Kevin Dawson

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Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Josepha Madigan. There is a legitimate fear that when it comes to crunch time in political negotiations and budgetary discussions, high-flown words about the importance of the arts are swiftly forgotten. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Government must take action to prevent total wipeout of arts and culture

As the country cautiously starts to emerge from lockdown, with restrictions gradually being incrementally lifted on various activities, the airwaves a(...)

Bournemouth’s Irish goalkeeper Mark Travers celebrates with team-mates after winning the penalty shoot-out during the Carabao Cup second-round match against Forest Green Rovers at the Vitality Stadium. Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images
Mark Travers’ hat-trick of penalty saves puts Bournemouth through

Bournemouth’s young Irish goalkeeper Mark Travers saved all three Forest Green penalties to send Eddie Howe’s men into the third round of the Carabao (...)

Kevin Dawson, who has died aged 57, ‘played a very important role in the development of public service media with RTÉ’
Journalist and TV producer Kevin Dawson dies aged 57

Tributes have been paid to the journalist, TV producer and commissioning editor Kevin Dawson, who has died in Dublin at the age of 57. His 35-year ca(...)

Kevin Dawson with his wife, Brianóg, on holiday in the Loire Valley, France.
Motoring to the Med – with MND

At the foot of an aircraft in Carcassonne in July 2014, awaiting the special chair that would pull me up the steps, I said goodbye to France. My wi(...)

Dam beavers: the animals can change the environment. Illustration: Michael Viney
Would beavers from abroad improve Irish riversides?

The correspondence prompted by this column over the years has often been richly instructive. And along with the observations that nourish Eye on Natur(...)