Trumpworld isn’t the only place where voters can be racist and...
It's a horrible feeling.
A sick dread in the pit of your stomach, a sense of shock and disbelief. Hopelessness too, but more: there's also...
The presidential campaign: Ireland’s most vicious and bitter form of politics
One week into the hustings, the going is already rough and about to get a lot rougher, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
Sayre’s Law, as quoted...
Let’s postpone Paddy’s Day till September
With all respect to the man he served for eight years as vice president, there’s no-one as Irish as Joe Biden. The Covid-19 pandemic...
Enda helped give Ireland marriage equality, but his pal Mike Pence...
Ireland is fortunate to have the ear of the White House, but it might be nice if - once in a Blue Moon -...
Don’t hold your breath. Right now Trump is going nowhere
If you’re hoping that Donald Trump will be impeached anytime soon, you’re likely to be disappointed, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
“Donald Trump is not well” was...
Dear Hillary, when he goes low, go for the jugular
Ahead of the tonight's final debate in the US presidential campaign, Donal O'Keeffe offers the Democratic candidate some advice.
Dear Secretary Clinton,
Well, this is...
Our Government is gambling now in lives, and we can only...
If we are forced into a Level Five lockdown after all, the Tánaiste’s attack on Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan will seem ill-advised...
What politician cares for our past, let alone our future?
It’s that time in the five-year cycle when local and European candidates suddenly remember the electorate. In Fermoy, voters should ask politicians how they...
Boris Johnson’s madman diplomacy trashes the UK’s international reputation
The Madman Doctrine of negotiation has never worked, and it won’t work for the Brexiteers either.
In April 1971, with peace talks with North Vietnam...
