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Jennifer O&x27Connell

Jennifer O&x27Connell

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Enoch Burke’s lonely vigil at the school gate has not been entirely pointless

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Jennifer O&x27Connell

Dominique Pelicot and his co-defendants are not monsters, but something more frightening

The enduring story of the rape trial that has gripped France over the last three months is not the evil of the perpetrators, but the extraordinary...

21.12.2024 5

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Jennifer O&x27Connell

Judge in Nikita Hand’s civil action against Conor McGregor delivered a masterclass in consent

Remy Farrell SC, a lawyer of precise and occasionally vivid language, chose what might have been an unfortunate phrase to describe his client Conor...

23.11.2024 10

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Jennifer O&x27Connell

Gerry Hutch running for office is no joke. The media should stop treating it like one

In the bitter recriminations and soul-searching that followed Donald Trump’s first election as US president in 2016, much blame fell on the...

16.11.2024 1

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Jennifer O&x27Connell

Defending Kyle Hayes’s award takes All Star level nerve

If there was ever any doubt that Gaelic games were among the most athletically demanding of sporting disciplines, you only needed to tune into...

09.11.2024 5

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Jennifer O&x27Connell

‘Organise childcare’ means two things - ask Granny or take a day off work

For weeks now there have been, or so I’m reliably told, spreadsheets and whiteboards tacked to various office walls in Government Buildings, as...

26.10.2024 4

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Jennifer O&x27Connell

Hazel Behan and Gisèle Pelicot are not victims, but survivors setting the world on fire with their truth

It has been 20 years but, when she closes her eyes at night, Hazel Behan can still see his. On that terrible night, June 16th, 2004, that’s all...

13.10.2024 6

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Jennifer O&x27Connell

Restricting access to contraception to stop people having sex: haven’t we tried that before?

If I understand him correctly, Peadar Tóibín is worried the State may be encouraging 16-year-olds to encourage other 16-year-olds to have sex....

21.09.2024 4

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Jennifer O&x27Connell

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