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Mary Lou Williams, third from left, with friends in her New York apartment (photo: Alamy). In 1954 in Paris, the pianist Mary Lou Williams walked off the jazz bandstand at age 44, suddenly and at the very height of her fame. She had finally succumbed to her midlife panic and bouts of self-loathing that were enough to make just about anyone want simply to exit the stage. Thus began a chain of events leading to her conversion to Catholicism and to a new life’s purpose in composing jazz Masses worthy of performance at the Vatican. More than this, Williams came to write “Mary Lou’s Mass”...

Cork GP 'chomping at the bit' to begin vaccinating most vulnerable following Cabinet decision Dr Mike Thompson of Imokilly Medical Centre in Midleton said he is delighted that a plan has finally been agreed upon to allow GPs and pharmacists administer the vaccine. Picture Dan Linehan. Breda Graham A Cork GP has said that he is “chomping at the bit” following the Cabinet’s decision to ramp up Covid-19 vaccinations with the aid of GPs and pharmacists. Dr Mike Thompson of Imokilly Medical Centre in Midleton said he is delighted that a plan has finally been agreed upon to allow GPs and phar...

Read Article To the Editor: As one of the longest and most challenging years of our lives draws to a close – with the promise of a vaccine offset by the gravity of staggering infection rates and devastating loss of loved ones – I would like to take a moment to reflect on the amazing resilience of our Red Cross partners. The Red Cross, born of a desire to bring assistance without discrimination to the wounded on the battlefield, endeavors to prevent and alleviate human suffering on a global scale. As all of us can attest, there has been no shortage of human suffering in 2020. However, it ...

SHARING OPTIONS: Ernehill Samson who sold for the new record Elite sale price of €8,600, pictured with Catherine McCollum The Irish Angus Cattle Society hosted its annual elite sale in Carrick-on-Shannon over the weekend. This was the 13th year of the sale and proved to be one of the best yet, with a record price and average rising to the highest seen in five years. Clearance rates for both bulls and heifers rose to the highest level since 2016, an impressive stat given the catalogue entry has increased substantially since then. The general sentiment fr...

A final bid of €8,600 from a young livestock breeder at the ringside secured the much-admired price topping bull at the Irish Angus Cattle Society Elite Sale at the Showgrounds, Carrick-on-Shannon on Saturday. Fifteen-month-old Ernehill Samson, bred by Francis and Noel Fitzpatrick, Milltown, Belturbet, Co. Cavan received a flurry of bids from both the restricted ringside attendance and online breeders before auctioneer Francis McGowan knocked him down to his new home in the mid-west. The bull was bred by the sire Ballymagrine Wonder, a son of Bohey Jasper, and out of the home bred dam Erneh...