Paul KeenanJohn Donne’s poems move towards a genuine contact with Christ
Category: Reviews
Of Popes, pundits and politicians
Brendan O’ReganFrom European elections to the Holy Land visit
A tired old formula that cruises on autopilot
Aubrey MaloneBlended (12A) When a couple in a romantic comedy despise each other in the opening scene of a film it’s a pretty safe bet they’re going to fall head over heels in love before the end. This is just one of the unsurprising ‘surprises’ in Blended, which has so many clichéd scenarios it could have been…
Memoir of an inspiring life
Peter CostelloDonal’s Mountain: How One Son Inspired a Nation by Fionnbar Walsh (Hachette Books Ireland, €12.99/£10.99)
Cheap comedy at the expense of faith
Once again the Church was the target of lame jokes
When to be Frank is to be quite mysterious
A film to make you sit up and think
‘La Lynch’ and the great Chaco war
Eliza Lynch: Queen of Paraguay by Michael Lillis and Ronan Fanning (Gill and Macmillan, €14.99 / £12.50)
The green heart-stone of Ireland
Connemara Marble: Ireland’s National Gem by Stephen Walsh (O’Brien Press, €14.99 / £12.50)
Liturgy in the Modern World
Celebrating the Eucharist: Sacrifice and Communion ed. Gerard Deighan (Smenos, €20.00 + p&p / £16.30 approx + p&p; from www.smenospublications.com) Benedict XVI and the Roman Missal, ed. Janet E. Rutherford and James O’Brien (Four Courts Press, €30 / £25) I began thinking about this review on that recent Sunday when the two Popes were canonised.…
Issues of mental illness
In My Room by Jim Lucey (Gill & Macmillan, €16.99 / £13.99)