Culture
Brunnock’s ‘The Orchard’ has much to pick from
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February 08, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
European bureaucrat or American as apple pie?
Saul Alinsky’s name came up again recently, and again, and again. Indeed, a Democratic Party activist told me that he heard Newt Gingrich mention h...
February 08, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Dublin’s Tierney takes on the Big Easy
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February 08, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Entranced by wildly beautiful Great Blasket
[caption id="attachment_69611" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Robert Kanigel. "][/caption] In his last book but one, Robert Kanigel looke...
February 08, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Hinds is ‘amazing’ in spine-chiller: Daniel Radcliff
[caption id="attachment_69583" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Ciarán Hinds stars in ‘The Woman in Black’."][/caption] British film star D...
February 08, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Corporate greed, corruption and unaccountable financiers
[caption id="attachment_69504" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Alan Glynn’s third novel is “Bloodland.”"][/caption] Several Irish crimewri...
February 01, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Moonshiners become Rogues after makeover
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February 01, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Cover is flawless in 'The Philanderer'
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February 01, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Crowd approves of new band’s genre-blending
[caption id="attachment_69345" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Conor McGuirk and Brian McArtin of Broken Banjo Strings. "][/caption] When ...
January 25, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Irish feature in Apple exhibit
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January 25, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
O’Connell championed international human rights
Daniel O’Connell, a giant of 19th century politics, tends not to get the full attention that he deserves. For instance, while the Liberator’s work ...
January 25, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
Don’t fear the blank page, says foreign correspondent
[caption id="attachment_69209" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Lara Marlowe."][/caption] In her first book, Lara Marlowe profiles French p...
January 18, 2012
by Irish Echo Staff