Rosanna Cooney

And in all of this, she was unheard and unseen.

Today at Laganside Crown Court, Paddy Jackson, Stuart Olding, Blane McIlroy and Rory Harrison were cleared of all charges against them. Jackson and Olding were found not guilty of rape, McIlory was found not guilty of exposure, and Harrison was found not guilty of perverting the course of justice and withholding information. During the course of […]

“The lads? The legends? You decide.” These closing words of prosecuting counsel were followed by an invitation to the jury to return a verdict of guilty in the Belfast trial. For more than two hours, Toby Hedworth QC held a captive audience as he laid out the prosecution’s case against Paddy Jackson, Stuart Olding, Blane […]

Why should it matter what Hollywood does?

It is the most watched show of the year and there was one moment that made it… Gone are the accusations of The Late Late Toy Show promoting voracious consumerism and fuelling double sided santa letters. Gone too are its Dublin centric notions, loyalty to the Billy Barry Kids and focus on celebrity. We have […]

‘What has been done to me should never be seen as normal.’

While the Taoiseach visited France this week, updating us with vlogs, Simon Coveney took the leaders’ questions in the Dáil. Busy battling his own #CoveneyforTaoiseach demons, he wasn’t prepared to expend much energy on pesky questions from female TDs about sexual violence in Ireland and the government’s consistent will to ignore the problem. Coveney barely […]

My Dad Wrote a Porno… Is as incongruous a podcast title as you may ever find. Dad? Porno? Same sentence? No, please no. If you haven’t heard of the podcast yet, you’ve definitely encountered it in public places. All those people on the bus laughing maniacally? They’re listening. The woman walking towards you covering her […]

All we want for Lent is… self-control. Lent is coming and whether you ascribe to its religious foundations or not, it is an inescapable office talking-point. What are you giving up/taking up/making up? These are the questions that you WILL have to answer over the next six weeks. Still, we’re always ready to get behind […]

On the streets of Dublin I walk. I am called at and I am whistled at and I am propositioned. For 12 years I have accepted this, I know Dublin’s pavement better than the city sky. It wasn’t until this week I thought about how my acceptance is acquiescence, is cultivation , is encouragement.  The […]

Nobody thought it would happen, and then it did.  It is a familiar cycle from across the Atlantic. We hope, we despair. We hope, we despair. This is the pattern that governs us, our bi-polar expression of political engagement. The glimmering hope of Bill Clinton, the blundering despair of George Bush, the pure hope of […]