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Opinion: U2 are sometimes dismissed as do-gooders, but the last 50 years have proven it is no act (opens the original)
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Exactly 50 years ago, on September 25th, 1976, a group of Dublin teenagers gathered in a suburban kitchen in Artane. Their musical talents took a while to emerge, as RóisÃn Ingle recounts in Drummer Seeks Musicians: The Making of U2, but their ambition knew no bounds. Nor did their politics. Over the last half a century, U2 have borne witness to an interconnected world in turmoil. Although their earnestness still grates with some, the band deserve credit for joining the dots between so many gl
Dermot Hodson: Mary Robinson transformed what it meant to be president - and ex-president (opens the original)
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Earlier this month, Mary Robinson briefed the EUâs political and security committee on the turmoil in the Middle East. The meeting followed a fact-finding mission by the former president of Ireland to the West Bank, Israel, Jordan and Lebanon with other members of the Elders, a global group of leaders which she chaired until two years ago. This year, Robinson has also shared a stage with New York Cityâs democratic socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, and spoken out against Donald Trumpâs Board
Opinion: Thereâs a bitter irony in the failure of a celebration of Frielâs work to get funding (opens the original)
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From Conor McPhersonâs The Brightening Air at the Gate to Garry Hynesâs revival of The Shaughraun at Galwayâs Town Hall Theatre, late-summer invariably brings rich cultural pickings for Irish audiences. Spare a thought, however, for the many promising productions that didnât bear fruit this season, including a suite of plays by FrielDays, which was forced to pause its five-year celebration of the late Brian Frielâs work after failing to secure funding. Friel himself would surely have s
Dermot Hodson: Italia â90 changed Ireland. But the untold story of that year was the womenâs game (opens the original)
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Although they have watched the World Cup in large numbers and turned Cape Verdeâs Dublin-born defender Pico Lopes into a national treasure, Irish football fans have endured a difficult summer. After the ecstasy of Budapest and the agony of Prague, it has been tough not to think what might have been had Heimir HallgrÃmssonâs team made it through the World Cup qualifier play-offs. And it has been equally impossible not to hark back to the Boys in Greenâs wondrous first World Cup. From Kevin
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