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Australia’s first national poet – An Irishman’s Diary on Bernard O’Dowd
- Opinion
- November 22, 2020, 17:01
Bernard O’Dowd was Australia’s first national poet. This son of Catholic immigrants from Ulster was born in Australia in 1866. Described as “a radical(...)

Saracens dethrone Leinster in Champions Cup final
- European Cup
- May 11, 2019, 18:56
Saracens 20 Leinster 10 The drive for five will have to be resumed next year. Leinster gave it the good fight, defending heroically and they kept pr(...)

Syrian ‘hero swimmer’ arrested amid trafficking claims in Lesbos
- Europe
- September 6, 2018, 15:35
Greece’s high-security Korydallos prison acknowledges that Sara Mardini is one of its rarer inmates. For a week, the Syrian refugee, a hero among huma(...)

Ocean’s 8 talk with Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett and Rihanna: The weekend’s best TV
- TV, Radio, Web
- June 15, 2018, 06:00
The Graham Norton Show Friday, BBC One, 10.45pm Tonight it’s all about the all-female Ocean’s 8 crime caper. On the sofa are Hollywood star Sandra Bul(...)

Walter Becker: Steely Dan guitarist, songwriter and avocado farmer
- People
- September 6, 2017, 16:07
Walter Becker Born: February 20th, 1950 Died: September 3rd, 2017 Walter Becker, the guitarist and songwriter who made suavely subversive pop hits ou(...)

Steely Dan's Irish concerts to go ahead despite death of Walter Becker
- Irish News
- September 6, 2017, 13:46
Promoter MCD has confirmed the two Steely Dan concerts scheduled for next month are to go ahead despite the death of founder member Walter Becker. B(...)

Leaving Cert English Paper 2: Relief as expected topics appear
- Education
- June 8, 2017, 18:18
An audible sigh of relief was heard around the country at 2pm on Thursday as students opened their English exam paper and found that all the predicted(...)

In a word . . . Omelette
- Culture
- April 23, 2016, 00:00
We once brought “Omelette” to Eyrecourt, Co Galway. Or Hamlet as most people would have known the play. Ours was a scrambled version, though we didn’t(...)

Cúirt; Fish Short Story winners; Gavin Corbett at TCD; Cork World Book Fest
- Books
- March 31, 2016, 14:36
Galway gears up for Cúirt 2016 Some great pairings at this year’s Cúirt International Festival of Literature include Jennifer Johnston and Belinda (...)

Romie O’ and Juliet – An Irishman’s Diary on why the accents of Shakespeare may sound strangely familiar
- Opinion
- March 5, 2016, 01:00
You may recall a skirmish in these pages recently on the subject of how James Joyce and Sean O’Casey spoke, specifically whether their accents sounded(...)