Is Rock and Roll A Dead Cause?
At the start of a decade where many releases are pop oriented, and songs are quickly released and forgotten about (anybody remember Friday?), and artists such as Justin Bieber, Carly Rae Jepsen, and...
View ArticleHMV Stores Close, Planned To Be Re-Opened
HMV has confirmed that all of it’s Irish stores are closed today, but the company has stated that this is only short term, and that these stores will re-open. The closure comes after the the CD and DVD...
View ArticleComment | The Grass Is Always Greener; The Emigration Nation
Emigrants Leave Ireland, engraving by Henry Doyle (1827-1892), from Mary Frances Cusack’s Illustrated History of Ireland, 1868 via wikipedia Ireland has had an emigration problem for as far back as any...
View ArticleNews | Actor Richard Griffiths dies age 65
Richard Griffiths, the award winning actor, who stared in the West End and in many roles in film and television, died due to complications following heart surgery. He was 65. Apart from his role as...
View ArticleNorth Korea Advises Tourists In South Korea To Evacuate
North Korea has advised tourists to evacuate South Korea pending a possible nuclear attack on Wednesday April 9. Kim Jong Un gives a speech during a plenary meeting of the central committee of the...
View ArticleBoston Bombing Suspects Targets Of Manhunt
The people of Boston woke up this morning to somewhat surreal images being broadcast all over their television screens: a manhunt is underway for two people suspected of being involved in the Boston...
View ArticleRolf Harris Named As Sex Abuse Suspect
Entertainer Rolf Harris has been named as one of the 12 suspects arrested as part of Scotland Yard’s Operation Yewtree, which was prompted by the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal. The 83 year old had...
View ArticleStuart Hall Pleads Guilty To Indecent Assault Charges
Veteran BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall has pleaded guilty to 14 charges of indecent assault. The offences, which included 13 victims of whom one was aged nine, took place between 1967 and 1984. The...
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