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Michael Moynihan

Michael Moynihan

Michael Moynihan is an associate editor and columnist with the Irish Examiner. He is also a best-selling author and documentary maker.

Michael Moynihan: Good initiatives outflanked by city catastrophes

S Michael Moynihan: Good initiatives outflanked by city catastrophes

Describing the South Gate Bridge clean-up as ‘a bit of a half-arsed effort’ is being kind

Thu, 14 Mar, 2024

Michael Moynihan: I think I’ve found the person to champion Cork and arrest decline

S Michael Moynihan: I think I’ve found the person to champion Cork and arrest decline

Cork’s Event Centre is a shameful ongoing mess compared to the brisk creation of a series of bespoke venues celebrating local heritage in Waterford

Thu, 07 Mar, 2024

Michael Moynihan: Even if there was a plan to make Cork better, who’d enforce it?

S Michael Moynihan: Even if there was a plan to make Cork better, who’d enforce it?

From defecating dogs to dereliction — going into the centre of the city can be a depressing experience

Thu, 29 Feb, 2024

animal crossing - car windshield view to deer on street

S Michael Moynihan: Why our road networks pose catastrophic dangers to wildlife

Cars kill animals while also blinding their drivers to that killing

Thu, 22 Feb, 2024

Michael Moynihan: From explosives to fishing - TW Murray and Co, almost 200 years of trading

Michael Moynihan: From explosives to fishing - TW Murray and Co, almost 200 years of trading

Michael Moynihan pays a visit to one of the longest surviving businesses on Cork main thoroughfare, Patrick St

Thu, 15 Feb, 2024

Michael Moynihan: Holy puck! Why progress with the events centre has been on ice

S Michael Moynihan: Holy puck! Why progress with the events centre has been on ice

Hold everything. And I mean everything. News to hand which will be of great interest to readers.

Thu, 15 Feb, 2024

Michael Moynihan: Decay and decline is the landscape in Cork and we need to change that

S Michael Moynihan: Decay and decline is the landscape in Cork and we need to change that

Artist Andrea Newman's exhibition highlights the dereliction that is being allowed to fester in some areas of the city

Thu, 08 Feb, 2024

Michael Moynihan: All in a name — Why it's important to have a sense of perspective

S Michael Moynihan: All in a name — Why it's important to have a sense of perspective

People take names seriously. Too seriously? Perhaps, but then names are serious business

Thu, 01 Feb, 2024

Views Of Poundbury As Duchy Of Cornwall Transfers To Prince William, Prince of Wales

S Michael Moynihan: Why are we convinced that the city of the future has to be green?

A new book by Professor Des Fitzgerald of UCC's Radical Humanities Laboratory ranges over assumptions about the modern urban experience

Thu, 25 Jan, 2024

Páirc Uí Chaoimh: How colossal debt precipitated a move with wider implications for society

S Páirc Uí Chaoimh: How colossal debt precipitated a move with wider implications for society

The prospect of accepting a name change for the stadium if sponsors want it sets a very dangerous precedent, one with a commercial rather than an emotional basis

Sat, 20 Jan, 2024