Columns

An open letter to Ryan Tubridy from Donal O'Keeffe Dear Ryan, I watched the Late Late Show the other night and was struck by your...

On Bob Dylan’s 75th birthday, Donal O’Keeffe recalls a meeting with a man Dylan worshipped as a hero. Liam Clancy was growling at me. Beneath the...

By far, the most slippery phrase in Irish politics is “issues of conscience”. We regularly hear that TDs should be allowed a free vote...

TDs pretending to be on the average industrial wage or less cost us exactly the same as all the others and they only compound...

That a celebrity has depression is not the story, writes Donal O'Keeffe, the story is that the celebrity is telling the world about his...

The contrived controversy about Gerry Adams failing to get into the White House Saint Patrick’s Day celebrations highlights the self-pity and naked opportunism at...

"I know I should be grateful," says "Kate" (not her real name) as she starts crying. "And I am. It's just…" She bursts into...

“Some things are more important than a rock show and this fight against prejudice and bigotry — which is happening as I write —...

The Eighth Amendment argument is not going Mattie McGrath and Rónán Mullen’s way and they’re throwing the toys out of the pram, writes Donal...

If so-called “pro-life” campaigners were sincere about abortion, then thousands of them would every day picket Irish ports and airports, writes Donal O’Keeffe. Imagine living...