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School principal: 'Consideration must be given to children when it comes to face masks in classrooms'
Anonymous School Principal
Updated 1 Dec 2021
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Paul Murphy: If we are serious about tackling Covid, we must get real on ventilation
Paul Murphy
Updated 30 Nov 2021
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Opinion: Education must be at the heart of all efforts to create a culture of consent
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29 Nov 2021
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10
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28 Nov 2021
62.7k
20
Larry Donnelly: 'Who the f*** reads newspapers?' Society would be better off if young people did
Larry Donnelly
27 Nov 2021
41.3k
59
Prof Ruairí Brugha: Four questions people have about Ireland's approach to Covid-19 right now
Ruairí Brugha
27 Nov 2021
41.9k
38
Opinion: 'I spent fewer than six months in a mother and baby home and I was traumatised'
Beth Wallace
26 Nov 2021
16.4k
15
Dr Anthony O'Connor: Govt needs to admit if public-private partnerships are now the model for healthcare
Dr Anthony O'Connor
Updated 25 Nov 2021
25.4k
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Opinion: The suffering of migrants at the border with Belarus is a result of EU migration policy
Jim Clarken
Updated 24 Nov 2021
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53
Opinion: We must now accept that office work will never be the same again
Joanne Mangan
23 Nov 2021
26.3k
14
Money Diaries: A student and retail worker earning €14K and living in Dublin
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21 Nov 2021
42.9k
13
Manchán Magan: 'Our perception of the world can change when we see things through the Irish language'
Manchán Magan
20 Nov 2021
26.1k
17
Aoife Martin: Breaking up with your phone is hard but the dopamine rush was dwindling
Aoife Martin
Updated 18 Nov 2021
19.8k
Opinion: What I discovered reading the letters sent to Ireland's Presidents over the decades
Flor MacCarthy
16 Nov 2021
16.0k
0
Money Diary: A finance analyst on €60K living with family just outside Dublin
TheJournal.ie reader
14 Nov 2021
60.2k
9
Opinion: What is deliberative democracy and how can it bring about climate action?
Ursula Quill
14 Nov 2021
7.7k
5
Larry Donnelly: Republicans and Democrats need to play the next election cycle very carefully
Larry Donnelly
13 Nov 2021
11.4k
13
Mary Berry serves up some delicious new recipes for you to try at home
Mary Berry
13 Nov 2021
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11
Extract: 'Thanks to climate change, Ireland's coastlines won't be in the same place'
Val Cummins and Robert Devoy
13 Nov 2021
19.7k
17
Opinion: How life on Mars made me a better citizen of Earth
Niamh Shaw
12 Nov 2021
12.0k
5
Opinion: Austin Currie - peacemaker, parliamentarian and titan of the civil rights movement
Colum Eastwood
12 Nov 2021
6.9k
6
Cathal Crowe: We need substitute teachers, so why not use teaching students to fill the gap?
Cathal Crowe
11 Nov 2021
19.0k
18
Opinion: 'My prostate cancer diagnosis whipped up an emotional whirlpool that spun me around'
Stephen McIntyre
11 Nov 2021
20.2k
9
Opinion: 'We can't export our way out of our fast fashion addiction'
Caitriona Rogerson
10 Nov 2021
12.5k
4
Opinion: 'Until the 70s, puritanical attitudes of Irish society and State discouraged women’s writing'
Eilis Ní Dhuibhne
9 Nov 2021
10.0k
6
Money Diaries: A support worker on €35K living with her partner in the south west of the country
TheJournal.ie reader
7 Nov 2021
40.6k
22
Opinion: The world should not fall into its old ableist habits as Covid re-openings continue
Matt McCann
7 Nov 2021
12.0k
9
Opinion: I've been accused of faking my visual impairment - this got worse during Covid
Gillian Stafford
6 Nov 2021
26.6k
15
Opinion: Want to write a book? Maybe all it takes is a chat with your 10-year-old self...
Freddie Alexander
6 Nov 2021
11.8k
2
Extract: 'Well', I said to her - 'I have something to ask you but I don’t want to upset you'
Philippa Ryder
5 Nov 2021
52.0k
Opinion: I could face 15 years in prison if stopped by Israeli border patrol on my way home to Cork
Dr Susan Power
4 Nov 2021
41.3k
47
Opinion: 'In my everyday reality, self-love doesn’t protect me from racial harassment, sexism and ableism'
Rosaleen McDonagh
4 Nov 2021
14.8k
Opinion: Can ethical investing really help in the fight against climate change?
Ralph Benson
3 Nov 2021
6.6k
6
Opinion: It took me years to realise I'd been raped - I had never been taught about consent
Ashley Westpheling
Updated 2 Nov 2021
41.4k
Money Diaries: Customer service clerk on €38K who bought a home outright with savings
TheJournal.ie reader
31 Oct 2021
109k
38
Larry Donnelly: What might Tuesday’s elections in the US hold in store?
Larry Donnelly
30 Oct 2021
18.3k
4
Opinion: Can COP26 produce the goods? Ask me again in ten years' time
Grace O'Sullivan MEP
30 Oct 2021
5.6k
4
Saoi O’Connor: COP26 won't give us what we’re fighting for - only the people can do that
Saoi O'Connor
30 Oct 2021
7.9k
6
Opinion: Will things be different at COP26 this year? Yes. There's a sense of urgency in the air
Ciarán Cuffe
29 Oct 2021
6.9k
16
Opinion: 'Covid left many feeling disregarded by society because they don’t live in a family unit'
Yvonne Barnes-Holmes
29 Oct 2021
27.0k
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