Jennifer O Connell

John Doherty’s pains started last December 14th. Unfortunately for him, it was a Saturday morning. In Waterford, it matters which day of the week you (...)

“Rural Ireland is closed,” says Pat “The Lawnmower Man” from Tallow in west Waterford. He won’t give his last name – everyone knows him as The Lawnmo(...)

The gong for best front page on Megxit – the “bombshell” news of Harry and Meghan’s decision to step down as senior royals, curtail the time they spen(...)

On the mass booklet, she was Marian Finucane Clarke, but to those who had known and loved her – in real life, or through the airwaves – she was simply(...)

Columnist Jennifer O’Connell’s comment piece about Greta Thunberg is the most read Irish Times article of 2019 and the most read in the history of the(...)

The Christmas onesies are warming on a radiator, the camp bed has been freed from the attic, and the chestnuts are not roasting on an open fire becaus(...)

Mike is propped up on pillows in his bed in Our Lady’s Hospice in Harold’s Cross in Dublin, listening to news coverage of the UK election on his phone(...)

It’s Election Day. After a five-week campaign that saw Boris Johnson accused of wholesale dishonesty and callousness towards the victims of Conservati(...)

“If enough people vote tactically in just nine or 10 constituencies, it could deny Boris his majority,” says Lockie Shoebridge, secretary of the Young(...)

I’ve seen the future in a hotel lobby in the British West Midlands. I am here, having stumbled out of bed at 2.30am, driven two hours to make a 6.30a(...)