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  • Mr Shaw's profession, an anti-romantic comedy

    George Bernard Shaw was in his 39th year when he wrote Arms and the Man. He already had gathered an impressive list of failures. In Dublin he had failed decisively as an estate agent. "My heart was not in the job," he admitted. At the age of 19 he went to England determined to set himself up as "a professional man of genius". p

  • Those abused as children now feel mistreated as adults

    "Abuse ruined their childhoods and has been an ever-present part of their adult lives . . . I want to say to them that we believe that they were gravely wronged and that we must do all we can now to overcome the lasting effects of their ordeals." p
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  • West Cork Chamber Music Festival

    There's a famous African drummer, Dondo Tch'il, who was greatly taken by his earliest encounters with Western art music. So much so, in fact, that he chose to spend time in Germany, studying the solid edifices of Western musical structures. Since returning to his native Nigeria, he's been applying his new discoveries to the tradition of his own musical culture. p

  • Excitement

    Susie, it seems, has brought a salad to the regular Sunday brunch when everyone knew it was her day to bring a dessert, or so we hear from Rose, who hosted the brunch and is now in retreat in her bathroom, being sought out by husband Dennis who has a habit of missing the point. The brunch is about the only excitement left in Rose's life, unless driving to Cork with Dennis and the two kids to visit her mother could be counted as exciting. But then Ted appears to be making romantic overtures in his oblique way and that might be more exciting if Rose could work it all out and then live with the consequences. p

  • NSO/Robert Houlihan

    Der Cid Overture - Gouvy p

  • Suzanne Vega

    Seen as the foremother of female singer/songwriters such as Alanis Morissette and Sheryl Crowe, Suzanne Vega made a rare visit to Dublin. Coming from Glastonbury, this is the start of a major European tour for Vega, who first made her mark 13 years ago with the best-selling single, Luka. p
THURSDAY INTERVIEWBack to Top

  • This sporting life

    Within a week of being appointed by the Government to the RTE Authority, the 1972 Olympic pentathlon champion, Mary Peters, was made a Dame of the British Empire. The latter honour appears to have been more of a surprise than the call from Dublin. p
CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONSBack to Top

  • Corrections and clarifications

    In yesterday's report headed "Pupils tested for lead poison" it was stated that the contamination of the school playground at Silvermines village was due to the legacy of Mogul Ireland's mining activities. In fact, there is no connection between Mogul Ireland and the high lead levels in the playground. p
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