Gabriel Byrne’s speech at the Gateway Ireland event on 26th May in Dublin: You can also read a transcript of his speech at the bottom of this page. “We are who we were. We will be what we imagine.” –Gabriel Byrne The Cultural Ambassador for Ireland demonstrated why he was […]
The Cultural Ambassador for Ireland has been popping up in all sorts of interesting places in the past few weeks, both in the US and in Dublin. Galas and fundraisers are part and parcel of his life now and actually always have been. These recent appearances are just like the […]
Niall O’Loughlin is an artist who lives and works in Dublin. He has created really striking caricatures of actors, musicians, sports figures, and politicians. You can see more of his work (and even purchase his pictures!) at his main website and you can keep up with his current activities at […]
UPDATE Feb 21: The award for Actor in a Lead Role – Television went to Brendan Gleeson for his work in Into The Storm, so cheers to him! And now it appears Mr. Byrne was not in the house after all. His tribute to John Boorman, who received the Lifetime […]
I suppose it was the holidays. That’s what I’ll blame it on, anyway. Somehow, Gabriel Byrne made a presentation at an event in Ireland a couple of weeks ago and it flew right by me! I never cease to be amazed at how he slips in and out of places, […]
It was a star-studded affair in an unlikely place: “the windowless, functional, fluorescent-lit chamber” in Leinster House, Dublin, where the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Arts heard testimony regarding the possible axing of the Irish Film Board. The Irish Times reports Wednesday, 14 October [This article is now behind a paywall […]