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Irish Eye on Hollywood

Walk the Blue Fields Movie productions don’t get much more Irish than the forthcoming romantic drama Walk the Blue Fields, based on the book by celebrated Wicklow-born writer Claire Keegan. Playwright Conor McPherson…

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Slainte | Oats: The Original Comfort Food

Call me crazy, but oatmeal cookies have never had a spot on my favorite foods list. They’re too sweet. I prefer my oats prepared in such a way that I can really taste…

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The Rice Man Cometh

Damien Rice: o If you have lost faith in the possibility for a new singer-songwriter to…

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The Green, Green Greens of Home

There is a lovely story told about a day in the hospitable south of Ireland…

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November 3, 1932

Albert Reynolds, Taoiseach from 1992 to 1994, was born on this day in Co. Roscommon in 1932. Reynolds became wealthy during the 1960s after opening up a series of dance halls and developing a series of business contacts. He became interested in politics in the 1970s during the Irish Arms Crisis. He was elected to the Dail Eireann under the Fianna Fail party in 1977. He acted as Minister for Post and Telegraphs, Minister for Transport, Minister for Industry and Energy, Minister for Industry and Commerce and Minister for Finance. Reynolds was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, however his short time as Taoiseach and leader of Fianna Fail was criticized.

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