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# Climate Emergency

Opinion: A citizen's assembly is one of many steps necessary to preserve Ireland's biodiversity

Feb 5th 2022, 7:00 AM 6,958 Views 2 Comments

The Fianna Fáil TD welcomes news this week that Cabinet is to consider a citizen’s assembly on biodiversity.

# Pensions

Opinion: Government is missing the links between the housing crisis and growing pension problem

Feb 4th 2022, 7:00 PM 21,601 Views 35 Comments

Rory McNab says Ireland’s unaffordable housing means a whole generation will be without pension cover in years to come.

# Stormont

Brian Rowan: The DUP's move this week is ultimately an act of self-harm

Feb 4th 2022, 2:26 PM 22,934 Views 25 Comments

The former BBC correspondent says recent political unrest in Northern Ireland follows a well-worn pattern.

# Russian Strongman

Opinion: Putin's obsession with making Russia great again is driving his approach to Ukraine

Feb 1st 2022, 7:00 PM 21,863 Views 19 Comments

Journalist Hannah McCarthy explains the thinking of Russian President Vladimir Putin as his military builds along the border with Ukraine.

# Donal Fallon

Ulysses 100 years on: A story of love, lust, anger, jealousy and all human feeling

Feb 1st 2022, 9:54 AM 12,221 Views 22 Comments

It’s 100 years this week since the publication of Joyce’s classic tale of a day in the life of the Irish capital.

# Art

Taryn de Vere: Dressing up as household objects reminded me of the importance of being playful

Jan 31st 2022, 7:03 PM 23,699 Views 14 Comments

The artist looks back at her month-long #ObjectDressChallenge and shares the lessons she’s learned.

# HISMM

Money Diaries: A financial employee on €60K living in the east of the country

Jan 30th 2022, 8:00 PM 76,380 Views 18 Comments

This week, our reader is busy saving while trying to balance working from home, studying and taking care of her son.

# Screening

Opinion: Lung cancer screening must be introduced to address health inequalities

Jan 30th 2022, 7:30 AM 15,891 Views 13 Comments

Rachel Morrogh says Ireland must keep pace with other countries and examines how lung screening can be introduced here.

# Opinion

Jan O'Sullivan: Decisions in the Dáil affect us all, which is why it needs more women

Jan 29th 2022, 7:00 PM 10,708 Views 15 Comments

Quotas alone will not bring about equality of representation writes former Labour TD Jan O’Sullivan.

# EXTRACT

Extract: Clothing doesn't just tell us about ourselves - it tells us about the beauty and cruelty of the world

Jan 29th 2022, 7:00 AM 16,403 Views 4 Comments

Writer and artist Sofi Thanhauser has written a people’s history of clothing, and in this extract she writes about what clothing can teach us about the world and history.

# Do It Right

Marie Sherlock: The government should scrap its remote working plans and start over

Jan 28th 2022, 12:00 PM 30,871 Views 54 Comments

Labour Senator Marie Sherlock says the plans announced this week are not worth the paper they’re written on.

# UUP

Opinion: Doug Beattie's tweets highlight the widespread misogyny in Northern Ireland politics

Updated Jan 27th 2022, 8:30 AM 21,933 Views 38 Comments

In order to tackle toxic masculinity in everyday life, we need political leaders to take ownership of their own actions, writes Emma DeSouza.

# Hybrid Leaving Cert

Opinion: If government parties want future votes, they must listen to the Class of 2022

Jan 26th 2022, 7:00 PM 12,664 Views 11 Comments

Harry McCann says if the government ignores students’ calls for a change to the Leaving Cert, they risk alienating future voters.

# Russia

Tom Clonan: Russia's decision to locate off Ireland gives the two-fingers to the US, EU & NATO

Updated Jan 25th 2022, 9:43 PM 74,657 Views 91 Comments

The security analyst says it also demonstrates Ireland’s failure to meet the minimum standards of our Neutral status.

