Matt Bissonnetteâs new feature
Death of a Ladiesâ Man was surely a pleasant surprise at this yearâs edition of the Galway Film Fleadh (20-25 July). This Canadian-Irish co-production, presented last September at the Calgary International Film Festival, had its international premiere at the Irish gathering.
Samuel OâShea (
Gabriel Byrne) is an Irish college professor living in Montreal, who starts experiencing a series of bizarre hallucinations, possibly enhanced by his poorly hidden alcohol addiction. One day, after a medical check, he is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour and left with â at best â between a few months and one year to live. A Gabriel Byrne in a state of grace brings life to this compelling portrait of a 62-year-old womaniser and absent father trying to reconnect with his two kids, a gay hockey player (
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Pool at eye level with the ocean is this Irish coastal home’s claim to fame
Sunday, July 11, 2021
Sarah Mooney
An indoor swimming pool at eye level with the ocean is a Co Waterford beachfront property’s claim to fame – and some justification for its price tag.
The four-bed Yankee Cottage in the southeast village of Ardmore is up for grabs on the market for €2.5 million.
The coastal home is described by Brian Gleeson Property as “perched literally overlooking the magic Curragh Beach, one of the plethora of special beaches dotted around the picturesque village of Ardmore in west Waterford.”