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...
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...
If you saw RTÉ's "Centenary" last week, you might have heard a snippet of Gay Byrne's voice saying "The fact that an Irish schoolgirl died in a field, giving birth to her child, is a reproach to –"
Byrne was...
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 heritage, it’s a wonder we haven’t beaten them to it, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
A century ago,...
