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Jennifer Horgan

Jennifer Horgan is a teacher, poet and columnist living in Cork City. Her areas of interest include justice, arts and culture, gender equality and care.

Jennifer Horgan: Why the Burkes’ Washington protest was no accident – and what it says about the right

The political right has mastered collective action while the left remains divided — can progressives reclaim the power of unity?

Fri, 14 Mar, 2025

Jennifer Horgan: Patriarchy makes fools of us all, men and women alike

Macho men chest-beating towards war deny our interdependence and our care for each other. This International Women's Day, let's focus on matriarchal values

Fri, 07 Mar, 2025

Jennifer Horgan: Why I could never send my children to war — and neither should Ireland

As war rhetoric grows, Ireland must uphold its peace-first stance, rejecting militarisation and reaffirming diplomacy as its global role

Wed, 05 Mar, 2025

Jennifer Horgan: Why can't we harness the spirit of Irish college when learning our national language?

How do we focus on Irish as a living language and make it meaningful for all learners?

Fri, 28 Feb, 2025

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S Jennifer Horgan: I really admire Joan Didion’s work — that's why I won’t buy her new book

Her personal notes were written in 1999, following therapy sessions. She died in 2021. She had 22 years to decide to release them and she didn’t. Her final book was not this book

Fri, 14 Feb, 2025

S Jennifer Horgan: I will openly admire a good-looking man in his smalls — that's not double standards

Women admiring or criticising the appearance of a fully grown man is nothing like men admiring or criticising the appearance of a young girl or even a fully grown woman

Fri, 07 Feb, 2025

S Jennifer Horgan: It takes a village — so why is the work of our country divided by gender?

Our new Government is more comfortable with women looking after the children, the elderly, the unwell, and the people with disabilities

Fri, 31 Jan, 2025

S Jennifer Horgan: Placing punishment on top of social inequality is a policy failure

Throughout the latter half of the last century, specific policy decisions directly affected the lives and behaviours of people from the northside of Cork

Fri, 24 Jan, 2025

S Jennifer Horgan: Having a ‘bad word’ is sometimes key to saving a much-loved friend

What if our friend is concealing their daily life and their suffering?

Fri, 17 Jan, 2025

Jennifer Horgan: RTÉ Radio needs some fine tuning when it comes to regional reporting

Must non-Dublin locations make do with less prominent broadcasting?

Fri, 10 Jan, 2025