Ten Star Trek instalments to watch before Star Trek: Picard
As Star Trek: Picard is released on DVD and Blu-Ray, Donal O’Keeffe offers a must-see list of recommended episodes and movies before you watch...
Majella Moynihan: “I was torn apart by misogynist bastards within An...
Former Garda Majella Moynihan – who says she is the only person in the world to be charged with giving birth - talks with...
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...
Trump is the saviour QAnon cultists deserve
Donald Trump endorsing QAnon is hardly a surprise, given that his political career was founded on a racist conspiracy theory.
When Voltaire was on his...
Lavinia Kerwick – still changing Ireland for the better
Last
month Taoiseach Micheál Martin committed to addressing a spate of sexual
assaults against homeless people on the streets of Cork. The woman who secured
that commitment,...
We deserve far better than the shabby disrespect of our elite
Those of us who have lost loved ones in this time of Covid-19 have been denied the solace of a traditional Irish funeral, and...
You’d have to wonder at the Department of Justice’s priorities
In Cork, asylum seekers are terrified of Coronavirus as new residents arrive at the Glenvera Direct Provision Centre without having to quarantine. In Dublin,...
“For homeless people, rape is a constant fear”
Cork Penny Dinners co-ordinator Catriona Twomey has spoken out against sexual assaults against homeless people on the streets of Cork City, something she says...
Sharpening our ancestors’ bones: the racist meme of ‘Irish slaves’
The notion that the Irish were America’s first slaves is a lie beloved of Donald Trump’s white supremacist supporters, and it was born in...
Money-where-your-mouth-is time for the Vatican
The Papal Nuncio says the Vatican supports giving the Tuam Babies a Christian burial. Fair play. Will Pope Francis be getting out his chequebook?
Two...
