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Voices

September
September 2024
remote working
Opinion: Despite Amazon's return to the office, the future of work is flexibility
Graham Harron
Updated 20 Sep
13.4k
40
Niamh O’Reilly: I can see why women would ‘choose the bear’
Niamh O'Reilly
Updated 19 Sep
27.4k
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
15.8k
8
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
26.0k
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
34
to whom it concerns
Late Late returns: Is the chat show still relevant as our viewing habits change?
Luke Mulcahy
13 Sep
13.6k
32
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
5.7k
15
Analysis
Larry Donnelly on the US presidential debate: Harris won by getting under Trump's skin
Larry Donnelly
11 Sep
24.2k
89
National Anthem
Johnny Fallon: Placing any real importance on anthems and flags is a fallacy that leads to division
Johnny Fallon
10 Sep
5.0k
21
Scoping Inquiry
Opinion: The government should go beyond the Scoping Inquiry recommendations on restorative justice
Dr Marie Keenan
10 Sep
4.9k
Scoping Inquiry
Dr Rosaleen McDonagh: As an abuse survivor, I am shaken to my core by the Scoping Inquiry
Rosaleen McDonagh
9 Sep
12.2k
HISMM
Money Diaries: A digital marketing manager on €74K living in Dublin
TheJournal.ie reader
8 Sep
30.9k
15
Obesity
Cardiologist: We should welcome the new evidence that Ozempic may slow down ageing
Professor Robert Byrne
8 Sep
30.5k
40
book extract
Mick Clifford: 'They were convinced they knew what had happened to Una and who was responsible'
Mick Clifford
7 Sep
25.3k
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: Hallelujah, we're finally talking about housing again
Carl Kinsella
7 Sep
8.4k
US politics
Larry Donnelly: Both candidates must play it carefully in the upcoming presidential debate
Larry Donnelly
7 Sep
11.6k
66
Scoping Inquiry
Opinion: Religious organisations, as well as the perpetrators, must be held to account for this abuse
Rachel Morrogh
6 Sep
9.2k
Child Abuse
Dr Joe Mooney: It's time for a national conversation on the issue of child sexual abuse
Dr Joe Mooney
Updated 6 Sep
12.9k
Analysis
Dog behaviourist: Dogs and emotion — what science reveals about our canine companions
Suzi Walsh
Updated 4 Sep
13.5k
11
burnt out parents
Niamh O'Reilly: Parents are under more pressure now than they've ever been
Niamh O'Reilly
3 Sep
12.4k
2017 books
Opinion: Reading is the best gift you can give a child
Caitriona Hughes
Updated 2 Sep
11.6k
32
HISMM
Money Diaries: A senior fund administrator on €67K living and working in Luxembourg
TheJournal.ie reader
1 Sep
30.8k
9
Northern Ireland
Emma DeSouza: The UUP and SDLP were once the voices of nationalism and unionism — not anymore
Emma DeSouza
1 Sep
11.3k
32
August
August 2024
drug trafficking
Dr Ian Marder: Why seizing drugs might cause more harm than it prevents
Dr Ian Marder
31 Aug
14.2k
42
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: Irish parties' star-power strategy ushers in new era of elections
Carl Kinsella
31 Aug
5.9k
childhood
Parenting: Supernanny is right about 'sharenting', child influencers and school routines online
Margaret Lynch
31 Aug
17.1k
Northern Ireland
Brian Rowan: For too long, Colum Eastwood and his party have been running uphill in heavy boots
Brian Rowan
Updated 29 Aug
8.7k
8
Opinion
Councillor: The tourists at the weekend are further proof that Dublin needs a hotel tax
Darragh Moriarty
27 Aug
22.5k
67
Smartphones
Teacher: Who cares if ministers' proposals on smartphones are a stunt? Kids need this
Eoghan Cleary
27 Aug
9.9k
17
HISMM
Money Diaries: A financial services manager on €105K living in Dublin
TheJournal.ie reader
25 Aug
40.9k
37
Leaving Cert
Solicitor on Leaving Cert: I took the long route for my education and I have no regrets
Cian Moriarty
25 Aug
19.0k
34
Back To School
Parenting: You might miss the early years, but it's also great when the kids grow up a little
Margaret Lynch
24 Aug
15.4k
8
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: Ireland's new approach to road safety is good old-fashioned bullying
Carl Kinsella
24 Aug
11.9k
Opinion
Comedian: 'That guy at the back, with his arms folded? He's the one I'll try make laugh'
Neil Green
24 Aug
7.0k
Teachers
TUI president: It's time to put an end to the teacher retention and recruitment crisis
David Waters
Updated 23 Aug
11.9k
39
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