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Alison O'Connor

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New Zealand COVID-19 Restrictions Reintroduced Following New Coronavirus Cases

Alison O’Connor: New Zealand offers a glimpse of our future living with Covid-19

Ireland is about to introduce its new pandemic alert system which allows for more localised restrictions to quell the virus, writes Alison O’Connor

Fri, 11 Sep, 2020

Alison O'Connor: Von der Leyen wants a woman to be the next Irish commissioner

We heard she requested a man and a woman, when the request was for a ‘woman and a man’, writes Alison O'Connor

Fri, 04 Sep, 2020

Female doctor performing Covid-19 tests while patients sit in cars

Alison O'Connor: I had my Covid-19 test and now I feel like the boy who cried wolf

The woman in the white mask asked: "Is this your first time?" Seconds later, she plunged what looked like an extra-long Q-Tip down my throat. It was my first time; my singular experience of having a test for Covid-19.

Fri, 28 Aug, 2020

Alison O'Connor: Too serious a time for politicking — we have a virus to contain

Political jostling could result in the deaths of more people from Covid-19 than if there were smooth relations behind the scenes between party leaders, writes Alison O'Connor

Fri, 21 Aug, 2020

Alison O'Connor: Kamala Harris' prospects give reasons to be cheerful

Maybe it’s down to a general lack of good news, but the announcement of Kamala Harris as Joe Biden’s vice presidential running mate in the US election, has a wonderful glow of positivity.

Thu, 13 Aug, 2020

Alison O'Connor: Government has too many cooks, just like 'The Two Popes'

Micheál Martin needs to get on with being Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar needs to realise his place, and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan needs to shape up to the job, says Alison O'Connor

Fri, 07 Aug, 2020

Alison O'Connor: Summer 2020 will be remembered for many reasons

In almost every town, there are businesses that shut in March and would not be reopening, even if a vaccine was found tomorrow

Fri, 31 Jul, 2020

Brian Hayes’ early retirement shows how brain drain is undermining politics

It can bore the pants off many but for a considerable number of people politics is an addiction, says Alison O’Connor.

Fri, 09 Nov, 2018

Media needs to change as old rules fail to keep up with different times

The media, in certain instances, need to accept that ‘both sidism’ is simply a broken concept when dealing with someone like Trump who will lie and spread false facts like soft butter, writes Alison O’Connor.

Fri, 02 Nov, 2018

Horrific tales of domestic violence being told across the country

Sometimes you have to write it down in a type of list format to make the point, even to yourself. 

Fri, 26 Oct, 2018