Thor Ragnarok, and remembering Jack Kirby, the King of Comics
“Thor: Ragnarok” launches this weekend and like most of Marvel films, its characters – including the guest-starring Incredible Hulk – were co-created by Jack...
Why Mattie McGrath and Rónán Mullen are throwing their toys out...
The Eighth Amendment argument is not going Mattie McGrath and Rónán Mullen’s way and they’re throwing the toys out of the pram, writes Donal...
Fine Gael is actually using the refugee crisis to kick out...
I heard my local Fine Gael TD, David Stanton, say on RTÉ’s Drivetime recently the single most Fine Gael thing I have ever in...
If only everyone facing homelessness had a newspaper column
The first thing I should say is thank you.
I wrote here a few weeks ago about being evicted from my home of eleven years,...
Fermoy’s Arcade Ire
With Fermoy seemingly united against them, Donal O’Keeffe talks with Philip and Sal Tivy of Perks, as they look to secure planning permission for...
Ireland’s rape culture and George Hook’s path to redemption
George Hook has an obvious path to redemption. Whether he takes it will prove if his apology is as hollow as it sounds, writes...
Homelessness just the tip of Ireland’s poverty crisis
Ireland doesn’t just have a homelessness crisis. Ireland has a poverty crisis, writes Donal O’Keeffe
Imagine you’re a single person, with no dependents, living in...
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...
Train Arrive – The return of John Kelly’s Mystery Train
Eleven years after his ground-breaking radio show was cancelled, John Kelly is putting the Mystery Train back on the tracks. He talks to Donal...
Trump’s repeated lies about General Pershing betray his own bloodlust and...
Spreading a proven lie and advocating a war-crime, even as innocents are dying, Donald Trump offers a terrifying insight into his own mental state,...
