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Money Diaries: A support worker on €35K living with her partner in the south west of the country
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7 Nov 2021
40.6k
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ableism
Opinion: The world should not fall into its old ableist habits as Covid re-openings continue
Matt McCann
7 Nov 2021
12.1k
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fighting blindness
Opinion: I've been accused of faking my visual impairment - this got worse during Covid
Gillian Stafford
6 Nov 2021
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Opinion
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
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EXTRACT
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
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Opinion
Opinion: 'In my everyday reality, self-love doesn’t protect me from racial harassment, sexism and ableism'
Rosaleen McDonagh
4 Nov 2021
14.8k
pensions for planet
Opinion: Can ethical investing really help in the fight against climate change?
Ralph Benson
3 Nov 2021
6.6k
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knowhere to go
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
HISMM
Money Diaries: Customer service clerk on €38K who bought a home outright with savings
TheJournal.ie reader
31 Oct 2021
109k
38
US politics
Larry Donnelly: What might Tuesday’s elections in the US hold in store?
Larry Donnelly
30 Oct 2021
18.3k
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cop26
Opinion: Can COP26 produce the goods? Ask me again in ten years' time
Grace O'Sullivan MEP
30 Oct 2021
5.6k
4
CLIMATE CRISIS
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
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CLIMATE CRISIS
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
Mental Health
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
9
housing rights
Opinion: 'Housing has been a crisis for disabled people for decades'
James Cawley
28 Oct 2021
6.6k
2
bulbsforbees
Opinion: Young people are demanding action on climate and biodiversity, we can't let them down
Yvonne McKenna
25 Oct 2021
16.4k
58
budget 2022
Opinion: Government has squandered an opportunity to make real, balanced, and lasting changes
Alice-Mary Higgins, Lynn Ruane, Frances Black & Eileen Flynn
25 Oct 2021
14.8k
17
HISMM
Money Diaries: A PhD student on €16K living and studying in Dublin
TheJournal.ie reader
24 Oct 2021
68.0k
26
Poverty
Opinion: Rising energy costs this winter are now a major concern for low-income households
Issy Petrie
24 Oct 2021
18.4k
31
Opinion
Opinion: The climate crisis will cost us money, but way more money if we wait any longer
Dr Shana Cohen
23 Oct 2021
7.7k
36
plastic or planet?
Opinion: If we don't act now on plastic pollution, we will run out of choices
Lyndsey O’Connell
Updated 22 Oct 2021
15.0k
34
Education
Opinion: The future of Ireland's economy depends on the digital education of our children
Gavin Molloy
21 Oct 2021
10.1k
5
Northern Ireland
Opinion: Make no mistake - this UK government will not rest until the Protocol is gone
Sydney Nash
21 Oct 2021
29.7k
40
Dublin City Marathon
Opinion: 'I created a short couch-to-marathon-runner plan - it's not a thing for a reason'
Alan Corcoran
20 Oct 2021
22.4k
7
reopening
Opinion: Today's announcement was a shambles - the live events sector is now on its knees
Shane Dunne
19 Oct 2021
44.8k
30
legal rights
Opinion: Ireland's outdated definition of 'Mother' leaves thousands of families in limbo
Dearbhla Crosse
19 Oct 2021
31.4k
12
urinary incontinence
Physio: Fixing a wee problem - before, during and after menopause
Aoife Ni Eochaidh
Updated 18 Oct 2021
34.9k
2
HISMM
Money Diaries: A 25-year-old finance analyst on €45K living in the family home in Clare
TheJournal.ie reader
17 Oct 2021
55.5k
25
assessing Biden
Larry Donnelly: Biden presidency report card - 'could do better'
Larry Donnelly
16 Oct 2021
14.1k
29
Opinion
Opinion: Hip-hop culture has been misunderstood - it's not about misogyny or glorifying crime
Tobi Omoteso and Deborah O’Connor
16 Oct 2021
18.9k
30
EXTRACT
Martin Hayes: 'One night my father said - a stór, maybe the fiddle isn't the instrument for you'
Martin Hayes
15 Oct 2021
23.2k
5
budget 2022
Opinion: For too long, contraception has been a woman’s private and personal responsibility
Orla O'Connor
15 Oct 2021
10.8k
7
Maternity Care
Opinion: Maternity restrictions forced me to labour in the car park this week
Breege O'Connor
14 Oct 2021
28.3k
34
PHONE ADDICTION
Dr Anna Lembke: The smartphone has become the modern-day hypodermic needle
Dr Anna Lembke
Updated 14 Oct 2021
30.9k
7
EXTRACT
Larry Donnelly: When politics is the business of an Irish-American political family
Larry Donnelly
13 Oct 2021
9.8k
0
trinity tales
Singer Loah: 'In college I found my calling - with a bit of help from Radiohead'
Sallay Matu-Garnett
13 Oct 2021
21.7k
7
Minimum Wage
Opinion: Low pay is rampant in Ireland and it's a problem for workers, the economy and society
Michael Taft
Updated 11 Oct 2021
33.8k
42
HISMM
Money Diaries: A management consultant on €62K living in Dublin with his dog
TheJournal.ie reader
10 Oct 2021
69.9k
32
sláintecare
Professor Ronán Collins: Why do we put up with the state of our hospitals?
Professor Rónán Collins
10 Oct 2021
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