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Ireland's nature heroes: Meet the farmers turning corners of their land into wildlife havens

Jack Morley of The Rewildlife meets the team behind ReFarm Wicklow, one of the ReFarm projects which is helping farmers to make a real difference for...

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Jack Morley

A new drug referral scheme kicked in today: Will it reach who it needs to?

The new Health Referral Scheme shifts drug policy from prosecution to support, but its rollout and eligibility rules may end up leaving those facing...

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Tony Duffin -

Kelly Earley: We're in the middle of a luxury gym epidemic

But why?

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Kelly Earley

Raising them right: Hot school meals won't fix lunches if kids don't have enough time to eat

What is the point in focusing on hot school meals when schoolchildren are being forced to speed their way through food on their breaks?

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Niamh O'Reilly

Money Diaries: An administrative officer on €55K living in Dublin

This week, our reader is looking for a new place to rent in between working, socialising and trying to get their Internet provider to fix their Wi-Fi.

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The Journal Reader

The wolf is at the door: 10 things we must do to prepare for a hotter, drier future

From restoring wetlands and reforesting uplands to bringing back beavers and protecting our hedgerows, Ireland needs to act now to prepare for extreme...

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Pádraic Fogarty

Parenting: Teenage TikTok rebrands, back to school hauls and the battle of the bank card

Back in the day, we covered our copy books with brown paper, now it’s highly curated pastel themes, designer schoolbags and beauty schedules.

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Margaret Lynch

Border poll risks ‘rift’ in Northern Ireland, where everything has been fine until now

Those in the north famously love to be told what’s what by Westminster.

29.08.2026 10

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Carl Kinsella

Stop worrying about range: How to navigate buying a used electric vehicle

“I bring this up because I get asked, more than almost anything else, some version of the same question.”

29.08.2026 10

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Paddy Comyn

Writing a children's book: From Covid bedtime stories to a little boy on a mission

How one mum’s lockdown stories grew into a children’s book about curiosity, community and kindness.

28.08.2026 10

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Cherry Jordan

Larry Donnelly: The battle for the Democratic Party’s soul is playing out in Boston

The Boston congressional primary pits a working-class incumbent against a progressive challenger, but the Democrats risk alienating the voters who...

28.08.2026 10

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Larry Donnelly

Gavan Reilly: €288k is the Skyclarys asking price, but what is the cost to patients of waiting?

The Skyclarys campaign has exposed a drug reimbursement system designed for bureaucrats and pharmaceutical companies, not the patients whose lives...

27.08.2026 10

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Gavan Reilly

Agri future: What words send shivers down the spines of government and industry? Organic farming

Ireland needs to make the bold move to organic, so we can break free from volatile global markets, fossil-fuel fertilisers and an increasingly fragile...

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Dr Pippa Hackett

Lise Hand: Behold, the era of Ireland’s new castle kings has begun

Mark Zuckerberg’s castle purchase in Waterford is only the latest in a string of grand Irish estates snapped up by the super-rich. Just 40 years ago...

26.08.2026 10

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Lise Hand

Stars and Stripes: Dolly Parton truly belonged to all of America — red and blue

From a one-room cabin in Tennessee to global superstardom, the late Dolly Parton managed to bridge the political and cultural divides that have...

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Marion McKeone

Class size problems: Our children are stuck behind their European peers in supersized classes

Ireland’s primary schools are facing overcrowding and unfilled teaching posts that the government should be treating as a priority.

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John Boyle

Kelly Earley: If smart glasses weren’t creepy enough, now we have to worry about spy pens

From AI-powered eyewear to virtually undetectable spy cameras, recording technology is becoming cheaper, smaller and harder to spot.

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Kelly Earley

School principals burnt out: 'I can't tell you the last time I worked on anything teaching-related'

If Ireland wants ambitious curriculum reform to succeed, principals must be freed from mounting and unmanageable admin demands.

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Dr Sabrina Fitzsimons & Professor Catherine Furlong

Irish Traveller woman: Here's what I think of Channel 4’s new 'Secret Lives of Gypsy Wives'

Irish Traveller writer and activist Emma Ward watched The Secret Lives of Gypsy Wives and has mixed feelings about its portrayal of modern women in...

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Emma Ward

Raising them right: Are we missing the real issues in the Lindsay Clancy trial?

The US and much of the world is invested in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, but while amateur sleuths come up with all sorts of theories, the story of a...

24.08.2026 20

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Niamh O'Reilly

Money Diaries: It's back to school, end of summer, will you be watching your spending?

As the evenings get darker (yes, we went there), and as your teachers used to say, it’s time to tighten the belt and knuckle down for the winter....

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The Journal Reader

A songbird trapped in a cage: Iranian poet Mahvash Sabet’s compelling prison memoir

The Iranian poet’s memoir, written from scraps of paper smuggled out from her prison cell, reveals the human cost of repression.

23.08.2026 20

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Dr Brendan McNamara

My neurospicy brain: Ten ADHD traits that took me by surprise after diagnosis

Since my ADHD diagnosis, I’m discovering the unexpected ways ADHD has shaped my life, from how I sit to my sensitivity to injustice, music fixations...

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Ranae von Meding

Back to school: The summer is over, here are some tips to help you get the routine right

Yes, it’s that time again… as the summer holidays wind down, here’s how to prepare children for the new school year.

22.08.2026 10

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Dr Catherine Conlon

Fort Zuckerberg is the most on-the-nose illustration of Ireland's invasion by Big Tech

And just like our most infamous invaders, we invited them in.

22.08.2026 20

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Carl Kinsella

What cars being made today could be considered the joyful classics of tomorrow?

