices – here’s how you can take part.
Last year
2022
Your stories: How have the rising energy costs impacted your life?
We want to get a sense of how Irish households are dealing with the rise in energy prices – here’s how you can take part.
Calling The Journal readers: Help us explore our future
We want your input into how our journalism can connect with and deliver to you.
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6 totally free spots to bring the kids to in and around Cork, according to real parents
We asked you to share your favourite free days in Cork city and beyond.
5 brilliant days out around Dublin for 5 to 10 year-olds, according to real parents
We asked you to share your favourite kid-friendly spots close to the capital.
8 imaginative rainy day activities for under 5s, according to real mums and dads
Parents around Ireland shared their go-to ways to keep the kids busy.
Open Thread: Are you celebrating Nollaig na mBan*?
*Or Women’s Christmas. Or Little Christmas. Or Women’s Little Christmas.
Open Thread: What's your perfect day?
Time with the family? Time AWAY from the family? Or something else? You tell us.
Open thread: What makes you happy?
For us, it’s dogs, chocolate, sunshine and….Google Maps. But what makes you happy?
Make us feel ill with your favourite weird food combos
We’re almost afraid to ask but…
Over to you: Have you ever been bullied?
We want to hear your story.
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?
Open thread: What high-tech functions would you like in your home?
What kind of tech developments would make it easier to run your home? Add your thoughts to this open thread.
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?
Open thread: What are your favourite Irish Olympic memories?
Michael Carruth in Barcelona? Sonia in Sydney? What’s your favourite memories of Irish Olympians in action?
Open thread: What are your best childhood holiday memories?
It’s been the coldest July in 40 years so we’d like you to warm the cockles of our heart…
Open thread: What Maeve Binchy book do you recommend?
Readers of the late, great Irish author have been reminiscing on the Binchy novel that touched them – which one would you give to a friend who had never read her work?
Top readers' comments of the week
Here’s our round-up of the wittiest, most thought-provoking and original comments you lot made this week. Did you make it in?
Top 10 readers' comments of the week
Here’s our round-up of the wittiest, most thought-provoking and original comments you lot made this week. Did you make it in?
Poll: Has technology affected face-to-face communication?
Advances in technology have enabled us to communicate across oceans and continents – but do we tweet too much and not talk face-to-face enough? Let us know what you think.
Top 10 readers' comments of the week
Here’s our round-up of the wittiest, most thought-provoking and original comments you lot made this week. Did you make it in?
Top 10 readers' comments of the week
Here’s our round-up of the wittiest, most thought-provoking and original comments you lot made this week…
Top 10 readers’ comments this week
Here’s our round-up of the wittiest, most throught-provoking and original comments you made this week…