Garret Fitzgerald spoke of Charles Haughey’s ‘flawed pedigree’, but the two men shaped modern Ireland. Eoin O’Malley talks to Dion Fanning about the era when the two men dominated Irish life.
Arthur Edward Guinness, the fourth Lord Iveagh, has written a history of the Guinness family. He talks to Dion Fanning about the burden of being a Guinness, how the brewery nearly ended up in Wales and the future of the Iveagh Markets.
Will Clarke is one of the FAI’s shining lights. He is campaigning to transform how Irish football develops young players. He speaks about why the FAI isn’t looking for a handout but seed capital.
How will the doctor-patient relationship be affected by AI? In her new book, Charlotte Blease argues that doctors can’t cope with the present system and AI will bring a revolution in medical care.
On paper it was a simple idea — let children play in better weather. In practice it collided with the complexities of Irish football’s structures, cultures and contradictions.
English clubs have spent more than €2 billion this summer and they haven’t finished yet. But this mania might be hiding some worrying trends.
Joseph Birchall began life working as a mechanic in Tallaght but the publication of the first in a series of crime fiction novels has given him a glimpse of the life he thought he once had. He talks about Hollywood, lockdown and setting up gifts.ie
From the mines of Nottinghamshire to the MCC boxes at Lord’s, cricket reveals the divides of class, identity, and empire in Britain. Dion Fanning traces how a day at the Test becomes a mirror of the nation.
Eamon Carr has lived many lives. The co-founder of Horslips went on to lead a life in journalism. He talks to Dion Fanning about being an accidental interviewer and how a meeting with Paul Gascoigne led to an interview with the great Nureyev.
The backlash against Glastonbury performers Bob Vylan and Kneecap has reignited old battles over media bias, public speech, and the BBC’s uneasy role in navigating culture, politics and power.
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