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Opinion: At this rate, it will take over 30 years to fill Ireland's existing derelict homes
Jude Sherry and Dr Frank O’Connor
Surrealing in the Years: Ireland's latest Australian exodus has no shortage of explanations
Carl Kinsella
Johnny Fallon: Fianna Fáil has a unique relationship with the office of the president
Johnny Fallon
Yesterday
29th August 2025
Opinion: Irish artists are keeping the folk tradition of speaking out on political issues alive
Jack Campbell
This week
24th August 2025 - 30th August 2025
Humanitarian worker in Gaza: 'Please do not look away, we need your help now'
Hani Alaskari
Another fish kill, another shrug: When will Ireland respect its rivers?
Professor Rónán Collins
Money Diaries follow-up: A senior marketing manager on €85K living in Dublin
TheJournal.ie reader
Moving home to Ireland after emigrating: How to financially plan for your return to Irish life
Colum Carroll
Last week
17th August 2025 - 30th August 2025
Opinion: How to reduce food bills, tackle obesity and improve population health affordably
Dr Catherine Conlon
You've Got Mail: Dial-up is finally dead, but maybe it wasn’t all that bad?
Niamh O'Reilly
Surrealing in the Years: Starmer has chosen the wrong opponent in Sally Rooney
Carl Kinsella
Larry Donnelly: In his efforts to end the Ukraine war, Trump only cares about one thing
Larry Donnelly
Grandmother Hobbies: How cosy crafts could keep you alive for years
Gwen Loughman
Ireland's nature heroes: Meet the grassroots guardians of the country's wild spaces
Jack Morley
From Kitui to Somalia: A Trócaire humanitarian’s 28-year mission of hope and resilience
Paul Healy
Opinion: From control to conversation - how the Christian message meets the modern world
Tony Flannery
Money Diaries: Data analyst on €48.5K living in Limerick, but commuting two days to Dublin office
TheJournal.ie reader
Professor: 'It's hard to reassure international researchers about their safety in Ireland'
Professor Lokesh Joshi
This month
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?
TheJournal.ie reader
An Gorta Mór: How the horror of forced starvation in Gaza echoes our own cruel past
Fintan Drury
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