Inside the Dunnes Stores apartheid strike: Bad blood, life-defining moments and doldrums
Academic’s new book tells how the Dunnes Stores strike of 1984–87 led directly to a government ban on the importation of South African fruit and vegetables
Nell McCafferty
Irish journalist and campaigner
Brenda Fricker: ‘It was real violence, and I needed protection. Where was my father? There was blood all over me’
Parental abuse, sexual violence and mental health struggles: the Oscar-winner has endured more than most. She explains why she decided to write a memoir
John Clarke obituary: Businessman, philanthropist and husband of Marian Finucane
His real gift was connecting with people intimately, and his connection with Finucane was instant and all-encompassing
‘Nell McCafferty belonged to the Bogside’: Derry mural commemorates late journalist and campaigner
The gable mural is being unveiled to mark International Women’s Day
‘The stand-up mingle is a social minefield, so I play it safe, these days’
Some people might say that, if you’re at a party, sit-down mingling is by its sedentary nature not mingling at all. It does have a downside
Tony O’Reilly, Nell McCafferty, Ian Bailey and more: 50 people who died in 2024
The Irish Times’s obituary writers have marked the deaths of more than 110 people this year, from entrepreneurs to musicians to journalists. Here is a selection
Fintan O’Toole on his career: ‘You had to learn to live with the fact that some people despised you’
The Irish Times columnist has made a new documentary about his life for RTÉ. Here he looks back on a career that he began as the Michelangelo of Tipp-Ex
The Guide: Pillow Queens, Tradition Now, Winterval and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
November 16th-22nd, 2024: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
To find the real Nell McCafferty, look to her writing
Her sentences, when she found the perfect one, possess both weight and lightness
Olivia O’Leary: It could be terrifying to be with Nell McCafferty. You never knew what she was going to do or say
What I admired massively about Nell McCafferty was her writing. It was fast-paced, clear, conversational. She reported what it felt like down at ground level
Nell McCafferty ‘changed Ireland for the better’, mourners at her funeral in Derry’s Bogside told
Campaigning journalist and author, who focused on women’s rights, poverty and social injustice, died on Wednesday aged 80
Nell McCafferty’s empathy and precision defined her, but they were a product of manifold tensions and denials
Nell McCafferty lived outside society’s norms and she never stopped challenging them
‘If I’m intimidated, that’s a problem’: Fireworks fly as Joe Duffy hears tales of teenage delinquency
Radio: Liveline callers paint a grim portrait of urban dystopia, while Nell McCafferty’s legacy is vividly remembered across the airwaves
‘A strong woman, took no sh*t’: Members of public sign book of condolences for Nell McCafferty
Online version of book to remain open until September 1st as journalist and civil rights activist remembered as a ‘beacon’ and ‘fearless’
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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