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Mick Heaney

Mick Heaney

Radio Columnist

Mick Heaney is radio columnist for The Irish Times and a regular contributor to the paper’s Arts pages. As a journalist and broadcaster, he has extensively covered all aspects of cultural issues over the past 20 years for a variety of publications and programmes, including RTÉ 1’s arts magazine The Works.

Donal Walsh: died after a long battle with cancer. Photograph: Kerry’s Eye/PA
Radio Review: a week of sadness after Donal Walsh’s death, but one of uplifting insight too

Death and illness dominated the on-air discussions this week, but the presenters managed to deal with the subjects adroitly and em(...)

Give it a lash: marketing Irish culture becomes tricky only when it becomes a pastiche. Photograph: Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty Images
From tat to taste: selling Irish culture

Visiting Ireland used to mean kissing the Blarney stone. A new focus could help to attract well-heeled tourists

Winning team: Johnny Logan and Shay Healy
What’s another year? It’s a bitter-sweet question for Shay Healy

Radio

Hot topic: Taoiseach Enda Kenny with fellow Ministers this week to launch the Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
Joe Duffy cools hotheads while Ray D’Arcy applies refreshing pressure

Radio

Stage school: mezzo Naomi O'Connell singing in New York. Photograph: Hiroyuki Ito/Getty Images
Radio review: Irish mezzo Naomi O’Connell’s quick trip to a hall of fame

Radio

In tune with his listeners: Colm Hayes tapped into the national mood
Colm Hayes boldly goes where Ryan Tubridy is too meek to explore

The 2FM jocks played their listeners against each other, with wildly different results

Co-curator Suvi Saloniemi (right) and Taya Sipilä admire one of Taya’s pieces at The Nordic Effect exhibitions at the National Craft Gallery in Kilkenny (left)
The Nordic Effect is one to savour

A new show of Norwegian and Finnish work highlights the region’s bold design culture, a distinctiveness that Irish craft has strug(...)

Divisive: Margaret Thatcher, photographed in 1987. Photograph: Tom Stoddart/Getty Images
Derek Mooney provides blank canvas for damning portrait of Margaret Thatcher

The most visceral reaction to the death of the late British PM was a bolt from the bland

Presidential reserve trumped by performer’s emotion

John Bowman’s radio portrait of Mary Robinson was detailed but lacked the impact of the Aslan singer’s heartfelt interview

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