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Jennifer Horgan

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Jennifer Horgan: Have we lost the ability to simply say nothing?

I was once told that you should only break silence if you can improve on it — in today's noisy world, it's difficult to live by that credo

Fri, 31 Oct, 2025

Jennifer Horgan: Irish is a storied language and means different things to all of us

S Jennifer Horgan: Irish is a storied language and means different things to all of us

Tá Gaeilge agam, you may say, to which I ask: cén saghas Gaeilge?

Fri, 24 Oct, 2025

Jennifer Horgan: Thank you, Diane Keaton, for teaching me one of life's important messages

S Jennifer Horgan: Thank you, Diane Keaton, for teaching me one of life's important messages

'Something's Gotta Give' is one of my favourite movies — a film that is joyously, unapologetically hopeful

Fri, 17 Oct, 2025

Jennifer Horgan: We should be looking closer to home for heroes like the late Don O'Leary

S Jennifer Horgan: We should be looking closer to home for heroes like the late Don O'Leary

Everyday heroes are all around us — look at Cork's longest serving librarian James Wilkinson, or the late Don O'Leary, who changed so many children's lives

Fri, 10 Oct, 2025

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Jennifer Horgan: When we stop reading, we limit our understanding of others

Reading, entering another person's world, can help to counter the one-dimensional view of the world we are fed by algorithms

Fri, 03 Oct, 2025

Jennifer Horgan: 'The Traitors' should teach us to lean in to the women we trust

S Jennifer Horgan: 'The Traitors' should teach us to lean in to the women we trust

For a while there it seemed the Mean Girls narrative so prevalent in our lives had taken hold — but the mná overcame it

Fri, 26 Sep, 2025

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S Jennifer Horgan: Returning from maternity leave challenging enough without a wayward teen to mind

Holly Cairns's first week back from maternity leave must have been a shock to the system, but it's important we see the reality for women, writes Jennifer Horgan

Fri, 19 Sep, 2025

Jennifer Horgan: The betrayal of Ireland’s elderly is happening in plain sight

Jennifer Horgan: The betrayal of Ireland’s elderly is happening in plain sight

Michael D Higgins’ poetry forces us to confront Ireland’s failures in caring for its elderly, both within families and at State level

Fri, 12 Sep, 2025

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S Jennifer Horgan: Mothers must recognise their huge influence on sons' lives

In Wendy Erskine's debut novel The Benefactors the role of mothers in excusing their sons' abhorrent behaviour gave Jennifer Horgan pause for thought

Fri, 05 Sep, 2025

Jennifer Horgan: Schools have second-class citizens in more ways than one

Jennifer Horgan: Schools have second-class citizens in more ways than one

School secretaries and caretakers deserve our support but girls are also experiencing inequality in our schools, writes Jennifer Horgan

Fri, 29 Aug, 2025