The Boy in the Stinging Rebuke from Auschwitz
“No one may dare alter the truths of the Holocaust, no matter how noble his motives.” By Donal O’Keeffe.
Boy did John Boyne get his...
We can fix Fermoy Weir for €750,000. Why waste millions?
Our next government can fix Fermoy Weir for €750,000, Paul Kavanagh tells Donal O’Keeffe, or it can waste €3million on a vanity project in...
For all our faults, we’re not – for the most part...
It was heartening to see the Irish electorate send the far-right packing, and – for the most part – resist the siren call of...
Shadow-boxing around the next election
The lengthy process of government formation will be haunted as much by the next election as by the last, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
“The people have...
When exactly did the IRA go away?
Gerry Adams famously said “They haven’t gone away, you know”. Mary Lou McDonald now insists the Provisional IRA actually has gone away. When, exactly,...
Politicians’ references for rapists are legally worthless – and cause real...
Why do Irish politicians give character references to sex offenders? Donal O’Keeffe asked the main parties for their current policy on this practice.
Joseph Dempsey,...
Fermoy should do the right thing and un-twin from homophobic Nowa...
With a quarter of Poland declaring itself ‘LGBT free’, it’s frightening to see how little we have learned from the Holocaust. Fermoy has to...
Instead of worrying about catching coronavirus, worry you’re spreading it
Donal O’Keeffe: The best way through this is not to fear dying from Covid-19, but rather to fear that you may kill other people.
Last...
On the trail of Ireland’s most prolific serial killer
Do we really care who lives or dies in the Nobody Zone?
If you’re self-isolating, socially distancing, or off work thanks to the coronavirus, Donal...
Even in lockdown, homeless people still have nowhere to go
The streets of Cork are mostly empty now, except for the homeless people who still have nowhere to go. For the first time in...
