‘It's empowering and liberating': Meet the Irish women ditching the dye and going grey
Women have been dyeing their hair for centuries, but while opting for a different hue is a fun way to switch your look when you're young, most women will start to show significant grey from the age of 50 onwards – and this is when dyeing become something of a necessity for anyone trying to slow down the ageing process.
Celebrities have long led the way when it came to ensuring that their locks remained a youthful colour, but the tide is beginning to turn and many, including Andie McDowell, Diane Keaton, Dawn French, Salma Hayek and Jamie Lee Curtis, are embracing their natural colour and undoubtedly enjoying the freedom from regular lengthy salon visits.
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Irish Daily Mirror
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- Irish Daily Mirror
Colin Keane facing lengthy whip ban and missing ride on superstar Field Of Gold
Top Irish jockey Colin Keane could be hit with a lengthy ban having appeared to break stringent whip rules at Sandown on Friday afternoon. The Meath-born rider, recently appointed number one to powerful owners Juddmote, now faces the prospect of missing the ride on superstar colt Field Of Gold in the Group One Qatar Sussex Stakes at Goodwood at the end of this month. The John Gosden-trained three-yeaar-old has been the horse of the year so far and will be expected to take his Group One haul to three races at the Glorious Goodwood Festival. Keane was highlighted by presenters on the Racing TV channel as having broken the whip rules when winning on Windlord for Juddmonte and trainer Andrew Balding. Keane, who was given the job as number one rider for Juddmonte early last month, looked to have used his whip eight times when landing the Listed Gala Stakes by a nose, which would be twice above the permitted level. His case will now go to the Whip Review Committee next week, but should the Trim man be found to have breached the rules he faces a ban of 14 days with penalties doubled for Class 1 races. If Keane received the maximum ban, he would also miss the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot and the start of the Goodwood festival, but he may be free to ride on the final day of the meeting depending on when the dates of the ban are imposed. Keane's partnership with Field Of Gold has been one of the stories of the flat season, winning the Irish 2,000 Guineas and St Jame's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot in stunning fashion. The son of Kingman had controversially tasted defeat in the English 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket, a race which infamously cost jockey Kieran Shoemark his job as number one to Juddmonte. The win on Windlord was the second part of a double for Juddmonte, Balding and Keane, who also won the 5f handicap with Kassaya. A 5-2 market leader on her first appearance since finishing down the field as favourite for the Queen Mary at Royal Ascot last summer, the half-sister to 2000 Guineas hero Chaldean was good value for the winning margin of three-quarters of a length.
Irish Post
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- Irish Post
Nichola MacEvilly talks art, activism, and why every Irish performer knows each other
NICHOLA MACEVILLY, from Sligo, trained in London, studying at Rose Bruford College and Central School of Speech and Drama. She is back in London currently in rehearsals for her latest show. Nichola MacEvilly (Pic: Jake Stewart) What are you up to? Right now I'm in rehearsals for Conor McPherson's Girl from the North Country at The Old Vic here in London. Have you worked with Conor McPherson before? I have indeed. Previously we brought Girl from the North Country to the Olympia in Dublin for six weeks before embarking on a 25 city tour of the UK. Conor's adored by everyone who is lucky enough to work with him. He's one of the greatest playwrights of our time, but he's also one of the best directors I've ever worked with. Most importantly he's very kind, and great craic. There are some other Irish actors in the play - have you worked together before? Colin Conor and I shared the Girl from the North Country stage before so it's great to be reunited with him. Myself and David Ganly had never worked together but we knew one another in that way all Irish actors know each other despite never having met. Great to finally work together. We also have a Tipperary man, James Berkery, as our associate movement director. Rehearsals for Girl From the North Country (Pic: Manuel Harlan) What is your favourite song in the show, and why? Oh, I couldn't pick a favourite but I do love Girl from the North Country as it's the one I get to sing myself. It's a haunting a cappella version arranged beautifully by Simon Hale. It underscores a particular moment in the show. A moment where light and dark, good and evil, reveal themselves simultaneously. I adore it. What led you into an acting career? There is a great theatre tradition in Sligo where I grew up and live. It wasn't uncommon for kids to recite Yeats poems and do Sean O'Casey plays at the Feis. We were very fortunate. I was very taken with theatre as a whole, and I suppose acting was where I landed within it all. I didn't have a eureka moment, or a calling to act. It's something that's settled with me over time. What is your favourite play? I've just developed a small obsession with Conor's new play The Brightening Air. I went to see it twice at The Old Vic, and bought the text. It's set in Sligo so I have a direct line to the world it's set within. It's a beautiful study of family, love, and the magical. I also love Tennessee Williams plays. I'd love to do Suddenly Last Summer one day. You were in a production last year with actor Brian Cox - what was that like? Yes we did Long Day's Journey into Night in the West End. Brian Cox is undoubtedly one of the finest actors of his generation. Eugene O'Neill's plays ask a lot of the actors who perform them, and Brian's character James Tyrone is one of the most iconic and challenging, so it was interesting to observe him navigate the challenges there. His contemporary Ian McKellen was doing Player Kings'in the Noel Coward behind us. The stage doors face each other so we had fun waving across every day. MacEvilly hails from Co. Sligo (Pic Anna Leask) What are your Irish roots? My dad was born in Sligo and my mum in Cavan Town. My mum is a Smyth from Main Street. They were living in Sligo when I was born but were visiting Cavan for Christmas when I decided to make my entrance on