# EXTRACT

Extract: 'I knew that it was too dangerous to bicycle down O’Connell Street, for fear of being shot'

Jan 25th 2022, 7:00 PM 13,945 Views 4 Comments

An extract from the memoir of Republican Máire Comerford, about an incident during the Civil War.

# International Day Of Education

Opinion: Time to go back to the whiteboard and reimagine our education system

Jan 24th 2022, 7:00 PM 11,810 Views 4 Comments

Tanya Ward of the Children’s Rights Alliance argues that we need a more modern, dynamic approach to education in Ireland.

# HISMM

Money Diary: A 25-year-old primary school teacher on €38K living in Dublin

Jan 23rd 2022, 8:00 PM 99,327 Views 81 Comments

This week, our reader is eating out and enjoying the company of friends, as well as a weekend away.

# Opinion

Clodagh Finn: Let's look at what women did in history, not what they weren't allowed to do

Jan 23rd 2022, 9:30 AM 15,316 Views 14 Comments

Author Clodagh Finn on the women who are too often relegated to the footnotes of history.

# Global Politics

Opinion: The drive for re-election is a major flaw of modern democracy

Jan 23rd 2022, 7:30 AM 12,836 Views 13 Comments

Caoimhín de Barra looks at democracy and asks if it prevents politicians from pushing for real change.

# Biden Under Pressure

Larry Donnelly: Race baiting and a GOP reinvention - Trump is now a real threat in the midterms

Jan 22nd 2022, 7:00 PM 35,551 Views 97 Comments

Our columnist says it’s not looking good for the Democrats in the 2022 midterms this November.

# The War On Drugs

Lynn Ruane: Prohibition has never worked anywhere, and it never will

Jan 22nd 2022, 9:00 AM 23,825 Views 50 Comments

The independent senator says successive governments have failed to truly address the issue of drug use in Ireland.

# Advice From A Therapist

Opinion: The increase in toxic positivity driven by social media is destructive and unhelpful

Jan 22nd 2022, 7:00 AM 30,018 Views 21 Comments

Therapist Bernie Hackett says the culture of ‘staying positive’ denies a person their true feelings and stifles healing.

# International Relations

Tom Clonan: Is Russia planning on invading Ukraine?

Jan 21st 2022, 8:00 PM 25,167 Views 45 Comments

The security expert looks at the likelihood of an all-out invasion of Ukraine by Russia, and how it will play out on a global stage.

# Adoption

Opinion: Our rights as adopted people will not be enshrined in law, they'll be in grave danger

Jan 21st 2022, 7:00 AM 8,397 Views 5 Comments

Adoption rights campaigner Claire McGettrick responds to the new Birth Information and Tracing Bill.

# Drug Use

Opinion: Supervised drug injecting in Ireland – 10 years of advocacy, legislation and delays

Jan 20th 2022, 7:00 AM 9,006 Views 7 Comments

2022 should be the year we open Ireland’s first Supervised Injecting Facility, write Tony Duffin of Ana Liffey Drug Project and Eugene McCann of Simon Fraser University

# World Hunger

Opinion: As millions in Afghanistan face starvation - the world must not look away

Jan 19th 2022, 7:00 AM 12,812 Views 16 Comments

We watched in horror as the Taliban retook Kabul, but cannot turn our backs on Afghans, writes Rosamond Bennett.

# HISMM

Money Diaries: A development chemist on €63K living in Cork City

Jan 16th 2022, 8:00 PM 50,274 Views 13 Comments

This week, our reader is working hard in Cork and enjoying a bit of socialising while paying back his Mam.

# Schools Reopening

Leaving Cert student: The government needs to listen to students for once and for all

Jan 15th 2022, 7:00 PM 21,776 Views 0 Comments

Stella Butler shares her frustration at what she feels is a lack of long-term planning from government on schools.

# Opinion

Jane Monckton Smith: This week's tragedy in Tullamore should be Ireland's watershed moment

Jan 15th 2022, 9:07 AM 22,750 Views 0 Comments

Ireland must address gender-based violence once and for all, Professor Jane Monckton Smith writes.

