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Voices

May
May 2024
Teenagers
Parenting: Raising older kids can be lonely — and we haven't even reached the teenage years
Margaret Lynch
11 May
28.2k
9
eurovision 2024
Opinion: Eurovision was always political, but the world it now operates in has changed
Johnny Fallon
Updated 11 May
18.5k
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: New York portal runs risk of showing world what Ireland is really like
Carl Kinsella
11 May
13.9k
Opinion
Vicki Notaro: Writing about women can tackle serious issues and still be seriously fun
Vicki Notaro
9 May
6.6k
11
Opinion
Roberta Metsola: How to defend the European Union and democracy? Vote.
Roberta Metsola
9 May
4.2k
rap battle
Opinion: There's collateral damage as Kendrick Lamar conquers Drake in the rap feud of its era
Dean Van Nguyen
8 May
11.5k
dublin city centre taskforce
Opinion: 'A new Dublin taskforce would do nothing to help inner city communities'
Darragh Moriarty
7 May
6.6k
19
Trapped
Time running out: 'Invasion of Rafah would be a death sentence for thousands'
Rosamond Bennett
7 May
4.9k
eurovision 2024
Eurovision 2024: Bambie Thug is the anti-Dana, but they might just be the voice of a generation
Peter Flanagan
7 May
20.4k
Irish History
Donal Fallon: 'Many royal and political figures were honoured with street names'
Donal Fallon
6 May
14.2k
39
Books
50 years of Guaranteed Irish: 'Within two months over 200 companies had joined'
Enda MacMahon
6 May
10.2k
32
HISMM
Money Diaries: A social worker on €49K in the west of the country on maternity leave
TheJournal.ie reader
5 May
37.8k
18
neurodivergent
Late autism diagnosis: 'Now I know, I don't care what anyone thinks of me'
Clare McAfee
5 May
28.5k
Student Protests
Larry Donnelly: Campus protests are squeezing Biden from left and right
Larry Donnelly
Updated 4 May
13.1k
72
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: United Kingdom trying to drag Ireland down to its level on immigration
Carl Kinsella
4 May
15.1k
Student Travel
Graduate: 'The reality of the J-1 visa leaves Irish graduates vulnerable to exploitation'
Sarah Moran
4 May
16.3k
15
Immigration
Opinion: Dialogue is key to solving the UK-Ireland asylum issue
Dr Clare Rice
3 May
4.8k
Waste Management
Trashing the place: 'The actual state of litter in Ireland'
Niamh O'Reilly
2 May
14.2k
41
Black and Irish
Opinion: Our media and government forget about Ireland's history when they talk about refugees
Leon Diop
1 May
12.8k
Employment rights
Opinion: Unions matter, and we need them more now than ever
Marie Sherlock
1 May
6.5k
20
April
April 2024
HISMM
Money Diaries: An administrator on €41K in the east of the country on health leave from work
TheJournal.ie reader
28 Apr
30.7k
12
EXTRACT
John Connell: We must take a stake in the future. I have begun with 12 sheep.
John Connell
28 Apr
11.7k
CLIMATE CRISIS
Opinion: Enough of the greenwashing - we cannot recycle our way out of our waste problems
Lyndsey O’Connell
28 Apr
15.4k
47
house buying
Parenting: After years of hardship and sacrifice, we finally have a home of our own
Margaret Lynch
27 Apr
24.1k
26
Surrealing in the Years
Surrealing in the Years: Bloody horses on the loose in London, bloody chaos on the loose in Ireland
Carl Kinsella
27 Apr
11.8k
travels
Travel: I had just retired and could see the future and it sucked, so I decided to travel
Peter Murtagh
27 Apr
22.9k
8
Boom and Bust
Housing: If we don't ruffle the feathers of existing homeowners, we care less than we pretend
Ciarán Casey
25 Apr
33.9k
36
conor pass
Opinion: What's the point of a new national park if we're not preserving nature?
Pádraic Fogarty
23 Apr
10.5k
25
Ukraine
Tom Clonan: US money is a shot in the arm for Ukraine defence
Tom Clonan
Updated 23 Apr
11.8k
Earth Day
Paul Murphy: If we want real change, we should ban fossil fuel companies from advertising
Paul Murphy
22 Apr
9.9k
71
HISMM
Money Diaries: An investment consultant on €60K living in Dublin
TheJournal.ie reader
21 Apr
32.0k
19
War
Tony Duffin: The trauma of war is fuelling drug abuse among soldiers in Ukraine
Tony Duffin
21 Apr
9.5k
Irish Politics
Larry Donnelly: The immigration issue compounds uncertainty in Irish politics
Larry Donnelly
20 Apr
12.1k
72
happy not to
Opinion: People pleasing is exhausting, but learning to say 'no' is liberating
Niamh O'Reilly
20 Apr
9.7k
14
Opinion: Trans young people have nowhere to turn, and the Cass Report has made it worse
Dr Chris Noone & Karen Sugrue
19 Apr
17.5k
cass report
Opinion: The Cass Report is welcome - here's what it means for Ireland
Dr Paul Moran
19 Apr
17.1k
profit over welfare
Opinion: We can no longer leave children alone to face this unregulated tech world
Dr Catherine Conlon
Updated 18 Apr
7.6k
53
Dublin Bus
Dublin Bus chief: 'It's easy for cynics to sneer at efforts to climate-proof bus services'
Billy Hann
16 Apr
8.2k
18
iran and israel
Tom Clonan: We have reached a dangerous moment in the Middle East conflict
Tom Clonan
Updated 15 Apr
10.8k
Refugee
Opinion: We and other NGOs are saying no to the EU's migration pact
Jim Clarken
15 Apr
11.6k
41
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