Desmond Fennell obituary: An independent thinker and purveyor of ideas
Lecturer, columnist, author and commentator, Fennell was also a gifted linguist
Lecturer, columnist, author and commentator, Fennell was also a gifted linguist
President leads tributes to essayist, author, broadcaster and Irish language activist
Unthinkable: We’re at a point in history ‘between two civilisations’, argues Desmond Fennell
Irish socialist thinking has moved on very little since the foundation of the State
‘The single greatest tragedy in Ireland today is the absence of a free press,’ says Marcus deBrun
‘Gaeltacht brio’ of first event recalled
‘We need to see that there are different ways of looking at the world to that served to us by the mass media, which is necessarily pretty banal,’ argues Desmond Fennell
Desmond Fennell recalls his innocent wonder at the ‘real, the true, the venerable’ Santa, the mysterious ‘Arabian Nights’ glitter of the Belvue tram and the comforting magic of a twilight stroll through the suburbs of Belfast
His books sold and continue to sell in the tens of thousands, while hordes of ‘Heaneyboppers’ flocked to his readings
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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