Frederick Douglass and Father Mathew
There’s a lovely piece of street art on Cork’s Grand Parade, on the electrical box outside Lloyd’s Pharmacy, featuring a striking portrait in blue...
Our Government is gambling now in lives, and we can only...
If we are forced into a Level Five lockdown after all, the Tánaiste’s attack on Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan will seem ill-advised...
Stephen King predicted a Trump, but did King err on the...
The Dead Zone features “a real estate conman” whose clownish populism masks a ruthless and unhinged demagogue destined for the White House. Was Stephen...
Majella Moynihan: “I was torn apart by misogynist bastards within An...
Former Garda Majella Moynihan – who says she is the only person in the world to be charged with giving birth - talks with...
Boris Johnson’s madman diplomacy trashes the UK’s international reputation
The Madman Doctrine of negotiation has never worked, and it won’t work for the Brexiteers either.
In April 1971, with peace talks with North Vietnam...
Trump is the saviour QAnon cultists deserve
Donald Trump endorsing QAnon is hardly a surprise, given that his political career was founded on a racist conspiracy theory.
When Voltaire was on his...
Lavinia Kerwick – still changing Ireland for the better
Last
month Taoiseach Micheál Martin committed to addressing a spate of sexual
assaults against homeless people on the streets of Cork. The woman who secured
that commitment,...
We deserve far better than the shabby disrespect of our elite
Those of us who have lost loved ones in this time of Covid-19 have been denied the solace of a traditional Irish funeral, and...
You’d have to wonder at the Department of Justice’s priorities
In Cork, asylum seekers are terrified of Coronavirus as new residents arrive at the Glenvera Direct Provision Centre without having to quarantine. In Dublin,...
“For homeless people, rape is a constant fear”
Cork Penny Dinners co-ordinator Catriona Twomey has spoken out against sexual assaults against homeless people on the streets of Cork City, something she says...
