Dear America, I love you but you’re scaring the living crap...

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The possibility that America may elect Donald Trump president is like hearing an old friend announce that they’ve joined a cult and they’re getting...

Local news in the aftermath of the 1916 Easter Rising

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July 21st-27th 1916 Michael E Carney, of Mitchelstown, a young man who had been attached to the Limerick Post Office for the previous twelve months...

Ealain an scríbhneora!

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An rud a scríobhann an Púca, léann sé féin é! Is dócha go raibh na an line sin scríofa in aimsir an phinn (writing pen)...

Lifting people out of darkness into the light

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There seemed to be a suicide-victim’s funeral Mass every day of the week in mid-April – and this was ‘getting to’ local priest Father...

The anti-choice argument is lost. Hence the dirty tricks

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I swore I wasn’t going to write about the Eighth Amendment this week. I wrote about the historical context of Ireland’s utterly dysfunctional attitude...

Local news in the aftermath of the 1916 Easter Rising

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July 14th-20th 1916 At Limerick Assizes, John Walsh with an address in Kilbehenny, was indicted for the manslaughter of his father, William Walsh on April...

Listen to Bob Dylan’s Granny: Everyone you’ll ever meet is fighting...

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This world can be a cruel and lonesome place sometimes, writes Donal O’Keeffe. Maybe there are worse things we might try than kindness now...

Local news in the aftermath of the 1916 Easter Rising

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July 7th-13th, 1916 In their annual report for 1915, The Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals revealed that its officers visited Fermoy Cattle Fair...

In Irish politics “issues of conscience” always means “control over women’s...

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

Local news in the aftermath of the 1916 Easter Rising

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June 30th-July 6th 1916 It was anticipated that a most attractive game of cricket would result from the meeting of Cork County versus South of...

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