Riverdance changed global perceptions of Irish dance. Continue reading
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New Sexual and Gender Scripts
Women are the powerhouse of The Wren, the Wren and demonstrably and progressively make meaning and lives independent of men Continue reading
For Irish and Irish-Australian Film Buffs…
A feast of Irish film available in Sydney, but also online around Australia. A roundup from Enda Murray and team. Continue reading
What’s On in June and beyond…
A Miscellany: Plays, Bloomsday, Christmas in July, Lughnasa Bacon and Cabbage, Talks, Music, singing, Dancing Continue reading
The Belfast Good Friday Agreement – a model for Palestine?
The problems of Palestine and Northern Ireland share a common origin in the decline of the British empire after the First World War. In the early 1920s the British imposed half-baked solutions on both Continue reading
Bizarre Love Triangle: James Joyce, Samuel Beckett and Lucia Joyce
Did Beckett seduce Lucia Joyce? Did she seduce him? Was the relationship all in her head? Was it consummated? And history’s difficulty is the author’s opportunity, Continue reading
Tim Mawe on Irish Distinction
I can’t think of many places where you might find Flann O’Brien cheek by jowl with Ange Postecoglou, Sr Liguori and Lord Craigavon’s tour of the Antipodes.’ Continue reading
It’s Time: Leo Varadkar Resigns as Taoiseach
At 38 years of age, Varadkar was Ireland’s youngest taoiseach. He was also its first mixed-race premier, its first government leader not to be a practising Catholic, and its first openly gay head of government. Continue reading
Brigidfest 2024
St.Brigid is now commemorated by so many events worldwide. I Continue reading
Pummelled by Mother-Love
Soldier Sailor is the kind of book I’d have devoured as a first-time and very bewildered mother navigating the new regime of extreme highs and lows of mother-love. Continue reading
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