Dermot Carmody He composed musicals and a Eurovision Song Contest Winner, brought down a Taoiseach on the ground-breaking TV show he presented without really realising it, and had a song banned from RTE and made famous by Billy Connolly. The […]
Read more →Rodney Devitt In 1952, at the age of about seven, I was a fairly competent reader. This was not considered unusual or remarkable by my parents or immediate family, all for the most part avid readers themselves, subscribers to magazines, […]
Read more →Gavan Bergin “Genius and perseverance until the last gasp” (The Glasgow Herald, February 1913) Frank Thompson had great success playing for the Irish international team. He made his international debut for Ireland in their British Championship match against England, at […]
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In this interview local author, artist, architect and certified renaissance woman, Derville Murphy, kindly spoke to Newsfour about what drives her to write, how art has influenced her work and what are the makings of a knockout historical fiction novel.
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David Prendeville The last couple of months have arguably been the most tumultuous and turbulent in Premier League history. Outrage greeted the news that the league’s self-ascribed “big six” – Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham, would […]
Read more →The Séan O’Casey Community Centre in Dublin’s East Wall officially opened its new garden for seniors to the public just last month, featuring a new marquee and planting sponsored by Dublin Port Company. Under current Covid-19 restrictions, the redesigned garden […]
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Peter McNamara Coming to a soap box near you: it’s the Dublin Bay South Showdown. Eoghan Murphy (see profile pg, 14), best known for his tenure as Fine Gael’s Minister for Housing (talk about a troublesome tenant), has resigned his […]
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