But first we pause for the new-look Angelus
By Donal O’Keeffe
“It’s six o’clock on RTÉ1 and we go shortly to Bryan Dobson and Sharon Ní Bheoláin for the Six One News, but...
The very least we can do is remember Cork’s Magdalene women
Last week I did something I’ve never done before.
I lodged a planning objection.
The development to which I objected is proposed for a dangerously-derelict property,...
Bouncy Castle Catholics have questions to answer too
Irish society was completely warped by the Catholic Church, writes Donal O’Keeffe. It’s time for a-la-carte Catholics to think about what they condone.
The Catholic...
The only way Tuam Babies will get justice – send in...
It was all true. Every word. 796 babies, dumped in a septic tank in Tuam.
Last Friday, the Mother and Baby Home Commission of Investigation...
The Eighth Amendment was never really about abortion
The Eighth Amendment was never really about abortion.
That might seem a strange thing to say in the only country in the democratic world...
An Open Letter to Ryan Tubridy
An open letter to Ryan Tubridy from Donal O'Keeffe
Dear Ryan,
I watched the Late Late Show the other night and was struck by your...
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...
Enda: either stand up to the bully or stay home
Trump is a vain, thin-skinned bully who will take offence if Enda gives him anything less than the full Leprechaun plámás. If we offer...
New Politics – radical or redundant
Irish politics doesn't really do radical, but New Politics has picked a dangerous time to make politics seem so utterly redundant, writes Donal O'Keeffe.
Last...
‘It seems to me a miracle we don’t have people begging...
It was snowing on Paul Street two Thursday nights ago. Not dry, fluffy Hollywood snow, but Irish snow. Cold, white rain, basically.
I was...
