Voices

Last month

October 2024

Maternity Leave

Opinion: In 2024, why are we still quizzing women over their maternity leave?

Niamh O'Reilly

Updated 4 Oct

16.0k

unifil mission

Tom Clonan: Irish troops in Lebanon are now acting as observers in a de-facto warzone

Tom Clonan

Updated 3 Oct

18.4k

Irish government

Opinion: Enacting the Occupied Territories Bill is more important now than ever

Gerry Liston and Éamonn Meehan

Updated 2 Oct

5.7k

veep debate

Larry Donnelly: JD Vance came across as an engaging advocate for Trumpism. That's no mean feat.

Larry Donnelly

2 Oct

7.7k

Climate emergency

Opinion: The budget lacks the measures needed for a truly inclusive climate transition

Clare O'Connor

2 Oct

5.5k

Budget2025

Single working woman: 'This budget just flat out ignored anyone without a family and a home'

Single woman

1 Oct

23.8k

vice presidents

Larry Donnelly: Tonight's VP debate could prove crucial in the race for the White House

Larry Donnelly

Updated 1 Oct

9.2k

September

September 2024

Parenting: We're only just in the door at school and now the bugs have hit

Margaret Lynch

Updated 30 Sep

16.2k

budget 2025

Opinion: We have an idea what to expect in tomorrow's budget - what’s in store for you?

Ralph Benson

30 Sep

6.6k

Succession

Opinion: What will tomorrow's budget mean for inheritance taxes and succession planning?

David Quinn

30 Sep

33.6k

HISMM

Money Diaries: A social care worker on €30K living in the Midlands

TheJournal.ie reader

29 Sep

30.3k

cruelty to horses

Opinion: Is it time to put an end to carriage horses in Dublin?

Claire Owens

29 Sep

16.8k

IRISH ELECTIONS

Larry Donnelly: I still believe there's a chance the general election won't happen until 2025

Larry Donnelly

28 Sep

11.2k

Mental Health

Opinion: My experience of a men's group tells me it has the power to change behaviour

Stephen O'Rourke

28 Sep

8.4k

CLIMATE CRISIS

Opinion: Our research has found vast public support for a democratic global government

Dr Farsan Ghassim & Dr Markus Pauli

27 Sep

6.4k

low iron

Opinion: We need to give women better advice if thousands are iron deficient during pregnancy

Dr Catherine Conlon

27 Sep

8.3k

OPW spending

Opinion: The bike shed controversy shows us we don't condone investment in sustainable transport

Simon Tierney

27 Sep

14.6k

taxpayers money

Opinion: The OPW controversy reveals systemic issues with how government projects are developed

Dr Paul Davis

Updated 26 Sep

12.6k

Finances

Opinion: Don't rely on the government to sort your pension unless you're a senior public servant

Ralph Benson

26 Sep

9.9k

drug rehabilitation

Lessons from Ireland: How Colombia can rethink its response to drug use

Tony Duffin & Ana María Restrepo

25 Sep

7.4k

sponsored

Opinion: Embracing inclusion in the tourism sector will improve the visitor experience

Paul Kelly

25 Sep

8.6k

Hezbollah

Tom Clonan: Israel now looks prepared to do to Lebanon what it has done to Gaza

Tom Clonan

24 Sep

14.0k

HISMM

Money Diaries: A public servant on €44K living in Dublin

TheJournal.ie reader

22 Sep

36.0k

Nationality

Opinion: Some would have us believe that Irishness is about place and blood — they're wrong

Domhnall McGlacken-Byrne

22 Sep

17.0k

working from home

Maria Flannery: In the debate around remote working, has anyone considered rural Ireland?

Maria Flannery

21 Sep

21.3k

Surrealing in the Years

Surrealing in the Years: RTÉ's far-right documentary tells us what we should already know

Carl Kinsella

21 Sep

15.4k

rugby history

Historian: During apartheid, the IRFU made the extraordinary decision to tour South Africa

Liam O'Callaghan

2 hrs ago

9.2k

exploding pagers

Hannah McCarthy: Lebanon is on edge today as the country braces for an escalation of violence

Hannah McCarthy

21 hrs ago

6.4k

remote working

Opinion: Despite Amazon's return to the office, the future of work is flexibility

Graham Harron

Updated 23 hrs ago

13.4k

Niamh O’Reilly: I can see why women would ‘choose the bear’

Niamh O'Reilly

Updated 19 Sep

27.2k

voices

Tom Clonan: Israel's pager attack was a mass casualty event and in effect, a terrorist attack

Tom Clonan

Updated 18 Sep

21.8k

Education

Inclusive education: 'For learning to take place, students must feel that they belong'

Dr Maria Barry & Dr Malgosia Machowska-Kosciak

17 Sep

7.3k

disposable vapes

Justine Stafford: I felt like I was sucking on a USB filled with jam. How I quit vaping...

Justine Stafford

Updated 16 Sep

15.7k

productivity

Parenting: Caught in an endless cycle of failed productivity? Me too

Margaret Lynch

Updated 15 Sep

17.1k

HISMM

Money Diaries: A software developer on €70K living in Munster

TheJournal.ie reader

15 Sep

25.9k

Surrealing in the Years

Surrealing in the Years: Country waits with bated breath to see how we waste €14 billion

Carl Kinsella

14 Sep

15.0k

Environment

Opinion: The UN's summit this month is a cause for hope in the battle against climate change

Hans Zomer

14 Sep

4.5k

to whom it concerns

Late Late returns: Is the chat show still relevant as our viewing habits change?

Luke Mulcahy

13 Sep

13.5k

israeli settlers

Life in war: When the soldiers raided our house, they destroyed everything. I was just so angry

Sara Alajmeh

Updated 13 Sep

12.2k

Housing

Opinion: Our research shows the new tenure type of Cost Rental has many benefits

Fiona Dunkin

12 Sep

5.6k