Reviews

Arts

Superstars Stage Academy Christmas Showcase 

by 16/12/15 12:40pm

ROUNDING OFF what has been a very busy year for the Superstars Stage Academy, the group’s Christmas showcase will take place this Saturday at the Dun Mhuire. Following on from a number of appearances on Wexford County Matters for Irish...

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WFO: ‘Guglielmo Ratcliff’ Review

Guglielmo Ratcliff By Pietro Mascagni At the National Opera House Review: Tom Mooney Successfully resuscitating an opera fossilised by neglect...

Tuesday, 03/11/15 - 12:16pm Read More

WFO: ‘Le pre aux clercs’ Review

Le Pre aux clercs By Ferdinand Herold At the National Opera House Review: Tom Mooney For director Eric Ruf, modernising...

Tuesday, 03/11/15 - 12:16pm Read More

WFO: ‘Koanga’ Review

Koanga By Frederick Delius At the National Opera House Review: Tom Mooney On reflection, Koanga by Delius contains some memorable...

Tuesday, 03/11/15 - 11:46am Read More

WFO: ‘Portraits de Manon’ Review

Portraits de Manon By Jules Massenet White’s Hotel Review: Tom Mooney Unlike Tosca, this production of Portraits de Manon came...

Tuesday, 03/11/15 - 11:44am Read More

WFO: ‘Tosca’ Review

Tosca By Giacomo Puccini White’s Hotel Review: Tom Mooney Unusual for a ShortWork at White’s, the production team didn’t take...

Tuesday, 03/11/15 - 11:44am Read More

WFO: ‘Hansel and Gretel’ Review

Hansel and Gretel By Englebert Humperdinck White’s Hotel Review: Tom Mooney Wexford’s take on this famous opera based on the...

Tuesday, 03/11/15 - 11:40am Read More

Ghost Radio at Infusion Cafe

Review by Richard Connolly It is a brave writer who puts on a serious play in a time of economic...

Monday, 26/10/15 - 12:34pm Read More

Film director, Neil, loves Wexford

AN AWARD-winning film-director has spoken exclusively to the Echo about his interest of county Wexford and why he loves coming...

Thursday, 03/09/15 - 10:50am Read More

The Whistling Girl with Honor Heffernan

By Louise McCarthy THE FIRST Irish female rock singer will be performing a unique show with music set to poetry...

Tuesday, 30/06/15 - 12:33pm Read More

Motors

GTC from Opel

by 25/02/14 5:19pm

  Review: Tom Mooney Like the new 308, the GTC places hugh emphasis on first appearances: a car which puts dynamism at the centre of its appeal ought to look the part and the GTC does, with dramatic styling cues...

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New Mazda3

    Some cars are born and some evolve. Review: Tom Mooney The Mazda3 is a car that is brilliantly...

Thursday, 13/02/14 - 11:19am Read More

Honda CR-V 2013

  Review: Tom Mooney Before the Internet, there was Encyclopedia Britannica.  Almost every house had a gently inclining, dust covered,...

Monday, 13/01/14 - 11:15am Read More

Peugeot 2008

  Review: Tom Mooney Test driving a new car, whether you have it for a week, a weekend, or just...

Monday, 14/10/13 - 10:56am Read More

Mitsubishi Pajero

By Tom Mooney   The new Mitsubishi Pajero Commercial is a challenge to write about because, in some areas, it’s...

Monday, 16/09/13 - 1:05pm Read More

Brooklands

From the Cradle by Tom Mooney   Today, Brooklands racing circuit outside London is not dissimilar to the Colosseum in...

Monday, 26/08/13 - 10:12am Read More

Dicing at Le Mans

After his drive at the Nurburgring in Germany, Tom Mooney continues his tour of famous European racing circuits from the...

Wednesday, 21/08/13 - 11:06am Read More

The faultless Laguna

This week’s Best Used test drive is not dissimilar to a rugby full back, unless, that is, you play for...

Wednesday, 21/08/13 - 11:06am Read More

Die Grune Holle

Tom Mooney recently took a spin on the legendary Nurburgring to discover what all the fuss is about. Read any...

Wednesday, 21/08/13 - 11:06am Read More

The Need for Speed

Continuing his trek across Europe to revisit the great racing circuits of old, after outings on Nurburgring and Le Mans,...

Wednesday, 21/08/13 - 11:06am Read More