Jack White
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‘You have only to say the word’ – An Irishman’s Diary on Tom Barry and former revolutionaries
- Opinion
- December 6, 2020, 18:01
Eunan O’Halpin and Daithí Ó Corráin’s magisterial study of the casualties of the struggle for Irish independence, The Dead of the Irish Revolution, wi(...)

The White Stripes: Greatest Hits review – rowdy gathering of rock, roll and everything in between
- Music
- December 4, 2020, 06:00
Every great band with great fans, notes Jack White, should have a Greatest Hits album. And so the first compilation of The White Stripes is issued, bu(...)

Ex-barrister Patrick Russell conned people out of more than €12m, gardaí say
- Social Affairs
- November 28, 2020, 01:00
Jailed former barrister Patrick Russell (57) conned people out of more than €12 million in a litany of frauds that began in his early 20s, senior Gard(...)

Gordon D’Arcy: If South Africa moves up north, it could all go south
- Rugby
- September 30, 2020, 06:00
Many of rugby’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone and consider the unintended consequences of South Africa moving to t(...)

The Flaming Lips: American Head review – A mellow rehash of former glories
- Music
- September 11, 2020, 06:00
On this side of the Atlantic, the death of Tom Petty in 2017 did not trigger the sort of blanket news coverage that followed the demise of David Bowie(...)

Margo Price: That’s How Rumours Get Started – Third album packs a punch
- Music
- July 10, 2020, 05:30
Margo Price strikes almost an apologetic note in the press release for her long-awaited third album: “Take me back to the day I started trying to pain(...)

Beck: ‘U2 had the best audiences of anyone I’ve opened for’
- Music
- November 16, 2019, 06:00
If there was ever a musician who is capable of whipping something novel out of the unexpected, it’s Beck Hansen. The Californian has spent his career (...)

Books in brief: From Standish O’Grady to austerity Britain
- Books
- October 5, 2019, 00:00
The Shattered Worlds of Standish O’Grady By Christopher Boettcher Four Courts Press, €55 Standish O’Grady’s background was west Cork landed gentry. Ea(...)

Jack White on The Raconteurs: ‘Everyone’s in this thing together’
- Music
- July 1, 2019, 08:42
You know how it is: you get together with your musician friends, form a band, make two hit albums, win a Grammy for one of them and then forget all ab(...)

The Raconteurs: Help Us Stranger review – In perfect harmony and hardness
- Music
- June 21, 2019, 06:00
There are surely hundreds of musicians – landlocked and lawyered-up in bands – that look at Jack White and wonder how he has managed to do exactly wha(...)