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☆ How Ireland Fell Out of Love With Joe Biden - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Una Mullally | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

If there’s one thing Irish people know about President Biden, it’s that he’s one of us. “Today you are amongst friends because you are one of us,” the speaker of Parliament announced before Mr. Biden addressed Irish lawmakers. When Mr. Biden referred to the Irish rugby team beating “the Black and Tans” — the notoriously brutal 1920s police force — as opposed to the All Blacks, as New Zealand’s rugby team is known, the gaffe became an instant, affectionate meme. By the end of the trip, it was official: Mr. Biden loves Ireland, and Ireland loves Mr. Biden. Mr. Biden, as the leader of Israel’s closest ally and chief military supplier, was seen to be enabling the devastation.

Persons: Biden, it’s, ”, “, Seamus Heaney, —, Mr, Israel’s Organizations: Mr, Irish rugby, Blacks, New Zealand’s rugby, Ireland, Irish, European Union Locations: Ireland, Irish, Gaza

☆ Sinead O’Connor Was Ireland’s Alternative Moral Compass
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Una Mullally | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On March 9, Sinead O’Connor stood onstage at the Vicar Street concert venue in Dublin. O’Connor was at the RTE Choice Music Prize, an evening celebrating the best Irish albums of the past year. Untethered by this life landmark, I felt strangely grounded by her presence: Sinéad is here, all is well in the world. Soaking in the noise of the audience cheering her on, she smiled, almost bashful, before dedicating the award to refugees in Ireland. O’Connor had a tendency to show up at necessary moments.

Persons: Sinead O’Connor, O’Connor, Shane Organizations: Vicar, RTE Locations: Dublin, Ireland

[1/3] A man looks at an artwork depicting Irish singer Sinead O'Connor, who died at the age of 56, known for her chart-topping hit 'Nothing Compares 2 U', in Dublin, Ireland, July 27, 2023. REUTERS/Damien StoranDUBLIN, July 27 (Reuters) - Ireland on Thursday mourned the death of Sinead O'Connor, the singer who was remembered for a stirring voice that stopped people in their tracks on stage and told uncomfortable truths off it. O'Connor, best known for the 1990 chart-topping hit "Nothing Compares 2 U", died on Wednesday aged 56 after police found her unresponsive at an address in London. "My mam rang me last night and she said did you hear about Sinead and she didn't even have to say the second name. She gave two fingers to the church, who at that time in the 90s had such a hold over Ireland.

Persons: Sinead O'Connor, Damien Storan DUBLIN, O'Connor, Michael D, Higgins, Sinead, Michelle Beatty, Una Mullally, O'Connor's, Pope John Paul II, Stephen Faloon, Graham Fahy, Padraic Halpin, William Maclean Organizations: REUTERS, Metropolitan Police, Dublin, Ireland, Irish Times, Thomson Locations: Dublin, Ireland, London, Bray , County Wicklow

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