The people of Tuam are owed an apology
Like many, I bought into the notion that public opinion in Tuam is divided about the Tuam Babies. I was very wrong, says Donal...
John Creedon’s Road Less Travelled: “Within 15 miles of anyone there’s...
Kilworth is the first stop in John Creedon’s new TV series Creedon’s Road Less Travelled, before he travels to Mitchelstown and along the old...
A powerful new voice on the abusive relationship that is Direct...
“Direct provision is like being in an abusive relationship,” writes Melatu Uche Okorie. “Abuse in itself is homogenous, no matter what race, class, or...
Tuam: The dead can never rest so long as the living...
I don’t live on top of a mass grave.
I don’t know what it’s like to look out at my lawn and think that under...
What do serial rapists like Paul Moore have to do before...
Releasing unrepentant rapists like Paul Moore perpetuates an environment where the best we can offer women is the victim-blaming advice to 'be careful', writes...
Could this be Fermoy’s final regatta?
Regatta Sunday is Fermoy’s busiest day, and if the sun is shining along the riverbank, probably the best day to enjoy a walk down...
We’ll pretend we didn’t know this time, too
There’s a sunny afternoon in our future, not thirty years from now, a bittersweet day when hundreds of people will gather at Áras an...
The Library is the last democratic space in Irish society
Cork has long loved its library, and last year celebrated 125 years of the Library Service. Donal O’Keeffe visits a village at the heart...
Honest to God, Leo, have you never seen Philomena?
I kept wondering last week if I was the only person in Ireland who had seen Stephen Frears’ 2013 Oscar-nominated comedy-drama 'Philomena', writes Donal...
Yes 66.4%
Under the green gaze of John Mandeville, a red-faced man roars at a pregnant woman that she is a murderer.
In the Square in Mitchelstown,...
