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Jennifer Horgan: Two adults in a classroom makes sense in this day and age

A classroom works seamlessly when there is another adult in the room. It could be a team teacher, something increasingly common in countries like Austria, Denmark, and Italy, with positive results

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SJennifer Horgan: We need to stop looking across to America — we have little in common

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SJennifer Horgan: Engagement rings are a powerful symbol — but what do they symbolise, exactly?

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SJennifer Horgan: Jessie Buckley's speech a timely reminder of arts' power for good

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SJennifer Horgan: This year, I'm making resolutions for other people — that means you

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SJennifer Horgan: Rob and Michele Reiner were deeply committed parents

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S Jennifer Horgan: Is it possible to maintain our friendships when we have children?

A dream highlights an unresolved feeling of jealousy, prompting Jennifer Horgan to think about how relationships change when we become parents

Fri, 21 Nov, 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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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

Jennifer Horgan: The teachers of Tralee has a certain ring to it

Jennifer Horgan: The teachers of Tralee has a certain ring to it

The Rose of Tralee may be outdated, even offensive, but it does offer a dozen female teachers the most praise they’re ever likely to get in Ireland, writes Jennifer Horgan

Fri, 22 Aug, 2025

Jennifer Horgan: I may as well be an alien when it comes to sport, but the emotions fascinate me

S Jennifer Horgan: I may as well be an alien when it comes to sport, but the emotions fascinate me

The anger and vitriol levelled against the Cork hurling team after last Sunday's All-Ireland final speaks to a deeper kind of social discontent. Namely — if something goes wrong in sport, or in life — somebody must be blamed

Fri, 25 Jul, 2025

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S Jennifer Horgan: We need to find room in our hearts for the people of Sudan

Sudan is by far the world’s fastest-growing displacement crisis, with an average of 20,000 people migrating daily and 30.4m — or three in every five people — need humanitarian assistance there

Fri, 11 Jul, 2025

A laundry basket with dirty laundry and a teddy bear

Jennifer Horgan: I'm mourning a broken laundry basket - it held so many memories

We get attached to the oddest objects, but those emotional bonds are real

Fri, 04 Jul, 2025

Poetry review: A debut that urges us to care

Poetry review: A debut that urges us to care

Divided into five sections, this is a collection that very deliberately speaks to Ireland in the 2020s

Sat, 28 Jun, 2025

Italy Freedom Flotilla

S Jennifer Horgan: Only twelve people on a boat to Gaza — but they carry the weight of millions

What we do with our empathy matters — and sometimes, twelve people can carry the weight of a nation’s conscience

Fri, 13 Jun, 2025

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Jennifer Horgan: My children will never see America as I did — the romance is over

Once the dream destination for Irish students, America now feels distant and disillusioning — and our cultural ties are fraying

Wed, 28 May, 2025

Jennifer Horgan: Podcasters can't be blind to their own environment when attacking mainstream media

S Jennifer Horgan: Podcasters can't be blind to their own environment when attacking mainstream media

It is simply not enough for Blindboy to say he respects journalism before dissuading his listeners from engaging with its content

Fri, 23 May, 2025

Mother and teenage kids skiing together at a glacier ski resort in the Alps mountains on a sunny winter day

Jennifer Horgan: Luxury school trips deepen inequality and strain struggling families

As Irish schools send students on ski trips, too many families can’t afford the basics — let alone inclusion

Fri, 16 May, 2025

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S Jennifer Horgan: JK Rowling won the bathroom war. Now what happens to the autistic kid in the classroom?

After Britain’s trans rights ruling, concerns grow that autistic people may be next in line for political targeting

Fri, 25 Apr, 2025

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S Jennifer Horgan: Katy Perry's space trip made me nauseous. Here's a better way to find the joy

Inhabiting shared creative spaces is an antidote to the 'main character energy' of the tech bros and their acolytes

Fri, 18 Apr, 2025

Israel-Hamas conflict

S Jennifer Horgan: 'Guiltivism', over Gaza or anything else, serves nobody

We need to focus on the people suffering, not on which of us is morally superior

Fri, 11 Apr, 2025

Jennifer Horgan: Girls must learn to be simultaneously visible and invisible

S Jennifer Horgan: Girls must learn to be simultaneously visible and invisible

There's a contradictory ground on which us girls and women stand — wanting to be seen whilst knowing that being too seen is bad news

Fri, 04 Apr, 2025

Jennifer Horgan: Why I’ll never buy from Amazon again – a lesson in time and human connection

Jennifer Horgan: Why I’ll never buy from Amazon again – a lesson in time and human connection

