Local news during the 1916 Easter Rising
May 5th-11th 1916
The death of Mr Richard Kent, Bawnard House, Castlelyons took place at the military hospital, Fermoy after being involved in a shootout...
Our YES votes brought a lot of happiness to this world
One year on, it’s clear that the Marriage Equality Referendum was about a lot more than just marriage, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
“There is no equivalency...
Local news during the 1916 Easter Rising
May 12th-18th 1916
At Fermoy Board of Guardians a preliminary notice of application was received from Mr A. Carroll, crown solicitor on behalf of Mrs...
Volunteers set up refugee reception centres
Whenever I hear of someone whose activity makes them a ‘role-model’ for us all, I seize the opportunity to profile them – after all,...
Little Bobby Dylan and his Instant F**king Copyrighting Machine
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...
Local news in the aftermath of the 1916 Easter Rising
May 19th-25th 1916
Although Mitchelstown and district was reported as having remained perfectly tranquil throughout the anxious period that had since passed, five men were...
Your religion shouldn’t dictate your morality. Your morality should dictate your...
What exactly is it about Irish Catholics that makes them think their Church doesn’t really mean the things it says? Donal O’Keeffe takes to...
He teaches extreme survival skills: he needs extreme ‘faith’
He has served in the army. He has led dare-devil expeditions. He has taught extreme survival skills – appearing with celebrities in his ‘Mission...
Local news in the aftermath of the 1916 Easter Rising
May 26th - June 1st, 1916
Consideration was given at a meeting of Fermoy Union, to constructing a new reservoir for the Ballyhooly waterworks and...
Perhaps to Irish eyes, Ibrahim Halawa’s crime is that he’s a...
An Irish citizen – a minor at the time of arrest - has been held without trial in an Egyptian jail for almost three...
