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Voices

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Opinion
Forget the Bird Box challenge: Try dealing with automated services when you are blind
Kevin Kelly
2 Feb 2019
12.2k
11
column
From the Garden: The spirit of meitheal lives on as the neighbours come to lend a hand
Michael Kelly
2 Feb 2019
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on the picket line
By all means stand with the nurses when they strike, but don't stand by when others do the same
Rónán Duffy
2 Feb 2019
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124
Opinion
Simply refusing a straw with your cocktail isn't going to do much to reduce the world's plastic consumption
Barry Dunning
1 Feb 2019
17.2k
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Opinion
Opinion: Who will represent the Democrats in 2020?
Larry Donnelly
31 Jan 2019
12.6k
51
Money Diary
How I Spend My Money: An Irish engineer in Toronto on €62,000 looking to put down roots and buy a house
TheJournal.ie reader
30 Jan 2019
48.5k
59
Opinion
Opinion: The critical finding of the Carrickmines inquest was not emphasised by media enough
Jacinta Brack
30 Jan 2019
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16
Opinion
'In one day I might care for a very ill woman and help resuscitate a baby - and there's no respect'
Maeve Gaynor
29 Jan 2019
19.7k
21
Opinion
Column: Ireland is now the 18th-least corrupt country in the world but there's work to be done
Robert Gillanders & Michael Breen
29 Jan 2019
18.8k
74
Opinion
Opinion: At 12 I started taking Orkambi as a trial drug and it transformed my life
Benat Broderick
28 Jan 2019
22.3k
7
column
Opinion: Pat was refused mental health services because of his addiction - now he's dead
Lynn Ruane
27 Jan 2019
90.5k
51
Money Diary
How I Spend My Money: A health sector worker on €73,000 who moved home from Australia with three kids in tow
TheJournal.ie reader
27 Jan 2019
66.4k
48
Opinion
Opinion: You might need to simplify your child's lunch so they actually eat it
Mary McCarthy
27 Jan 2019
28.8k
31
column
The Irish For: Gender, LGBT and transitioning
Darach Ó Séaghdha
27 Jan 2019
24.6k
51
Opinion
Opinion: It's hard to survive as a 30-something in a millennial’s world
Leah Quinn
26 Jan 2019
54.1k
109
column
From the Garden: One vegetable is essential to the Irish diet - so why not learn to grow it?
Michael Kelly
26 Jan 2019
21.7k
23
Opinion
Opinion: Let's eradicate period poverty by providing free sanitary products across the country
Rebecca Moynihan
25 Jan 2019
21.5k
139
Opinion
Opinion: Sound the alarm - a proposed EU directive on bad loans will give vulture funds a free rein
Matt Carthy
24 Jan 2019
18.9k
60
Money Diary
How I Spend My Money: An expat in Melbourne on €62,400 not excited about coming home soon when her visa expires
TheJournal.ie reader
23 Jan 2019
54.2k
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Opinion
Opinion: Multi-tasking makes you less productive - and can contribute to stress and burnout
Siobhan Murray
23 Jan 2019
9.4k
12
Opinion
Opinion: The Derry car bomb is part of a dissident republican resurgence over the last decade
Tom Clonan
22 Jan 2019
15.1k
26
History
Opinion: The Democratic Programme of the First Dáil was a radical socialist document
Donal Fallon
21 Jan 2019
11.4k
36
Big Brother
Timeline: The Public Services Card saga
Laoise Neylon
21 Jan 2019
26.2k
30
Opinion
Opinion: The PSC could become the most expensive administrative error in the history of the State
Simon McGarr
21 Jan 2019
32.6k
41
column
'Helicopter parents: If you let your child fall down they might just learn to get back up again'
Shane Dunphy
20 Jan 2019
40.8k
53
Money Diary
How I Spend My Money: A travel agent in Cork on €20,000 trying to fix a bad credit rating from her student days
TheJournal.ie reader
20 Jan 2019
52.5k
43
column
The Irish For: How many colours can you remember?
Darach Ó Séaghdha
20 Jan 2019
32.6k
27
Opinion
Opinion: If you are planning on passing off your unwanted junk food as presents - stop!
Mary McCarthy
19 Jan 2019
54.0k
33
column
From the Garden: It's time to reflect on all the food we are importing that could be grown here
Michael Kelly
19 Jan 2019
14.4k
8
Anxiety
Opinion: CBT and improv helped me to conquer my social anxiety (people-terror)
Stephen Buggy
19 Jan 2019
19.9k
16
Opinion
Opinion: Far-right politics on the rise so we need to stop silencing working class voices on the left
Conor Kenny
18 Jan 2019
32.8k
231
Opinion
Opinion: 'The debate on abortion isn't over and don't expect that it ever will be'
Larry Donnelly
17 Jan 2019
13.7k
93
Money Diary
How I Spend My Money: A civil servant on €34,000 doing a lot of late nights to study a part-time course
TheJournal.ie reader
16 Jan 2019
47.5k
43
Opinion
'Gillette rejecting sexism just means that being outrageously sexist is now bad for business'
Éilis Ryan
16 Jan 2019
34.1k
91
Opinion
Opinion: We must stop sending Irish animals to Libya where they face a cruel death
Caroline Rowley
15 Jan 2019
49.2k
104
Opinion
Opinion: I was a boxer, an IT engineer and now I make music - never give up on your dreams
Leo Capper
14 Jan 2019
13.4k
4
Opinion
Lynn Ruane: People with a criminal record for minor offences deserve a second chance
Lynn Ruane
13 Jan 2019
24.6k
55
Money Diary
How I Spend My Money: A business owner on €32,000 sending money back to her parents in Asia
TheJournal.ie reader
13 Jan 2019
43.7k
32
Opinion
The Irish For: Brexit and the rise of Hiberno-English
Darach Ó Séaghdha
13 Jan 2019
34.7k
40
Opinion
Opinion: Kind, fun and a music champion - why Larry Gogan is the king of radio
Helen Cullen
12 Jan 2019
21.8k
16
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