Ann Lovett 1968 – January 31 1984
34 years ago today, Ann Lovett died after giving birth at a grotto in Granard. Ann’s death changed an Ireland which is still trying...
Ha-hah! Alan Partridge’s strained relations with Ireland
If you watched This Time with Alan Partridge on BBC1 last week, there’s a good chance you’re still humming “Come Out Ye Black and...
Winter is coming and I’m about to be homeless
I’ve been a good tenant for eleven years and now I’m about to be homeless, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
I’m about to be homeless.
I’m not trying...
Why would you want to shake the hand of a sex...
Character references and courtroom displays of support for convicted sex offenders are worthless, and serve no other purpose than to re-traumatise victims.
They queued up...
The Irish were not slaves. Get over yourself.
No, the Irish were not slaves, but there’s a reason the worst people want you to think they were, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
For the second...
Challenging those who deny the Tuam Babies
A presentation by a Tuam Babies denier – hosted by a contributor to the sensationalist Catholic paper ‘Alive!’ – didn’t go to plan, when...
“Bessborough was a death sentence”
In life and in death, babies who died at Bessborough were considered disposable, and to be born in the Cork mother and baby home...
This might just save your daughter’s life
If you have a young daughter, you need to watch RTÉ's Prime Time report on the HPV vaccine, writes Donal O'Keeffe. It might just...
The only way Tuam Babies will get justice – send in...
It was all true. Every word. 796 babies, dumped in a septic tank in Tuam.
Last Friday, the Mother and Baby Home Commission of Investigation...
Remembering Little Nellie, even as Cork determinedly forgets its Magdalene women
‘Little Nellie of Holy God’, Cork’s unofficial patron saint, was four and a half years old when she died in 1908. Her short life...
