The very least we can do is remember Cork’s Magdalene women

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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

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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...

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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

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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

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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...

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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

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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

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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...

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It was snowing on Paul Street two Thursday nights ago. Not dry, fluffy Hollywood snow, but Irish snow. Cold, white rain, basically. I was...

In the angry, orange face of terrible times, we must stand...

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"I was born by the river in a little tent Oh, and just like the river I've been running ever since" - Sam Cooke It was...

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