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This week

11th May 2025 - 14th May 2025

Garda Siochana

Tribute: Kevin Flatley's death has shocked and saddened all of us in the extended Garda family

John O'Brien

Updated 12 May

12.1k

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Rachael Blackmore took on the men in a sport dominated by men and won, time and time again

Johnny Ward looks at Blackmore’s remarkable racing career.

Updated 12 May

1.2k

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The feeling, the heart, the soul: Clones and Croke Park get us in the guts

Arguments against the provincial system feel irrelevant after such a magical weekend.

Declan Bogue

12 May

2.0k

jews against zionism

Jews against Zionism: 'What Israel has done in Gaza is barbaric - I'll never support it'

Ria Czerniak-LeBov

Updated 11 May

19.8k

HISMM

Money Diaries: Everything feeling expensive? Would you like to keep a diary for us?

TheJournal.ie reader

11 May

13.1k

Education

Opinion: Normalising the corporate funding of higher education in Ireland is a dangerous game

Jennie C Stephens & Conchur O Maonaigh

11 May

9.2k

Last week

4th May 2025 - 10th May 2025

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Parenting: Your child doing Junior or Leaving Cert? Sending thoughts and prayers...

Margaret Lynch

10 May

8.1k

eurovision 2025

Johnny Fallon: The EBU is caught between a rock and a hard place when it comes to Israel

Johnny Fallon

10 May

6.2k

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IRISH ELECTIONS

Analysis: We're still not used to diversity in Ireland's electoral system

Dr Iker Erdocia

10 May

5.8k

132

living legend

Opinion: David Attenborough's new film delivers a stark message about the world's oceans

Jack O’Donovan Trá

9 May

8.3k

SKORT

The best way to support camogie players is to go to a game

8 May

1.1k

Vatican

Fr Tony Flannery: We will know fairly quickly if this new pope is a reformer or not

Tony Flannery

Updated 8 May

17.0k

saunas in ireland

Sweathouse: ‘People love this,’ she says, scrubbing the inside of my armpit

Rosanna Cooney

Updated 6 May

11.4k

gender diverse

Opinion: Trans lives aren’t black and white, our conversations about them shouldn’t be either

Carol Ballantine

5 May

9.3k

horse tranquiliser

Dr Chris Luke: It's high time we talked about Ketamine

Dr Chris Luke

4 May

16.5k

This month

May 2025

HOUSING SHORTAGE

Opinion: Irish people being against immigration is like Brazilian people being against football

Peter Flanagan

3 May

14.8k

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child free cafes

Niamh O'Reilly: Are we becoming more dog friendly than child friendly?

Niamh O'Reilly

3 May

11.3k

trump deportations

Opinion: Can the US still call itself the 'land of the free' while targeting legal residents?

Larry Donnelly

2 May

6.9k

UK supreme court ruling

Aoife Martin: We are living through a moral panic about trans people

Aoife Martin

1 May

9.6k

pagan history

Bealtaine in Ireland: May Day rituals for a world on fire

Dr Fiona Murphy

1 May

8.7k

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I never thought about AI much until it moved into football punditry. Is my job safe, Siri?

1 May

2.4k

Last month

April 2025

neglected capital

Gary Gannon: Grafton and Dawson Streets don't need regeneration, they're already gleaming

Gary Gannon

Updated 30 Apr

26.2k

running money through

Opinion: Ireland has a dirty fossil fuel secret, supported by our FDI model and weak regulation

Caoimhe de Barra & Karol Balfe

30 Apr

10.0k

election results

Canada elections: A stunning comeback for the Liberals, but more uncertainty ahead

Dr Seána Glennon

Updated 29 Apr

9.0k

Secondary SChools

Opinion: Ireland is changing — our schools need to change with it

Jen Cummins

Updated 29 Apr

14.8k

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magic microbiome

Parkinson's: The gut-brain axis provides food for thought in the treatment of this disease

Oonagh O’Hagan

28 Apr

12.8k

women and the church

Opinion: Despite a welcome change in tone, it was business as usual under Pope Francis

Dr Mary McAuliffe

Updated 27 Apr

9.3k

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It's bananas and bonkers but Armagh-Tyrone thriller shows Gaelic football is back

Yesterday’s Ulster semi-final showed at least Gaelic football is back capturing the imagination again.

Declan Bogue

Reports from Clones

27 Apr

4.0k

understanding difference

Opinion: Ireland has much to learn when it comes to treating and valuing all people equally

Derval McDonagh

27 Apr

15.1k

Animals

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

Suzi Walsh

26 Apr

21.2k

MOTHER EARTH

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

Dr Catherine Conlon

25 Apr

3.1k

TikTok trends

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

Margaret Lynch

24 Apr

18.9k

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

12.3k

Human Rights

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

Bobby McDonagh

Updated 24 Apr

6.1k

do look up

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

George Ferns

24 Apr

4.8k

tech and humanity

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

Finian Murphy

23 Apr

3.9k

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

12.3k

rip pope francis

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

Tony Flannery

Updated 21 Apr

22.5k

changing landscape

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

Larry Donnelly

Updated 21 Apr

18.0k

up and up and up

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

Domhnall McGlacken-Byrne

20 Apr

16.5k