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Last month
May 2026
blaming AI
Global tech job losses: Is ‘AI-washing’ the new trend nobody wants to call out?
Tadhg Guiry
24 May
6.0k
11
wild freedom
Down on the farm with a difference: This is what happens when animals are allowed to feel safe
Suzi Walsh
23 May
6.9k
movements is life
The physio is in: Ireland is growing older, but are we moving enough to age well?
Stephen O'Rourke
Updated 22 May
10.6k
24
Nobody Needs This
Imagine explaining to a Victorian child what we’re doing to our eyelids in 2026 in the name of beauty
A series where Emer McLysaght saves us from chasing every trend and instead points us to things worthy of our time (and money).
Emer McLysaght
Author and journalist
22 May
10.2k
19
wearable tech
Tech dubbed 'creepy': AI smart glasses are here, but our privacy laws have not caught up
Laura Harmon
21 May
8.2k
30
How I Spend My Money
Money Diaries: How is your spending and saving going? Would you like to keep a diary for us?
The Journal reader
Updated 21 May
6.7k
Dublin Central and Galway West
Larry Donnelly: The polls point one way for Friday but byelections rarely follow the script
Larry Donnelly
21 May
17.7k
44
analogue rules
The war on human thought: Educational institutions must take back control from AI
Juliana Adelman & Roman Birke
20 May
3.6k
29
bees are in trouble
The Bee Guy: World Bee Day won't save our little bee friends
Paul Handrick - The Bee Guy
Updated 20 May
7.1k
18
column
An ounce of breeding worth a tonne of feeding – Mark McHugh's journey
Westmeath manager is the distillation of all the influences that surrounded him.
Declan Bogue
20 May
1.5k
1
inner city green space
Kelly Earley: Could Mountjoy Square be Dublin’s most important park?
Kelly Earley
Updated 19 May
7.4k
19
parenting column
Raising them right: Should modern parents bring back ‘the man’?
Niamh O'Reilly
18 May
9.8k
28
nuclear bets
Ireland's energy future: What if the real failure here is that we stopped thinking bigger?
Dr Paul Davis
18 May
5.0k
21
new book
Barry Cummins: I shudder to think I sat in Tina Satchwell’s home while her body lay buried there
Barry Cummins
17 May
10.7k
column
Richard Boyd Barrett: Sanction Israel now, the way we did Russia
Richard Boyd Barrett
17 May
7.1k
106
life in the west
An Spidéal in a byelection: We're caught between dereliction, development and a lack of vision
Toner Quinn
17 May
7.3k
13
AGEING GRACEFULLY
Growing old disgracefully: The older I get, the more I understand my granny
Margaret Lynch
16 May
11.2k
18
childhood in a rocky world
Navigating an uncertain world: The adults are panicking, but the kids are alright
Gwen Loughman
15 May
3.4k
12
drug policy
Lynn Ruane: The evidence clearly shows that the 'war on drugs' was a failed experiment
Lynn Ruane
15 May
3.9k
75
the hunger games
The Bezos Ball: This year's Met Gala sold its soul to billionaires, did anyone notice?
Cathy O'Connor
14 May
5.5k
18
column
FAI’s botched summer soccer move another missed opportunity for Irish football
14 May
2.3k
6
Keir Today Gone Tomorrow
Keir's woes: Starmer may be weak, but his opponents are not strong
Sydney Nash
Updated 14 May
3.9k
12
new books
Life on the road: Our shared MS diagnoses forced us to finally start living
Susan Bennett
13 May
6.0k
3
column
From there to here: how a 1970s hooley paved the way for Armagh football's modern success
It took a party before anything was won to get Armagh motoring as a serious football county.
Declan Bogue
13 May
1.6k
2
Housing Assistance Payment
Kelly Earley: Should we scrap HAP? Ireland urgently needs an alternative
Kelly Earley
12 May
8.3k
12
LOSS OF A PARENT
Loss of a parent: I spent 50 years preparing for my father's death, but it still came as a shock
Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC
Updated 12 May
40.8k
middle age spread
Body of Evidence: Why your body starts storing fat in your 50s — and how it affects your brain
Dr Catherine Conlon
Updated 11 May
19.4k
28
next generation of builders
Hear me out: Every new school building site should also be a classroom
Dr Paul Davis
Updated 11 May
17.2k
30
Recovery
Life with a stoma: My worst nightmare became a reality, but this has given me my life back
Lydia O’Connell
10 May
13.2k
12
harm reduction
Summer festival supports: At PsyCare, we aim to be the calm in the chaos
Deirdre Mullins
9 May
4.4k
9
voices
David Attenborough turns 100: He brought the natural world into focus for us, we owe him so much
Lynn Ruane
8 May
4.6k
22
white house press room
Leavitt steps away, DJ Rubio wings it: Trump’s White House looks increasingly chaotic
Larry Donnelly
7 May
20.0k
25
BANG FOR BUCK
Kerry-Donegal is just the sharp end of the wedge as GAA nudge RTÉ out of the picture
Now that GAA+ has laid claim to the big games, where now for RTÉ sport?
Declan Bogue
7 May
1.3k
1
no country for animal rights
Cruelty to animals in Ireland: It's still happening all the time and our laws need to catch up
Pat Watt
Updated 7 May
7.8k
40
Border poll
United Ireland: On the contrary, Northern Ireland is not a burden, it brings fresh opportunities
Emma DeSouza
Updated 6 May
26.0k
55
column
RTÉ will lose all the major battles, and the war, when coming up against GAA+
For the first time in history, RTÉ needs the GAA far more than the GAA needs RTÉ.
Declan Bogue
6 May
5.1k
8
stuck on a cruise
Dr Catherine Conlon: Hantavirus at sea triggers a global health response — what is this virus?
Dr Catherine Conlon
5 May
16.9k
22
hydroelectric power
Ireland, an electrostate: 100 years after Ardnacrusha, we now face the same energy challenges
Barry Andrews
Updated 4 May
18.6k
74
healing after surgery
Good Vibrations: The Cork choir helping cancer survivors to reclaim their voice
Trish Rooney
4 May
5.1k
6
beat the biohacking bros
Opinion: Women over 40 have been sidelined for too long. Now we push back
Cathy O'Connor
3 May
8.9k
55
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