Leonard Cohen

Christy Dignam has fronted Aslan since 1982, an insuppressible institution in Irish music, who the late Tony Fenton affectionately called The ‘Lan.&nb(...)

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In his writings, Canadian-born Jewish novelist and songwriter Leonard Cohen reflected on issues of human-interest, such as religion, politics, loss an(...)

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The winners of the 2021 Iftas – the Irish Film and Television Academy awards – in the film and TV drama categories have been announced in a virtual ce(...)

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