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# Opinion

February
February 2024
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
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
Planning: 'Proposed law designed to scare local groups off potential challenges'
Rose Wall & Gavin Elliott
13 Feb
10.5k
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
22
Rebecca Moynihan: The exorbitant cost of baby formula should not be tolerated
Rebecca Moynihan
11 Feb
11.6k
25
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
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
Analysis: Stormont is too fragile to be confident after one day's success
Brian Rowan
4 Feb
7.2k
30
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
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
Brian Rowan: Donaldson finally came through, but the real work starts now
Brian Rowan
Updated 30 Jan
7.1k
6
Dr Catherine Conlon: Catch Up vaccination clinics needed now before measles sweeps the country
Dr Catherine Conlon
29 Jan
10.8k
56
It's clear Trump is the Republican nominee ... but Haley won’t quit
Larry Donnelly
27 Jan
14.8k
Dog behaviourist: The problem of dog attacks won't be solved with just a ban on certain breeds
Suzi Walsh
25 Jan
9.6k
33
Holly Cairns: Ireland has long advocated for the Palestinians - we can't let them down now
Holly Cairns
23 Jan
8.3k
Tom Felle: Toxic language around migration is not unique to Ireland - it's playing out globally
Tom Felle
Updated 22 Jan
9.9k
Kittens & Current Affairs: 'Try not to look away from a world in flames, no matter how tempting'
Bobby McDonagh
21 Jan
11.4k
36
Parenting: I've had it with January, is it nearly over?
Margaret Lynch
20 Jan
24.7k
24
Tony Duffin: Each fatal drug overdose is a preventable death
Tony Duffin
20 Jan
8.3k
44
Brian Rowan: The people of Northern Ireland have finally had enough of its broken politics
Brian Rowan
Updated 5 hrs ago
9.4k
22
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