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Michael Clifford

Mick Clifford

Mick Clifford is an award-winning investigative journalist and author of seven books.

Olympic achievements not dulled by controversy

Olympic achievements not dulled by controversy

Where there’s money and sport, there will continue to be corruption of one form or another, writes Michael Clifford

Sat, 20 Aug, 2016

Suffering shellshock and schadenfreude after arrest of Pat Hickey in Rio

Suffering shellshock and schadenfreude after arrest of Pat Hickey in Rio

It is inevitable that the arrest of Pat Hickey in Rio de Janeiro will give rise to schadenfreude among more than a few people, writes Michael Clifford

Thu, 18 Aug, 2016

Shane Ross left red faced but you gotta love Pat Hickey’s chutzpah

Shane Ross left red faced but you gotta love Pat Hickey’s chutzpah

Great rivalries are made at the Olympic Games. We have Michael Phelps and Chad le Clos in swimming, Bolt and Gatlin in the 100m sprint, the O’Donovan brothers and those très cool French dudes in the rowing. But you ain’t seen nothin’ like Ross and Hickey in the egos.

Tue, 16 Aug, 2016

'Everybody wants justice for Mary Boyle, but that is nowhere near as simple as is portrayed in a fevered social media campaign'

'Everybody wants justice for Mary Boyle, but that is nowhere near as simple as is portrayed in a fevered social media campaign'

EVERYBODY knows who murdered Mary Boyle. Everybody knows there was a cover-up of the killing of the six-year-old in March 1977. Everybody knows that the mainstream media is complicit in this cover-up. Everybody knows.

Sat, 23 Jul, 2016

One El of a climate problem for Ethiopia

One El of a climate problem for Ethiopia

AT FIRST glance Addis Ababa looks like a city in a mad rush somewhere. Skeletal cranes reach into the sky, invoking memories of the clueless Celtic Tiger, writes Michael Clifford.

Sat, 09 Jul, 2016

Expertise behind closed doors at Keynes Centre in Cork

Expertise behind closed doors at Keynes Centre in Cork

The concept of “transformative thinking” is at the core of research carried out at Keynes Centre, writes Michael Clifford

Mon, 04 Jul, 2016

We do populism a little differently here

We do populism a little differently here

There is nothing populism craves more than elites to rail against, writes Michael Clifford

Sat, 02 Jul, 2016

When policing is influenced by parish-pump politics

When policing is influenced by parish-pump politics

The argument that Garda stations had been a deterrent to crime when they were in operation does not stand up, writes Micheal Clifford

Thu, 30 Jun, 2016

There is a dark underbelly to the character of Boris Johnson

There is a dark underbelly to the character of Boris Johnson

Has history ever known a leader like Boris Johnson? He is a phenomenon of the modern age, says Michael Clifford

Tue, 28 Jun, 2016

Not weighing up evidence on sentencing

Not weighing up evidence on sentencing

Judges didn’t get with the spirit of mandatory minimum sentences, writes Michael Clifford

Sat, 25 Jun, 2016