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Ireland's ecosystem is home to almost 16,500 species - here are 7 you may not have spotted

EVERY YEAR, SCIENCE Week encourages people around Ireland to ask questions about the world that they inhabit. This year, the focus is on climate...

Prof Jane Stout

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90 yesterday

How I Spend My Money: A 24-year-old software developer in Limerick on €35,000

WELCOME TO HOW I Spend My Money, a series on TheJournal.ie that runs on Wednesdays and Sundays and looks at what people in Ireland really do with...

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Saoirse McHugh: We need to talk about capitalism

IN HER FORTNIGHTLY column for TheJournal.ie, Saoirse McHugh of the Green Party writes about what we can do as individuals in the face of climate...

Saoirse Mchugh

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4 previous day

Philip Boucher-Hayes: What to expect from an RTÉ programme about the climate crisis

YOU MIGHT BE thinking to yourself before finding out more about our documentary on climate change: “Oh god, not a preachy lecture from some...

Philip Boucher-Hayes

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10 previous day

The Irish For: Notes on the naming of a still-contentious Irish-themed cocktail

THIS IS THE latest dispatch from our columnist Darach Ó Séaghdha, author of the award-winning and bestselling Motherfoclóir. Every Sunday...

Darach Ó Séaghdha -

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20 previous day

All eyes on Iowa: A view of the Democratic candidates from the key state

THIS TIME NEXT year, we’ll know who the next president of the United States will be. On the Republican side, Donald Trump is far and away the...

Colm Quinn

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9 previous day

Lynn Ruane: Harm reduction should always come first with criminal drug policy

ON MY BIRTHDAY last month, I was lucky enough to be sitting in a room full of like-minded people to discuss global alliances in the pursuit for...

Lynn Ruane -

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1 saturday

From the Garden: Food could be the biggest asset of all if climate change worsens

I ATTENDED A sustainability conference in recent days for Climate Finance Week that brought former UK government chief scientific adviser David...

Michael Kelly

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7 saturday

Extract: 'Birds are vessels for a lasting happiness that can be hard to find in other avenues of life'

IF YOU’RE LOOKING to become more attuned with nature, one of the very best ways to do this is to look for birds. Birds are everywhere in Ireland....

Conor W. Obrien

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6 saturday

Opinion: 'The poppy argument in Ireland is an ideological battle that's been raging since the 19th century'

THE MONTH OF November brings with it colder weather and darker days. It marks the moment when the cheer of Christmas appears hopefully on the...

Caoimhín De Barra

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30 07.11.2019

'Rock and roll had come to town': The fascinating tale of JP Donleavy and his final posthumous novel

FROM LEVINGTON HALL in Westmeath by the shores of Lough Owen, to the imaginary splendours of Blueberry Hill in upstate New York, JP Donleavy makes...

Anthony Farrell

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2 07.11.2019

How I Spend My Money: A 43-year-old Wexford solicitor on €22k whose rescue dogs changed her life

WELCOME TO HOW I Spend My Money, a series on TheJournal.ie that runs on Wednesdays and Sundays and looks at what people in Ireland really do with...

Thejournal.ie Reader

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1 06.11.2019

Column: 'We're worried our son will become an orphan due to our lack of rights'

WHEN IRELAND VOTED overwhelmingly for the marriage equality referendum, we thought that when we have children everything is going to be equal. We...

Kelly & Gabriela Socol

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1 06.11.2019

Memories of Gaybo: 'He seemed smaller than I remembered him ... once he was on his feet the microphone worked its magic'

THE LAST TIME I met Gay Byrne – and now it will be the last time – was almost a year ago. November 7 to be precise, because I had been invited to...

Eanna Brophy -

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10 05.11.2019