Yearly Archives: 2017

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Does this room look familiar?

Part of a much larger art project called the 14th Factory in Los Angeles’ Lincoln Heights district, this is a faithful recreation of the bedroom from 2001: A Space Odyssey by artist Simon Birch and architect Paul Kember, whose uncle and great uncle were draughtsmen on Stanley Kubrick’s movie and worked on the original set.

Part of the attraction appears to be that visitors can interact with the room, sit on the chairs and lie on the bed, which is a rare treat for Kubrick fans as the director was notoriously obsessed with destroying all props and sets once he’d used them.

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This afternoon.

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Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams with Mary Lou McDonald and large crowds line the streets of the Free Derry corner with the coffin of Martin McGuinness as it passes by  the 1972 Bloody Sunday mural as they makes their way to St Columba’s Church (above).

More as we get it.

Earlier: Death of A Salesman

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This afternoon.

President Higgins, Taoiseach Enda Kenny and former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern among the mourners in St Columba’s Church.

Pic: Niall Carson/PA Wire/Rollingnews.ie

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Medb Johnstone is the producer of Fir, Marú agus Grá, a six-part crime documentary series beginning on TG4 tonight at 9.30pm.

Medb writes…

This series takes a stark and uncompromising look at six cases of intimate partner homicide in Ireland and examines the evidence that was presented against the accused in their murder trial.

In Ireland, nearly nine in every ten women who are killed are killed by a male known to them. By and large, these intimate partner homicides are usually preceded by physical or mental abuse, controlling behaviour and harassment.

But separation can also be a catalyst for violence and for women, it is often a dangerous time to be around the men they wish to leave. Fir, Marú agus Grá aims to shine a light on these tragic crimes and tell the stories that would otherwise be forgotten.

Episode 1 recounts the tragic tale of the disappearance of Aoife Phelan in Portlaoise in 2012. Her body was later found concealed 10 feet under ground in a blue oil barrel on the land of the man who killed her.

Episode 2 examines the killing of Catherine Smart in Mideton, Cork on Easter Sunday 2010.

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