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  • Location, location, location

    Prof Michael O'Keefe at the proposed location for the contrroversial new hospital "The decision for the Mater . . . . restored my faith in human nature." The row over the planned national children's hospital on the site of the Mater is the first overt manifestation of the deeply ingrained rivalries in the sector, writes Kathy Sheridan . p

  • First big hurdle for the HSE

    Can the HSE fulfil its remit and overcome the medical and local politics that have been hampering our health service, asks Martin Wall . p
Arts

  • The Rocky road to redemption

    Sylvester Stallone's Rocky films mirrored the transition from Watergate-era shame to bloated yuppie self-indulgence. Now a Sly resurrection is in prospect, writes Gareth Higgins. p

  • Transatlantic cultural learnings of Borat

    Sacha Baron Cohen has been honoured at the Golden Globes in the US - and ignored in his home country. Mark Lawson explains why. p

  • The age of Gogan

    Larry Gogan, Ireland's longest-standing pop music DJ, looks back on his glittering career with Tony Clayton-Lea ahead of his Meteor award and a move to a new weekend radio slot. p

  • Larry's lists:the top five . . .

    ....ARTISTS p

  • Images to be seen in the dark

    OnTheTown: Lovers of work by the American filmmaker Robert Altman gathered at the Irish Film Institute in Dublin this week for a special screening of the feature film, Images, which he made in Ireland in 1971. p

  • Six silliest answers: as heard on Just a Minute

    Q: Where's the Great Wall? p

  • Songs from a remote Scottish island

    Julie Fowlis navigates the linguistic barriers of Scots Gaelic to communicate as powerfully as the best torch singers, writes Siobhán Long. p

  • Into the rhythym of a gallery rave-up

    The lost musical subcultures of the 1980s and earlier is archived, interpreted and celebrated in a new show, which opened at the Temple Bar Gallery and Studios this week. p

  • Putting together a string of successes

    Women writers came out in force this week to welcome the launch of Clare Dowling's book, No Strings Attached, which reached number three in the bestselling books of original fiction in its first week in the shops. Dowling, a scriptwriter for the RTÉ soap, Fair City, "has a rare gift. She has no idea of how good she is", said writer Sarah Webb, who launched No Strings Attached. p

  • Shirley girls give it a twirl

    Clothes designed around the child-like allure of Shirley Temple, featuring ankle socks, ringlets, over-sized collars and lots of buttons and bows, did not dissuade or discourage any of the models or clothes-conscious guests at the Yana K Spring/Summer 2007 fashion show. p

  • 'Playboy' stirs it up in Bulgaria

    Artscape: As the centenary of The Playboy of the Western World riots at the Abbey looms, you might think of the audience's reaction to Synge's now iconic play as a quaint historical footnote. p
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  • Off on the waves of Tory

    'Ireland is a large island off the coast of Tory,' explained one local. A new book details the myths and realities of Tory life, writes Rosita Boland. p

  • How birds of prey could soar in population

    Another Life: As the heavens open and the winds howl and we know it's all our own fault, there's a wry note to the prospect that great birds of the air will again rule the skies above Ireland.  p

  • Horizons

    Bio-data centre opens: The National Biodiversity Data Centre (NBDC) was officially opened at Waterford Institute of Technology on Thursday. p

  • EcoWeb

    www.noticenature.ie p
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  • On the trail of US democracy

    Biography: How many of those who analysed the political and social institutions of bygone centuries are still widely read today, not out of historical or academic interest, but for guidance on our own times? p

  • A ghostly voice that says little

    Russia: Readers looking forward to the voice of Alexander Litvinenko making revelations from beyond the grave will be disappointed by this book. So too will those seeking new and disinterested insights into current and recent events in the Russian Federation. p

  • The questionable power of persuasion

    History: What was it about the Scandinavian countries that set them apart from their bellicose neighbours in the rest of the European continent - the French, Germans and others who slaughtered each other for breakfast and thought of it as a norm of their higher calling? p

  • Chronicler of famous crises

    Journalism: New Yorker essays show how great journalism can be when it is allowed to breathe. p

  • Fact and fiction in articles of warfare

    Reportage: It is amazing how insulated we now are from the realities of war. As Iraq and the Middle East rage, and conflict in Africa remains a commonplace, war for us has assumed a fictional quality: we consume coverage of the real thing in much the same way as we consume Vietnam movies or second World War novels. p

  • Unevenness in Ulster

    Northern Anthology : This is a big book. One wonders if Ulster writing deserves quite such a mighty compendium. Nearly 50 years ago Frank O'Connor managed in his wonderful A Book of Ireland to put together the best of Irish writing in a little over half this length. p

  • Two sides of Kingsley Amis

    Biography: The writer Kingsley Amis was much loved but also much hated. This, his official biography, stresses his virtues as well as his vices. The result is a portrait of great complexity that is both an exhilarating and a melancholy read. p

  • Tough talking about sex

    Short Stories: Sexuality; its doubts, its excitement, its egotistical self-affirmation, dominate these poised, assured, if collectively repetitive stories. p

  • Paperbacks

    A selection of paperbacks reviewed  p
Seen & HeardBack to Top

  • Ugliness tied up in a bow

    TVReview:   'Do you know how many curly-haired, effete sycophants there are waiting to replace you?" Welcome to Mode magazine, Manhattan-based fashion glossy and workplace of size-zero harridans with ironed-out, wrinkle-free foreheads and kitten heels sharp enough to disembowel you. p

  • Too much blather and bladder, not enough drama

    RadioReview: Yes, I know the expression "that's way too much information" has gone out of fashion, but really, Derek Mooney telling us that one of his studio guests, Paul G, has gone to the toilet, goes straight to the top of list of things that I absolutely did not need to know this week (Mooney, RTÉ Radio 1, Tuesday). p

  • How YouTube is making history

    PresentTense:   A newspaper this week explained to its readers that "the YouTube craze first came to prominence [ in Ireland] several months ago, with the graphic and violent portrayal of a 'happy slapping' incident in Ballymun . . . " That's not unlike saying that the literature craze came to prominence here when Ulysses was banned. p
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