Posts tagged ‘People’
Friday, April 15th, 2011
Becoming captain of Fermanagh after open heart surgery and two painful knee operations “meant everything” to Teemore man Barry Owens, who is now “disappointed” that 11 players have decided to leave the team. He speaks to Meadhbh Monahan.
Despite the Fermanagh team’s poor run of late, at the time of interview, Barry Owens was determined to “get on a winning streak for the championship.”
This wasn’t helped by the departure of key players such as former captain James Sherry, Mark Little and Thomas McElroy because of various grievances with management.
Owens says: “Myself...
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Friday, April 15th, 2011
Emerging writer David Ireland has been appointed playwright-in- residence at the new Lyric Theatre which re-opens in May. He tells Emma Blee about breaking into theatre and his ambitions for the year ahead.
When a fresh-faced David Ireland wrote to Kenneth Branagh around 15 years ago to ask for funding to go to drama school, it didn’t cross his mind that one day he would work alongside the actor.
“I’m going to have to thank him for his cheque when I see him. I just hope he doesn’t want it back,” he jokes.
Now in his thirties, the news that he had been appointed playwright-in-residence...
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Thursday, March 10th, 2011
Famous works, depicting Ireland’s cultural and artistic heritage are currently on display at the Irish Museum of Modern Art.
Photographs taken by Sir Roger Casement, John Millington Synge and George Bernard Shaw are just some of the features of an exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA).
‘The Moderns: The Arts in Ireland from the 1900s to the 1970s’ aims to explore the development of modernity in Ireland and contains 250 works by more than 180 artists, writers, film-makers, architects, designers and composers.
Focussing in the innovative and the experimental, the exhibition...
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Thursday, March 10th, 2011
A Chilean miner recounts his story of the San José rescue, Peter Cheney reports.
A first hand account of 2010’s most remarkable good new story was heard, when Chilean miner José Henríquez visited Belfast in February. His occupation would have stirred little attention were it not for his rescue, along with 32 others, after 69 days trapped underground.
Speaking through an interpreter at Willowfield Parish Church, Henríquez explained that 5 August began as a normal working day.
“Around two o’clock, we were all suddenly surprised by a great rock explosion and a massive shock wave...
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Friday, January 28th, 2011
Fermanagh film-maker Michael Brown has just returned from a trip to Haiti, one year after it was hit by a major earthquake. He tells Emma Blee about the “desperate situation” that remains.
“What struck me most was the extent of chaos and devastation that still exists, it felt like the earthquake had happened two weeks ago,” remarked Michael Brown.
In December, he travelled to the country to film a documentary on the lives of children who are living with disabilities in the midst of the disaster.
Although a year has passed since the earthquake struck, Brown said that over a million...
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Friday, January 28th, 2011
Cartoonists have been telling their own history of events in Ireland. Historian and librarian John Killen talks to Emma Blee about the importance of having a sense of humour in politics.
“The cartoons reveal, as words never can, the prejudices, suspicions and sheer absurdities that the situation has engendered over the years,” remarks librarian John Killen.
Partition, the home rule crisis and the recent recession are all significant events in Ireland’s history. A cartoon exhibition entitled ‘The Unkindest Cut’ at the Linenhall library is attempting to look at the quirkier side...
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Monday, December 6th, 2010
Francis Campbell has been the UK’s Ambassador to the Holy See since 2005 and is the first Catholic to hold the position since the Reformation. Emma Blee speaks to him about the papal visit and his career so far.
A native of South Down, Francis Campbell has certainly had an interesting life to date. His early diplomatic career focused on Europe, before working at 10 Downing Street, first as policy adviser and then private secretary to Tony Blair. From 2003 to 2005 he was first secretary at the British Embassy in Rome and also spent time on sabbatical as a senior policy director with...
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Friday, December 3rd, 2010
A vaccum is Northern Ireland’s greatest danger, Paddy Ashdown reflected as he recalled his local childhood and shared his views on Bosnia, Afghanistan and the coalition. Peter Cheney talked to the former Lib Dem leader.
As his autobiography indicates, Paddy Ashdown has led a fortunate life – indeed a varied one. Born in India in 1941, and brought up in Northern Ireland and England, he spent 13 years in the Royal Marines, including as commander of a commando company in Belfast. Four years in the Foreign Office and MI6 followed before being a businessman and youth worker. His political...
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Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
Executive ministers are too timid and difficult decisions must be tackled, Peter Hain suggests. The former Secretary of State talks to Peter Cheney about his current views on and hopes for Northern Ireland and South Africa.
Devolved ministers have been reluctant to make hard choices, Peter Hain claims as he reflects on Stormont’s record over the last three years. That said, Hain still considers his prediction that devolution is permanent as correct.
Promoting his biography of Nelson Mandela, the reason for his Belfast visit, Hain is optimistic for both his former home country and the...
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Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
Helen O’Malley manages an authentic Thai restaurant in Belfast but also runs a busy household with seven children. Emma Blee finds out how she has made it a success through tough economic times.
The Bo Tree Thai is one of Belfast’s most authentic Thai restaurants but what many don’t realise is the history behind the eatery.
Restaurateur Helen O’Malley studied history at Oxford University and has worked as a waitress since she was young. While her degree didn’t exactly lend itself to the catering industry, it was always something she loved.
Her passion for food and travelling...
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