Michael Keating
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Scotland: Under the twin shadows of Covid and Brexit
- UK
- December 5, 2020, 01:00
In Edinburgh, the silence is everywhere, in empty restaurants and deserted train stations, with people walking quickly by, heads down, and masks on. W(...)

Irish man handed over to UK authorities over fine for tax evasion
- Crime & Law
- June 4, 2019, 04:07
An Irish man has been surrendered to British authorities for failing to pay a decades-old multimillion-pound fine for tax evasion. Daniel O’Connell ((...)

Eleven in court charged with dangerous driving during Rally of the Lakes
- District Court
- May 7, 2019, 20:12
Eleven men appeared before Killarney District Court on Tuesday each charged with dangerous driving on Sunday afternoon last at a scenic spot near the(...)

Photographing nature, wildlife and ‘the other side of Ballymun’
- Environment
- January 6, 2018, 01:00
Ballymun is Michael Keating’s home town and he knows that what he sees there is not what everyone else sees. The bus driver and wildlife photographer(...)

How the Catalonia crisis could have been avoided
- Opinion
- October 6, 2017
Following Spain’s transition to democracy in the 1970s, Catalan nationalism was marked by moderation, caution and gradual progress. The Catalan moveme(...)

Cash flows freely as Somalia holds ‘fraudulent’ election
- Africa
- February 7, 2017, 11:51
Politicians have been peeling off wads of hundred dollar bills to buy votes. Others have shown up for parliamentary races standing next to a political(...)

Sturgeon warns of ‘new political era’ of right-wing Conservatives
- UK
- October 16, 2016, 17:03
The UK has entered a “new political era” dominated by right-wing Conservatives, according to Scotland’s first minister. Addressing thousands of suppo(...)

World View: Brexiteers split three ways on what happens next
- Opinion
- July 2, 2016, 01:00
Israel’s Haaretz, bewildered by the last election result, put up a podcast that it entitled simply: “We the people have spoken (What the hell did we s(...)

Remembering Bruce Springsteen’s first Irish concert
- Music
- May 27, 2016, 19:00
It was 31 years ago when Bruce Springsteen played his first concert in Ireland and made the front page of The Irish Times. A crowd of more than 65,0(...)

Referendum to deepen Anglo-Scottish political gap
- Europe
- April 6, 2016, 01:04
When the UK last held a referendum on Europe in 1975, more than two-thirds of English voters wanted to remain in the then European Community. Support (...)