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February
February 2024
Tom Clonan: An emboldened Putin and a possible Trump return pose real dangers for Europe
Tom Clonan
Updated 20 Feb
10.1k
Handling heartbreak: 'Rejection does not make you a reject, it just means they weren't for you'
Mark Fennell
3 hrs ago
8.0k
10
This means everything to Duignan. Probably too much. But there it is
3 hrs ago
5.5k
6
Opinion: The Hen Harrier is the canary in the coal mine for upland biodiversity in Ireland
Ciaran Brennan
Updated 13 hrs ago
9.6k
9
Money Diaries: A marketing and advertising executive on €60K living in Leinster
TheJournal.ie reader
18 Feb
29.1k
20
Doctor: How to live longer and help the planet at the same time
Dr Lisa McNamee
18 Feb
11.9k
23
Sinéad Burke: Heart disease has taught me to grab life with both hands and live every moment
Sinéad Burke
17 Feb
16.8k
Border analysis: 'My dad was in the Orange Order, but I'd probably vote for a United Ireland'
Emma DeSouza
17 Feb
27.6k
122
Shifting sands: The people of the West Bank are stuck in hellish game they never agreed to play
Hannah McCarthy
16 Feb
7.5k
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
19
GAA needs to end the hypocrisy of ‘wink-and-elbow’ payments to managers
Tom Ryan last week said it is contributing to the erosion of the GAA’s volunteer ethos.
Gavin Cooney
15 Feb
3.0k
5
JFK in 1960, Blair 1997, Obama 2008, Corbyn 2017: Youth vote is a starting gun for momentum
Kevin Cunningham
15 Feb
5.4k
Irish: It's not cool to just tear down our beautiful, native Gaeilge
Caolán Mac Grianna
14 Feb
23.3k
52
Gino Kenny: 'The time has come to grasp the nettle on assisted dying'
Gino Kenny
14 Feb
7.4k
12
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
Linda Coogan Byrne: Why is Irish radio afraid to play Bambie Thug?
Linda Coogan Byrne
13 Feb
14.5k
Pancake Tuesday: Some tasty twists on the old favourite recipes
Alex Petit
Updated 13 Feb
11.5k
4
Tom Clonan: Israel has pursued the relentless massacre of innocent Palestinians in Gaza
Tom Clonan
Updated 12 Feb
12.0k
Extract: 'I felt a kind of bereavement for the Mayo of my youth and my stories'
Colin Barrett
12 Feb
12.5k
1
Jennifer Whitmore: The school transport system is not serving the communities that need it
Jennifer Whitmore
12 Feb
7.9k
21
Rebecca Moynihan: The exorbitant cost of baby formula should not be tolerated
Rebecca Moynihan
11 Feb
11.6k
23
Larry Donnelly: US democracy isn't perfect, but it's easier to vote there than in Ireland
Larry Donnelly
10 Feb
12.1k
51
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
23
Michael Pidgeon: Dublin's new city centre transport plan is not a 'ban on cars'
Michael Pidgeon
9 Feb
11.1k
61
Referendum vote: 'I realise now we men were conditioned to think women are more natural carers'
Mick Gaskin
9 Feb
13.7k
104
The Enhanced Games: ‘Doping Olympics’ shows us the bleakest future in the fight against PED use
The Enhanced Games see doping not as cheating but as ‘demonstrations of science.’ Why should anyone care about that?
Gavin Cooney
8 Feb
1.8k
2
Prof Colin Doherty: Imagine if healthcare staff in Ireland were being killed while the world watched
Prof Colin Doherty
Updated 8 Feb
13.2k
Pat Rabbitte: John Bruton was a thoughtful and substantial politician
Pat Rabbitte
6 Feb
8.4k
56
Niamh O’Reilly: I beg you, stop marketing the menopause to me
Niamh O'Reilly
5 Feb
27.0k
20
Elaine McGoff: I would love to cheer on the government's new biodiversity plan, but I can't
Dr Elaine McGoff
4 Feb
10.7k
21
Parenting: Manifesting? Would ya go away outta that
Margaret Lynch
3 Feb
13.9k
Ellen Keane: I used to want to be like everyone else but now I know my arm is my superpower
Ellen Keane
3 Feb
13.2k
6
Farmer: Branding farmers far right isn’t simply wrong, it’s helping the far right
Thomas Duffy
2 Feb
10.9k
80
Pádraic Fogarty: Farmers must find a more sophisticated way to be heard than tractor protests
Pádraic Fogarty
2 Feb
9.1k
24
Six Nations retains its appeal by staying the same in a changing sporting world
2 Feb
2.7k
4
Financial analyst: House affordability should be the government's focus, not just house prices
Mark Coan
2 Feb
6.3k
22
Deposit Return Scheme: 'We are finally seeing the value in the small everyday products we use'
Colin O'Byrne
1 Feb
14.3k
53
The Irish For: Is Brigid the only saint in space?
Darach Ó Séaghdha
1 Feb
8.5k
11
January
January 2024
Dr Mary McAuliffe: The details of Ann Lovett's tragic death are still harrowing 40 years on
Mary McAuliffe
31 Jan
18.2k
43
Ciaran Mullooly: Younger staff at RTÉ are still livid over the 'crazy fees' of the big stars
Ciaran Mullooly
Updated 30 Jan
32.7k
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