Ann Lovett 1968 – January 31 1984
34 years ago today, Ann Lovett died after giving birth at a grotto in Granard. Ann’s death changed an Ireland which is still trying...
In our Centenary, 3,000 years of Irish history mulched for potting...
Last year, Taoiseach Enda Kenny claimed that ISIS wants to destroy Newgrange and the Rock of Cashel. Given Ireland’s lack of regard for its...
Perhaps to Irish eyes, Ibrahim Halawa’s crime is that he’s a...
An Irish citizen – a minor at the time of arrest - has been held without trial in an Egyptian jail for almost three...
If there’s such a thing as bad publicity, this sexist Moose...
Is there such a thing as bad publicity?
In the age of social media, was Oscar Wilde right about the only thing worse than...
Ha-hah! Alan Partridge’s strained relations with Ireland
If you watched This Time with Alan Partridge on BBC1 last week, there’s a good chance you’re still humming “Come Out Ye Black and...
Winter is coming and I’m about to be homeless
I’ve been a good tenant for eleven years and now I’m about to be homeless, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
I’m about to be homeless.
I’m not trying...
Happy 85th Birthday Tom Baker, the definitive Doctor Who
As Doctor Who actor Tom Baker turns 85, Donal O’Keeffe salutes the man who was probably – with apologies to all the others -...
Why would you want to shake the hand of a sex...
Character references and courtroom displays of support for convicted sex offenders are worthless, and serve no other purpose than to re-traumatise victims.
They queued up...
Rape Culture in Ireland 2016
The phrase “rape culture” is new enough in public discourse here. What might rape culture look like in Ireland? asks Donal O’Keeffe.
The Oxford English...
The Irish were not slaves. Get over yourself.
No, the Irish were not slaves, but there’s a reason the worst people want you to think they were, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
For the second...
