Voices

Margaret Lynch
Opinion: We owe teachers our thanks for the last two years whether we give them gifts or not
Margaret Lynch
Dr Stephen Onakuse
Opinion: Castigating farmers won’t reduce agricultural carbon emissions
Dr Stephen Onakuse
Adam Hallissey
Opinion: Young people have sacrificed more than any other group, it's time this was recognised
Adam Hallissey
Donal Fallon
Fear and loathing (and unbridled enthusiasm) in London: How the Treaty negotiators were greeted
Donal Fallon
The Journal reader
Money Diaries: An insurance consultant on €35K living in Munster
The Journal reader
Mia de Faoite
Opinion: 'It's like a war has ended and you don’t know who you are anymore'
Mia de Faoite
Vukašin Nedeljković
I wrote on a piece of paper: 'Another lonely Christmas!’ and stuck it on the wall of my room
Vukašin Nedeljković
Barry Andrews
Opinion: We know how little Ireland counts in Westminster - but UK relations still matter
Barry Andrews
Holly Cairns
Holly Cairns: Successive governments have neglected Ireland's disabled people - we must do better
Holly Cairns
Kate Beckett
Children and face masks: Some tips from a speech and language therapist
Kate Beckett
Alejandro Javier Criado Monleon
“Let’s not waste an opportunity”: Nature-based solutions to our wastewater woes
Alejandro Javier Criado Monleon
Anonymous School Principal
School principal: 'Consideration must be given to children when it comes to face masks in classrooms'
Anonymous School Principal
Paul Murphy
Paul Murphy: If we are serious about tackling Covid, we must get real on ventilation
Paul Murphy
Dr Siobhán O’Higgins & Dr Caroline West
Opinion: Education must be at the heart of all efforts to create a culture of consent
Dr Siobhán O’Higgins & Dr Caroline West
The Journal reader
Money Diaries: A 29-year-old quality control analyst on €54K living in Dublin
The Journal reader
Larry Donnelly
Larry Donnelly: 'Who the f*** reads newspapers?' Society would be better off if young people did
Larry Donnelly
Ruairí Brugha
Prof Ruairí Brugha: Four questions people have about Ireland's approach to Covid-19 right now
Ruairí Brugha
Beth Wallace
Opinion: 'I spent fewer than six months in a mother and baby home and I was traumatised'
Beth Wallace
Dr Anthony O'Connor
Dr Anthony O'Connor: Govt needs to admit if public-private partnerships are now the model for healthcare
Dr Anthony O'Connor
Jim Clarken
Opinion: The suffering of migrants at the border with Belarus is a result of EU migration policy
Jim Clarken
Joanne Mangan
Opinion: We must now accept that office work will never be the same again
Joanne Mangan
The Journal reader
Money Diaries: A student and retail worker earning €14K and living in Dublin
The Journal reader
Manchán Magan
Manchán Magan: 'Our perception of the world can change when we see things through the Irish language'
Manchán Magan
Aoife Martin
Aoife Martin: Breaking up with your phone is hard but the dopamine rush was dwindling
Aoife Martin
Opinion: What I discovered reading the letters sent to Ireland's Presidents over the decades
Opinion: What I discovered reading the letters sent to Ireland's Presidents over the decades
Flor MacCarthy
The Journal reader
Money Diary: A finance analyst on €60K living with family just outside Dublin
The Journal reader
Ursula Quill
Opinion: What is deliberative democracy and how can it bring about climate action?
Ursula Quill
Larry Donnelly
Larry Donnelly: Republicans and Democrats need to play the next election cycle very carefully
Larry Donnelly
Mary Berry
Mary Berry serves up some delicious new recipes for you to try at home
Mary Berry
Val Cummins and Robert Devoy
Extract: 'Thanks to climate change, Ireland's coastlines won't be in the same place'
Val Cummins and Robert Devoy
Niamh Shaw
Opinion: How life on Mars made me a better citizen of Earth
Niamh Shaw
Colum Eastwood
Opinion: Austin Currie - peacemaker, parliamentarian and titan of the civil rights movement
Colum Eastwood
Cathal Crowe
Cathal Crowe: We need substitute teachers, so why not use teaching students to fill the gap?
Cathal Crowe
Stephen McIntyre
Opinion: 'My prostate cancer diagnosis whipped up an emotional whirlpool that spun me around'
Stephen McIntyre
Caitriona Rogerson
Opinion: 'We can't export our way out of our fast fashion addiction'
Caitriona Rogerson
Eilis Ní Dhuibhne
Opinion: 'Until the 70s, puritanical attitudes of Irish society and State discouraged women’s writing'
Eilis Ní Dhuibhne
The Journal reader
Money Diaries: A support worker on €35K living with her partner in the south west of the country
The Journal reader
Matt McCann
Opinion: The world should not fall into its old ableist habits as Covid re-openings continue
Matt McCann
Gillian Stafford
Opinion: I've been accused of faking my visual impairment - this got worse during Covid
Gillian Stafford
Freddie Alexander
Opinion: Want to write a book? Maybe all it takes is a chat with your 10-year-old self...
Freddie Alexander