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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.

Donald Trump’s use of emotional truth is beyond the reach of facts

Donald Trump’s use of emotional truth is beyond the reach of facts

Trump talks to a target audience filled with resentful disappointment and squashed expectations, writes Terry Prone

Mon, 01 Aug, 2016

David Marcus was the lapsed Jew from Cork who did so much to encourage Irish writers

David Marcus was the lapsed Jew from Cork who did so much to encourage Irish writers

David Marcus would eat an evening meal as unexciting as a tin of salmon while reading the stories and poems, writes Terry Prone

Mon, 25 Jul, 2016

It’s time we banished the phrase ‘as a mum’ from public discourse

It’s time we banished the phrase ‘as a mum’ from public discourse

Terry Prone says Andrea Leadsom ‘has provided a neat case study in mumhood self-delusion, claiming an accretion of extra wisdom as a result of giving birth, which was provably absent’.

Mon, 18 Jul, 2016

Charity begins at home, but it’s finally coming to an end here

Charity begins at home, but it’s finally coming to an end here

We ignore the fact that most of the services are... state services with a different sign on the door, writes Terry Prone

Mon, 11 Jul, 2016

Safety pin of sense has snapped and impaled Britain’s posterior

Safety pin of sense has snapped and impaled Britain’s posterior

This novel use of the safety pin is an odd indirect outcropping of Britain’s decision to leave the EU, writes Terry Prone

Mon, 04 Jul, 2016

Orlando not the first nightclub mass killing of gay people

Orlando not the first nightclub mass killing of gay people

In 1973, the deadliest fire in the history of New Orleans — a fire-prone city — killed 32 gay men, writes Terry Prone

Mon, 27 Jun, 2016

Strange official response to the case of the police recruit cheats

Strange official response to the case of the police recruit cheats

The PSNI decided to put cheating recruits through the course again, instead of getting new, clean applicants, writes Terry Prone.

Mon, 20 Jun, 2016

An equal opportunities massager or something much more sinister?

An equal opportunities massager or something much more sinister?

An unsought neck massage in a workplace environment became a bone of contention recently, writes Terry Prone

Mon, 13 Jun, 2016

A nation drunk on sunshine could produce another baby boom

A nation drunk on sunshine could produce another baby boom

Apparently, we fancy a bit of sexual action much more in the sunshine than when the weather is chilly, writes Terry Prone

Mon, 06 Jun, 2016

Hiroshima victims still suffered long after the bomb was dropped

Hiroshima victims still suffered long after the bomb was dropped

Little interest was evinced by the Allies in offering medical treatment to bomb victims, writes Terry Prone

Mon, 30 May, 2016