THE tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch(59) has been confirmed dead. The Bayesian, the 56m (183ft) yacht on which he was celebrating a recent court victory, sank in bad weather. Five bodies of those missing have been brought to the surface. One person is still missing. Italian authorities confirmed that Mike Lynch (59) is one of the bodies retrieved. His daughter Hannah is still … [Read more...] about Dr Mike Lynch confirmed dead —five bodies retrieved
Dr Mike Lynch confirmed dead —five bodies retrieved
Nell McCafferty, campaigning journalist and activist, dies at 80
NELL McCAFFERTY, journalist, author, women’s rights activist, feminist and civil rights campaigner, has died at the age of 80. She passed away at a Donegal nursing home after a long illness. McCafferty was born in 1944 in Derry's Bogside, one of six children. After school, she graduated from Queen's University in Belfast, working as an English teacher, briefly, in Belfast … [Read more...] about Nell McCafferty, campaigning journalist and activist, dies at 80
Slovak politician stops ‘perverted’ Irish play
A FAR-RIGHT Slovak politician sparked outrage locally after he disrupted a performance of Dublin playwright Elaine Murphy's play Little Gem. The incident, which happened at a village in northern Slovakia, was interrupted because of its ‘perverted contents’, according to the politician. Štefan Kuffa, Slovakia’s secretary of state for the environment, temporarily disrupted an … [Read more...] about Slovak politician stops ‘perverted’ Irish play
Gene Kelly: Entertainer Extraordinaire
By Michael Scanlon
Eugene Curran Kelly was an American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer who sought to create a new form of American dance accessible to the general public, which he called "dance for the common man." December, 1990: It was made in Hollywood on the back lot of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer smack-dab in the middle of the century – 1952 to be exact. You've all seen it … [Read more...] about Gene Kelly: Entertainer Extraordinaire
LOOK WHO’S TALKING:
An Interview With Phil Donahue
An Interview With Phil Donahue
By Michael Scanlon
October 1990: IN THE beginning, there was Phil. The others followed and they continue to follow.
!t was in Dayton, Ohio in 1967 and a new form of television was about to be born. Up to that time, television only showed the back of the audience's heads, and the extent of the people’s participation on a show was to react to a big sign off-camera which said: Applaud!
Enter … [Read more...] about
An Interview With Phil Donahue