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Therapist: Back-to-school anxiety is real for many pupils this week - here's how you can help
Susi Lodola
Remember what our soldiers told the Snake Island ship? That's how I feel reading calls for us to capitulate
Polina Bashkina
Excerpt: In our culture, old women are mostly ignored - but it hasn't always been that way
Sharon Blackie
Opinion: Under 20s aren't entitled to the national minimum wage, that has to change
Dr Laura Bambrick
Opinion: Lack of clarity around monkeypox vaccination specifics is likely to add to confusion
Dr John Gilmore and Dr Chris Noone
Opinion: The hyperfocus on our punters blinds people to the real issues sex workers face
Molly
Emily Ashmore: Stand-up comedy helped me deal with my mystery health issue
Emily Ashmore
Opinion: Climate transition must happen - it's up to us whether by design or by disaster
Ali Sheridan
Larry Donnelly: Conservatives may need an antidote to Trump, but Cheney isn't it
Larry Donnelly
Author: 'I knew those neo-Nazi classmates were living in a sort of oblivion of meaninglessness'
Conner Habib
Opinion: 'Tánaiste, Fine Gael's housing policy only benefits developers & vulture funds'
Cian O'Callaghan
Opinion: 'Our animals used to feed us, but now we feed them - they are dying and we are next'
Paul O'Brien
Opinion: 'I'm vision impaired, so every step I take brings a potential surprise'
Tabitha Kenlon
Tom Clonan: Only Putin knows how far he is willing to go to win his futile war in Ukraine
Tom Clonan
Mary Lou McDonald: Michael Collins is a divisive figure, but history is complex
Mary Lou McDonald
Money Diaries: A 30-year-old administrator on €44K living in Dublin
TheJournal.ie reader
Opinion: "You can't see the sorrow after lights out..." - Iran's persecution of Bahá’ís
Brendan McNamara
Opinion: Galway councillors promised us a cycling solution months ago - nothing has happened
Gráinne Faller
Money Diaries: A clerical officer on €26K living in Co Meath
TheJournal.ie reader
Neale Richmond: We owe it to our friends in the UK to call out their bad behaviour
Neale Richmond
Larry Donnelly: Are we seeing rays of hope for Democrats?
Larry Donnelly
Author: 'Nobody told me about the loneliness that comes with having a new baby'
Andrea Mara
Donnacha Ó Beacháin: Sabina Higgins' letter - a damaging and avoidable controversy
Donnacha Ó Beacháin
Opinion: We as legislators have an obligation to tackle the scourge of sledging in sport
Shane Cassells
Opinion: Remote working could be a game changer for local towns in these uncertain times
John Evoy
Opinion: Boris has left his party with a tough choice - a leader to the right or hard right
Peter Flanagan
Climate activist: 'As we humans adapt to heatwaves, the quiet death of nature continues'
Jessica Dunne
Opinion: E-cigarettes are not part of the solution to a tobacco free Ireland
Des Cox
Stephen Donnelly: The intimidation of women seeking abortion services will soon be illegal
Stephen Donnelly
Brian Rowan: How loyalist support helped an embattled David Trimble seal the Good Friday deal
Brian Rowan
Fire chief: Last week we witnessed the arrival of climate change in Britain
Dave Walton
Money Diaries: A 26-year-old trainee solicitor on €37K living in Cork
TheJournal.ie reader
Tom Clonan: Time is running out for Putin in Ukraine and this makes him dangerous
Tom Clonan
John Gibbons: In climate policy, agri-lobbyists are the tail wagging the government's dog
John Gibbons
Larry Donnelly: My first Galway GAA match changed my life - I'll be cheering them on tomorrow
Larry Donnelly
GP: Why are we waging a war on e-cigarettes when they help smokers quit?
Dr Garrett McGovern
Opinion: In order to tackle the climate crisis, we must look to collective action
Dr Patrick Bresnihan & Dr Fiadh Tubridy
Money Diaries: An administration assistant on €31K living in Co Clare
TheJournal.ie reader
Opinion: Is the Ukraine invasion finally whipping back the curtain to reveal the backstage grime of society?
Sam O'Brien
Extract: I was in the prison when the call came through: 'We have a situation'
David McDonald