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...
An amnesty long overdue
I got some great news last week. The kind of news that - even though it doesn’t affect you directly – cheers you up...
Four more years of Donald Trump? The weird sh*t is only...
Donald Trump will probably go down in history not just as only the third US president to be impeached, but also as the first...
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,...
Taken Down: for some a first glimpse into Direct Provision
By Donal O’Keeffe
Last Sunday night saw the launch of RTÉ’s new fictional crime series, Taken Down. Set largely in a Direct Provision centre, it...
Making pawns of people who have Down syndrome is cruel and...
This past fortnight, Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI) asked that those of us who have Down syndrome not be used as poster children in the...
New Politics is damaging Irish politics
New Politics is a disaster and is damaging not just Irish politics, but almost certainly Irish democracy too, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
“No matter who you...
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...
On the water with John Creedon
“Bless me, Father,” says John Creedon, leaning in as though in prayer, “It’s been one year since my last interview.”
I met Creedon for...
2020 vision
Only a fool would attempt to predict the future. Hear me out, says Donal O’Keeffe.
Well thank God that’s over.
Horace Rumpole once said of Christmas:...
