Noel Pearson
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Hugh O’Conor: ‘I had to go to Irish college rather than be in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves’
- Film
- June 15, 2019, 05:00
Hugh O’Conor is pondering the years after his breakthrough role in My Left Foot. “I didn’t do some jobs I was offered,” he says. “My parents said I h(...)

Released in April 1989, My Left Foot changed everything for Jim Sheridan and Daniel Day-Lewis – but its Oscar success would not have happened witho(...)

The story behind Dublin’s two new Luke Kelly sculptures
- Culture
- January 29, 2019
You wait years for a Luke Kelly statue, and then two of them come along at once. Tomorrow, the city unveils two separate sculptures, on either side of(...)

Miriam Lord: PJ Mara was a charming, disarming spin doctor
- Politics
- January 16, 2016
Wall-to-wall tributes to PJ at the moment. In the main, they are affectionate, warm and nostalgic. After all, it’s PJ Mara we’re talking about here. (...)

Blowin’ our mind: what Van Morrison means to us
- Van
- August 29, 2015, 06:00
PAUL BRADY The first time I met Van Morrison was the summer of 1980. We shared an agent at the time, Paul Charles at the Asgard agency, and I had jus(...)

Screenwriter for whom the green light still shines
- People
- April 27, 2013, 06:00
The gritty thriller Gangster No. 1 , which was re(...)