The Sexual Abuse and Violence in Ireland Report is 15 years out of date. Those working with the victims of sexual crime say a second report is desperately needed. If the Taoiseach is serious about tackling sexual harassment, he...
The sentences speak for themselves: we need to get serious about sexual crime, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
Tom Humphries was 47-years-old, a huge, influential man, a respected Irish Times sports-writer when he groomed a 14-year-old girl for sex. For robbing a child...
“Thor: Ragnarok” launches this weekend and like most of Marvel films, its characters – including the guest-starring Incredible Hulk – were co-created by Jack Kirby.
2017 marks the centenary of birth of “The King of Comics”. If you’ve never...
The Eighth Amendment argument is not going Mattie McGrath and Rónán Mullen’s way and they’re throwing the toys out of the pram, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
Last week Mattie McGrath TD and Senator Rónán Mullen, took to the Plinth for a...
I heard my local Fine Gael TD, David Stanton, say on RTÉ’s Drivetime recently the single most Fine Gael thing I have ever in my life heard.
Stanton is Minister of State for Immigration and Integration.
“We encourage people to become...
The first thing I should say is thank you.
I wrote here a few weeks ago about being evicted from my home of eleven years, as my landlord is selling off the building. It was a horrible experience, and I...
With Fermoy seemingly united against them, Donal O’Keeffe talks with Philip and Sal Tivy of Perks, as they look to secure planning permission for an amusement arcade on the south side of town.
I attended a public meeting last week...
George Hook has an obvious path to redemption. Whether he takes it will prove if his apology is as hollow as it sounds, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
“George Hook gives permission to the sexists and victim-blamers,” my friend said. "The underlying...
Ireland doesn’t just have a homelessness crisis. Ireland has a poverty crisis, writes Donal O’Keeffe
Imagine you’re a single person, with no dependents, living in rented accommodation. Let’s say your rent is €150 per week. (You’re unemployed, so you think...
I was struck by an article in The Avondhu by Donal O’Keeffe (30.05.17), ‘If abortion really is murder, why no “pro-life” pickets at ports and airports’. I believe it conveyed a rather poor and misleading impression of pro-life people...
