Ian O'Doherty

Sky documentary: Irvine Welsh with rapper MIA. Welsh says the backlash received for Trainspotting stung, but says unlike now, people were allowed different opinion in the 1990s

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Ian O'Doherty Opinion Cancel culture is dangerous and now coming for ordinary people

When was the last time you were offended?

Prime Minister Boris Johnson at London's Westminster Abbey, during a service to mark Armistice Day last week. Photo: Jeremy Selwyn/Evening Standard/PA Wire

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Ian O’Doherty Opinion Boris Johnson’s reign of error has descended into political equivalent of a scrap outside a chipper

Oh what a tangled web they weave.

A mural by Australian artist Scott Marsh is seen on a wall at the Botany View Hotel in Sydney

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Ian O'Doherty Opinion With Donald Trump gone, what are we going to do for laughs now?

I’ve often said that politics is too important to take seriously.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald outside the Convention Centre Dublin for a Dáil session. Photo: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

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Ian O'Doherty Opinion Sinn Féin motion of no confidence in Varadkar is just another populist political stunt

As the eyes of the world turned to events in America and the US presidential election, it was nice to see that, closer to home, some of us still enjoy more traditional pursuits.

Bum note: Lady Gaga performing in support of Biden this week. She was criticised for mocking rednecks in a post online. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty

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Ian O'Doherty Opinion Donald Trump may have lost the election but his legacy will linger for a long time

Like many of us poor saps who are struggling with chronic boredom during the lockdown, I awaited Tuesday night’s election coverage with an almost unseemly degree of eagerness.

Supporters of President Donald Trump gather for a campaign rally at Opa-Locka Executive Airport, Florida, Fla. Photo: AP/Jim Rassol)

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Ian O'Doherty Opinion Whoever wins today’s US election, the loser will be the Divided States of America

After four years of rancour, discord and quite frankly, mass insanity the United States finally goes to the polls today.

Battle with the evil undead: David Soul in Salem’s Lot

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Ian O’Doherty: Halloween is the time to indulge our desire to freak ourselves out

I remember it well. In fact, I remember it like it was yesterday, even though it happened nearly 40 years ago.

Betrayed: Protesters hang babys’ shoes outside Áras an Uachtaráin to highlight their opposition to the sealing of records into the Tuam mother and baby home scandal

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Ian O'Doherty Opinion Sealing the Mother and Baby files is another betrayal by Official Ireland

Of all the less than desirable national traits we possess, our consistent failure to exorcise the ghosts of the past is one of the worst.

Trump card: A voter waits in line at a polling station in Florida as early voting begins

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Ian O'Doherty Opinion Young people don’t like democracy? Well, they’re not the only ones...

Shock! Horror! The young people are revolting!

Groundhog Day: This empty city-centre street in Galway will be replicated across the country after a new lockdown was announced last night. PHOTO: CLODAGH KILCOYNE

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Ian O'Doherty Opinion We face another six weeks of misery - but does anyone have a better alternative?

Welcome to Groundhog Day. Yes, as the country girds its loins for its return to a version of Lockdown 5, we're reminded once more that we're all in this together, whether we like it or not.

A woman wearing a mask in London. Photo: PA

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Will we ever get out of this Covid funk?

In the last six months, the most exciting thing to happen to me was tripping over a chew-toy last week and falling down the stairs while I carried one of my dogs.

You are what you eat: Flic Everett says the vegan diet she adopted played havoc with her health

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Vegans meat their match when they try to take on the butchers

There’s an old saying that ‘you are what you eat’.

Violent collision: The scenes outside Leinster House on Saturday. Photo: Steve Humphreys

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Ian O'Doherty Opinion Conspiracy and antifa thugs are no laughing matter now they are duking it out on streets

So what did you get up to on Saturday afternoon?

Prayers of the faithful: Daniela Taormina during a pro-Trump rally in New York after it emerged the US president was being treated for Covid-19

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Trump's unhinged critics are now just doing his job for him

The year 2020 has become the year of the cliché.

