Old Age Kicks
(Sunday Tribune, June 20,2010)
Hanging on the walls of Alessandro Negrini’s living room in Derry there are posters of Casablanca, Charlie Chaplin, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Alda Merini smoking a cigarette and Italian directors as Rossellini, De Sica and Fellini. “Everything started for fun. As I always say, I'm a movie director by mistake, in the sense that I wanted to do something else in my life, like being an hairdresser,” he said. Paradiso, his last documentary, shot in Derry, will be screened today at the Arcipelago Rome Film Festival.
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Irish drinking industry downfall. 15,000 workers already made redundant
Irish Drinks market is declining due to falling consumption and cross-border purchasing of alcohol, said Chairman of the Drinks Industry Grup of Ireland (DIGI) KieranTobin during the launch ofthe report “Drinks Market Performance 2009” in Dublin yesterday.
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Dublin Pubs - The original social network
Socializing comes easier in front of a pint than in front of a computerscreen.Thisissomething that so-called netizens seem to be forgetting, sucked in by their LCD virtualfriendsin social networks.
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Working together for a sustainable living
DUBLIN - During the tragic earthquake that hit Honduras in 2009 hundreds of buildings were damaged or burnt to the ground.However, housesmade of plastic bottles were not.The issue of affordable housing, presented by Trish Groves of Trócaire, was one of the topics discussed during two of the meetings of the 15th Convergence Sustainable Living Festival, promoted byCultivate from 26th May to 1stJune
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