Cork-born soprano Deirdre Moynihan has an enviable CV, and is now releasing her first CD — a selection of Vivaldi cantatas on the classical Naxos label.

STEVEN KING asks “why is the MV Saoirse and its assorted passengers heading for Gaza and not the Syrian coast?”

THE set designer of Riverdance is boycotting the show during its upcoming tour of Israel in an act of solidarity with the Palestinian people.

Singer-songwriter Damien Dempsey today called on artists around the world to stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine.

AS one of those who protested outside Cement Roadstone Holdings (CRH) annual general meeting in Dun Laoghaire, I wish to comment on Brian O’Mahony’s report (May 6).

THE dramatic crash of the US Airways plane into the Hudson River last week appears to be depicted in a new painting by renowned artist Pauline Bewick which was created last December, weeks before the event.

Phillip Carter, who is missing following a helicopter crash, is an honorary vice-president of Chelsea and was on his way back from the club's Champions League semi-final against Liverpool.

PROFESSOR Michael Wald (Irish Examiner letters, September 6) claims that in 1947, “700,000 Arabs left the areas they lived in” of their own free will because of “the promise by the Arab invaders that they would soon regain their own homes as well as taking those of the Israelis when they were driven back into the sea”.

WHAT the recent letters to your paper defending Israel have in common is an obsession with effects and a refusal to deal with causes.

A demonstration is being staged in the capital later today to highlight opposition to Israel's on going bombardment of Lebanon.

ACTIVISTS gathered in Dublin yesterday imploring Irish people to turn their backs on Israeli goods and events in protest at events in the Middle East.

Human rights campaigners are planning protests at this evening's international soccer game between Ireland and Israel.

Ireland's top writers have come together to voice their opposition to the war through the power of the pen.