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Stephen King predicted a Trump, but did King err on the...

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The Dead Zone features “a real estate conman” whose clownish populism masks a ruthless and unhinged demagogue destined for the White House. Was Stephen...

Our Government is gambling now in lives, and we can only...

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If we are forced into a Level Five lockdown after all, the Tánaiste’s attack on Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan will seem ill-advised...

Frederick Douglass and Father Mathew

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There’s a lovely piece of street art on Cork’s Grand Parade, on the electrical box outside Lloyd’s Pharmacy, featuring a striking portrait in blue...

We care more about burying the past than we ever did...

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With the bodies and burial records of more than 800 babies missing at Bessborough, the sealing for thirty years of survivor testimony reveals the...

The bully Trump clings to the White House pulpit

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When Teddy Roosevelt referred to the US presidency as “a bully pulpit”, he didn’t mean the word bully as we use it now. These...

“I have yet to meet a homeless woman who hasn’t been...

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Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s promise to help homeless victims of rape and sexual violence is significant. Those to whom he made that pledge say he...

With Ireland’s shameful past, symbolism cannot beat the power of testimony

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There is much symbolism to the way the Magdalene dead have been mistreated in Cork’s Good Shepherd Magdalene Laundry (also an orphanage and industrial...

Our hatred of Travellers is Ireland’s last acceptable racism

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In 2015, a fire tore through a temporary halting site in Carrickmines, Co Dublin, killing five adults, five children, and an unborn baby. Five...

Make it a ‘Real Cork Christmas’ – Mayor Linehan Foley

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“One thing that has sustained us throughout a difficult year has been our sense of community. We applauded our frontline workers, we kept apart...

James O’Connor TD announces 48 bed block for Mallow General Hospital

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Fianna Fáil Cork East TD James O’Connor has announced the news of a new 48-bed block extension for Mallow General Hospital, which on Friday received funding...

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