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Anne-Marie Flynn

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OPINION: Ditching DEI is just bad business

OPINION: Ditching DEI is just bad business

Since the Orange Troglodyte re-entered the Oval Office, DEI has been firmly in his crosshairs, and in those of his obscenely wealthy sycophantic posse...

02.03.2025 10

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Anne-Marie Flynn

OPINION: The media's pen is mightier than the sword

OPINION: The media's pen is mightier than the sword

Aren't we living in strange and unsettling times? Every morning this week when I’ve checked my phone first thing in the morning (yes, I know I need...

24.02.2025 10

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OPINION: Power outages and political tempests

My long-suffering editor will confirm that my adherence to deadlines is not my greatest strength. It’s an area in which I am striving to improve,...

30.01.2025 10

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OPINION: Burns’ intervention on Gallagher a significant moment for the GAA

Following the recent intervention by GAA President Jarlath Burns, former Derry, Donegal and Fermanagh manager Rory Gallagher will not be joining the...

17.01.2025 10

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OPINION: As the year turns, value personal progress over perfection

As I write, it is ‘Twixmas’, an irritating term of unknown origin that has made its way onto my list of most despised made-up words, just above ‘...

01.01.2025 7

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Housing as a right for all

As 2025 dawns, Ireland’s housing crisis stands as a really damning indictment of decades of inaction and market-driven policies. Over 12,000 people...

20.12.2024 3

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OPINION: Progress made, but spectre of victim-blaming lingers

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll have heard lots of discussion around Nikita Hand’s recent civil assault case against Conor McGregor....

04.12.2024 5

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OPINION: Will the status quo really serve Mayo?

As the general election looms closer, the perennial question of stability versus change confronts us again. Grappling with the possibility – nay,...

21.11.2024 3

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Anne-Marie Flynn

OPINION: Will American women voters save the day?

Today marks the 60th US Presidential election and, arguably, the one with the most ever at stake. Reflecting, perhaps, the global downturn in...

05.11.2024 3

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OPINION: Ireland’s shameful complicity in mass murder

For a country that has long prided itself on a history of anti-colonial struggle, human rights advocacy, and support for oppressed peoples...

24.10.2024 8

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OPINION: Ireland does not care about children

Back in the economically dark days of 2012, Ireland passed the Children’s Rights Referendum. Ostensibly, this committed to placing children’s...

10.10.2024 4

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OPINION: Castlebar needs bold vision

Recent comments from architect Hugh Wallace, describing Castlebar as ‘depressing’ and lacking in vision, must surely have stung. It’s not the first...

26.09.2024 2

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Anne-Marie Flynn

OPINION: Time to force the Church to pay up for abuse

It is now over three decades since the first reports of abuse by members of the Catholic Church emerged. We have heard harrowing accounts of...

11.09.2024 5

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Anne-Marie Flynn

OPINION: Paralympians don't want patronising press

The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games starts tomorrow (Wednesday), and those of us left bereft when the Olympics ended can breathe a sigh of relief and...

27.08.2024 2

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OPINION: Ten years, 260 opinions later – a decade of An Cailín Rua

This column marks my tenth year of writing for The Mayo News, which in turn, marks approximately 260 opinions shared on the pages of this paper....

16.08.2024 20

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