Day: November 5, 2009
Ireland Involved Awards – Seán Radley Nominated
Our own Seán Radley has been nominated for the 2009 Ireland Involved Awards which take place this evening (Nov 5th 2009) at a dinner hosted by the Taoiseach’s Office in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham.
Sean has been nominated in the “Arts, Culture & Media” Section for his work documenting community life in Millstreet for the last 40 years. He will be accompanied at the awards ceremony by Mike and Kathy O’Connor who nominated him in the first case.
Lots of people (85+) have left comments on his nomination page, so go and show your support and gratitude too on that page. (comments are now closed)
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Stephen O’Riordan on the RTE News last Night
Stephen O’Riordan who made the film “The Forgotten Maggies”, has taken it a step further and yesterday was spokesperson for the victims as they seek compensation for their years in the Magdalen laundries. There is an article in today’s Irish Independant on the topic, and there was an item on the RTE News last night which you can see if you click on the still image above (the article starts at 10:15 in the clip).
Millstreet Country Park – My Homeland
Video of Millstreet Country Park with Isla Grant singing “My Homeland” in the background. She is playing in the Glen Theatre this coming Saturday night at 8:30pm
