# Society

This year

2023

# garda attacks

Taoiseach: 'National conversation needed on what's driving anger and violence in society'

Varadkar says we need to asked ourselves what has changed in our society in the last couple of years.

19.6k

Feb 21st 2023, 3:20 PM

Last year

2022

# Evolution

Leah Williamson: England's success has changed society

The Lionesses are looking to secure the first major silverware in their history in Sunday’s Euro 2022 final.

6.2k

Jul 30th 2022, 8:57 PM

All time

Voices

Opinion: Government has squandered an opportunity to make real, balanced, and lasting changes

The Civil Engagement Group senators say the government needs to be fairer and act faster in its budgets.

14.8k

Oct 25th 2021, 6:45 AM

Voices

Opinion: In praise of Ireland's social entrepreneurs, making waves in a pandemic

Siobhán O’Keeffe of Social Entrepreneurs Ireland outlines the important work many entrepreneurs with a social conscience have been doing in the last year.

10.3k

Apr 6th 2021, 10:43 AM

Voices

Opinion: 'The pandemic isn't down to one reckless group - it's because of the contagiousness of Covid-19'

Behavioural expert Dr Shane Timmons says that disapproval from the right sources is the key to fighting non-compliance.

61.1k

Oct 2nd 2020, 7:00 AM

Voices

Dr Anthony O'Connor: 'The rhetoric of “all being in it together” is dead'

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.

54.9k

Aug 14th 2020, 7:00 AM

# Love and Marriage

Brides and grooms are still getting older (but only in opposite sex marriages)

Same sex marriages still happen at a later age, but this is changing.

16.3k

Apr 10th 2019, 2:01 PM

# Racism

'I'm like: I just got a medal for my country, so why am I being scrutinised over the colour of my skin?'

Rianna Jarrett and Gina Akpe-Moses discuss race, Irish society and sport.

75.2k

Feb 23rd 2019, 10:00 AM

# helping hand

The Sick and Indigent Roomkeepers Society: Dublin's oldest charity and its plan to make it to 2040

The former headquarters is a landmark in Dublin City Centre.

25.7k

Dec 25th 2018, 10:00 PM

# Working Hours

Taoiseach says gardaí will have to work 'anti-social' hours for the good of society

Leo Varadkar said there are 600 more gardaí now than two years ago.

30.9k

106

Jul 12th 2018, 7:31 AM

# Conservation

Panda conservation is worth billions of dollars a year

A new study looked at pandas and their reserves, and compared them in 1980 to today.

15.6k

Jun 28th 2018, 11:01 AM

# Integration

German minister criticised for saying Islam is 'not part of Germany'

Germany’s Muslim community is estimated to be about 4.5 million.

11.1k

Mar 18th 2018, 7:30 AM

# Census

How many people in Ireland are aged over 100? The CSO published a load of stats about society

Ireland, in numbers.

47.5k

Mar 16th 2018, 3:56 PM

# work relations commission

Hindu chef unfairly dismissed after going on prayer leave after his dad died

The chef was required to mourn for 40 days.

19.2k

May 23rd 2017, 4:31 PM

# snapshot of ireland

Census 2016: Donegal people are loyal to their home and there are plenty of blow-ins in Meath

The latest batch of Census results have been released.

15.8k

May 11th 2017, 1:00 PM

# settling down

The average age for Irish brides and grooms is getting older and older

For men it’s nearly 36 and for women it’s nearly 34.

45.9k

Apr 13th 2017, 1:26 PM

# appetite for repeal

Abortion as an option in Ireland? Just 28% are in favour of it

Most people are opposed to a choice in all circumstances.

22.3k

241

Mar 3rd 2017, 7:52 AM

# the super rich

Here's how many multi-millionaires Ireland gained last year

Some people are doing very well.

29.5k

Mar 1st 2017, 8:12 AM

# Education

Only 8% of working-age Travellers have completed the Leaving Cert

The level of educational disadvantage has been laid out in a new report.

13.3k

Jan 17th 2017, 6:01 AM

# Under Pressure

Anxious and full of self-doubt? It might be the quarterlife crisis

…And why this crisis is not actually a bad thing.

17.6k

Nov 11th 2016, 11:00 AM

# winner

What made Trump's 'Make America Great Again' slogan so powerful?

It was the slogan that he built a campaign on.

35.0k

Nov 9th 2016, 1:30 PM

# flying solo

Do the 44% of Irish people who are single in their 30s suffer stigma?

Times have moved on from research in the 1990s which found society less understanding.

35.7k

Nov 3rd 2016, 12:41 PM

Voices

Could these 9 ideas change Ireland for the better?

We often think that we have to wait for the system to change things – but we don’t, argues SEI’s Darren Ryan.

950

Oct 23rd 2016, 11:00 AM

# word from the wise

'Don't share so much on social media' - advice for your 20s from those who have been there

Retired people on why you shouldn’t worry ‘until worry worries you’.

26.8k

Oct 17th 2016, 10:30 AM

Voices

'Don't scrap the USC - it's one of the fairest and most progressive taxes in Ireland'

David Gibney writes that if you scrap the USC, the revenue must be found elsewhere or we will face deteriorated public services.

1.8k

186

Oct 15th 2016, 9:30 AM

# Murder

New documentary asks what turned these teenagers into killers

Some of the most brutal murders in this country were carried out by teens who showed little remorse afterwards.

58.3k

May 29th 2016, 9:30 PM

# start making census

9 questions you've probably had about filling out Census 2016

Pen at the ready.

42.1k

Apr 24th 2016, 7:31 AM

# dgaff

15 people who don't give a damn about your 'rules'

Break the system.

10.5k

Feb 2nd 2016, 1:00 PM

# welcome to the jungle

Pictures: Inside the surreal world of the migrant 'Jungle' at Calais

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.

19.3k

Jan 30th 2016, 8:45 AM

# massive controversy

The head of the Irish Cancer Society is taking a €10k pay cut

It follows the controversial decision to cut the hardship fund for families of children with cancer – which was later reversed.

24.7k

124

Jan 15th 2016, 10:01 AM

# presidential candidate

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.

18.0k

Jul 14th 2015, 6:01 AM

# Society

'Members of Travelling community too young to drink, drive or smoke crossing border to get married'

Labour Senator James Heffernan said he knew of girls aged as young as 12 who knew whom they would be marrying.

19.8k

Feb 14th 2015, 7:15 AM

# Drug use

"'There's no heroin here, it's only a Dublin thing' - it's complete lies"

An Irish play tackles drug use head on.

19.4k

Feb 4th 2015, 7:15 AM

# look familiar?

You might be related to one of these esteemed looking gentlemen

Refinement is easier to pull off in black and white.

15.1k

Jan 31st 2015, 5:00 PM

# no filter

The good, the bad and the ugly: Are selfies turning us all into narcissists?

Or were we already halfway there?

31.1k

Jan 1st 2015, 9:00 PM

Voices

Opinion: There has been a shift in Ireland’s political climate... but why now?

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?

997

106

Dec 5th 2014, 8:00 PM

# homeless ireland

Open house: What we learned about homelessness this week

#1: Some of the most eloquent voices in this crisis are those of homeless people themselves.

10.0k

Oct 6th 2014, 1:10 PM

# homeless ireland

No Shelter: Our homelessness crisis is at boiling point - we want Ireland to talk about it

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.

10.8k

Sep 28th 2014, 8:45 PM