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Susan O'Keeffe

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Susan O'Keeffe is an investigative journalist. She is a former member of Seanad Eireann (2011-2016). She worked for many years with BBC Current Affairs as a producer/director in Manchester and London and with Granada TV's World in Action. Her programme Money for Nothing resulted in the Beef Tribunal and with her arrest and trial for not revealing her sources to that Tribunal. She also made the programme Sins of the Fathers, the first to reveal abuse of children by Catholic priests. Dublin born, she holds a BSc(Dairy&Food) from UCC and a diploma in marketing. She has written a book The Candidate, a contemporaneous account of her 2009 European election campaign.

Religion

Susan O’Keefe: Mary McAleese was right to mock Pope Francis

Pope Francis has signalled he does not intend for the Catholic Church to allow women to become priests

Qatar World Cup

‘Never has football been hijacked so completely by a country for its own ends’

The kick-off of the World Cup in Qatar shows how football has been consumed by money, writes Susan O’Keeffe

Susan O’Keeffe: ‘Smyth’s role is to encourage action on climate crisis, not turn it into a social media bandwagon’

The sad part about recent events is that climate change desperately needs protestors who are savvy and smart to help drive a vast mindset change, writes Susan O’Keeffe

Columnists

Susan O’Keeffe: ‘Beware of boring politics, real challenges remain within our own system’

As Boris Johnson jets back to the UK, Ireland should not feel superior simply because our own challenges are not quite on a scale with the public meltdown playing out across the water, writes Susan O’Keeffe

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Eat or Heat: The call of our current crises must not be drowned out by the language of power

As the budget looms, and protesters take to the street this weekend, Susan O’Keeffe writes that only one message remains for the government - Help

Politics

Susan O’Keeffe: Taoiseach’s Penneys visit throws retail’s climate credentials into the spotlight

With the climate on the brink of disaster, politicians need to be aware of the environmental credentials of the businesses they’re endorsing

Column

Susan O’Keeffe: Queen Elizabeth held the flag of respect; Liz Truss seems to have discarded it

The monarch lived almost all her long life in the service of the public and followed the ancient rules of monarchy pretty much to the letter

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‘Dear Liz, we don’t see eye to eye, but Ireland is willing to set off on the right foot’

Susan O’Keeffe pens an open letter to the Prime Minister in waiting Liz Truss

Column

Susan O’Keeffe: The framework for trust in our entire system is shaped by politicians – they must remember this

If there’s anything the Robert Troy debacle has taught us, it’s that not one person sitting in the Dáil or Seanad should be able take their seat if they have not property filed their entry in the Register of Interests within three months

Column

Susan O’Keeffe: ‘Our leaders may already have poverty fatigue, but this Budget will test them like never before’

The old saying that ‘the devil is in the detail’ was never truer than now, and it’s the detail that this Government must begin to feel, not merely know from a rushed read or half a social media headline

Column

Susan O’Keeffe: ‘King Puck’s descent from his perch may be the most unusual climate change warning yet’

Our environment is altering at a rapid rate and requires many changes – to the way we live – and to the way we have fun

Column

Susan O’Keeffe: Binning labels is just a bandage in the bigger food waste battle

The real challenge food waste presents is the enormous impact that rotting food poses for the environment

Energy

Susan O’Keeffe: Looming power shortages must put spotlight on energy companies

The world’s energy giants continue to grow record profits while the public try somehow to pay bills

Climate Change

Susan O’Keeffe: Politicians are fighting fire with hot air

There was hand-wringing and warnings for older people, babies, cars, trains and dogs this week, but little political will to take hard decisions on the greatest crisis of our time

Susan O’Keeffe: Cheap slogans and empty promises to the fore as Tory leadership race begins

So far there has been no evidence of vision or clarity and no voice of unity for a country which has been crying out for unity for years

Comment

Susan O’Keeffe: Irish government may find Boris Johnson was but a pale version of a Brexiteer

It’s quite possible the next British Prime Minister could be more Eurosceptic and even less interested in the affairs of Northern Ireland than the outgoing one

Comment

Susan O’Keeffe: We will never eradicate violence but we can create zero tolerance for it

The Justice Minster has showed leadership by introducing a seven-year strategy to fight domestic, sexual and gender-based crimes

Politics

Susan O’Keeffe: Left/right divide offers real change to the way politics is done here

For better or worse, Ireland’s political landscape is becoming more like that in the US and UK

Employment

Susan O’Keeffe: McGrath can follow KFC’s lead as he approaches crunch talks on a wing and a prayer

The Public Expenditure Minister will have to be creative when he steps into the Work Relations Commission to negotiate pay rises for the public sector

Dublin Airport

Susan O’Keeffe: As consumerism creaks, we may have to get used to more queues and cancellations

The scenes at Dublin Airport last weekend may become more commonplace as the consequences of Brexit, the pandemic, climate change and war are brought to bear on everyday life