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Bobby McDonagh: Diplomacy still matters in Trump’s jungle

The former ambassador says in all the global chaos, jaw-jaw is still better than war-war.

yesterday 10

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Bobby Mcdonagh

Hazel Chu: Grok creates fake, sexualised images without consent and government is OK with that?

The Green Party councillor says the government’s decision to turn a blind eye to AI generation of sexual imagery without consent is not innovation,...

yesterday 7

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Hazel Chu

Mother of autistic children: No one has ever knocked on our door to invite my son to play

Lucinda Murrihy says that by separating children early, we raise adults who are uneasy with difference.

previous day 10

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Lucinda Murrihy

Money Diaries: An accounting manager on €60K living in Dublin

This week, our reader does some last-minute gift buying for Christmas but ends up sick with a cold on the day.

sunday 10

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The Journal Reader

Greenland, Trump and a shaken Denmark: An Irishman’s view from Copenhagen

Conor McMahon takes the temperature in Denmark as Trump eyes up Greenland — unsettling a country built on security, trust and alliances.

sunday 20

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Conor Mcmahon

Surrealing in the Years: We're entering a new era of lawlessness. Don't expect much help from our leaders

Am I going completely insane?

10.01.2026 10

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Carl Kinsella

Road safety: Drivers use Netflix in their cars and we wonder why people are dying on the roads

Are we willing to accept inconvenience, reduced connectivity and stricter controls in exchange for fewer funerals?, asks our resident motoring expert.

10.01.2026 5

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Paddy Comyn

Ireland's nature heroes: The birds that come here because it's winter

For a few weeks every year coming into the colder weather, the skies over Ireland are extraordinarily busy, writes Jack Morley.

10.01.2026 10

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Jack Morley

Venezuelan woman in Ireland: 'We will take Trump's interference over Maduro any day'

No matter what happens next, Liliana Fernández says many Venezuelans will just not weep for Maduro.

09.01.2026 10

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Liliana Fernández