Voices

Animals

Dog behaviourist: Why it’s time to treat dogs more like children — not just animals

Suzi Walsh

1 hr ago

2.0k

Yesterday

25th April 2025

MOTHER EARTH

Opinion: Farewell to The Climate Pope, who died during Earth Week

Dr Catherine Conlon

25 Apr

2.7k

This week

20th April 2025 - 26th April 2025

TikTok trends

Parenting: Bed rotting — is it any wonder people want to 'take to the bed'?

Margaret Lynch

24 Apr

15.2k

church and abuse of children

Opinion: Michael O'Brien's intervention was a watershed moment in our reckoning with abuse

Dr Sinéad Ring

24 Apr

11.4k

Human Rights

Bobby McDonagh: To avert our eyes from Gaza would be a moral travesty

Bobby McDonagh

Updated 24 Apr

4.5k

do look up

Just Stop Oil ends direct action: Being hated somehow worked for this climate campaign group

George Ferns

24 Apr

4.5k

tech and humanity

Opinion: AI is changing how we connect – but we still need each other as human beings

Finian Murphy

23 Apr

3.7k

Michael Kelly

Next Pope: How the power base of the Church shifted (and why we won't see an Irish Pope emerge)

Michael Kelly

22 Apr

11.3k

rip pope francis

Fr Tony Flannery: I loved that man and that Pope — I will miss him

Tony Flannery

Updated 21 Apr

22.1k

changing landscape

Trump’s America: Believe it or not, he's not always the main topic of conversation stateside

Larry Donnelly

Updated 21 Apr

17.5k

HISMM

Money Diaries: A healthcare worker preparing for retirement in the South East of the country

TheJournal.ie reader

20 Apr

31.2k

up and up and up

Doctor: We need to talk about health insurance...

Domhnall McGlacken-Byrne

20 Apr

16.3k

Last week

13th April 2025 - 26th April 2025

Dirty Old Town

Dublin social spaces: Kill off all the options to congregate and you drive young people away

Conor Brummell

19 Apr

13.4k

for i have sinned

First Holy Confession: Why are we still putting our children through this guilt grind?

Simon Tierney

19 Apr

25.6k

keep it in the ground

Ban fossil fuel ads: Stop airlines, airports, cars and cruise liners from advertising

Dr Johnny Collins & Dr Ola Løkken Nordrum

18 Apr

12.6k

fermented foods

Kombucha: What is it and is it good for you?

Dr Catherine Conlon

17 Apr

13.0k

27 years on

Good Friday Agreement: Women’s voices must shape the future of this island, north and south

Orla O'Connor

16 Apr

3.3k

GOAL VOICES

Engineering hope: Marwan’s story of displacement, resilience and humanitarian action

Marwan Al-Bakur

15 Apr

3.9k

Narcissism

Surviving a narcissist: What's this personality disorder and how can you manage one in your life?

Dr Stephen McWilliams

14 Apr

23.8k

HISMM

Money Diaries: A project engineer on €57K living in Leinster

TheJournal.ie reader

13 Apr

25.3k

childhood obesity

Hot school meals: How can we do better for the children in Irish schools?

Dr Catherine Conlon

13 Apr

10.5k

This month

April 2025

international trade

Analysis: What are the potential impacts of Trump's tariffs on the Irish supply chain?

Dr Kevin Byrne, Dr Chao Ji-Hyland & Dr Nikolaos Valantasis Kanellos

12 Apr

12.5k

Surrealing in the Years

Surrealing in the Years: Protect our cultural history or solve the housing crisis? Neither, thanks

Carl Kinsella

12 Apr

7.1k

Books

World Autism Month: Life as a Second Language — an excerpt from new book, Wired Our Own Way

Naoise Dolan

12 Apr

6.9k

Nature

Forest fires in Ireland: Preparation requires proper enforcement and the end of old practices

Pádraic Fogarty

11 Apr

4.5k

Anniversary

Good Friday Agreement: So many families of those who died in the Troubles have been ignored

Emma DeSouza

Updated 10 Apr

4.6k

SCHOOL MEALS

Parenting: The pearl clutching over hot school lunches is a bit much — at least they're eating

Margaret Lynch

8 Apr

11.2k

Opinion

Passenger cap lift: Solar panels at Dublin Airport will not compensate for more people flying

Dr Ola Løkken Nordrum

7 Apr

10.5k

are saunas the new pubs?

Sauna and chill: 'As Robin Williams once said, it was hotter than a snake’s ass in a wagon rut'

Niamh O'Reilly

Updated 6 Apr

11.7k

HISMM

Money Diaries: An audit associate on €31K living in Dublin

TheJournal.ie reader

6 Apr

30.0k

Parenting

A dad's perspective: I watched Adolescence with my teenage son... here's what I learned

Derek Walsh

5 Apr

39.2k

Surrealing in the Years

Surrealling in the Years: Keep your filthy hands to yourself

Carl Kinsella

5 Apr

7.3k

book extract

Pop music history: 'Women music managers were few and far between'

Dr Michael Murphy

5 Apr

3.6k

Youth Mental Health

Opinion: School Avoidance is a crisis - here's how we can support children back into education

Marian Quinn

4 Apr

6.3k

GAA finest

Farewell, Micko: The King is Dead, Long Live the King

Paul Collins

Updated 3 Apr

8.2k

trade tariffs

'Liberation Day' and its fallout: Trump thrives on the uncertainty and chaos he's created

Larry Donnelly

3 Apr

11.3k

neurodiversity

World Autism Day: 'My children deserve to be valued by the system for who they are'

Lucinda Murrihy

Updated 2 Apr

9.6k

supporting boys and men

Opinion: Our focus should not be on 'toxic masculinity', but on why men and boys feel so lost

Dr Chris Luke

Updated 1 Apr

13.0k

InvestigatesThe GP Crisis

Opinion: 'Not only could he not get an appointment, he couldn't get a GP to take him on'

Anonymous

1 Apr

15.3k

Last month

March 2025

island history

Opinion: Ireland’s islands have a unique and captivating history — we should cherish them

Pamela de Brí

31 Mar

6.0k