Person: William Faulkner

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opinion

Honouring war veterans’ widows: Reflection saves lives

AS America tears itself apart again, the fact that Alberta Martin, one of the last known Confederate war widows, died as recently as 2004 and that Gertrude Janeway, the last known widow of a Union veteran, died just a year earlier, reconfirms William Faulkner’s perceptive line: “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”

general

The Irish writers banned in their own land

Stormont deadlocked, again — Irish enlisted as a political Armalite

news

Dick Warner taught us not only how to live, but in a sense, how to die

gaa

Buying into sporting history at an auction of GAA memorabilia

general

Book review: Lock No. 1

Guy gives Kindle to homeless man who kept reading the same book

A very thoughtful Reddit user who wants to remain anonymous has attracted praise online after gifting a homeless man his Kindle.

Tue, 03 Feb, 2015

Guy gives Kindle to homeless man who kept reading the same book

A very thoughtful Reddit user who wants to remain anonymous has attracted praise online after gifting a homeless man his Kindle.

Tue, 03 Feb, 2015

The love that killed tragic Bridie Kirk

"The past is never dead," wrote William Faulkner. "It’s not even past." Between Trees and Water, a new show by Cork theatre company, Painted Bird, is convinced of this stubborn relevance of the past to the present.

Thu, 21 Aug, 2014

Hollywood legend Lauren Bacall dies, aged 89

Lauren Bacall, the award-winning actress and Humphrey Bogart’s partner off and on screen, has died at 89.

Thu, 14 Aug, 2014

Franco: I'll use 'ugly' shots to make film better

James Franco didn't cut his "ugly" scenes from 'As I Lay Dying'.

Wed, 22 May, 2013

Woodrell’s snapshots of life in Ozarks cut to the bone

The Outlaw Album

Sat, 18 Aug, 2012

A Paris walk fit for gods

The Most Beautiful Walk in the World

Sat, 07 Apr, 2012

The art of redemption

Review: David O’Mahony

Sat, 28 Aug, 2010

Drugs and alcohol don’t feed your creativity, expert cautions

THE idea that drugs and alcohol can fuel creativity is a myth, it was claimed yesterday.

Fri, 25 Jun, 2010

Scorsese honoured for lifetime achievement

Longtime friend and collaborator Robert De Niro presented Martin Scorsese with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement at the Golden Globes last night.

Mon, 18 Jan, 2010

Angry scenes as man pleads guilty to assault charge

The accused man in the Tralee murder trial was jailed for six years today after he pleaded guilty to assaulting the victim in what was described as a calculated and unprovoked attack with the intention of causing serious harm.

Wed, 19 Jul, 2006

Nobel laureate Saul Bellow dies

Nobel laureate Saul Bellow, a master of comic melancholy who in Herzog, Humboldt’s Gift and other novels both championed and mourned the soul’s fate in the modern world, has died at 89.

Wed, 06 Apr, 2005

Hollywood stars head Venice film festival

HOLLYWOOD rolled out its big guns at the Venice International Film Festival yesterday as John Travolta and Denzel Washington showed off their latest movies.

Fri, 03 Sep, 2004

Drink driver gets three months’ jail

A CHRISTMAS DAY escapade of drink driving resulted in a motorist getting a three-month jail sentence yesterday.

Sat, 10 Jan, 2004

Landlords' fears amid city race attacks

A Belfast estate agent claimed today that he had been told to refuse to rent properties to people from ethnic minority backgrounds.

Fri, 09 Jan, 2004

Author George Plimpton dies

George Plimpton, the self-deprecating American author of Paper Lion and a patron to Philip Roth, Jack Kerouac and countless other writers, has died, aged 76.

Fri, 26 Sep, 2003