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Remembering Little Nellie, even as Cork determinedly forgets its Magdalene women

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‘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...

The Tuam Babies: two years on, hard questions remain

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As archaeologists excavate the Tuam Mother and Baby Home site where 796 children are believed to be buried, questions remain unanswered, writes Donal O'Keeffe. Last...

Mitchelstown deep clean needed in wake of Covid-19

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A Mitchelstown county councillor has called on the council to carry out a deep clean of the streets of the town during the Covid-19...

‘Fast fashion’ is the fourth largest cause of environmental pressure

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According to World Vision Ireland and the Irish Environmental Network, the ‘fast fashion’ industry is the fourth largest cause of environmental pressure. The NGOs...

Lives in danger on road from Mitchelstown to Limerick

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Safety fears are mounting as a route connecting Mitchelstown to Limerick has fallen into disrepair. The issue has been raised by Cllr Martin Ryan who said...

Yes 66.4%

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Under the green gaze of John Mandeville, a red-faced man roars at a pregnant woman that she is a murderer. In the Square in Mitchelstown,...

Good riddance to Peter Casey, Ireland’s Micro-Trump

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Whether he meant to or not, presidential candidate Peter Casey should not be forgiven for the racial hate he stirred up in the bloodpot...

James Deeny: The doctor who saved hundreds of Bessborough babies’ lives

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Dr James Deeny defied Church and State in 1940s Ireland to temporarily close Cork’s Bessborough mother and baby home. The subsequent drop in the...

Majella Moynihan: “I was torn apart by misogynist bastards within An...

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Former Garda Majella Moynihan – who says she is the only person in the world to be charged with giving birth - talks with...

The anti-choice argument is lost. Hence the dirty tricks

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I swore I wasn’t going to write about the Eighth Amendment this week. I wrote about the historical context of Ireland’s utterly dysfunctional attitude...

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