Attacking asylum-seekers won’t do forgotten-but-not-gone Noel Grealish any harm
Appealing to Irish voters’ basest, racist instincts usually pays electoral dividends, says Donal O’Keeffe.
Like most of the country, I had quite forgotten about Noel...
Is Pope Francis doddery, or is he just a complete spoofer?
Exactly what, and exactly when, did the Pope know about institutional abuse in Ireland?
By Donal O’Keeffe.
I wouldn’t usually spend lunchtime waiting on a call...
Picture perfect: along the Blackwater with Pat Quinlan
(All photographs courtesy of Pat Quinlan)
Fermoy-based photographer Pat Quinlan has become a big hit on Facebook. Donal O’Keeffe caught up with him for a...
The very least we owe the Bessborough Babies is their names
by Donal O'Keeffe
“We need to name these babies,” Catherine Corless told me, “so people can know who they were, and how they died.”
I walked...
Catherine Corless: “I hope Cork people will show solidarity by visiting...
With over 800 babies missing from Bessborough, the timing of a UCC art exhibition honouring all who suffered in Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries, mother and...
Cork artists wanted
By Donal O’Keeffe
With over 800 babies missing in Bessborough, the journalist who broke the Tuam Babies story is appealing to Cork artists to join...
O’Driscoll raises concerns on RPZs
“The inclusion of the Fermoy Electoral Area as a Rent Pressure Zone is a welcome announcement for those renting in the district, according to...
Appreciating our impermanent treasures
By Donal O’Keeffe.
This week’s column is, if you’ll forgive the pun, a mixed bag.
A couple of Mondays ago, I got a text from 96fm:...
Fermoy’s Blackwater: Closed to people with disabilities
A year ago, Chris O’Donovan, pilot of Ireland’s only MKIII wheelchair-accessible boat, warned that damage to Fermoy Weir would soon force the Wheelyboat out...
Tell the truth and shame the Devil, Sisters. Where are the...
By Donal O’Keeffe
Carmel Cantwell posted a beautiful photo last week. Wild barley and clover decorate the foreground, and in the middle of an overgrown...
