If we live in a multiple-choice reality where objective truth and personal opinion are afforded equal weight, we are in very serious trouble indeed, writes Donal O'Keeffe.
"I just wanted to do some good and went about it the wrong...
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...
"I don't think anybody in RTÉ really cares about children or what children want," Bosco tells Donal O'Keeffe.
One of my earliest memories is of being five and in a very bad mood. My mother, trying to cheer me up,...
Fermoy’s Ellie O’Reilly and Gill McGirr made rowing history two weeks ago, becoming the first Irish girls’ pair to win gold at Belgium’s prestigious Coup de la Jeunesse regatta. Political indifference and bureaucratic bloody-mindedness may mean the death of...
A 65-year-old Irish citizen has been held in Iran's dreaded Evin prison for three months now. She is gravely ill and her family says the Irish Government is not doing enough to help, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
Dr Homa Hoodfar is...
Wouldn't you get heart-sick of Christmas all the same? writes Donal O'Keeffe.
This Christmas seems to have been going on now forever. It was certainly well-underway long before the Americans decided that 83 years was long enough of a break between...
An unremarkable tale of everyday Garda professionalism and decency shows the good work the best of our guardians of the peace do, writes Donal O'Keeffe.
It was a cool enough morning in late October and I was heading down Oliver...
The failure by President Higgins - a lifelong human rights champion - to mention former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro's human rights abuses is deeply disappointing, writes Donal O'Keeffe.
Last weekend, President Michael D Higgins issued a statement saying he had...
False sex abuse allegations against Sergeant Maurice McCabe destroyed his life and the lives of his family, and the apparent weaponisation of those false allegations has made life even worse for genuine victims, writes Donal O'Keeffe.
The best-case scenario about...
What exactly is it about Irish Catholics that makes them think their Church doesn’t really mean the things it says? Donal O’Keeffe takes to the pulpit.
Last week, the Evening Echo reported that Ken Curtin, a Social Democrat candidate in...
