A man for all seasons
After 16 years as kitman to the London senior football team Phil Roche is calling it a day
By Damian Dolan
He’s been threatening it for...
Keeping it Friel
Justine Mitchell told David Hennessy about starring in Brian Friel’s Faith Healer just a year after she was part of a huge revival of...
At home on Hope Street
Belfast actress Karen Hassan told David Hennessy about joining the cast of BBC’s daytime drama Hope Street, returning home to Northern Ireland after some...
First fiddle
By David Hennessy
Meabh Smyth from Armagh was the inaugural Fiddler of London back in 2021.
Although COVID restriction prevented the final taking place in person,...
Declan Nerney says ‘Don’t Let Me Off’
Declan Nerney spoke to David Hennessy ahead of his forthcoming UK dates that includes a show at London Irish Centre.
Declan Nerney is one of...
Music promoter and businessman Vince Power dies aged 76
Tributes have been paid to well known music promoter Vince Power who has died at the age of 76.
Power ran some of London’s top...
‘An emigrant’s story’
Jack Byrne told David Hennessy about his Liverpool Mysteries series of books that look at Irish immigration to Liverpool throughout the decades taking in...
The Irish Spitfire hero
Ian and Dominic Higgins told David Hennessy about their new film about Brendan ‘Paddy’ Finucane, the Irish RAF hero of WWII whose story should...
The accidental playwright
Playwright Christian O’Reilly spoke to David Hennessy about his play The Good Father coming to London for the first time, being moved to represent...
Women in harmony
Sina Theil and Meadhbh Walsh told David Hennessy about their new duet, a female version of Grace to coincide with International Women’s Day last...