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Alison O'Connor

Columnist

Governments have failed but we also need to question our priorities

Why do we take to the streets in massive numbers to protest over water charges and not over such utterly appalling conditions in our health services? asks Alison O’Connor

Fri, 06 Jan, 2017

Blowdriers and addled shoppers make it far from a silent night

I have to remind myself that working in retail at Christmas must be an awful experience, writes Alison O’Connor.

Fri, 23 Dec, 2016

‘Post-truth’ is word of the year and that’s a fact that should worry us

With everything else that has gone on, it is easy to forget we actually had a general election this year, writes Alison O’Connor.

Fri, 16 Dec, 2016

Citizens’ Assembly finally gets around to discussing abortion

Poorer women accept the pregnancy because they can’t raise €1,000 to fund a termination abroad, writes Alison O’Connor

Fri, 02 Dec, 2016

Alcohol Bill should prioritise citizens’ health over drinks industry’s profits

Our creaking health system is overwhelmed by our unhealthy relationship with alcohol, writes Alison O’Connor.

Fri, 25 Nov, 2016

Future for feminism looks bleak in the aftermath of US elections

Being a feminist right now feels foolish and pointless. It is not what we would want for our daughters, writes Alison O’Connor

Fri, 18 Nov, 2016

Reign of Donald Trump is here and we will need to be ready for worse to come

In the space of a short few months we have had the double blow of Trump and Brexit, writes Alison O’Connor

Fri, 11 Nov, 2016

No point saying otherwise, this is a terrible thing

Alison O’Connor wonders if Donald Trump is really going to stop telling lies, stop swearing revenge on those who cross him, stop looking at women as objects who exist for his sexual gratification, or stop pandering to the base instincts of those who would wish to make America great and white again?

Thu, 10 Nov, 2016

We should be glad Kenny is willing to get involved in Brexit talks

Just as we had repaired relations with the British, you’d feel like banging their heads together, writes Alison O’Connor

Fri, 04 Nov, 2016

With a public flogging like this, why do women bother with politics?

I don’t think there’s a single article that has ever been written about a male politician in the same vein, writes Alison O’Connor.

Fri, 28 Oct, 2016