No, the Irish were not slaves, but there’s a reason the worst people want you to think they were, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
For the second year running, US President Donald Trump has declared March 'Irish-American Heritage Month'. That will have gone...
If you think abortion is not always black-and-white, or you feel compassion allows limited exceptions, you’re not the middle ground. You’re pro-choice, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
The media loves a Punch and Judy Show, and the standard narrative says there are...
Former President Mary McAleese is a decent and fiercely-intelligent woman who is hugely respected by the Irish people. She’s in for a disappointment, though, if she thinks the Catholic Church values her opinion any more than it does that...
With Gardaí unable to use technology capable of pinpointing exactly who is accessing child abuse material, we are failing 96% of Irish victims of child sex abuse, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
Last Tuesday, I was finishing a column with which I...
Bosco has been beloved by generations of Irish children since debuting in 1979. Some prominent voices helped Donal O’Keeffe to interview Ireland’s most famous 5-year-old. Plus, you’ll never guess who sent his best wishes."I would like to take the...
Last Wednesday, Dr Ali Selim of the Clonskeagh Mosque in Dublin told The Pat Kenny Show he hadn’t understood what female genital mutilation was when he spoke on national television in defence of female genital mutilation. Selim’s own words...
In Fermoy’s old military cemetery, behind the Famine graveyard at the back of the soccer pitch, there stands a small white marble cross. It marks the life and final resting place of a historic figure who died at the...
This past fortnight, Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI) asked that those of us who have Down syndrome not be used as poster children in the debate about repealing the Eighth Amendment.
Referring specifically to the anti-abortion 'Love Both' campaign, which uses...
34 years ago today, Ann Lovett died after giving birth at a grotto in Granard. Ann’s death changed an Ireland which is still trying to escape the long shadow of the 1980s, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
Granard, Co Longford, is a...
Sheila was 19 when she was imprisoned in 1976 for the crime of 'falling pregnant'. She was enslaved and subjected to appalling cruelty, and her baby was stolen. Had not her Daddy rescued her from the prison to which...
