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Explainer: What counts as EU funding and where does it go?

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Analysis

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how it started

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EU Quiz

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PodcastThe Good Information Podcast

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Open Newsroom Invitation: Ireland and The EU at 50 years

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Electoral Reform

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19 Jun 2022

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PodcastThe Good Information Podcast

The Good Information Podcast: Misinformation - is there still time to win the battle?

Are tools such as pre-bunking, strong legislation and public literacy enough to halt disinformation?

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Explainer

The European Parliament has the second largest electorate in the world. How does it actually work?

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The Journal Live

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work abroad

Explainer: If you want to go work in another country in the EU, what exactly do you need to know?

12 Jun 2022

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Food security

Opinion: EU moves to tackle food insecurity cannot be at the expense of others

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11 Jun 2022

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PodcastThe Good Information Podcast

The Good Information Podcast: Gender equality - why Ireland is not as equal as it might seem

How far are Irish women from equality, and what is standing in their way?

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European Union

Opinion: The four big challenges facing Ireland in its future with the EU

Alexander Conway

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PodcastThe Good Information Podcast

The Good Information Podcast: Brexit - how it will continue to affect us

Brexit continues to complicate matters in Ireland. Can we overcome it?

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Galway

Invitation to The Journal Live event in Galway: The EU and You

7 Jun 2022

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Voting

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6 Jun 2022

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PodcastThe Good Information Podcast

The Good Information Podcast: Climate change - are our targets even ambitious enough?

It’s the issue of our time, and we almost certainly aren’t doing enough.

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Special Relationship

Ireland + the EU: 50 years after Ireland voted to join, how is the relationship between the two?

6 Jun 2022

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Healthcare

More work to be done: The complexities, wins and major problems of the Irish healthcare system

5 Jun 2022

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Healthcare

Is Stephen Donnelly's €350m plan to tackle waiting lists this year actually working?

4 Jun 2022

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comparison

The good, the bad and the alright: Ireland's healthcare system compared to the rest of the EU

3 Jun 2022

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PodcastThe Good Information Podcast

The Good Information Podcast: Migration - a contentious issue facing the EU and Ireland

Are the EU’s policies towards migration helping those in need – or just the EU?

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patient advocacy

Opinion: We need to match talk of 'patient revolution' with Chief Patient Officer role

Derick Mitchell

1 Jun 2022

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TGIP live

Watch our LIVE event: How to build gender and sex equity in healthcare

31 May 2022

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PodcastThe Good Information Podcast

The Good Information Podcast: Making public transport accessible, sustainable and efficient

Frequent, local and affordable: how to make public transport work.

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Impact

'Will we leave people behind or not?': How climate change is likely to impact people's health in Ireland

28 May 2022

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patient power

WATCH: Open Newsroom - The power of patient advocacy in healthcare

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PodcastThe Good Information Podcast

The Good Information Podcast: Ireland's housing crisis - will it ever end?

The housing crisis is perhaps the most severe problem facing Ireland today. Is there any end in sight?

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Health in Ireland

'I’ve never seen morale so broken': What one change do healthcare workers want to improve the system?

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PodcastThe Good Information Podcast

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The Good Information Podcast looks at the evolving relationship between Ireland, the EU and China.

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Industrial Action

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State of Emergency

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