“Drawing up a list of tomorrow’s classics is tricky, and one reason is our obsession with SUVs.”

22.08.2026 20

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Paddy Comyn

Mark Zuckerberg's Waterford castle: Why international buyers are seeking out Ireland's great estates

As the Meta chief reportedly buys Strancally Castle in Waterford, Savills’ Josh Pim explores the growing appeal of Ireland’s castles, estates and...

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Josh Pim

Stars and Swipes: The USS Lincoln’s retreat exposes the cracks in Trump’s war machine

The carrier’s troubled deployment has shown the deep problems with US military readiness, logistics and morale under Trump and Hegseth.

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Marion McKeone

Gavan Reilly: 2025 yielded €2bn in fuel taxes - how much of that can the Government give up?

The cash is there to increase further discounts on fuel taxes, but not if it’s to become a semi-permanent fixture.

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Gavan Reilly

Skyclarys for Friedreich's ataxia: Ireland’s drug reimbursement process needs greater transparency

As patients with Friedreich’s ataxia wait for a decision on Skyclarys, Ireland must rethink how we assess costly medicines.

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Dr Suzanne Crowe

Lise Hand: Ireland's sportswomen are now leading from the front, at last

From Kate O’Connor and Rhasidat Adeleke to Mona McSharry and Ellen Walshe, Ireland’s sporting heroines are showing the next generation of girls...

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Lise Hand

My life with alopecia: I tried everything, even rubbed cabbage stalks on my bald head for weeks

As the new Rose of Tralee raised awareness of alopecia this week, Chloe Dinneen, who has lived with the condition since 2017, says acceptance and...

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Chloe Dinneen

The physio is in: Can the HSE's new Get Active programme improve fitness? Let's put it to the test

Stephen O’Rourke tries the latest free health initiative from the HSE to get us moving, walking and keeping an eye on those steps.

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Stephen O'Rourke

Kelly Earley: Ireland’s young workers are being failed by the minimum wage

Tiered wages sum up Ireland’s refusal to invest in young adults, and it’s affecting a whole generation.

18.08.2026 20

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Kelly Earley

Raising them right: Down with school uniforms; let the kids dress like kids

Uniforms are supposed to improve behaviour, prevent bullying and level the playing field, but I’m not convinced, writes Niamh O’Reilly.

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Niamh O'Reilly

Money Diaries: A marketing manager on €90k currently on unpaid leave after having a baby

This week, our reader is keeping an expenses spreadsheet to see where her money is going while juggling taking care of her two young children.

16.08.2026 20

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The Journal Reader

Analysis: The big AI worry may not be that it betrays us, but that it does what it's told

Machines don’t need to go rogue to cause harm. If we give them flawed objectives, they can pursue them more efficiently than any human ever could.

16.08.2026 20

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Dr Paul Davis

Sulky racing: What is the horse actually experiencing while it's enduring these races?

It’s time to put the horse back at the centre of the debate around illegal and dangerous sulky racing in Ireland.

15.08.2026 20

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Suzi Walsh

Could Ireland benefit from its own Count Binface?

Bear with me, here.

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Carl Kinsella

Born-again bikers: Why I've never got on a motorbike, and why so many men my age suddenly are

A new RSA report shows that riders aged 46 to 55 make up the biggest group of motorcyclist fatalities in Ireland.

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Paddy Comyn

Democrats in elections: What’s next for AOC? Should she aim for the Senate or the White House?

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is keeping her options open, but the forthcoming midterms could determine whether she plays the long game or goes all in for...

14.08.2026 20

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Larry Donnelly

Gavan Reilly: 37% of the time, Stormont hasn’t existed

Stormont is stuck in a malaise, with both lead parties ebbing in the polls, and new fears of another collapse. How has it come to this?

13.08.2026 20

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Gavan Reilly

Sharks in Irish waters: They need our protection, not sensationalist headlines

The Waterford shark incident shows the risks of recreational angling, which needs better regulation, but the real threat to Ireland’s sharks are...

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Pádraic Fogarty

Stars and Swipes: Trump's vaccine makeover is a recipe for disaster

With Robert F. Kennedy Jr by his side, Trump is putting politics and junk science ahead of decades of clinical evidence on childhood vaccines, in a...

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Marion McKeone

Cardiologist: Your smartwatch may know your heart rate, but it's not your doctor

Dr Paul Hill says he has nothing against wearable fitness trackers overall, but it’s important not to overthink the data they feed back to us.

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Dr Paul Hill

Lise Hand: AI companies destroying books to feed the machines? What fresh hell...

Tech companies may have their reasons for turning thousands of books into AI feed, but the sight of books being bought, gutted and discarded feels...

12.08.2026 20

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Lise Hand

Israel's detention of doctors: Dr Abu Safiya's only crime was refusing to abandon his patients

The arrest of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya in 2024 is part of a wider pattern of attacks by Israel on Gaza’s healthcare workers, who have also acted as...

12.08.2026 20

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Filipe Ribeiro

Folic acid in flour: Public health interventions will only work when the public gets a say

The government’s consultation on possibly adding folic acid to flour is an opportunity to do health policy differently and not make the mistakes of...

11.08.2026 20

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Dr Suzanne Crowe

Kelly Earley: Is the success of the spice bag rooted in a culture of fussy eating?

The spice bag has become Ireland’s de facto national dish, but is that down to a generation of fussy eaters, reared on more affordable dishes like...

11.08.2026 20

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Kelly Earley

Raising them right: Is it ever okay to admit you’ve got a favourite child?

You may not ever admit it, but the research shows that most parents have a favourite child. The trick to decent parenting is making sure your kids...

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Niamh O'Reilly