He has served in the army. He has led dare-devil expeditions. He has taught extreme survival skills – appearing with celebrities in his ‘Mission Survive’ TV programme.
But all the while he knows how to turn these same confrontation skills...
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 cap, there was a decided twinkle in his eyes, but the growl was formidable and...
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 between marriage and sodomy and those who seek to make them equal are only codding...
Every time Hillary Clinton points at an imaginary person in the audience, I hear a voice saying “Welcome to the Oval Office, President Trump”, writes Donal O’Keeffe
I had a sandwich and a coffee in the Amber service station in...
TDs pretending to be on the average industrial wage or less cost us exactly the same as all the others and they only compound their hypocrisy if they expect free legal aid, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
Last week in the Dublin...
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 Dictionary defines rape culture as “A society... whose prevailing social attitudes have the effect of...
54 days since the election, it seems clear that, for some, the real focus is on the next election, writes Donal O’Keeffe
You’d want to be brave to comment on the ongoing discussions to form a government, seeing as...
Is é an bóthar mór an cóngar
Tá ciall doimhin ag baint leis an tseanfhocal sin, dár liomsa ach ina lán slite san lá atá inniu ann, níl cead againn an bóthar mór a thógaint agus níl aon dul as...
To have captured on camera Health Minister Leo Varadkar and Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin positively beaming at one another – and on the day of the marriage referendum count – was a photographic scoop which no daily paper was...
“Some things are more important than a rock show and this fight against prejudice and bigotry — which is happening as I write — is one of them.”
So wrote Bruce Springsteen last week, explaining his decision to cancel his...
