Collins took an interest in how he was portrayed in the press and understood the value of good publicity. BY ALISON MARTIN By the time of his assassination in August 1922, Michael Collins had become an increasingly popular subject of media attention. Media interest in Collins was not limited to Ireland, however, as there were … Read more
TG4 12 April 2020 DoubleBand Films By Donal Fallon In late 2002, music journalist Leagues O’Toole was presenting No Disco, a popular alternative music show on RTÉ television. The show provided a space for diverse acts over its years on air, but its most memorable television moment was a special edition dedicated to Planxty, a … Read more
Royal Irish Academy https://www.ria.ie/online-exhibition-creative-women-ireland-artists-and-writers-archives By Tony Canavan The COVID-19 crisis presents challenges to cultural institutions, as they have had to close their doors to the public and operate with a skeleton staff (if at all). Many of these institutions have responded by mounting exhibitions on-line or publicising the material already on-line. While this is welcome, … Read more
By Joe Culley @TheRealCulls The decade of centenaries trundles on. We have entered the final third, the violence ramps up and a bitter conclusion in vicious civil war comes faintly into view. Of course, we are immersed in our own historic, heart-breaking social upheaval right now. Many of us have cried in the last few … Read more
THOMAS LEAHY Cambridge University Press £18.99 pb 9781108767033 Reviewed by Patrick Mulroe Patrick Mulroe is the author of Bombs, bullets and the border. Policing Ireland’s frontier: Irish security policy, 1969–1978 (Irish Academic Press, 2017). In The intelligence war against the IRA, Cardiff University politics lecturer Thomas Leahy deals with some of the big questions related … Read more