To find the real Nell McCafferty, look to her writing
Her sentences, when she found the perfect one, possess both weight and lightness
Nell McCafferty
Irish journalist and campaigner
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’
Nell McCafferty’s funeral to take place in Derry on Friday
A book of condolences for the founding member of the Irish Women’s Liberation Movement has been opened
Nell McCafferty: journalist and feminist campaigner dies aged 80
Derry woman was founding member of Irish Women’s Liberation Movement and wrote about social injustice
Nell McCafferty in Pictures
Fierce feminist, journalist, social campaigner, and playwright described as a ‘trailblazer’ and ‘towering figure’
Nell McCafferty obituary: Fierce and fearless journalist and campaigner with ‘lovely sense of divilment’
Nell McCafferty was part of a Bogside aristocracy that included Martin McGuinness, Eamonn McCann, Seamus Deane, Paddy Doherty, John Hume and Dana
Nell McCafferty at 80: ‘Celebrating eight decades of enduring courage’
For many years, the price Nell paid for being on the right side of history was to be reviled in whatever present she stood
Bloody Sunday eyewitness: ‘Defenceless people were cut down by trigger-happy soldiers’
Martin Cowley: Incredulity fuelled fear. Why would soldiers open fire?
GPs call for ‘safe access zones’ for patients attending doctors
Zones needed to protect doctors and patients from protesters, says Irish council for GPs
Why do Irish women still have to pay for birth control?
Women can now access abortion services, but for many the most highly effective methods to prevent pregnancy are just too costly
Irish women in politics: ‘Now, now, girlie. There’s no place for women here’
The trailblazing women who breached the male-dominated world of Irish politics encountered sexism and prejudice – from both sexes, writes Martina Fitzgerald, in this edited extract from her new book
Tánaiste denies Government complacency on abortion referendum
Simon Coveney rejects claim while canvassing with FF leader Micheál Martin in Cork
Compassion’s role in voting on Eighth Amendment
Breda O’Brien: Voting for abortion is voting for despair and overt trust in HSE
Nell McCafferty: ‘Pro-lifers are right about some things’
Veteran campaigner compares abortion to the mass slaughter at the Somme
Nell McCafferty: We need to talk indoors, not shout outdoors about abortion
No conversation about abortion is complete without celebration of the magnificent plenitude of conception, pregnancy and motherhood
Lord help us and save us from the fallen women and the silly, stupid girls
How much has Ireland really changed since the Joanne Hayes, Ann Lovett and X cases?
100 years of slow progress since women got the vote
2018 should be year women are afforded ‘high place in the councils’ of a free Ireland
Abortion campaigners tell Government what they really, really want
March for Choice: ‘Free, safe, legal’ is the slogan as thousands muster in Dublin
Una Mullally: Remembering Kate Millett and her Irish Loony-Bin Trip
The late American feminist was committed to an Irish mental hospital and rescued by friends
What unites a taoiseach, an archbishop and Chelsea Clinton? U2, of course
Daughter of former US President Bill Clinton flew into Ireland as guest of Bono
Businessman who doubled as ‘secret peacemaker’ between IRA and British
Obituary: Brendan Duddy – Born June 10th, 1936 – Died May 12th, 2017
‘Secret peacemaker’ Brendan Duddy ‘risked life for peace’
Mourners told of Duddy’s role as intermediary between IRA and British government
'Marriage was a licence for sex': Ireland and women in 100 quotes
The Women’s Podcast celebrates its 100th episode with 100 quotes by and about women in Ireland
Diarmaid Ferriter: Unpicking McGuinness legacy will take time
Ruthless he was, but crude stereotypes do not do justice to the man or the times
Meetings With Ivor review: a tie-dyed in the wool, almost mystical guru
This documentary about Prof Ivor Browne portrays a divisive figure in a playful way, and is alive to his flaws as his far-out ideas
Nell McCafferty talks hysterectomies and abortion in UCC
Bogside-born campaigner one of four figures to receive honorary doctorates
Irish culture in Paris: ‘I’m not a diplomat. My take is personal’
In 2013 Nora Hickey M’Sichili got her dream job of running the Centre Culturel Irlandais in the French capital. Have recent events changed the tone?
The Women’s Podcast: Sexism in Publishing, Culture Night and Sex Apps
Writer created male alter ego to find an agent, talks about what happened next
The 'contraceptive train’ spawns a musical
The women who went to Belfast in May 1971 to bring back illegal ‘French Letters’ are looking forward to seeing themselves on stage
Nell McCafferty: ‘that wee Bogsider who hangs out with burglars’
For eight years, journalist wrote her column In the Eyes of the Law for this newspaper
The Irish Times: 150 years of influence
A new book by the cultural historian Terence Brown explores this newspaper’s role in Irish life. In these extracts he explores how the paper chronicled modernity, championed women and exposed links between business and politics
What’s on around Ireland this weekend
Traditional music in Bantry, Baroque music in Ardee and Crafts & Design at Ballymaloe
Gentle stirring is Sodexo boss’s recipe for success
The Limerick woman believes in taking things gently even as she pushes for equality
Hume’s 1964 ‘Irish Times’ articles helped redefine nationalist attitudes to North
National public airing of principle of unity by consent
What books define Ireland for you?
A new book lists 31 definitive texts. Are the authors right? And what should be the 32nd?
Seanad gives approval for pilot community court
Court could be part of ‘one-stop shop’ of immediate remedies for minor offenders
A novel approach to Nuala
Hugo Hamilton’s new book travels into strange and slightly spooky literary territory. It’s a fictionalised account of a trip to Berlin that he made with his fellow writer Nuala O’Faolain just before her death, from cancer, in May 2008
Adams to visit anti-war activist D’Arcy in Limerick Prison
SF president to see Aosdána member suffering cancer who refuses to sign bail bond
We need bolshie women journalists as role models
We need more women in high-ranking positions in journalism so the public can see itself reflected
Hundreds attend Dublin removal of Seamus Heaney
Funeral Mass for poet to be held in Donnybrook before burial in his native Co Derry
TV Review: Browne challenges God – and bores his viewers. Meanwhile, Southcliffe is chillingly on target
Vincent Browne lorded it over his hapless guests in a self-aggrandising panel show, and the writers of Southcliffe mercilessly played with the viewers’ emotions
‘Print and Be Damned’ host Donal MacIntyre upbeat on future of journalism
TV3 series will discuss Sindo’s 2007 support for Bertie and Louis Walsh’s libel case
100 years on, Irish feminists have plenty to be proud of
Opinion: The achievements of the 20th century were extraordinary, but today’s feminists have much to pursue
Anniversary of family planning case brings a sense of déjà vu
How a quiet mother of four took on the State in the Supreme Court and won
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