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Apocalypse wow!

Saturday November 21 2009

For a society so worried about the state of the planet, we seem to get a perverse thrill out of seeing it destroyed for fun. That, at least, is the theory those in the entertainment business seem to be working off at the moment.

in the footsteps of american giants

Saturday November 21 2009

On this side of the Atlantic, mention of literary awards automatically causes us to think of the Man Booker Prize, the Costa, the Impac and maybe -- if we're Francophiles -- the Prix Goncourt. As regards awards on the other side of the ocean, only the Pulitzer Prize has achieved an international reputation.

Customs seize 12 million cigarettes

Wednesday November 18 2009

CUSTOMS officers have delivered a double blow to the finances of organised crime gangs shipping large hauls of smuggled cigarettes into the State.

Gene Kerrigan: Destroying the economy in bid to save it

Gene Kerrigan Sunday November 15 2009

An old story from the Vietnam War came to mind last week, as Mr Cowen and Mr Lenihan continued their triumphant march. They've finally set up Nama. And they have the Oireachtas numbers to push through their savage Budget.

In memory of the countless dead

Sunday November 15 2009

WEDNESDAY was Veterans' Day in the United States, the annual commemoration of the 25 million people who have been American soldiers. There are parades, public events of various kinds, but it's perhaps in private, in multitudes of American families, that Veterans' Day has come to mean most.

Ang Lee. Photo: Getty Images

Taking Stock: Ang Lee

Friday November 13 2009

File director Ang Lee talks to Susan Daly about being tempted to try acid for his new festival film, losing control and finally becoming an insider

Discovering the world after garp

Saturday November 07 2009

To his many fans John Irving is that rarest of beasts -- a literary writer who tells page-turning stories. After producing three well-received but poor-selling novels in the late 1960s and early 1970s, he hit the big time with his fourth book The World According to Garp, in 1978. A rollicking tale of wrestling, writing, sexual mishaps and dysfunction, it became a huge international bestseller and formed the basis for a major film starring Robin Williams. It made Irving's fortune, and won him a hardcore fan base that's been with him since.