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Review: Marble
Review: Marble
It is remarkable that Marble by Marina Carr is her seventh premiere at the Abbey Theatre and this complex work with Carr using...
Galway goals kills Ballyhale hopes in All-Ireland Club semi
Galway goals kills Ballyhale hopes in All-Ireland Club semi
Portumna 5-11; Ballyhale Shamrocks 1-16 Goals win games and rarely does a Kilkenny side concede five, but star-studded Ballyhale...
Review: Bodies
Review: Bodies
I had a certain amount of hesitation and trepidation before going to the much publicised exhibition, Bodies, at the Ambassador...
Review: King Lear
Review: King Lear
It is when you have to travel to Cork to see a touring King Lear, that the long delay at the Theatre Royal comes home to you....
Review: Macbecks
Review: Macbecks
My wife and I had the funniest and most entertaining Valentine’s Night at the Cork Opera House for Macbecks – a new...
Standing ovations and the moral high ground
Standing ovations and the moral high ground
Where else but the parallel universe of Cork GAA, where the minutiae of meeting minutes are given biblical importance, would you...
Choice words
Choice words
“Joe is an outstanding talent, but there are other outstanding talents in that side: Damien Hayes, Kevin Hayes, Ollie...
Open sesame
Open sesame
The GAA are nothing if not flexible (when it suits them) and it was no surprise to me when it was announced, on the eve of...
Choice Words
Choice Words
“We’re not Brazil.” – Giovanni Trapattoni can’t hide his disappointment at ending up in Malahide...
Draw made for County Championships
Draw made for County Championships
The 2008 County Senior Hurling Championship will be run off in a league style format with two groups of six. At the County Board...
