A promoter, a gallery director, and other key people from the arts world offer their take on 2020
It was the year of living dangerously for many in the arts & culture sector. This is how some of them coped
Angela Dorgan, Mick Flannery, Mary McCarthy and Edel Curtin were among those on the arts/culture front line in 2020.
Thu, 31 Dec, 2020 - 09:13
Ellie O’Byrne
Shane Dunne, managing director, Indiependence. Picture Maura Hickey.
Promoter Shane Dunne is the MD of music festival Indiependence, which announced it was leaving its location of 15 years in Mitchelstown, Co Cork, following the cancellation of Indiependence 2020. Dunne acted as spokesperson for EPIC, the lobbying group formed to support the live events sector. In November, his management company received Live Performance Support Scheme funding of €76,000 to produce a series of musical performances in Mitchelstown Caves.
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Thereâs nothing quite like going to the mall on Christmas Eve for that magical last-minute gift dash.
Oh yeah. I forgot for a minute there. For store owners even entertaining opening, there could be a huge ticket and public shaming.
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Unless itâs Costco, Walmart, Loblaws or other box and big corporate stores. Apparently thereâs no concern about contracting the coronavirus there until Boxing Day, when they are to reduce their footprint.
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There’s nothing quite like going to the mall on Christmas Eve for that magical last-minute gift dash.
Oh yeah. I forgot for a minute there. For store owners even entertaining opening, there could be a huge ticket and public shaming.
We apologize, but this video has failed to load.
Try refreshing your browser, or WARMINGTON: On Christmas Eve, stay home unless at airport, box store or LCBO Back to video
Unless it’s Costco, Walmart, Loblaws or other box and big corporate stores. Apparently there’s no concern about contracting the coronavirus there until Boxing Day, when they are to reduce their footprint.
Hospitality Pineapple and Pepper Gin supports on-trade 18th December, 2020 by Owen Bellwood
English brand Hospitality Gin has bottled a pineapple and pepper-flavoured expression and will donate proceeds from its sale to the UK on-trade.
Hospitality Gin has released a pineapple and pepper-flavoured variant
The release is the first in Hospitality Gin’s Bartender Series, which aims to showcase ‘unconventional flavour combinations’.
Distilled at the Cooper King Distillery in Yorkshire, Hospitality Gin Bartender Series #1 Pineapple and Pepper Gin is made with freeze-dried pineapple, green bell pepper and pink peppercorn, as well as other botanicals including juniper, lemon thyme, orange blossom and orange peel.