Nearly three months after the crash which claimed the lives of her husband and her two children, Elber Twomey recalls: “A friend of mine, Father Mike, asked if I would pray for Marek”. Marek was the 26-year-old Polish man...
Ireland is fortunate to have the ear of the White House, but it might be nice if - once in a Blue Moon - our Taoiseach spoke a little truth to power, writes Donal O'Keeffe.
Last week, An Taoiseach, Enda...
Ahead of the tonight's final debate in the US presidential campaign, Donal O'Keeffe offers the Democratic candidate some advice.
Dear Secretary Clinton,
Well, this is it. The final debate in the most vicious and divisive campaign in the history of...
Kids should learn about consent, and learn that their bodies are their own, at the same time they learn the alphabet, writes Donal O'Keeffe.
"I was walking down St Patrick's Street in Cork, wearing a vest top, because it was...
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...
It's a horrible feeling.
A sick dread in the pit of your stomach, a sense of shock and disbelief. Hopelessness too, but more: there's also a sense of despair at the utter unfairness of what's just happened.
It feels like when...
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...
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...
It was snowing on Paul Street two Thursday nights ago. Not dry, fluffy Hollywood snow, but Irish snow. Cold, white rain, basically.
I was frozen, even in my coat, scarf and Indiana Jones hat.
On the corner across from Amicus,...
Life in an apartment building is seldom uneventful but it’s far from all bad, writes Donal O’Keeffe
"It's just apartment house rules so all you 'partment fools, remember one man's ceiling is another man's floor"
- Paul Simon – One Man’s Ceiling Is...
