Child abuse is the serpent coiled around the roots of Christianity
'The Devil works through children abused by priests', former President Mary McAleese was told by senior Vatican officials.
In a new RTÉ documentary, Rome v...
False abuse claims against Maurice McCabe make life even worse for...
False sex abuse allegations against Sergeant Maurice McCabe destroyed his life and the lives of his family, and the apparent weaponisation of those false...
One more flood could take out Fermoy Weir. And that’s the...
In Fermoy, An Spiorad Saor John Mahon - Ireland’s only MKIII wheelchair-accessible boat - is better known as ‘The Wheelyboat’. Damage to Fermoy Weir...
The bully Trump clings to the White House pulpit
When Teddy Roosevelt referred to the US presidency as “a bully pulpit”, he didn’t mean the word bully as we use it now. These...
Ireland’s racism virus
If you think Ireland isn’t racist, ask an Irish person of colour. Ask an asylum seeker in direct provision. Ask a Traveller.
On Thursday, following...
Obama is right. If everything is true and nothing is true,...
If we live in a multiple-choice reality where objective truth and personal opinion are afforded equal weight, we are in very serious trouble indeed,...
Why are people who can’t stop thinking about sex against sex...
Don’t believe the rubbish in ‘Alive!’ writes Donal O’Keeffe. Those most opposed to abortion have always been fanatically opposed to sex education too.
I was...
Every opportunity to save Fermoy weir squandered
Every chance local officials and representatives had to repair Fermoy Weir, the buck was passed and the can was kicked. Spare us the hand-wringing...
A homeless perspective: ‘Most people you’d meet are fierce decent. Most...
“My uncle sexually abused me,” said the pale young man sitting begging on a Cork street. “Speaking out cost me everything.”
I won’t tell you...
How often does Ireland blame Europe for our own vanity projects?
The EU has already agreed that a simple repair of Fermoy Weir would satisfy Ireland’s obligations under the EU Habitats Directive. Everything else is...
