Deirdre Falvey
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Wexford opera, virtually: A bittersweet affair in Covid’s shadow
- Music
- October 20, 2020, 01:00
The Festival in the Air ran from October 11th-18th. The original Shakespeare-themed programme has been postponed to next year, and the Festival in the(...)

Performing from home: The strange new world of summer arts festivals
- Culture
- June 23, 2020, 06:00
In a normal year next Friday would see the first of more than 80 events – chamber music concerts, quartet masterclasses, artist interviews, instrument(...)

Lockdown ‘doortraits’: Dublin families step out for charity shots
- Homes & Property
- May 2, 2020, 06:00
PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE USING THE LOCKDOWN TO DOCUMENT THE LIVES OF THEIR NEIGHBOURS, ALL IN A GOOD CAUSE Among the memories from this never-bef(...)

How a Galway 2020 mountain illumination managed to survive Covid-19 restrictions
- Culture
- March 15, 2020
“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” Or in this case: if the illumination of a whole Connemara mountai(...)

Tara Lynne O’Neill: 'I knew Derry Girls was something special'
- People
- February 15, 2020, 06:05
When Tara Lynne O’Neill first auditioned for Derry Girls, she didn’t get the part because she looked too young. The gas thing is, her character – Ma M(...)

Strong women, wealth and a boat disaster: The remarkable history of one Dublin building
- Heritage
- December 7, 2019, 06:00
One of the pleasures of an old house is its ghosts. Not the haunted variety, but a consciousness of lives lived within walls that have seen much. Such(...)

Going, going, gone: Buckley Galleries hosts final auction
- Fine Art & Antiques
- July 20, 2019, 06:00
It is a death of sorts: the closure today (July 25th) , after 56 years of weekly auctions, of Buckley Galleries in Sandycove. “We miss you more, our h(...)

Abbey Theatre commits to reviewing pay rates for workers
- Stage
- May 3, 2019, 01:00
The Abbey Theatre has committed to reviewing pay rates for theatre workers in a report compiled in response to an open letter from more than 400 theat(...)

Clever kitchen in Cabinteely’s sunny southeast
- Interiors
- March 16, 2019, 06:00
It’s a truism that one of the things you can never change about your home is its aspect. So how do you add a sunny south-facing extension to a dark-i(...)

Abbey directors to meet actors today in response to letter of protest
- Stage
- March 12, 2019, 11:33
The first substantial meeting between Abbey Theatre management and theatre professionals is set to take place this afternoon, following January’s unpr(...)