![]() You have got to love the French flair for building a beautiful city. The real hero of the photo was, in fact, the bike, which managed to cart 200 kilos of prime Irish rugby beef around on just two wheels.Ĭycling has become the means of transport du jour in lots of French cities. We need this image printed on t-shirts promoting the positives of cycling. However, for me, one of the images of the tournament so far was not the joyous faces of Irish fans and players, but a photo of Peter O’Mahony giving Keith Earls a backer (it’s a technical term) on a bike around the streets of Tours, the team’s base city. There has been plenty to relish in the opening three games of Ireland’s World Cup campaign, but the crowd singing Zombie was another lump in the throat moment. Music also moved 30,000 Irish fans in the Stade de France on Saturday night. ![]() I wasn’t expecting to shed a tear at half-five in the evening on a sunny Friday, but the combination of the choir’s fierce pride and beautiful singing of Jeff Buckley’s Hallelujah tipped me over. Via a translator, the choir conductor, Svetlana Deikun, spoke of the Ukrainian refugee community’s gratitude to Ireland, how they hoped the pointless war would end soon, but how, for now, Ireland would be home until they could return to their homeland. The evening sun was shining warmly on the plaza of City Hall for the Kalyna Choir, who sang traditional Ukrainian songs and demonstrated a funny grab-a-sunflower game that tested the leg strength of unsuspecting male audience members. It was affirming to see a crowd clog a Cork thoroughfare cheering for a particularly funky solo, to counter the negative discourses about street violence or the dangerous demonstrations that we witnessed last week.Ĭork was rocking for Culture Night, and thankfully the rain stayed away to allow for a magical evening of creativity and inclusivity. Valuable and important emotions these days. If you serve quality music to people on the streets of our city, you get feelings of joy and togetherness. Disclaimer: I am married to a band member so I’m a long-time fan, but the one-minute video took off because people recognised the joyful celebration that it was.
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