Conall Morrison
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Jonathan Swift’s satire works as key to modern-day ills
- Stage
- September 28, 2019, 05:00
Not long after his death, Jonathan Swift became the subject of a scurrilous rumour. As the story had it, not only did Swift, the renowned satirist and(...)

‘Tom was very good at expressing his emotions, so I always felt his love. He didn’t bottle that up’
- Stage
- May 18, 2019, 05:00
‘I’m surrounded by Tom here,” says Jane Brennan. “His presence is everywhere. It’s very strong.” We’re sitting in their sitting room in Rathgar. The p(...)

Abbey Theatre uproar: 300 actors and directors complain to Minister
- Stage
- January 7, 2019, 16:16
More than 300 actors, directors, designers, agents and playwrights have complained to the Minister for Culture about the Abbey Theatre’s recently adop(...)

Irish Sailing awards to salute bumper year of achievement
- Other Sports
- February 8, 2018, 19:21
Offshore sailing exploits are expected to feature strongly on Friday night in Dublin at the presentation of the Volvo Irish Sailing Awards where 28 s(...)

Theatre of the week: Swan Lake reimagined and the Gregory deal remembered
- Stage
- February 3, 2018, 05:00
Swan Lake/Loch na hEala Abbey Theatre, Dublin. Feb 8-17 7.30pm €13-€30 abbeytheatre.ie In Michael Keegan-Dolan’s award-winning production for Teac D(...)

The show goes on – An Irishman’s Diary on a celebration of Fergus and Rosaleen Linehan
- Opinion
- September 29, 2017, 00:01
Since my father, Fergus Linehan, died last November we’ve been circling around his personal effects and papers without managing to figure out quite wh(...)

Galway arts festival marks 40th opening, while Fringe celebrates sixth year
- Irish News
- July 16, 2017
A “Big Top” marquee will be pitched on the banks of the Corrib and the Galway International Arts Festival, which once ran off a €1,000 Arts (...)

Brian Wilson and two major operas for Galway Arts Festival
- Stage
- May 2, 2017, 10:12
The Galway International Arts Festival has announced its full programme for 2017, which also marks the festival’s 40th birthday. Already announced is(...)

Review – You Never Can Tell: Excuses are hard to make for Shaw’s problematic play
- Stage
- December 9, 2015, 14:20
Abbey Theatre, Dublin ** Where are we? Bernard Shaw’s 1896 comedy suggests an English seaside resort, where a mother and her three children have (...)

Aoife Duffin: ‘There was a lot of curiosity about whether I was a normal person’
- Stage
- February 3, 2015, 04:00
In the weeks leading up to the 2014 premiere of A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing, Aoife Duffin began listening to a squall of disturbing voices, all o(...)