BUSINESS in the House of Commons on Tuesday included topical questions to the Home Secretary, and one of the questions posed was both interesting and timely, but also arrogant, because it came from a Scottish Conservative MP (John Lamont). This MP was seeking an update to the Seasonal Workers Scheme (allowing migrant workers to get a visa to work in UK) for 2021. The scheme has huge implications for the agricultural and hospitality sector. Timely, I’ll say, with Brexit looming. The uncertainty of Brexit has already had implications for Scottish fruit farmers in the last couple of years, with expensive harvests being left to rot as migrant workers were too afraid and uncertain to travel to the UK as a result of Brexit.
The Olympia Theatre in Dublin could be in for a name change.
A planning application for new signage submitted by the owners suggests a sponsor s name is to be included in the title.
The iconic theatre on Dame Street first opened on December 22nd 1879 as Dan Lowrey s Star of Erin Music Hall , designed by well-known architect John J Callaghan.
It was subsequently re-branded as Dan Lowrey s Music Hall in 1881, and again re-branded as Dan Lowrey s Palace of Varieties in 1889.
The building had a more significant makeover in 1897, closing as a music hall and re-opening as The Empire Palace theatre.
This name survived through the Great War, the Easter Rising and the dissolution of the large Moss-Stoll theatre empire, as the entertainment industry changed significantly.