# Opinion

This year

2024

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Analysis: Understanding harmful misinformation about an LGBTQ+ ‘agenda’ in Ireland

Ciarán O’Connor

2 Mar

10.4k

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Clara Dillon: I love stories about darkness lurking beneath a veneer of domestic civilisation

Clara Dillon

2 Mar

10.4k

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Carer: 'I'm so desperate for scraps of support, I'm almost hoping for a yes vote next week'

Rita B. Wray

1 Mar

14.3k

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Opinion: I've been rejected by the government's Cost Rental Scheme again - it's time to emigrate

Jess Ní Mhaoláin

Updated 27 Feb

30.6k

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Debate Room: The Yes and No sides set out their cases for the forthcoming referendums

Sarah O'Reilly & Heather Humphreys

Updated 27 Feb

33.2k

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Opinion: What would a merger of Vodafone and Three mean across the UK telecoms market?

Dr Catarina Marvão

26 Feb

12.5k

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Ciaran Mullooly: RTÉ told staff to take our medicine because we were all equal - that was wrong

Ciaran Mullooly

25 Feb

25.7k

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Larry Donnelly: Quick takes on US politics - where are we now in the race for the White House?

Larry Donnelly

24 Feb

14.6k

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Opinion: Helping Ukrainians flee war along with their pets is the right thing to do

Suzi Walsh

Updated 23 Feb

14.1k

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Irish film director: 'A couple of minutes in, I knew we had found our Ukrainian leading lady'

Danny McCafferty

22 Feb

10.4k

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Niamh O'Reilly: I looked around the rage room I'd just trashed and had the urge to tidy up

Niamh O'Reilly

Updated 21 Feb

18.1k

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Tom Clonan: An emboldened Putin and a possible Trump return pose real dangers for Europe

Tom Clonan

Updated 20 Feb

10.1k

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Handling heartbreak: 'Rejection does not make you a reject, it just means they weren't for you'

Mark Fennell

19 Feb

8.0k

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Opinion: The Hen Harrier is the canary in the coal mine for upland biodiversity in Ireland

Ciaran Brennan

Updated 19 Feb

9.6k

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Money Diaries: A marketing and advertising executive on €60K living in Leinster

TheJournal.ie reader

18 Feb

29.2k

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Doctor: How to live longer and help the planet at the same time

Dr Lisa McNamee

18 Feb

11.9k

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Sinéad Burke: Heart disease has taught me to grab life with both hands and live every moment

Sinéad Burke

17 Feb

16.8k

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Border analysis: 'My dad was in the Orange Order, but I'd probably vote for a United Ireland'

Emma DeSouza

17 Feb

27.6k

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Shifting sands: The people of the West Bank are stuck in hellish game they never agreed to play

Hannah McCarthy

16 Feb

7.5k

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Dr Catherine Conlon: We need to get real about the dangers of smartphone use by young children

Dr Catherine Conlon

Updated 16 Feb

13.1k

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JFK in 1960, Blair 1997, Obama 2008, Corbyn 2017: Youth vote is a starting gun for momentum

Kevin Cunningham

15 Feb

5.4k

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Irish: It's not cool to just tear down our beautiful, native Gaeilge

Caolán Mac Grianna

14 Feb

23.4k

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Gino Kenny: 'The time has come to grasp the nettle on assisted dying'

Gino Kenny

14 Feb

7.4k

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Money Diaries: How is your spending and saving going? Would you like to keep a diary for us?

TheJournal.ie reader

13 Feb

8.0k

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Linda Coogan Byrne: Why is Irish radio afraid to play Bambie Thug?

Linda Coogan Byrne

13 Feb

14.6k

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Pancake Tuesday: Some tasty twists on the old favourite recipes

Alex Petit

Updated 13 Feb

11.5k

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Planning: 'Proposed law designed to scare local groups off potential challenges'

Rose Wall & Gavin Elliott

13 Feb

10.6k

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Tom Clonan: Israel has pursued the relentless massacre of innocent Palestinians in Gaza

Tom Clonan

Updated 12 Feb

12.0k

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Extract: 'I felt a kind of bereavement for the Mayo of my youth and my stories'

Colin Barrett

12 Feb

12.5k

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Jennifer Whitmore: The school transport system is not serving the communities that need it

Jennifer Whitmore

12 Feb

7.9k

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Rebecca Moynihan: The exorbitant cost of baby formula should not be tolerated

Rebecca Moynihan

11 Feb

11.6k

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Larry Donnelly: US democracy isn't perfect, but it's easier to vote there than in Ireland

Larry Donnelly

10 Feb

12.1k

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John Bruton tribute: 'I told John I'd been to Mass and knew that would buy me some time'

Karl Brophy

Updated 10 Feb

43.4k

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Michael Pidgeon: Dublin's new city centre transport plan is not a 'ban on cars'

Michael Pidgeon

9 Feb

11.1k

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Referendum vote: 'I realise now we men were conditioned to think women are more natural carers'

Mick Gaskin

9 Feb

13.7k

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Prof Colin Doherty: Imagine if healthcare staff in Ireland were being killed while the world watched

Prof Colin Doherty

Updated 8 Feb

13.2k

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Pat Rabbitte: John Bruton was a thoughtful and substantial politician

Pat Rabbitte

6 Feb

8.4k

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Niamh O’Reilly: I beg you, stop marketing the menopause to me

Niamh O'Reilly

5 Feb

27.1k

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Analysis: Stormont is too fragile to be confident after one day's success

Brian Rowan

4 Feb

7.2k

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Elaine McGoff: I would love to cheer on the government's new biodiversity plan, but I can't

Dr Elaine McGoff

4 hrs ago

10.8k