Fran Rooney, who has died aged 67, epitomised the dotcom bubble of the 1990s for many people when his company, Baltimore, rose to dizzying heights before sinking to oblivion. He then had a second career as the first chief executive of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI).
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It’s funny to learn that Henry Winkler, the Fonz himself, had an Irish childhood. Or not Irish exactly, but with many of the classic elements: poverty, a difficult parent, a long climb out of low self-esteem.
Sometimes ghosts are summoned through a song, and sometimes they come unbidden in other ways. When Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh received her Eircode a few years ago the digits startled her. They were F94K. It seemed like a sign from the beyond. Mairéad’s late husband, the love of her life, and the man with whom she became a star of traditional music, was Frankie Kennedy. He died in 1994.
Sometimes ghosts are summoned through a song, and sometimes they come unbidden in other ways. When Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh received her Eircode a few years ago the digits startled her. They were F94K. It seemed like a sign from the beyond. Mairéad’s late husband, the love of her life, and the man with whom she became a star of traditional music, was Frankie Kennedy. He died in 1994.