Arrival of McDonald’s in Moscow marked a new era in 1990, just as its exit does now
US fast-food joint was a post-Soviet Union landmark in Russian capital for three decades
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Falling growth has led to a huge drop in Facebook parent’s value
Book of Sounds at Hugh Lane: This week’s classical highlights
Bangers and Crash Percussion Group starts tour, teenage wunderkind Daniel Lozakovich
Lost Irish musical genius finally getting recognition
Michael O’Shea, a talented experimental musician who died in 1991, was the definition of enigmatic
When Limerick workers seized the city – for two weeks
The story of the Limerick Soviet has always had a special place in the narrative of the Irish left
Democratic Programme set out the vision for a new Republic
Document adopted by first Dáil emphasised ‘liberty, equality and justice for all’
First meeting of Dáil Éireann ‘would have done credit to the British House of Commons’
Core aim of one-party assembly – all members were Sinn Féin – was creation of republic
Labour Party unveils agenda to mark Dáil centenary
Children’s welfare will be a ‘non-negotiable’ issue, claims Party leader Brendan Howlin
‘Stressed’: This TV programme gave me high blood pressure
Watching this nervy RTÉ documentary, my blood pressure spiked before the ad break
Music is a universal language – with some border checks
Of all new music, large-scale works with words travel least freely internationally
Conor O’Clery: Remembering the last day of the Soviet Union
On Christmas Day, 1991, Gorbachev ended the USSR and Boris Yelstin took power
Dutch orchestra assumes three identities for the price of one
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Daniele Gatti delivered everything you could have asked for
Is silence golden? Welcome to ‘the last frontier of music’
Ten years after I first heard of Wandelweiser, Louth Contemporary Music Society has brought it to Ireland
The strange funding gulf between Opera Theatre Company and Wexford
In the past 10 years, the grant to Wexford has crept up but OTC's has fallen fast. What’s the rationale?
Not retiring quietly, Ruairí Quinn has harsh words for critics
‘The working class doesn’t necessarily support Labour party policies,’ says TD
Michael Dervan’s 2015: Lucky in our promoters who go with the gut
We are lucky to have a number of Irish promoters whose taste and empathy for the audience’s experience set them apart
What? . . . Wow: not much new about David Lang’s festival of minimalism
Why this year’s festival turned to the US for a curator is hard to fathom
David Lang: ‘Minimalism existed for about a minute ’
In curating the What? . . . Wow festival, Lang is examining the legacy of his neighbourhood, and the 1960s New York scene that gave the world minimalism
Cockerill worries about diving rugby players
The Leicester chief fears that cynical acting may creep in after a punch was deemed soft
England make one change for Wales game
Ben Morgan replaces Billy Vunipola with Tom Johnson named among the replacements
Gilmore to propose aid for parents hit by ‘relentless’ austerity
Tánaiste’s call reflects expectation for scope in October to funnel money back into the economy
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