Obituaries should remember the people who really matter
During the recent Iraqi crisis, I picked up a national newspaper – Forgive me Mr. Editor – at the airport as I was flying abroad.
During the recent Iraqi crisis, I picked up a national newspaper – Forgive me Mr. Editor – at the airport as I was flying abroad.
As I scrambled through the ferny overgrowth on Church Island, playing hide-and-seek in the old ruined church, I was totally unaware all those years back
At one time in my life I had thought I might live in Scotland. I was working a lot with Scottish Opera, and was based
At the foot of Mount Vesuvius spreads the sprawling city of Naples – an area only partly rich in the comforts of modern living, but
Last year there was much talk locally of how justly angered the residents of Cartron were by the corporation’s decision to grant planning permission for
Recently my sister and I took her children, aged 8, 6 and 4, up Knocknarea. The half-hour steady climb from Primrose Grange to the summit
Performing is for many an erratic existence, and yet for whatever reason, it appears to attract some of the most insecure from society (no letters
I am sure Yeats made a mistake. Or at least he may have been mis-interpreted. With regards the “Lake Isle of Innisfree”, I have always
The combination of a good live performance and an appreciative audience has to be one of the greatest buzzes in this business. However, if there
“I will give logs of you to a wood-carver in Sligo, Michael Quirke of Wine Street, butcher turned wood-carver, out of which to magic statuettes