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Dublin crowds bid farewell to Shane MacGowan
AFP, Published on 08/12/2023
» DUBLIN - Crowds lined the streets of Dublin on Friday to their pay respects to the Irish songwriter Shane MacGowan, who died last month at the age of 65.
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Ireland bids farewell to Sinead O'Connor
AFP, Published on 08/08/2023
» BRAY, Ireland: Mourners and fans gathered Tuesday in the Irish town once home to singer Sinead O'Connor to pay their last respects ahead of her burial.
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Irish singer Sinead O'Connor dies
AFP, Published on 27/07/2023
» DUBLIN: Irish pop singer Sinead O'Connor, who shot to worldwide fame in the 1990s, has died at the age of 56, Irish media reported on Wednesday.
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$6m raised to preserve Nina Simone's childhood home
AFP, Published on 24/05/2023
» NEW YORK: An art auction and New York gala have raised nearly US$6 million to preserve and restore the childhood home of soul music legend and civil rights activist Nina Simone, organisers said Tuesday.
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Van Gogh's frenzied final days highlight of new show
AFP, Published on 11/05/2023
» AMSTERDAM: Vincent Van Gogh's feverish final months in a French village, when he churned out masterpieces even as he spiralled into despair, are the subject of a one-off exhibition opening this week in Amsterdam.
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Kandinsky masterpiece sells for record $45 million
AFP, Published on 02/03/2023
» LONDON - Wassily Kandinsky's masterpiece "Murnau Mit Kirche II", recently recovered by the descendants of its owner, a German Jew killed by the Nazis, sold for $45 million on Wednesday, a record for the artist according to auctioneers Sotheby's.
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Traditional beauty pageant battles to keep pace in modern Ireland
AFP, Published on 26/08/2022
» TRALEE: As the Rose of Tralee beauty pageant concluded this week, the contestants in colourful ball gowns and silk sashes swayed as they sang the 19th-century ballad that inspired the competition.
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The Dutch art detective who recovered the 'Blood of Christ' relic
AFP, Published on 12/07/2022
» AMSTERDAM - It was 10:30 pm on a Friday when Arthur Brand got the delivery he was nervously expecting.
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Life goes on as Ukraine army holds war weddings
AFP, Published on 13/06/2022
» DRUZHKIVKA, Ukraine: Air raid sirens wailed and one of the brides wore camouflage trousers as the Ukrainian army took a break from frontline fighting in the east to hold a double wedding Sunday.
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Dublin celebrates 'Bloomsday' as Joyce's 'Ulysses' hits 100
AFP, Published on 16/06/2022
» DUBLIN - One hundred years ago, a wandering Irish writer emerged from the ashes of World War I with a reworking of Greek myth that still retains the power to shock, to confound and to intrigue.
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