Tony Sheehan

Trygve Seim Ensemble Sun 15 Jun 2025 | Triskel Arts Centre and Cork Midsummer Festival Present Different Rivers – 25th anniversary Trygve Seim Ensemble In this exclusive Irish concert at Triskel for the Cork Midsummer Fe...

Next Sunday 15th at 8pm. Part of the Cork Midsummer Festival.

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It’s showtime! Iconic ’90s movies to be screened at Cork's Triskel Showgirls, The Doors, and La Heine are among the films lined up for this month at the Cork city venue, says CARA O’DOHERTY

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Emma Rawicz: ‘I think jazz is made for people who don’t necessarily fit into life’s prescribed boxes’ Young saxophonist, composer and bandleader says she is a ‘massive perfectionist and complete workaholic’

Playing Triskel on Thursday 12th June at 8pm

Emma Rawicz: ‘I think jazz is made for people who don’t necessarily fit into life’s prescribed boxes’

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In today’s Irish Examiner an interview with Richard Fitzpatrick about the people and culture that has influenced me.

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Federico Albanese on stage at Triskel Arts Centre.

Trygve Seim Ensemble Sun 15 Jun 2025 | Triskel Arts Centre and Cork Midsummer Festival Present Different Rivers – 25th anniversary Trygve Seim Ensemble In this exclusive Irish concert at Triskel for the Cork Midsummer Fe...

Working in partnership with the Cork Midsummer Festival, we're bringing the Trygve Seim Ensemble to Ireland for an exclusive 25th Anniversary Concert marking the Release of ECM Records Different Rivers

Sunday 15th June 8pm
Triskel Arts Centre

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Looking forward to starting my Tour this week. Hope to see you there!More Ticket info available at: www.kevinbrady.ie

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Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard (Gift Article) An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.

Trump University makes “mistake”. Again.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...

I fully support the decision by Irish Writers to object to Meta stealing their work to train AI.
I also found out how the rest of us can also protest.
Log on to your Facebook - go to privacy centre - read their skin crawling justification for theft - and hit the “object” link.
You’ll get a reply:

London's Wigmore Hall quits 'crippling' funding system The classical music venue says it will stop taking public money because of the "onerous" conditions.

Wow!

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The Quartet play Triskel as part of a packed programme of music for April-May.

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Our upcoming concerts between tomorrow night and 14th June. Further info at triskelartscentre.ie

Dismayed by Trump, the Star Pianist András Schiff Boycotts the U.S. (Gift Article) Mr. Schiff, who has refused to play in Russia and his native Hungary because of strongman rule, said he was alarmed by President Trump’s “unbelievable bullying.”

Dismayed by Trump, the Star Pianist András Schiff Boycotts the U.S.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/a...

Opinion | There Is No Going Back The president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

Gerard Howlin: Programme for government is notable not just for a lack of ideology, but a lack of passion Gathering almost every TD with a stake in the status quo in one government will prove to be a mistake

If only the band plays on, we have politics made for jiving to.

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'This is inhumane': Cork school principal devastated by decision to evict Ukrainian pupils Ukrainian pupils at Bunscoil Mhuire, Youghal, will be forced to leave school after parents notified by Department of Integration they are to be evicted from the Quality Hotel in the town

This is shameful behaviour by a State that frequently trumpets to the world how humane we Irish are as our response to international conflict.

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Tá Teachtaireacht na Nollag 2024 ón Uachtarán Micheál D. Ó hUigínn ar fáil anois ag youtu.be/9uMTlzNSuc4. Is féidir an Teachtaireacht a léamh ag president.ie/ga/diary/det...

In Memoriam 2024: The Musicians We Lost It takes a village to make the music we love. We remember the singers, songwriters, composers, instrumentalists, producers and journalists that we lost in 2024.

It takes a village to make the music we love. We remember the singers, songwriters, composers, instrumentalists, producers and journalists that we lost in 2024.

Pálás cinema in Galway to close down in February due to 'stark reality' of costs and competition The three-screen arthouse cinema and cultural space opened in 2018.

The Pálás cinema in Galway has announced it will close its doors next February.

In a statement today, the cinema said that "the stark reality is rising costs and the oversaturation of the Galway cinema market have made continued trading unviable".

Zakir Hussain - Making Music (John McLaughlin, Jan Garbarek & Hari Prasad Chaurasia) YouTube video by sonice57

This music was huge in my life.

Zakir Hussain - Making Music

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Zakir Hussain, legendary Indian tabla musician, dies aged 73 The classical musician, who performed with George Harrison and Van Morrison, died in a San Francisco hospital on Sunday

Zakir Hussain has died.

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A feast of festive movies being screened in Cork As Triskel’s annual Christmas film season starts on Saturday, CARA O’DOHERTY assesses some of the seasonal offerings that will get you in the mood ...

The Christmas At Triskel season kicks off this Saturday, and Chris O’Neill ( @chrisoneill99.bsky.local )head of programming at the Triskel Cinema, says that screening Christmas movies at the venue has become an annual tradition.
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In 2012 Michael McHale brought us an album of Irish music arranged for solo piano - it was a breakthrough recordimg for the acclaimed pianist. This Friday he performs music from the album live at Triskel-with some seasonal arrangements as well.
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This Week’s listening
#ECM #ECMrecords

Far-right candidates fail to break through, defying global trends

www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Indeed

If Gerry Hutch is elected in Dublin Central, his entries in TDs Register of Members Interests will make for interesting reading #GE24

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