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An rud a scríobhann an Púca, léann sé féin é! Is dócha go raibh na an line sin scríofa in aimsir an phinn (writing pen) agus ag féachaint siar, nach bhfuil moladh os ard tuillte ag na scríbhneoirí cáiliula a...
The possibility that America may elect Donald Trump president is like hearing an old friend announce that they’ve joined a cult and they’re getting on the bus just now to head into the desert and wait for the UFOs,...
The last thing Archbishop Diarmuid Martin wanted this evening was to be explaining Grindr to the ghost of John Charles McQuaid, but there it was, imagines Donal O’Keeffe. A simple glass of sherry and Mahler on the turntable after...
I was listening to The News At One on RTE Radio 1 the other day when I heard Fianna Fáil's Timmy Dooley TD tell Audrey Carville that Ireland's international reputation has been ‘tarnished by the Olympic tickets controversy. You’re probably...
Imagine if I said: “I’m not anti-Healy-Rae but I believe it is wrong for a baby to not have any choice in being raised by a Healy-Rae couple". Imagine if I said that I believe Healy-Rae couples should not be...
My motor insurance premium is up by €200 since last I renewed. Maybe I had it coming to me, writes Donal O’Keeffe. When it comes to motoring, I’m something of a monster. I have a string of convictions for dangerous...
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...
That a celebrity has depression is not the story, writes Donal O'Keeffe, the story is that the celebrity is telling the world about his depression. “I was crushed between (the ages of) sixty and sixty-two, good for a year and...
I'm a middle-aged man, writes Donal O'Keeffe. I'm not even sure I have any right to talk about women's reproductive rights. I'm so old I can remember - over thirty years ago! - the frantic men and women with their...
Is there such a thing as bad publicity? In the age of social media, was Oscar Wilde right about the only thing worse than being talked about? If you're a publicity-hungry proprietor using social media to promote your business,...

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