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Lynn Ruane: Sport is part of the solution to address young men's mental health
Lynn Ruane
How I Spend My Money: Construction manager on €38,000 spending less since birth of first child
TheJournal.ie reader
'The doctors have no idea how to treat her condition': Giving birth to Ireland's smallest surviving baby
Katie Keogh
The Irish For: Cartoons, propaganda and the words children learn
Darach Ó Séaghdha
Opinion: Irish people must reduce meat and dairy consumption and production to tackle emissions
Dr Stephen Onakuse
From the Garden: Salvaging the last beets of the season and putting them in a kraut
Michael Kelly
I felt intense pressure before I did my TEDx talk - but I'm very glad I did it. Here's what I learned
Tony Duffin
How I Spend My Money: We want to hear your top tips for saving and splurging
The Journal Team
Parnell and Rees-Mogg: The ‘Uncrowned King of Ireland’ and the unworkable British parliament
Donal Fallon
How I Spend My Money: A public policy worker on €91,000 who saves €1,000 a month
TheJournal.ie reader
Saoirse McHugh: How Ireland can help in fighting the Amazon rainforest fires
Saoirse McHugh
The Irish For: Guns and Gaelic - the history of the right to bear arms
Darach Ó Séaghdha
'Those who were denied a voice for too long will continue to fight for justice for the lost children of Tuam'
Ciaran Tierney
A short story before bedtime: Bluebell Meadow by Benedict Kiely
Benedict Kiely
From the Garden: Healthy back to school recipes to break free from the ham sandwich
Michael Kelly
Automated interviews and psychometric testing: The challenges awaiting graduate jobhunters
Ruairi Kavanagh
Lynn Ruane: 'You can't treat addiction like a business - and people with addiction like objects'
Lynn Ruane
The Irish For: Rising rents mean many prospective tenants are giving Dublin a goodbye 'cíos'
Darach Ó Séaghdha
From the Garden: How to make the perfect sauerkraut at home
Michael Kelly
Simon Coveney: The backstop is overwhelmingly supported. This gets little recognition in the UK Brexit debate
Simon Coveney
'Collecting the school voluntary contribution is an unwanted and stressful obligation on principals'
Joseph A Moynihan
Katy Hayward: Why we should take note of the unexpected in Boris Johnson's letter to Donald Tusk
Katy Hayward
The emotional scars and the 'new normal' are the dirty little secrets of surviving cancer
Aoife Moggan
Saoirse McHugh: The time is right for an agricultural revolution in Ireland
Saoirse McHugh
The Irish For: How a familiar tale can help young bookworms become bilingual
Darach Ó Séaghdha
From the Garden: What to do when you have an abundance of vegetables
Michael Kelly
The Irish For: Teaching toddlers Gaeilge through the art of storytelling
Darach Ó Séaghdha
From the Garden: How to upgrade your composting system
Michael Kelly
Opinion: The government's new drug policy will do nothing to end the stigmatisation of drug users
Marcus Keane
Opinion: 'It doesn’t make sense to allow dirty diesels from the last century to travel on inner-city streets'
Ciarán Cuffe
Saoirse McHugh: How to deal with the feeling of hopelessness in the face of climate change
Saoirse McHugh
The Irish For: Bank holidays and Lú, the god of August
Darach Ó Séaghdha
Lynn Ruane: 'Help for suicide prevention can be hard to identify - and even harder to access'
Lynn Ruane
From the Garden: Braiding garlic and pulling onions with the kids
Michael Kelly
Opinion: What Josepha Madigan got wrong about treatment for drug users
Jade Wilson
Larry Donnelly: We can expect a dramatic cull of the Democratic debate lineup before the next TV clash
Larry Donnelly
Opinion: Ukraine elected a comedian and an actual rock star this year. So now what?
Tanya Lokot
The Irish For: Maura Higgins has brought the word 'shift' to a new audience - but where does it come from?
Darach Ó Séaghdha
'My great-aunt Chrissy left home at fourteen to go join a convent. That was in 1954'
Ian Maleney
Opinion: Why it's important to call out people referring to Shane Lowry as British
Caoimhín De Barra