Posts tagged ‘People’
People: The Australian Ambassador
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011Australian Ambassador Bruce Davis explores Ireland and Australia’s place in a changing global landscape with Meadhbh Monahan. Twenty months into his role as Australian Ambassador to Ireland, Bruce Davis has been touched by his meetings with Irish families and communities searching for their Australian roots. These have been “opportunities to see the relationship [between the two countries] in all of its manifestations.” He explains: “In terms of the actual role as an Ambassador the most memorable events are the small, often community-based ones, where you’re coming across very...[full story]
People: Dublin’s Culture Night
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011As hundreds of culture seekers ambled in and out of Dublin’s museums, galleries, churches and historic houses, the streets were filled with the sounds of music and excited voices. Meadhbh Monahan joined them for Culture Night. Not to be mistaken for another Friday night in the capital, Culture Night on 23 September offered something different for the families, couples and lone explorers taking in the array of sights and sounds. Colourful balloons denoted where free entrance and entertainment was available. Irish music wafted out of the Grand Social on Liffey Street, while the Tallaght...[full story]
People: Still going strong – The Horslips
Friday, August 19th, 2011Thirty years have passed since the Horslips introduced their unique brand of ‘Celtic rock’, but the band is still playing packed out venues across Europe. Meadhbh Monahan speaks to bass player and vocalist Barry Devlin about their comeback. Described in the 1970s and 80s as “the band that defined a generation,” 62-year- old Barry Devlin reflects that the Horslips were in fact “a band that were defined by a generation.” The legendary five-man ensemble, who made Irish traditional music ‘cool’, played what they thought would be their final gig in Belfast’s Ulster Hall...[full story]
People: Writing of age
Friday, August 19th, 2011For 21 years the Rathmines Writers’ Workshop has been meeting every few weeks to give poets and prose writers a chance to share their work. Some of its longest serving members tell Stephen Dineen, a fellow member, about its journey. One doesn’t usually find much nostalgia at a 21st, but listening to James Conway, Mary Guckian and Christine Broe trade memories of the twenty-one years their community of writers has had together there is plenty of nostalgia for the experiences they’ve had and the people they’ve met. Whilst much has been said of demise in communities...[full story]
People: A labour of love
Friday, May 13th, 2011Former actor and film director Kevin Allen tells Meadhbh Monahan how he is finding life in rural Ireland and outlines his preparations for this year’s Flatlake Festival. The sleepy village of Scotshouse in County Monaghan, where the Hilton estate has stood since the 17th century, is a far cry from Hollywood, where Allen made a name for himself as a film director and producer. After the Welsh-born film executive pulls up in a tractor (returning from feeding his herd of organic pigs), he tells eolas about his transition from life in Los Angeles to being a full-time farmer and producer...[full story]
People: A commitment to the visual arts
Friday, May 13th, 2011eolas previews the Irish Museum of Modern Art’s upcoming exhibition celebrating its twentieth anniversary. An exhibition celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Irish Museum of Modern Art will feature twenty young Irish artists, whose work is being increasingly viewed on an international scale. With art installations, photography, painting and sculpture, ‘Twenty: New Irish Acquisitions’ will open on 27 May and will feature works from artists such as Patrick Michael Fitzgerald, David Godbold, Paddy Jolley, Nevan Lahart and Niamh O’Malley. A sculpture by Spanish artist Juan...[full story]
People: Obama for Ireland
Thursday, March 31st, 2011St Patrick’s Day put Ireland back in the spotlight, for good reasons, and the presidential visit will raise the spirits even higher. Peter Cheney sums up the 2011 trip. “Miracles do happen,” declared a buoyant Taoiseach, addressing his most powerful counterpart in the East Room a week after calling at the Áras. “One week in office” was enough for God to make the world and “if we keep this up, Ireland will be great again inside a very short time.” Clinching a full day in the president’s diary is a major ask for anyone, yet Ireland fills it with an almost ordinary regularity. Diplomats...[full story]
