# Opinion

February

February 2024

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JFK in 1960, Blair 1997, Obama 2008, Corbyn 2017: Youth vote is a starting gun for momentum

Kevin Cunningham

15 Feb

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Irish: It's not cool to just tear down our beautiful, native Gaeilge

Caolán Mac Grianna

14 Feb

23.3k

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Gino Kenny: 'The time has come to grasp the nettle on assisted dying'

Gino Kenny

14 Feb

7.4k

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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

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Linda Coogan Byrne: Why is Irish radio afraid to play Bambie Thug?

Linda Coogan Byrne

13 Feb

14.5k

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Pancake Tuesday: Some tasty twists on the old favourite recipes

Alex Petit

Updated 13 Feb

11.5k

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Planning: 'Proposed law designed to scare local groups off potential challenges'

Rose Wall & Gavin Elliott

13 Feb

10.5k

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Tom Clonan: Israel has pursued the relentless massacre of innocent Palestinians in Gaza

Tom Clonan

Updated 12 Feb

12.0k

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Extract: 'I felt a kind of bereavement for the Mayo of my youth and my stories'

Colin Barrett

12 Feb

12.5k

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Jennifer Whitmore: The school transport system is not serving the communities that need it

Jennifer Whitmore

12 Feb

7.9k

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Rebecca Moynihan: The exorbitant cost of baby formula should not be tolerated

Rebecca Moynihan

11 Feb

11.6k

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Larry Donnelly: US democracy isn't perfect, but it's easier to vote there than in Ireland

Larry Donnelly

10 Feb

12.1k

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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

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Michael Pidgeon: Dublin's new city centre transport plan is not a 'ban on cars'

Michael Pidgeon

9 Feb

11.1k

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Referendum vote: 'I realise now we men were conditioned to think women are more natural carers'

Mick Gaskin

9 Feb

13.7k

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Prof Colin Doherty: Imagine if healthcare staff in Ireland were being killed while the world watched

Prof Colin Doherty

Updated 8 Feb

13.1k

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Pat Rabbitte: John Bruton was a thoughtful and substantial politician

Pat Rabbitte

6 Feb

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Niamh O’Reilly: I beg you, stop marketing the menopause to me

Niamh O'Reilly

5 Feb

27.0k

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Analysis: Stormont is too fragile to be confident after one day's success

Brian Rowan

4 Feb

7.2k

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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

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Parenting: Manifesting? Would ya go away outta that

Margaret Lynch

3 Feb

13.9k

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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

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Farmer: Branding farmers far right isn’t simply wrong, it’s helping the far right

Thomas Duffy

2 Feb

10.9k

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Pádraic Fogarty: Farmers must find a more sophisticated way to be heard than tractor protests

Pádraic Fogarty

2 Feb

9.1k

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Financial analyst: House affordability should be the government's focus, not just house prices

Mark Coan

2 Feb

6.3k

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Deposit Return Scheme: 'We are finally seeing the value in the small everyday products we use'

Colin O'Byrne

1 Feb

14.3k

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The Irish For: Is Brigid the only saint in space?

Darach Ó Séaghdha

1 Feb

8.5k

January

January 2024

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Dr Mary McAuliffe: The details of Ann Lovett's tragic death are still harrowing 40 years on

Mary McAuliffe

31 Jan

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Ciaran Mullooly: Younger staff at RTÉ are still livid over the 'crazy fees' of the big stars

Ciaran Mullooly

Updated 30 Jan

32.7k

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Brian Rowan: Donaldson finally came through, but the real work starts now

Brian Rowan

Updated 30 Jan

7.1k

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Dr Catherine Conlon: Catch Up vaccination clinics needed now before measles sweeps the country

Dr Catherine Conlon

29 Jan

10.8k

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It's clear Trump is the Republican nominee ... but Haley won’t quit

Larry Donnelly

27 Jan

14.8k

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Dog behaviourist: The problem of dog attacks won't be solved with just a ban on certain breeds

Suzi Walsh

25 Jan

9.6k

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Holly Cairns: Ireland has long advocated for the Palestinians - we can't let them down now

Holly Cairns

23 Jan

8.3k

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Tom Felle: Toxic language around migration is not unique to Ireland - it's playing out globally

Tom Felle

Updated 22 Jan

9.9k

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Kittens & Current Affairs: 'Try not to look away from a world in flames, no matter how tempting'

Bobby McDonagh

21 Jan

11.4k

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Parenting: I've had it with January, is it nearly over?

Margaret Lynch

20 Jan

24.7k

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Tony Duffin: Each fatal drug overdose is a preventable death

Tony Duffin

20 Jan

8.3k

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Brian Rowan: The people of Northern Ireland have finally had enough of its broken politics

Brian Rowan

Updated 19 Jan

9.4k

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Opinion: Operation Transformation is not the problem, it's the Government that lags behind

Dr Catherine Conlon

20 hrs ago

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