My favourite comic-book
It’s a funny thing for a man of my age to admit to having a favourite comic-book, but at this stage there’s little point...
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...
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:...
All art is quite useless. Good.
All art is quite useless, according to Oscar Wilde.
If your first instinct is to follow that line with “Turner 1775 to 1851”, then you...
Abortion is a local issue. One day, someone you love may...
Abortion affects people in Clogheen, in Burncourt, in Glanworth, in Kilworth, in Rathcormac. This Friday, you decide whether Ireland continues to exile a dozen...
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,...
Why you should be paranoid about Data Retention
In January, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald appointed Mr Justice John Murray to review data retention legislation. His report was expected within three months. Six...
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...
Survivors are standing up, and standing together. We need to stand...
I was honoured last year to be asked by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre to write something for their 16 Days of Activism campaign....
Trump continues to prove Obama right
In August 2016, the then US president Barack Obama, did something that seemed at the time extraordinary. He straight-out said that the then Republican presidential...
