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Terry Prone

Terry Prone is an author, columnist and one of Ireland's most well known commentators on communications, politics and public life.

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Terry Prone: Full employment means staff can readily leave a toxic workplace

You may assume vintage tales of inappropriate workplace behaviour could not happen today — but a quick survey tells me toxicity is alive and well in organisations large and small

Mon, 12 Jun, 2023

Terry Prone: I learned to shout properly during my trip on Dublin’s Viking Splash tour

Terry Prone: I learned to shout properly during my trip on Dublin’s Viking Splash tour

Yes. I did clamber into a thing that looks like an overgrown skip on wheels to whiz around Dublin roaring at passers-by

Mon, 05 Jun, 2023

Mother with little baby boy at the beach on sunset

Terry Prone: Weather like this brings the world to my doorstep for a day on the beach

All over Ireland, the sun brings families back to their favourite beaches — including 'my' little cove, Tower Bay near Portrane

Mon, 29 May, 2023

Prince Harry, Meghan Markle

S Terry Prone: Harry needs to stop bleating every time he gets rattled by paparazzi

Former royal needs to turn himself off and reboot

Mon, 22 May, 2023

King Charles III coronation

Terry Prone: If Taoiseach is to have a public partner, he needs to realise protocol matters

Did the Taoiseach’s partner, Matt Barrett, cause a diplomatic incident when he used his mobile phone after it should have been turned off, to send comments to his 350 private followers on Instagram? No.

Mon, 15 May, 2023

Terry Prone: Moral outrage won’t halt demand for new weight-loss drug of choice

Terry Prone: Moral outrage won’t halt demand for new weight-loss drug of choice

Moral sniffing at the idea of people using Ozempic or Wegovy as a 'quick weight loss hack' driven by 'culture' is ridiculous

Mon, 15 May, 2023

Punished not just for war crimes but also for ‘failing’ as a woman

Punished not just for war crimes but also for ‘failing’ as a woman

WHEN, at the surrender of the Third Reich, General Eisenhower visited Buchenwald concentration camp, he was so stunned he announced that he wanted every American unit to see what he had seen.

Mon, 08 May, 2023

Terry Prone: UL honour mitigates the shame of being a dropout

Terry Prone: UL honour mitigates the shame of being a dropout

'It’s generally considered naff to deploy an honorary doctorate. So I won’t, after today'

Mon, 01 May, 2023

Terry Prone: His authenticity is entertaining but Robert Watt is not an entertainer

Terry Prone: His authenticity is entertaining but Robert Watt is not an entertainer

The one thing Robert Watt delivered in front of the Oireachtas committee was authenticity. He didn't pretend not to be the combative personality he is.

Mon, 24 Apr, 2023

Terry Prone: Collective silence spared sexual aggressors like Brendan Behan

Terry Prone: Collective silence spared sexual aggressors like Brendan Behan

Long before MeToo made it possible to speak about sexual assault, Brendan Behan is alleged to have attempted to rape publicist Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Mon, 17 Apr, 2023