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Dermot Hodson

Dermot Hodson

The Irish Times

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Mary Robinson transformed what it meant to be president – and former president

Áras an Uachtaráin has never been a retirement home, and it now no longer backs on to one

31.07.2026 20

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Dermot Hodson

There’s a bitter irony in the failure of a celebration of Friel’s work to get funding

The playwright understood better than most how fickle the world of arts funding could be

24.07.2026 30

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Dermot Hodson

Italia 90 changed Ireland, but the untold story of that year was the women’s game

While the country partied, the Girls in Green overcame neglect and prejudice. Now they could be off to the World Cup

17.07.2026 30

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Dermot Hodson

On Bloomsday, if you take just one message from Ulysses then it should be this one

James Joyce didn’t trade in false hope, but he reminds us how political optimism, even if foolish, is never wasted

16.06.2026 20

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Dermot Hodson