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It's beginning to look a lot like a Christmas lockdown - is that so bad?

Just when you thought that 2020 couldn't get any weirder (damn, I've done it again!), this week also saw early predictions that Christmas as we know it could be cancelled.

At the height of the pandemic, 598,000 were in receipt of the payment. This has now fallen to 210,000, but could increase in the coming days due to the Dublin lockdown. Photo: Collins Photos

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Ian O'Doherty Opinion We may have dodged a bullet on lockdown for now - but don't be too relieved just yet

That strange noise you may have heard on Sunday evening?

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Aw, the poor cupcakes are offended - Dawkins makes them feel 'unsafe'

Did I just defend students in the main part of this column? I do believe I did.

City of the Tribes: One senator has called on the Army to be sent on to the streets of Galway to help gardaí keep order

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Students' shenanigans not a reason to start turning on one another

Okay. Enough. We get it. To use the old line from Monty Python's Flying Circus: "Stop it, this is just getting silly now."

Compassion: Activist Gail O’Rorke with a picture of her friend Bernadette Forde, whom she helped. Photo: Gerry Mooney

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Ian O'Doherty Opinion We should give people who are dying in great pain the option to end their suffering

In what will probably become known as the Year of the Covid, 2020 has focused our minds on mortality. It hasn't been pleasant. It hasn't been easy. Many of us are now more conscious of our own eventual departure than we might have been in those simpler days before the pandemic.

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Ian O'Doherty

Ian O'Doherty Opinion Cancel culture is dangerous and now coming for ordinary people

Ian O’Doherty Opinion Boris Johnson’s reign of error has descended into political equivalent of a scrap outside a chipper

Ian O'Doherty Opinion With Donald Trump gone, what are we going to do for laughs now?

Ian O'Doherty Opinion Sinn Féin motion of no confidence in Varadkar is just another populist political stunt

Ian O'Doherty Opinion Donald Trump may have lost the election but his legacy will linger for a long time

Ian O'Doherty Opinion Whoever wins today’s US election, the loser will be the Divided States of America

Ian O’Doherty: Halloween is the time to indulge our desire to freak ourselves out

Ian O'Doherty Opinion Sealing the Mother and Baby files is another betrayal by Official Ireland

Ian O'Doherty Opinion Young people don’t like democracy? Well, they’re not the only ones...

Ian O'Doherty Opinion We face another six weeks of misery - but does anyone have a better alternative?

Will we ever get out of this Covid funk?

Vegans meat their match when they try to take on the butchers

Ian O'Doherty Opinion Conspiracy and antifa thugs are no laughing matter now they are duking it out on streets

Trump's unhinged critics are now just doing his job for him

It's beginning to look a lot like a Christmas lockdown - is that so bad?

Ian O'Doherty Opinion We may have dodged a bullet on lockdown for now - but don't be too relieved just yet

Aw, the poor cupcakes are offended - Dawkins makes them feel 'unsafe'

Students' shenanigans not a reason to start turning on one another

Ian O'Doherty Opinion We should give people who are dying in great pain the option to end their suffering

Fillets of jellyfish? Actually, maybe that's not such a bad idea after all

Ian O'Doherty Opinion Biden risks playing into Trump's tiny hands on big fight night

Ian O'Doherty Opinion Another year like this and people will begin to believe the bonkers conspiracy theories

When did trying to stop Covid make you a slave of the State?

Peace in our time - Donald Trump style

John Joe reminds us to be careful about jumping to conclusions

Ian O'Doherty Opinion What if they allowed all of our city pubs to open again - and nobody came?

Ian O'Doherty Opinion If race-baiters get their own way, we'll all be living in ethnic boxes

Ian O'Doherty Opinion As US descends into mob rule ahead of vote, president will benefit most

You know things are weird when Jedward are the voice of reason

Even when we get back to normality, will we remember what normal was?