AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoArts & Community: Moby brought a Father Ted singalong to Dublin’s Royal Hospital Kilmainham, covering The Divine Comedy’s “My Lovely Horse” and nodding to the song’s “nul points” Eurovision joke. Irish Culture & Loss: Markéta Irglová thanked fans for “kind messages” after Glen Hansard’s death, recalling their long friendship and their Oscar-winning Once collaboration. Performance Review: Tír an Traonaigh returns to a disused Church of Ireland building in Belmullet for an all-Irish, elegiac corncrake story—then sends audiences on a transformed Corduff bus tour through West Mayo. Sporting Heritage: John Walker’s historic sub-3:50 mile moment is revisited, as tributes continue to the Manurewa runner who rewrote middle-distance history. Public Life & Safety: Ireland’s rural broadband shows major gains, with independent Speedtest-style analysis reporting big speed jumps and a narrowing rural-urban gap. Tragedy Abroad (Irish links): Tributes continue after Irish mother Annmarie O’Reilly was found dead in Melbourne; a man has been charged with her murder. Bravery Recognition: Detective Garda Jim Reynolds is set for a posthumous Silver Medal for a 1970 Lough Sheelin rescue.
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