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Alison O'Connor
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Fennelly Fallout: Government is treating people like they are fools
Fennelly Fallout: Government is treating people like they are fools

IN THE world of our Taoiseach Enda Kenny if you wake up with the head of a dead horse in the bed beside you the thing to do is take it to a taxidermist and have it stuffed and mounted, writes Alison O’Connor. 

Fri, 04 Sep, 2015

Opportunistic government not helping the Northern Executive
Opportunistic government not helping the Northern Executive

Since taking power it appears that Enda Kenny has a rather ambivalent attitude to the North, writes Alison O’Connor

Fri, 28 Aug, 2015

Rose of Tralee is still all about judging young Irishwomen

I almost found myself not wanting the Philip Tracey-designed crown to be taken from Maria Walsh, writes Alison O’Connor

Fri, 21 Aug, 2015

Comb-over cannot cover up how Donald Trump thrives with his misogyny
Comb-over cannot cover up how Donald Trump thrives with his misogyny

Donal Trump has set the bar so low that even remarks like ‘legitimate rape’ seem less outrageous now, writes Alison O’Connor

Fri, 14 Aug, 2015

State casting women adrift in their most desperate hour of need
State casting women adrift in their most desperate hour of need

THE personal is political, or so the feminist slogan, which originated in the 1960s, tells us.

Fri, 07 Aug, 2015

Inquiry showed once gung-ho Taoiseach to be a weak performer
Inquiry showed once gung-ho Taoiseach to be a weak performer

There is a strong suspicion that the horrible lessons we learned through the economic bust are

Fri, 31 Jul, 2015

Straight talking is refreshing but without change it loses its lustre
Straight talking is refreshing but without change it loses its lustre

Marvelous political skill is unsatisfactory when it comes to the shambolic

Fri, 17 Jul, 2015

Masters of the conditional apology should try some genuine remorse
Masters of the conditional apology should try some genuine remorse

For too long sorry seemed to be the hardest word to utter in Irish public life. But that is no longer the case. The advent of the banking inquiry means no one week seems complete without at least one being uttered along with a public beating of the chest, well more like a gentle palpitating.

Fri, 10 Jul, 2015

This Government is throwing the kitchen sink at single parents
This Government is throwing the kitchen sink at single parents

In 2013 almost 12% of Irish children were living in consistent poverty, writes Alison O’Connor

Fri, 26 Jun, 2015

Media merger guidelines are impotent and an act of cowardice
Media merger guidelines are impotent and an act of cowardice

It was a barefaced cheek of the minister to make a virtue out of the new guidelines, writes Alison O’ Connor

Fri, 19 Jun, 2015

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