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Gareth O'Callaghan

Gareth O’Callaghan is a radio presenter, psychotherapist and author of six books.

Amgen Irish Open 2026 - Day Four

Gareth O'Callaghan: Trump came for golf. Ireland got a lesson in the ‘madman theory’

Gareth O’Callaghan looks at Donald Trump’s softer side in Doonbeg and Micheál Martin’s cautious approach during the US president’s visit

Sat, 19 Sep, 2026

APTOPIX Vance

Gareth O'Callaghan: JD Vance doesn't mind if the end times come — which god is he working for?

Talk of the apocalypse is everywhere we look these days, but it's not the inevitability some want us to believe

Sat, 12 Sep, 2026

Shootings Attempt To Destabilise The Northern Ireland Peace Process

Gareth O’Callaghan: Would there have been a Good Friday Agreement without the 1981 hunger strike?

Bobby Sands’ death marked a turning point that reshaped Sinn Féin, Northern Ireland politics and the road towards peace

Sat, 05 Sep, 2026

Co Kildare crash vigil

Gareth O'Callaghan: What can Ireland do to prevent another M9 road tragedy?

The M9 tragedy has exposed the limits of policing alone as Ireland struggles to confront dangerous wrong-way motorway driving

Sat, 29 Aug, 2026

Gareth O’Callaghan: Is racism becoming more accepted in Ireland?

Gareth O’Callaghan: Is racism becoming more accepted in Ireland?

From online abuse to hostility on Irish streets, Gareth O’Callaghan examines the conditions allowing racism and prejudice to flourish

Sat, 22 Aug, 2026

Boy using asthma inhaler to treat inflammatory disease, wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath. Allergy tre

Gareth O'Callaghan: I nearly died because I couldn’t breathe. Children shouldn’t have to face the same risk

With asthma deaths rising and families struggling to afford medication, Gareth O'Callaghan calls for free inhalers for children

Sat, 15 Aug, 2026

Gareth O'Callaghan: Ireland's education system still fails too many Leaving Cert students

Gareth O'Callaghan: Ireland's education system still fails too many Leaving Cert students

Despite recent reforms, Ireland's education system still undervalues vocational skills and overlooks students who learn in different ways

Sat, 08 Aug, 2026

AI robot consoling a sad lonely man

Gareth O'Callaghan: AI can imitate a voice, but it cannot heal a broken heart

Gareth O'Callaghan explores the emotional promise and hidden dangers of AI grief bots through one widower's heartbreaking experience

Sat, 01 Aug, 2026

Summer weather July 11th 2026

Gareth O'Callaghan: Ireland's heatwaves are becoming hotter, longer and harder to ignore

Gareth O'Callaghan reflects on record temperatures, climate science and why society continues to underestimate the growing dangers of extreme heat

Sat, 25 Jul, 2026

Switzerland Vatican Defiant Traditionalists

Gareth O'Callaghan: There’s nothing modern about Latin Mass — that's why I love it

Gareth O'Callaghan says the traditional Latin Mass offers reverence, beauty and continuity that many Catholics still seek today

Fri, 17 Jul, 2026