Hand in glove with the Church, the Irish State abandoned Bessborough...
Bessborough letters reveal an intertwined relationship between Church and State which was complex and complicit, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
“Oh Ireland, my first and only love,...
Even now, we’re beholden to Ireland’s original sin, and still not...
The Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation’s final report has added hurt to hurt, pain to pain, and cruel insult to monstrous injury,...
“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...
A murderer who never had a chance in life, now at...
Warning: This article contains descriptions of murder and sexual assault.
Next Tuesday, barring an intervention by President Trump so unlikely as to qualify as miraculous...
When the Magi had gone
Some two thousand years after the Gospel of Saint Matthew says a carpenter and his family were forced to flee persecution in their native...
Minister visits to discuss local issues
Cork East TD James O’Connor and local councillors recently met with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O’Brien, during a visit to...
What does a United Ireland even look like?
Imagine the Union Flag flying proudly again atop buildings in Ireland, north and south, below the new flag of a United Ireland, a United...
November’s US election is the topic that got Ireland Googling most...
2020 is a year that will never be forgotten and the annual Google Year in Search results give us an insight into what’s been...
Sinn Féin’s good violence laundry
Brian Stanley TD’s misfortunes are only the latest example of Sinn Féin’s tortuous balancing act, rewriting history, laundering the past, and keeping the hard...
James O’Connor TD announces 48 bed block for Mallow General Hospital
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...
