, was released in May 2007 and was followed up by No Baggage in 2009. O'Riordan was known for her lilting mezzo-soprano voice, her emphasised use of keening, and her strong Limerick accent. She appeared as a judge on RTÉ's The Voice of Ireland during the 2013–14 season. In April...
"I didn't have any other abilities, and there was no learning support for girls like me, not in Ireland at that time. It was either jail or music. I got lucky." Her 1987 debut album, "The Lion and the Cobra," was followed by 1990's "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got." ...
column while all other fatal Tesla incidents in the file read [ADAS]. The Tesla Deaths dataset team acknowledges this nuance but notes that the provided description for the "Automation System Engaged?" column does not include any negatory values (e.g., [N] or [No]) in its range of ...
Ireland's Sinead O'Connor performs songs from her new "Theology" double CD at New York's Sirius Satellite Radio studios in New York in June 2007. Credit: RICHARD DREW With piercing green eyes, buzzed hair and a voice of startling emotional power, O’Connor cut a memorable figure in the ...
Many years ago, Anne Born and I used to write for a site called the Red Room, where I originally read her essay about searching for her grandfather’s grave in Northern Ireland. I loved that she asked Saint James to help her find him. ...
While covering the violence in Northern Ireland in the early 1970s, she was nearly hit by bullets on "Bloody Sunday" while talking to a young boy whose face was blown off. Sheehy escaped the massacre but was deeply traumatized; the experience led her to think about time, the "arithmetic ...
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It began in Ireland about 1600. The lord of Blarney castle, near Cork, agreed to surrender the castle to British troops. But he kept making excuses for postponing the surrender. And, he made them sound like very good excuses, “this is just more of the same blarney.”The Irish castle ...
When she accepted the award, she dedicated it to “each and every member of Ireland’s refugee community,” adding, “You’re very welcome in Ireland. I love you very much and I wish you happiness.” The musician was also known for being outspoken, and for stunts such as in 1992, ...
DEMON DRINK; IRELANDN'S BOOZE SHAM Nearly Half of All Murders Caused by Alcohol 130 Road Deaths Are Blamed One Third of Hospital Admissions Are a Result of Drink We Spend EUR7billion a Year on Alcohol EUR150m Spent on Advertising This Year Alone One Quarter of Severe Domestic Abuse Cases ...