Classical CDs: Music for Easter, vocal anthologies and a trip to Dundalk theartsdesk.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theartsdesk.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
THE SOUND of the cello, a pleasure for the ear and appealing to the heart as the instrument many believe is closest in sound to the human voice, will be at the centre of a new festival for Galway.
79 years on, St. Lawrence and Lawn remember the 204 lost from the wrecks of the Truxtun and Pollux
This week the residents of St. Lawrence and Lawn, like they have done for decades, will pause in their daily routine and pay their respects to the 204 United States Navy officers and men who lost their lives 79 years ago.
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From Kiss to Hogmanay drones: The best virtual New Year s Eve events to say good riddance to 2020 independent.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from independent.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
If ever there was a year we were eager to see vanish in the rear-view mirror, it’s 2020. Yet ringing in 2021 will obviously be more complicated than is traditional. Going out and having fun is essentially a public health hazard. This New Year’s Eve will be largely a virtual affair.
Happily, however, there are still plenty of options. Obviously, none will come close to the real thing, but in a year in which scraping by has become a way of life, a virtual New Year’s Eve celebration doesn’t feel like the worst idea ever. Also, many of us secretly or not so secretly loathe December 31 anyway. For these individuals, snuggling up on the couch is a more than acceptable ‘plan B’.