... in the latter stages of the 2003 league, the Errigal Ciaran man was handed the jersey for their opening championship game, against Derry. I knew then that it was going to be a long year on the bench, says McConnell. But you had to keep pushing John ...

... Of Ra on May 20, Scholars Bar, University Limerick May 21-22, The Lobby, Cork May 23-24, Whelan's, Dublin; May 26, Menagerie, Belfast May 27-28, Roisin Dubh, Galway Cafe, lunchtimes, to May 18. Highly ...

... unrelenting mill of physical and psychological pressure. He is by no means alone. In having to accept that if he wants to keep alive his football dreams, at whatever grade of club or county, Lavery knows he will have to be part of a continual grinding process ...

... around with the relationship between Blair and Brown. Sometimes I wonder if it's not all a brilliantly choreographed myth, to keep alive our interest in New Labour, our intrigue in and fascination with the homoerotic tension so brilliantly handled by Peter ...

... the Honourable Member for Wentworth was like a lizard on a rock alive, but looking dead. mously cleaned-up line about Gerry Ford He's so dumb he can't walk and chewgum at the same time may have been cruel, but summed up a widely-held opinion. Lyndon similarly ...

... piece at auction may now fetch . a sum in excess of seven fi gures. ; 4 . 4 * ' Francoise Gilot (Picasso's • •••--, • ••••••••,•P•s •' • • •-• 4 • • common-law wife and Tamara's • friend) observed that, in , •, , , ' 10 1 Tamara's art, There is great ...

... even had a part in Lady Chatterley's Lover, alongside Olivia Auction of modem art may offer POWERFUL Copper bull by Laurent Mellet Maria Simmonds Gooding, Contemporary art auc- Sean Scully, Mike Fitzharris, tions are still something new Tim Goulding ...

... Sean Kelly plays host for a publicity shoot in Croke Park last week. The welcome may soon extend to rival sporting associations. Photo: Patrick Bolger AMAZING what a climbdown can do: Bertie finally gives up on his big idea, Lansdowne Road gets the nod ...

... laced into a corset on stage, the lacers being a pair of hefty chorus boys. There was a nude scene (bear in mind that nudity on stage did not happen, even in London and New York, until the 19705). The entire cast was arrested on stage. A condom was thrown ...

... THE Celtic Tiger may be dead but it looks like we've got a purring Sex Kitten economy instead. The m et may have been r for bringing in bonng High Tech industries but the sex kitten is providing far more titillation. It's come to the stage where you can't ...

... because, try as I may, I cannot write a play once a week But of course, John B, bless him, was aware of that. He was a foxy fellow, and I say so in admiration. I was fond of him, the more so because, like all his compatriots, he had the art of making a sly ...

... every time we hand over our cash for a seat in the stalls. The world of Art is in turmoil again. The director of the Gate Theatre is outraged at plans by the Arts Council to keep a grip on exactly where its money is going. No mure do the mandarins of ...