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Michael D Higgins

Ireland’s Groovy Arts Minister

By Colin Lacey

January/February 1996

March 21, 2025 by Leave a Comment

Colin Lacey talks to Michael D. Higgins (recently dubbed by British Vogue as the world's grooviest arts minister) about the renaissance of the Irish film industry. The Crying Game: My Left Foot; Braveheart; The Playboys; The Commitments; The Snapper; Circle of Friends; Window's Peak; The Run of the Country; Into the West; Frankie Starlight - if you haven't been closely … [Read more...] about Ireland’s Groovy Arts Minister

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Róisín Chapman
IA Newsletter December 11, 2021

December 10, 2021 by 1 Comment

Storm Barra hits Ireland As Covid restrictions increase across Europe, residents of the Emerald Isle found themselves staying at home for an entirely different reason. Storm Barra battered the UK and Ireland earlier this week, leaving 59,000 Irish homes without power. Originally hitting the south-west, Barra moved upwards, and the north-west of Ireland, as well as Scotland, … [Read more...] about News Roundup

Hibernia: Quote Unquote

By Tom Deignan

December/ January 2021

September 16, 2021 by Leave a Comment

“There’s a scrappiness to the Irish that I can very much relate to. It’s a kind of working-class, not afraid to get your hands dirty, take care of a situation kind of thing. Being Irish means being self-sufficient and doing whatever is needed.” Actress Melissa McCarthy on her Irish heritage. “I wanted to liberate our scientists from any bureaucracy. When you get money from … [Read more...] about Hibernia: Quote Unquote

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April 19, 1956

On this day in 1956, Irish-American actress Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier III of Monaco and became Princess Grace of Monaco. The two met while Kelly was filming Alfred Hitchcock’s To Catch a Thief in the French Riviera. As Princess of Monaco, Kelly retired from acting and founded AMADE Mondiale, a Monaco-based non-profit organization eventually recognized by the UN as a Non-Governmental Organization. Prince Rainier and Princess Grace had three children: Caroline Louise Marguerite – Princess of Hanover and now heiress presumptive to the throne of Monaco, Albert II – Prince of Monaco current ruler of the Principality of Monaco, and Princess Stéphanie Marie Elisabeth.

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