I kept wondering last week if I was the only person in Ireland who had seen Stephen Frears’ 2013 Oscar-nominated comedy-drama 'Philomena', writes Donal O’Keeffe.
Last week, the child and family agency Tusla revealed that - between 1946 and 1969...
Under the green gaze of John Mandeville, a red-faced man roars at a pregnant woman that she is a murderer.
In the Square in Mitchelstown, on the Sunday evening before the referendum vote, a middle-aged man exits a pub and...
Abortion affects people in Clogheen, in Burncourt, in Glanworth, in Kilworth, in Rathcormac. This Friday, you decide whether Ireland continues to exile a dozen women a day, or whether we put an end to 35 years of cruelty and...
The Eighth Amendment was never really about abortion, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
That might seem a very odd thing to say, in the only country in the democratic world to have a constitutional ban on abortion, but there was, in 1983,...
I dreamed the referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment had been lost, claims Donal O’Keeffe, and – after 35 years – the ‘pro-life’ still had no idea how Ireland should deal with crisis pregnancies.
In my dream, it was 11am on...
Bridget Dolan was 26 years old when she entered the Tuam Mother and Baby Home. It was 1946, and Bridget was pregnant, alone, and terrified. She had no idea she would one day become a figure of considerable historical...
Fermoy Weir is the cornerstone of the town. It’s a listed, protected structure, and its owners, Cork County Council, seem happy to see it wash away, writes Donal O'Keeffe.
300 people marched on Fermoy’s Kent Bridge last Saturday. Among them...
"I'm controversial, but only because of what other people say,” says Tara Flynn, ahead of her show Not A Funny Word in Cork’s Everyman Theatre.
Tara Flynn is a writer, an actor and a comedian. She’s a regular contributor to...
Siobhán had never heard of Pieta House (1800 247 247) until someone happened to mention to her the free suicide prevention service that would end up saving her life. Now, she says, “I want Pieta House to be a...
I was honoured last year to be asked by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre to write something for their 16 Days of Activism campaign. Given all that’s happened in recent days, I thought this mightn’t be a bad time...
