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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.

Nurse holding Blood bag for patient in hospital

Terry Prone: Impressed by health service after Bryan’s bloody dash to Beamount

He gave me concise instructions as to how to get to the A&E and a minute later, I pulled up with a scorched rubber noise in front of a line of ambulances, writes Terry Prone

Mon, 16 May, 2022

GOP Senate Candidate JD Vance Campaigns In Ohio Ahead Of Primary

Terry Prone: JD Vance left poverty behind — and promptly betrayed everything he once held dear

Journalists and sociologists tried to make sense of the Trump phenomenon but none came as close to understanding the rage of poor white people as the author of 'Hillbilly Elegy'

Mon, 09 May, 2022

Hess And Goering

Terry Prone: Words matter, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy knows their value

Genocide. By repeatedly stating it, Ukraine's president is setting out the terms of the indictments that will one day be heard in international courts of law

Mon, 02 May, 2022

Vinyl record in front of a collection of albums, vintage process.

Terry Prone: Fond memories of Vileda mops and the jazz band that never was

Vileda mops speak to me. Nothing inanimate other than Vileda mops speaks to me or triggers me into reliving times of trouble.

Mon, 25 Apr, 2022

Terry Prone: Doubting Thomas’s outlook is not the only one — and that’s gospel

Terry Prone: Doubting Thomas’s outlook is not the only one — and that’s gospel

The 21st century probably approves more of Doubting Thomas than did others down through the years, writes Terry Prone.

Mon, 18 Apr, 2022

Terry Prone: Falling for a dancer — but Patricia Ward wasn’t even aware of Gene Kelly’s career

Terry Prone: Falling for a dancer — but Patricia Ward wasn’t even aware of Gene Kelly’s career

A young gold-digger who took control of a former star... But no... This isn't that kind of story. Instead, pause a while and listen to a woman who loved a great man and cherishes his menory

Mon, 11 Apr, 2022

Terry Prone: Aphasia is debilitating, disabling, and leaves me questioning myself

Terry Prone: Aphasia is debilitating, disabling, and leaves me questioning myself

To become non-verbal after a life rooted in words is a sentence without mercy or parole

Mon, 04 Apr, 2022

British Academy Film Awards 2022 - Arrivals - London

Terry Prone: With just a little bit of willpower, society could stop shaming obese people

The response to good news about an appetite-suppressing drug is muted only because people have been too ashamed to admit they have rather common conditions such as food obsession

Mon, 28 Mar, 2022

happy office intern

Terry Prone: Reading between the lines reveals the potential of a transition year student

Amid all the mayhem, and as we head towards some so-called normality, a TY student who totally gets it turns up...

Mon, 21 Mar, 2022

Trim Castle

Terry Prone: Restoring our heritage doesn't have to be in poor taste

It could be time to revive old skills and allow ruins to be filled with working, breathing, laughing humans as was once the intent

Mon, 14 Mar, 2022