Moonie money buys Castlehyde
The Avondhu can exclusively reveal this week that Michael Flatley’s Castlehyde mansion has been bought by the Unification Church, more loosely known as ‘the...
In our Centenary, 3,000 years of Irish history mulched for potting...
Last year, Taoiseach Enda Kenny claimed that ISIS wants to destroy Newgrange and the Rock of Cashel. Given Ireland’s lack of regard for its...
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...
Winter is coming and I’m about to be homeless
I’ve been a good tenant for eleven years and now I’m about to be homeless, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
I’m about to be homeless.
I’m not trying...
Five men arrested in Anglesboro as part of anti-burglary operation
Five men were arrested six kilometres outside Mitchelstown earlier this week as part of an anti-burglary operation.
A garda spokesperson confirmed that the men were arrested at...
Body recovered from river in Fermoy
A body was recovered from the River Blackwater in Fermoy early on Wednesday morning.
Following a call to emergency services at around 7.50am, the body...
The only way Tuam Babies will get justice – send in...
It was all true. Every word. 796 babies, dumped in a septic tank in Tuam.
Last Friday, the Mother and Baby Home Commission of Investigation...
If there’s such a thing as bad publicity, this sexist Moose...
Is there such a thing as bad publicity?
In the age of social media, was Oscar Wilde right about the only thing worse than...
Rape Culture in Ireland 2016
The phrase “rape culture” is new enough in public discourse here. What might rape culture look like in Ireland? asks Donal O’Keeffe.
The Oxford English...
The State already knew about Tuam. Nothing ever changes in Ireland.
The Irish State knew at least four years ago of a historic child-trafficking scheme. In August, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald referred the matter to...