Stephens Day. I'm Sligo through and through but proud to have been born in Cavan like my mum's people. Where is your favourite theatre in Ireland? Hawks Well Theatre in Sligo. It was built by the people for the people. A number of the founders have passed away in recent years. We're very aware of their legacy. We owe them a lot. You will be playing Constance Markievicz later this year - tell us about that? Yes very excited about this. It's a project we've been working on for over 6 years. It's called Two Sisters and is created by Kellie Hughes with original compositions by Michael Rooney and Stephen Doherty. It's inspired by the two Gore Booth sisters Constance and Eva. It's a powerful blend of music, song, and spoken word adapted from their original texts and correspondence. It features myself and the singer Niamh Farrell with seven extraordinary musicians. Constance in particular has been unfairly represented in some cases I believe. We don't pass comment on that either way through the work but we do allow her own words and perspective to come through. What would you say has been your proudest moment on stage? Aside from Girl from the North Country of course, I'd have to say the first preview we did of Fun Home at The Gate Theatre in Dublin was a particularly memorable moment in time. The audience were invited members of the LGBTQI+ community and it was humbling to hear their audible reactions throughout the show. You could sense they were screaming 'Yes, I recognise myself in these characters'! It felt like an important moment in which our work had the potential to make a real impact on the lives of people who may ordinarily have felt excluded from the conversation. Which living person do you most admire? This changes regularly but the most consistent person has to be Mary Robinson. From her Irish presidency to her membership of The Elders, she has the ability to cut through the noise and speak with clarity and conviction without personal agenda or fear. What's the best advice you've ever been given? You didn't come this far just to come this far. What's the greatest lesson life has taught you? Be yourself, extremely and unapologetically. Your path is waiting for you when you truly believe that. Who/what is the greatest love of your life? My family and Smythy the dog. Girl from the North Country runs at London's Old Vic Theatre until August 23 See More: Girl From The North County
Sunday World
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- Sunday World
Irish singer reveals how Ed Sheehan once opened for him at packed Boston gig
Jinty McGrath arrived in the US with a bag and a guitar and says the gift of the gab has kept him busy in the music world. The moment singer Jinty McGrath belted out the Irish national anthem to a 20,000 strong crowd for a Bruins game in Boston will never leave him. It was as if all those years learning the guitar had led to this electric feeling of pride and excitement. The Cork singer, who moved to the USA with just a bag and guitar back in 2014, sang the national anthem in the TD Garden for a Bruins game on St Patrick's Day. Jinty, who hails from Mayfield in Co Cork, never swayed from following his dreams. In Boston, Jinty is the houseband in the Dubliner on a Friday and Saturday night and McGonagle's on a Sunday. During the week, he works on his music and plays in Nashville. 'I moved here in 2014 when I was 21. I landed here with a bag and a guitar,' he says. 'I knew I wanted to play music when I got here. I landed on a Saturday, and I headed straight to Paddy Barry's in Quincy. 'There was a singer on stage from Cork, Denis O'Gorman, I met the owner Gerry Hanley, he told me to go up and play with O'Gorman so I did and he gave me a gig the following Friday and then I started to pick up a couple more. Ed Sheeran 'I was young, there weren't musicians in my age bracket here at the time, they were all older than me. I was doing Ed Sheeran, all the young stuff at the time. I'd have two gigs on a Friday, three on a Saturday and three on a Sunday. 'I was close a couple of times to giving up on my dream but as long as it's alive, this is where I need to be. The gift of the gab gets me by. I'd never move home. 'After a year or two, I got a gig in the Black Rose in Downtown, that was my first time breaking into Downtown, that was huge. That was the hardest gig to get in Boston at the time. 'In 2015, I was lucky enough to get an opening slot at the Dropkick Murphys on St Patrick's Day. Then in 2018, I was asked to sing the national anthem in the TD Garden for a Bruins game in front of 20,000 people on St Patrick's Day.' Apart from being one of Mayfield's best exports, Jinty has been an ambassador for Ireland with his music and has shared the stage with globally famous singers. Jinty has shared the stage with global superstar Ed Sheeran Today's News in 90 Seconds - July 5th 'This St Patrick's Day, we had Aaron Rowe, Beoga, Ed Sheeran and then me on the line-up. Technically, Ed Sheeran opened for me on St Patrick's Day in Boston,' he added. 'Performing with Ed Sheeran was surreal, I do put down a lot of my success in music through the years [to him], because when I came here Ed Sheeran's first two albums were out, I was singing all that stuff. 'Castle on the Hill was huge here, I was the only person singing it. I put a lot of my success down to playing his songs. 'When he was here, he performed straight for an hour, he absolutely rocked the place. I met him, he was one of the nicest guys. He was asking about my songwriting, he was so down to earth. I forgot to ask him for a picture but he ended up asking me for one.' Last December, Jinty started making his way up and down to Nashville to record music as a way to progress in his career and continue living the dream — with a few surprises along the way. 'One night, I was on at 10 o'clock, myself and one other kid. The bar kind of emptied out but I met an Irish lady when I was going to the bathroom. It's very unusual to meet an Irish person in Nashville. 'She asked if I was Irish and what I was doing here. I told her that I was playing on stage in 10 minutes. She said 'no way, there's 90 of us across the street staying in a hotel for the Jimmy Buckley tour.' I told her that I love Jimmy Buckley and I've been singing his songs for years. She said 'hang on, I'll be back.' 'She went across the road and then she came back with about 70 others running in the door. When I got on stage they started screaming and they backed me the whole way. That's the beautiful thing about Irish, if they know you're there on your own they'll back you to the teeth.'