# For Ashling

Áine Kerr: Women deserve to run for exercise without having to face the shadows

Jan 14th 2022, 5:19 PM 49,433 Views 101 Comments

After the murder of Ashling Murphy in Tullamore, the businesswoman and broadcaster describes the endless safety routine female runners have to follow.

# Adoption

Roderic O'Gorman: We hope today's legislation will right decades of wrongs against adopted people

Updated Jan 12th 2022, 2:00 PM 7,816 Views 7 Comments

Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman reacts to the new Birth Information and Tracing Bill launched today.

# HISMM

Money Diaries: A senior software engineering manager on €233K living in Kerry

Jan 9th 2022, 8:00 PM 183,165 Views 111 Comments

This week, our reader juggles remote working and family life, while keeping things simple and saving to buy a house.

# Irish Civil Service

Mairéad Farrell: Mary Lou is entitled to question our public service. It's not a criticism of staff

Jan 9th 2022, 7:45 AM 50,696 Views 78 Comments

The Sinn Féin spokesperson defends the comments of her party leader earlier this week.

# Avoid Future Hacks

Opinion: Ireland needs to engage in closer co-operation with the EU on cybercrime

Jan 8th 2022, 7:00 AM 8,701 Views 7 Comments

The Fianna Fáil senator says we need to make sure Ireland is equipped to deal with future cyber attacks.

# 100 Years On

David McCullagh: 'The vote on the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1922 was tense to say the least'

Updated Jan 7th 2022, 7:00 PM 24,516 Views 27 Comments

The RTÉ journalist looks at the events of 7 January 1922 which are analysed in a TV special tonight.

# One Year On

Larry Donnelly: One year after Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol, the US is still divided

Updated Jan 6th 2022, 1:00 PM 21,020 Views 48 Comments

Our columnist looks at US politics a year on from the infamous storming of the US Capitol Building.

# Biodiversity

Pippa Hackett: We need to move fast to improve our forestry cover in Ireland

Jan 4th 2022, 7:00 AM 20,166 Views 46 Comments

The Minister of State for Agriculture says Ireland is falling in its targets on forestry but the government plans to accelerate progress this year.

# HISMM

Money Diaries: A 31-year-old performance marketing manager on $90K living in Toronto

Jan 2nd 2022, 8:00 PM 61,542 Views 25 Comments

This week, our reader is enjoying life in Toronto, taking care of their health after a diagnosis while busy playing Dungeons & Dragons.

# More Greens

Opinion: Five a day will keep the doctors away, or will they?

Jan 1st 2022, 7:30 AM 30,284 Views 12 Comments

Chartered Psychologist Dr Jolanta Burke looks at the five-a-day advice and wonders if we’re getting enough nutrition.

# Wellness

Opinion: Go easy on yourself in relation to New Year's resolutions - we've been through a lot

Dec 31st 2021, 7:00 AM 11,031 Views 5 Comments

Siobhan Murray says it’s not the time to deprive or judge ourselves, but instead to celebrate all we’ve coped with in the last two years.

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Poll: How do you feel about gardaí using facial recognition technology to identify suspects?

GARDAÍ ARE SET to be granted new powers to use facial-recognition technology that could lead to the rapid identification of criminals.

The technology enables police forces to carry out automated searches of video footage for suspects in criminal investigations.

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee is expected to announce the move at the Garda Representative Association annual conference today.

The minister will say the introduction of facial-recognition technology will greatly assist murder, child exploitation and missing persons investigations.

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) said it is “strongly opposed” to the technology being used by law enforcement, saying An Garda Síochána has a “poor record on data protection”.

“FRT [facial-recognition technology] and other biometric surveillance tools enable mass surveillance and discriminatory targeted surveillance

“They have the capacity to identify and track people everywhere they go, undermining the right to privacy and data protection, the right to free assembly and association, and the right to equality and non-discrimination,” the ICCL said.

So, today we’re asking: How do you feel about gardaí using facial recognition technology to identify suspects?

Poll Results:

I fully support it (5478)

I have some concerns, but am broadly in favour (3282)

I'm against it (2889)

I don't know/I've no opinion (287)

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