An afternoon with the last long-term resident of an old street in Cork City reminded me that time spent together is worth more than convenience

Fri, 28 Mar, 2025

Jennifer Horgan: 'Adolescence' reveals dangerous consequences of leaving children to their own devices

S Jennifer Horgan: 'Adolescence' reveals dangerous consequences of leaving children to their own devices

From social media to streaming services, changes to our lives have isolated people from one another. It's time to bring back community, even if that's by planting one tree at a time

Fri, 21 Mar, 2025

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

Jennifer Horgan: Focusing on forgiveness would make our world a better place

Jennifer Horgan: Focusing on forgiveness would make our world a better place

In every aspect of our lives and in how we run society, cutting back on blame and focusing on forgiveness and rehabilitation would make our world better

Fri, 03 Jan, 2025

Jennifer Horgan: This Christmas, I want what a screen can never give me — the joy of looking at those I love

Jennifer Horgan: This Christmas, I want what a screen can never give me — the joy of looking at those I love

I am going to focus on celebrating basic human interaction, something technology can never replace

Fri, 27 Dec, 2024

Jennifer Horgan: This Christmas, I want what a screen can never give me — the joy of looking at those I love

S Jennifer Horgan: This Christmas, I want what a screen can never give me — the joy of looking at those I love

I am going to focus on celebrating basic human interaction, something technology can never replace

Fri, 20 Dec, 2024

Jennifer Horgan: Schools could learn from example of relaxed performances in theatre

Jennifer Horgan: Schools could learn from example of relaxed performances in theatre

All schools should follow Cork Opera House’s lead and become more relaxed, more empathetic, and more deeply committed to equality and inclusion

Fri, 20 Dec, 2024

Jennifer Horgan: How do you save someone you love from marrying the wrong person?

S Jennifer Horgan: How do you save someone you love from marrying the wrong person?

Life could also end tomorrow — that’s one trick of fate that helps us get past the sheer madness of matrimony

Fri, 13 Dec, 2024

Jennifer Horgan: Holly Cairns was silenced on voting day as were so many other patients

Jennifer Horgan: Holly Cairns was silenced on voting day as were so many other patients

In Ireland, if like Holly Cairns you end up in hospital without warning, your vote evaporates; your voice is silenced, your citizenship taken

Fri, 06 Dec, 2024

Jennifer Horgan: We put up our defences and present ourselves as nothing less than perfect

Jennifer Horgan: We put up our defences and present ourselves as nothing less than perfect

Let's bring back the art of unfiltered conversation, where we can just chat without feeling the need to boastfully promote our achievements like we're a walking, talking Instagram feed

Fri, 29 Nov, 2024

Black Friday sales

Jennifer Horgan: Turn your back on Black Friday and embrace the humble charity shop tradition

There is an authenticity you feel from charity shopping, finding your treasure buried deep in the junk and jumble. It is an individuality you just can’t find from a main street shop, or a popular brand, promoting its latest fad or season

Fri, 22 Nov, 2024

Jennifer Horgan: We ignore ‘small things’ causing psychological harm in schools

S Jennifer Horgan: We ignore ‘small things’ causing psychological harm in schools

What we must focus on today is the removal of faith formation from school hours. Remove that, and schools come a lot closer to being egalitarian.

Fri, 15 Nov, 2024

Jennifer Horgan: The Democratic Party failed to separate political language from poetry

S Jennifer Horgan: The Democratic Party failed to separate political language from poetry

Democrats have expected poetry to hold their messaging for far too long, and they are losing voters, particularly working-class voters

Fri, 08 Nov, 2024

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Jennifer Horgan: Saoirse Ronan was spot on but predatory behaviour is not always about sex

Workplace bullying is a reality hidden in plain sight, writes Jennifer Horgan

Fri, 01 Nov, 2024

Male and female teenagers in secondary classroom

Single-sex schools vs mixed enrolment: what's best for schoolchildren?

As more and more schools move away from gender segregation, parents and teachers have their say on what’s really best for students – single sex or coeducation.

Sun, 27 Oct, 2024

Jennifer Horgan: Does our own death anxiety feed cruelty instead of kindness?

Jennifer Horgan: Does our own death anxiety feed cruelty instead of kindness?

"Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather. ” It’s not too often I quote the Bible, but there has been a kettle of vultures, flying in formation, since news of Liam Payne’s death broke.

Fri, 25 Oct, 2024

Jennifer Horgan: Are there other playless parents out there feeling as guilty as me?

Jennifer Horgan: Are there other playless parents out there feeling as guilty as me?

Am I odd for hating board games that never end, or having no desire to kick a ball about with my children?

Fri, 18 Oct, 2024