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Wednesday 2 December 2020
Behavioural expert Dr Shane Timmons says that disapproval from the right sources is the key to fighting non-compliance.
What we now reap is the harvest of decades of inaction on what voters just six short months ago told us were the major issues affecting our society, writes Dr Anthony O’Connor.
Same sex marriages still happen at a later age, but this is changing.
Rianna Jarrett and Gina Akpe-Moses discuss race, Irish society and sport.
The former headquarters is a landmark in Dublin City Centre.
Leo Varadkar said there are 600 more gardaí now than two years ago.
A new study looked at pandas and their reserves, and compared them in 1980 to today.
Germany’s Muslim community is estimated to be about 4.5 million.
The chef was required to mourn for 40 days.
The latest batch of Census results have been released.
For men it’s nearly 36 and for women it’s nearly 34.
Most people are opposed to a choice in all circumstances.
Some people are doing very well.
The level of educational disadvantage has been laid out in a new report.
…And why this crisis is not actually a bad thing.
It was the slogan that he built a campaign on.
Times have moved on from research in the 1990s which found society less understanding.
We often think that we have to wait for the system to change things – but we don’t, argues SEI’s Darren Ryan.
Retired people on why you shouldn’t worry ‘until worry worries you’.
David Gibney writes that if you scrap the USC, the revenue must be found elsewhere or we will face deteriorated public services.
Some of the most brutal murders in this country were carried out by teens who showed little remorse afterwards.
Break the system.
An entire society has sprung up on the outskirts of the French town, with the refugees living there making the most of the little that they have.
It follows the controversial decision to cut the hardship fund for families of children with cancer – which was later reversed.
Labour Senator James Heffernan said he knew of girls aged as young as 12 who knew whom they would be marrying.
An Irish play tackles drug use head on.
Refinement is easier to pull off in black and white.
Or were we already halfway there?
Given the fact that we have been living through turbulent political times for the past six years, why are such profound shifts in political consciousness happening now?
#1: Some of the most eloquent voices in this crisis are those of homeless people themselves.
TheJournal.ie has travelled the country to speak to people on the frontline of homelessness – and those people and organisations trying to find a solution.
Dia dhuit is mise…
Older people are far more positive towards the role of religion in society.
John Mulholland, the Dublin-born editor of the Observer, said that the Edward Snowden story had opened people’s eyes to issues around journalistic security.
The study found that incomes and employment in Ireland remain far below their pre-crisis levels.
Warning: it does take some concentration.
With people not looking up to politicians and attendances at church falling, are celebrities filling the void?
IT’S THE FIRST of December, which means the beginning of Christmas month.
But today’s date is also a bit more significant than in other years, because it marks the end of Level 5 restrictions that have been in place across the country for the last six weeks.
From today, retailers, hairdressers, gyms, cinemas, museums and libraries can re-open to the public.
Some shops are even making up for lost time by opening through the night tonight, and there have been reports of overnight queues outside a few retailers ahead of their re-opening today.
For the day that’s in it, we’re wondering: Do you plan on going to a non-essential shop today?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Dublin-based GP Mark Murphy illustrates where the failings are in how we fund our healthcare system.
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Miss USA crowned amid controversy over Donald Trump's Mexican immigrant comments
Questions over immigration or Trump’s comments did not come up at the competition.