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Voices

February
February 2024
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Irish film director: 'A couple of minutes in, I knew we had found our Ukrainian leading lady'
Danny McCafferty
22 Feb
10.5k
5
female anger
Niamh O'Reilly: I looked around the rage room I'd just trashed and had the urge to tidy up
Niamh O'Reilly
Updated 21 Feb
18.2k
18
Ukraine
Tom Clonan: An emboldened Putin and a possible Trump return pose real dangers for Europe
Tom Clonan
Updated 20 Feb
10.1k
Relationships
Handling heartbreak: 'Rejection does not make you a reject, it just means they weren't for you'
Mark Fennell
19 Feb
8.2k
10
Endangered Species
Opinion: The Hen Harrier is the canary in the coal mine for upland biodiversity in Ireland
Ciaran Brennan
Updated 19 Feb
9.7k
9
HISMM
Money Diaries: A marketing and advertising executive on €60K living in Leinster
TheJournal.ie reader
18 Feb
29.5k
21
Opinion
Doctor: How to live longer and help the planet at the same time
Dr Lisa McNamee
18 Feb
12.0k
23
Health
Sinéad Burke: Heart disease has taught me to grab life with both hands and live every moment
Sinéad Burke
17 Feb
16.9k
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: This was a really good week to embarrass yourself on TV
Carl Kinsella
10 hrs ago
10.5k
Northern Ireland
Border analysis: 'My dad was in the Orange Order, but I'd probably vote for a United Ireland'
Emma DeSouza
12 hrs ago
27.7k
131
life in war
Shifting sands: The people of the West Bank are stuck in hellish game they never agreed to play
Hannah McCarthy
16 Feb
7.6k
Child Safety
Dr Catherine Conlon: We need to get real about the dangers of smartphone use by young children
Dr Catherine Conlon
Updated 16 Feb
13.6k
19
column
JFK in 1960, Blair 1997, Obama 2008, Corbyn 2017: Youth vote is a starting gun for momentum
Kevin Cunningham
15 Feb
5.5k
Opinion
Irish: It's not cool to just tear down our beautiful, native Gaeilge
Caolán Mac Grianna
14 Feb
23.7k
52
Opinion
Gino Kenny: 'The time has come to grasp the nettle on assisted dying'
Gino Kenny
14 Feb
7.4k
12
How I Spend My Money
Money Diaries: How is your spending and saving going? Would you like to keep a diary for us?
TheJournal.ie reader
13 Feb
8.0k
Eurovision
Linda Coogan Byrne: Why is Irish radio afraid to play Bambie Thug?
Linda Coogan Byrne
13 Feb
16.3k
Shrove Tuesday
Pancake Tuesday: Some tasty twists on the old favourite recipes
Alex Petit
Updated 13 Feb
11.5k
4
Planning
Planning: 'Proposed law designed to scare local groups off potential challenges'
Rose Wall & Gavin Elliott
13 Feb
10.9k
ceasefire now
Tom Clonan: Israel has pursued the relentless massacre of innocent Palestinians in Gaza
Tom Clonan
Updated 12 Feb
12.1k
author
Extract: 'I felt a kind of bereavement for the Mayo of my youth and my stories'
Colin Barrett
12 Feb
12.6k
1
time to rethink
Jennifer Whitmore: The school transport system is not serving the communities that need it
Jennifer Whitmore
12 Feb
8.0k
22
HISMM
Money Diaries: A client manager on €90K living in Co Wicklow
TheJournal.ie reader
11 Feb
38.5k
56
Opinion
Rebecca Moynihan: The exorbitant cost of baby formula should not be tolerated
Rebecca Moynihan
11 Feb
11.6k
25
biden v trump
Larry Donnelly: US democracy isn't perfect, but it's easier to vote there than in Ireland
Larry Donnelly
10 Feb
12.1k
53
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: Joe Brolly and Kneecap join forces against the Tory government
Carl Kinsella
10 Feb
11.8k
RIP
John Bruton tribute: 'I told John I'd been to Mass and knew that would buy me some time'
Karl Brophy
Updated 10 Feb
43.5k
23
Opinion
Michael Pidgeon: Dublin's new city centre transport plan is not a 'ban on cars'
Michael Pidgeon
9 Feb
11.6k
61
Voting Yes
Referendum vote: 'I realise now we men were conditioned to think women are more natural carers'
Mick Gaskin
9 Feb
13.8k
108
voices
Prof Colin Doherty: Imagine if healthcare staff in Ireland were being killed while the world watched
Prof Colin Doherty
Updated 8 Feb
13.3k
RIP
Pat Rabbitte: John Bruton was a thoughtful and substantial politician
Pat Rabbitte
6 Feb
8.5k
58
woman on the verge
Niamh O’Reilly: I beg you, stop marketing the menopause to me
Niamh O'Reilly
5 Feb
27.2k
20
HISMM
Money Diaries: A business development specialist on €54K living in Dublin
TheJournal.ie reader
4 Feb
37.9k
30
voices
Analysis: Stormont is too fragile to be confident after one day's success
Brian Rowan
4 Feb
7.2k
30
Nature
Elaine McGoff: I would love to cheer on the government's new biodiversity plan, but I can't
Dr Elaine McGoff
4 Feb
10.9k
23
good vibrations
Parenting: Manifesting? Would ya go away outta that
Margaret Lynch
3 Feb
14.0k
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: End of 'Global Greening' a brave step towards becoming less embarrassing
Carl Kinsella
3 Feb
9.2k
EXTRACT
Ellen Keane: I used to want to be like everyone else but now I know my arm is my superpower
Ellen Keane
3 Feb
13.3k
6
Opinion
Farmer: Branding farmers far right isn’t simply wrong, it’s helping the far right
Thomas Duffy
2 Feb
11.1k
80
climate measures
Pádraic Fogarty: Farmers must find a more sophisticated way to be heard than tractor protests
Pádraic Fogarty
2 Feb
9.2k
24
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