Ulick O Connor
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Twelve artists elected to Aosdána
- Culture
- October 13, 2020, 21:51
Author Kevin Barry, film-maker Pat Collins, architect Valerie Mulvin and painter Mairead O’hEocha are among new members elected to artists’ associatio(...)

Is James Cecil Parke Ireland’s greatest ever sportsman?
- International
- April 20, 2020, 06:00
A number of writers have inscribed the pedestal upon which they placed James Cecil Parke with the words, ‘Ireland’s greatest sportsman,’ an assertion (...)

My debating days: By Michael D Higgins, Mary Harney, Dara Ó Briain and more
- Education
- February 22, 2020, 06:00
Michael D Higgins President of Ireland Finalist for 1966 individual award I have clear recollections of a wonderful debating year when Michael Farrell(...)

No-vault compensation – Frank McNally on the many talents of Ulick O’Connor
- Opinion
- October 8, 2019, 18:10
Not the least impressive of the late Ulick O’Connor’s many talents, although barely mentioned in obituaries, is that he was for many years a top-class(...)

Ulick O’Connor funeral arrangements announced
- Culture
- October 8, 2019, 13:52
The funeral of writer, poet and historian Ulick O’Connor will take place in south Dublin on Friday. Mr O’Connor died on Monday, aged 90. His funeral (...)

Painter (88) to lose €17,000 as Aosdána changes membership rules
- Art & Design
- April 22, 2017, 02:00
Patrick Pye, an 88-year-old artist with fading sight and restricted mobility, was told by the Arts Council at the end of last month that his €17,180 A(...)

End of a political era at Lenihan family home
- New to Market
- February 9, 2017, 00:00
Parkview at the Castleknock gate to the Phoenix Park is a small scheme of standard detached homes built in the early 1970s. What sets number 24 apart (...)

French writer Michel Déon dies in Galway, aged 97
- Books
- December 28, 2016, 19:25
The novelist Michel Déon, the French writer most closely associated with Ireland, died in hospital in Galway on Wednesday at the age of 97. Déon’s t(...)

Brilliant solicitor who acted in sensational 1960s fraud trial
- People
- October 23, 2015, 15:34
Gerard (Gerry) Charlton, who has died aged 81, was one of the most respected litigation solicitors in Ireland for more than 50 years. He made his n(...)

Brendan’s tragic voyage: Behan in the USA: The Rise and Fall of the Most Famous Irishman in New York
- Books
- May 17, 2014, 01:00
In 1960, shortly after the announcement that his play The Hostage was transferring to Broadway, Brendan Behan was having a drink in a Dublin pub with (...)