March 28, 2010
Compiled by Olivia Doyle
WATCH… the wonderful John Hurt-voiced docu-film, ‘Horses’, following a year in the lives of three four-legged champions (Tues, RTE One, 10.15pm)
LAUGH…at Manchán Magan’s clever and comedic ...
March 28, 2010
Compiled by Olivia Doyle
BOOK…now for ‘Coconut Raft’, a new play with live music by Sean Carpio, Bobby McGlynn and Bryan Quinn (from 23 March, Project Cube, Dublin, www.projectartscentre.ie)
BUY…’I ...
March 21, 2010
This week a painful episode from my own past has come before me. I have listened to reaction from people to my role in events 35 years ago. I want ...
March 21, 2010
Loves
Putting on a winning bet On Saturday the thrill is making up a winning bet, especially if it's a combination bet where it's double and trebles. Although ...
March 21, 2010
A Short History of Dublin by Richard Killeen, Gill & Macmillan €9.99 131pps
FROM the Mesolithic Age to the present day in 131 pages. A miracle of compression ...
March 21, 2010
One of world music's biggest stars, Angelique Kidjo, will finally find time in her crazy schedule to play Ireland this year. Typical of the high-profile engagements that kept the ...
March 21, 2010
Enda McEvoy
(Throw in 2.30 unless stated)
Division One: Dublin v Kilkenny, Parnell Park, Dublin, Referee D Kirwan (Cork)
Strange times on Noreside. Two successive league defeats for the first time ...
March 21, 2010
"The cell area is a solid concrete slab with a washable mattress and bull's wool blankets. Not nice." That was the summation by one garda of the ...
March 21, 2010
Deal of the week
If you are in the market for life assurance and expect to pay a large premium, check out online insurer www.onequote.ie, which is offering ...
March 21, 2010
BAD things come in threes, the saying goes, but not, it seems, by-elections. You have to go all the way back to July 1959 to find the last time that ...