Bridget: “We need to find the Bessborough Babies, and we need...
Bridget Walsh’s baby William was born in the Bessborough mother and baby home, in 1960. He died at six weeks, and Bridget nearly died...
“This is going to be my first Christmas on the streets”
‘Paul’ is a homeless man who spoke last week with Donal O’Keeffe about heroin addiction and Christmas on the streets of Cork.
“This is going...
We’re paying Dara Murphy €2,810 a week, Leo. His EU foxer...
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar calling Dara Murphy’s European nixxer his 'main job' betrays a breath-taking contempt for the people who pay their wages, says Donal O’Keeffe.
So....
In Remembrance of Futures Past
As the sell-by date on Blade Runner whizzes by, Donal O’Keeffe remembers other fictional futures now past.
November 2019: former LAPD officer Rick Deckard...
The wren women on the edge of every garrison town
The Wrens of the Curragh are only the best-known example of outcast women on the outskirts of Irish garrison towns, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
For over...
Boris Johnson simply cannot be trusted on Brexit
Rambling, incoherent, and disingenuous, Boris Johnson’s North of Ireland Brexit speech is proof – not that proof is needed - that he is completely...
How often does Ireland blame Europe for our own vanity projects?
The EU has already agreed that a simple repair of Fermoy Weir would satisfy Ireland’s obligations under the EU Habitats Directive. Everything else is...
Challenging those who deny the Tuam Babies
A presentation by a Tuam Babies denier – hosted by a contributor to the sensationalist Catholic paper ‘Alive!’ – didn’t go to plan, when...
William Zantzinger killed poor Hattie Carroll
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll was recorded by Bob Dylan on this day in 1963. Donal O’Keeffe looks at the killing which inspired...
Fermoy Tuesday Night Homeless Run: “These are good people”
The volunteers of Fermoy Tuesday Night Homeless Run are making a real difference for Cork’s homeless community, says Donal O’Keeffe.
I headed down to...
