Poll: Do BOD and Beyoncé represent the new celebrity icons in Irish society?
With people not looking up to politicians and attendances at church falling, are celebrities filling the void?
View ArticleIreland's suicide rate is below EU average - OECD report
The study found that incomes and employment in Ireland remain far below their pre-crisis levels.
View ArticleWhistleblowers have been vital in undercovering secrets in Ireland, says...
John Mulholland, the Dublin-born editor of the Observer, said that the Edward Snowden story had opened people’s eyes to issues around journalistic security.
View ArticleDoes religion play a negative role in our society? 36% of Irish people think so
Older people are far more positive towards the role of religion in society.
View ArticleNo Shelter: Our homelessness crisis is at boiling point - we want Ireland to...
TheJournal.ie has travelled the country to speak to people on the frontline of homelessness – and those people and organisations trying to find a solution.
View ArticleOpen house: What we learned about homelessness this week
#1: Some of the most eloquent voices in this crisis are those of homeless people themselves.
View ArticleOpinion: There has been a shift in Ireland’s political climate... but why now?
Given the fact that we have been living through turbulent political times for the past six years, why are such profound shifts in political consciousness happening now?
View ArticleThe good, the bad and the ugly: Are selfies turning us all into narcissists?
Or were we already halfway there?
View ArticleYou might be related to one of these esteemed looking gentlemen
Refinement is easier to pull off in black and white.
View Article"'There's no heroin here, it's only a Dublin thing' - it's complete lies"
An Irish play tackles drug use head on.
View Article'Members of Travelling community too young to drink, drive or smoke crossing...
Labour Senator James Heffernan said he knew of girls aged as young as 12 who knew whom they would be marrying.
View ArticleMiss USA crowned amid controversy over Donald Trump's Mexican immigrant...
Questions over immigration or Trump’s comments did not come up at the competition.
View ArticleThe head of the Irish Cancer Society is taking a €10k pay cut
It follows the controversial decision to cut the hardship fund for families of children with cancer – which was later reversed.
View ArticlePictures: Inside the surreal world of the migrant 'Jungle' at Calais
An entire society has sprung up on the outskirts of the French town, with the refugees living there making the most of the little that they have.
View ArticleNew documentary asks what turned these teenagers into killers
Some of the most brutal murders in this country were carried out by teens who showed little remorse afterwards.
View Article'Don't scrap the USC - it's one of the fairest and most progressive taxes in...
David Gibney writes that if you scrap the USC, the revenue must be found elsewhere or we will face deteriorated public services.
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