O’Donoghue: Let’s look at Portugal’s drug laws
O’Donoghue: Let’s look at Portugal’s drug laws November 5, 2025 Maria Maynes Irish News TDs from Independent Ireland today backed calls for the legalisation of certain drugs as Labour brought forward a motion calling for decriminalisation. Independent Ireland TD Richard O’Donoghue said he supported Portugal’s model in relation to drug use. The county decriminalised drugs […]
Donohoe: Ireland must reassess how it applies EU rules
Donohoe: Ireland must reassess how it applies EU rules November 5, 2025 Ben Scallan Irish News Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has said that Ireland has gone to great lengths to implement EU regulations in a “very comprehensive” way to ensure Government plans don’t end up in the courts, but that the State must now assess […]
Calling all Dumphys – would anyone with this spelling please make contact
My wife who is a retired adult education head told me that in Spanish you can not write a N before a P it has to be an M. So logically Dunphy if written by a Spaniard would automatically become Dumphy. Would be interesting to ask any Dumphys out there about their family histories. Maybe […]
April journal posted on Society site
Apologies for late communication – I had a problem (of my own making!) with the email function In this issue The remotest place in Ireland – and its O’Donoghue connections A Donohue family in Dublin – part 3 Thomas Crofton-Croker and his O’Donoghue stories: Episode Six Tighe’s Tales: Holy Island
An extraordinary horse racing story from 1923
In the April 2004 Society journal I told the story of Steve Donoghue (1884-1945) one of the most famous UK flat race jockeys of all time. But Frank Hayes’ story has to be the most bizarre ever. Let me clarify something. Even though I found the story on the Grand National Guide website, the race […]
Old Saorstat Eireann (Irish Free State 1922 to 1937) post box spotted
From Michael Fortune of Folklore.ie Spotted this yesterday – an old Saorstát Éireann post box. I pass it the whole time and said I’d better stop and get a snap of it. These Saorstát Éireann are rare these days and this one’s still in use. This one was made by WT Allen & Co., London […]
Onscreen Chemistry, written by John O’Donoghue, examines how Science and scientists are portrayed on the silver screen
In his new book, John O’Donoghue looks at how the image we have of chemists has changed over time and the myth and reality of the chemistry teacher turned evil drug supplier. John is from Mountcoal (St. Senan’s) originally. He attended Dromclough Primary School and St. Michael’s College, Listowel. He studied Chemistry at UCC and […]
Flying Stories Three – It’s amazing who you meet…
For three years in the early 80s I was on the Board of a New Zealand public company, based in Canterbury, that had operations in Australia. I had to go there every quarter. I tried every which way to try to make the journey manageable. On this occasion my chosen route was London to Anchorage […]
Mr Mike…Michael O’Donoghue of Saturday Nite Live fame available on streaming
Just saw a movie portraying my favorite O’Donoghue; Mr. Mike. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_O%27Donoghue Dennis Perrin’s biography Mr. Mike: The Life and Work of Michael O’Donoghue was published in 1998 by Avon Books. The Barnes and Noble overview read, “This is the unvarnished story of a towering figure in American popular culture, the prime artistic force behind an entire generation […]
Tell me about the surname variations in your family – a wonderful case from Monaghan
Tell me about the surname variations in your family – a wonderful case from Monaghan There are many different spellings of the name in historic records and in current use. Since I started my research programme over 875 variants have been found see Name variants – Odonoghue . In most cases one expects that today’s variant […]