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Irish arts and artists are thriving worldwide

From Sally Rooney's newest novel, Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell filming together again - Irish arts are thriving.

Lockdown love/hate in Sharon Horgan's "Together"

The power of Together, starring Sharon Horgan and James McAvoy, is in its giving a terrifying and global pandemic a human scale.

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Closure of Ireland's Great Hunger Museum is a scandal beyond belief

"It is time for the Irish and their descendants too to step forward to protect their own origin story and with that their understanding of themselves."

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How Ireland's privileged inner circle endure boom and bust

Life is a card game and Ireland's privileged inner circle is holding all the aces.

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Searching for 9/11 answers - Rockaway Blue by Larry Kirwan

In Rockaway Blue, Larry Kirwan takes a deeper dive into the grief of Far Rockaway itself, which lost so many officers and firefighters on 9/11.

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We must share America or lose it, the choice is now clear

Ireland and South Africa both have very strong lessons to teach us about what happens to a society when a powerful minority attempts to call the shots for the majority, instead of sharing power and working together for the good of all.

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Coming-of-age instant classic "Everybody's Talking About Jamie" debuts on Amazon

"Will she put her foot down and bar the entrance to Jamie or will she relent and let him through the door into his prom night dreams?"

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Magdalene laundry survivors: they haven't gone away you know

There is a feeling among some observers that Ireland's Magdalene Laundry and Mother and Baby Homes scandals have been addressed and redressed, but nothing could be further from the truth, this new book reminds us.

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Internet conspiracy theories driving GOP's anti-mask hysteria

Attacking institutions and scientific advances created to save us is no longer seen as insanity in America, in some places it has become patriotism.

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Killing peace: the legacy of the shocking Phoenix Park murders explored

Could the Irish question have been peaceably settled thirty years before the Easter Rising?

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Human happiness is a thing worth striving for, Felicity Hayes-McCoy's new book celebrates

Cahir O'Doherty reviews "The Month Of Borrowed Dreams" by Felicity Hayes-McCoy.

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QAnon, like Covid-19, is a virus that can not be contained

QAnon, like Covid-19 itself, has now clearly infected the hosts that once tried to contain and direct it.

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Snowflake by Louise Nealon announces an exciting new Irish novelist

Featuring a cast of intriguingly damaged characters, Snowflake by Louise Nealon has the power to make you gasp at its revelations and its sheer poetry, which often unfolds with the languid pace of a lucid dream.

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Gabriel Byrne's sleeper sci-fi hit War Of The Worlds a must watch

Gabriel Byrne brings Irish heart and soul to the utterly gripping sci-fi series War Of The Worlds (season two recently dropped on Epix)

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The insurrection will not end until it is confronted

Trump didn't represent the American Dream, he represented its shadow side, the one that sits on a crock of gold like an overfed leprechaun and gives a middle finger to his critics all over the world.

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Trump's legacy: dress rehearsals for fascism and the end of the world

Trump's far-right supporters have come closer than they ever have before to seizing power, and they have been energized by the experience, not chastened.

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Heroes of Ireland's Great Hunger celebrates men and women who risked it all

Maginn stood up for the rights of poor Catholics and that is why his legacy matters, Turlough McConnell writes.

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"The Deceived" by "Derry Girl's" Lisa McGee is an overheated gas

Review: "Containing more dramatic hooks than a bait and tackle shop, the first ten minutes of The Deceived set the tone for this delightfully overheated and over-the-top caper..."

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How Ireland's HB Ice Cream still brings back lost summers

For National Ice Cream Month Cahir O'Doherty remembers the HB Ice Cream of his youth in the 1980s.

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Climate change making Summer 2021 a bust in the US

Climate change is busy reshaping the planet's weather patterns.

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Suffering Seas: Colin Farrell and Jack O'Connell in dark dud

Ready to scratch your bleakest and most misanthropic itch? How about Colin Farrell's new drama The North Water, coming to AMC+ network on July 15.

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Bono Who? Inhaler sells out US tour

Before U2 were a global phenomenon, they were just a bunch of Dublin teenagers with a rock and roll dream. That's no different for Bono's second youngest son Elijah Hewson, 21, frontman of the Irish band Inhaler, who have just sold out their debut U.S. tour on the strength of their acclaimed new debut album.

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