Famous words
# famous-words - Sunday 23 September, 2012
My favourite speech: President Michael D Higgins
Continuing our series on TheJournal.ie of public figures’ favourite speeches, President Michael D Higgins picks an emotional address by Robert F Kennedy.
# famous-words - Saturday 22 September, 2012
My favourite speech: Owner and CEO of Harmonia, Norah Casey
Continuing our series on TheJournal.ie of public figures’ favourite speeches, a former dragon to the den chooses a speech from the women’s suffrage movement in the US.
# famous-words - Sunday 9 September, 2012
My favourite speech: Chernobyl Children International founder Adi Roche
Continuing our summer series on TheJournal.ie of public figures’ favourite speeches, Adi Roche picks the 1963 speech by Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
# famous-words - Saturday 8 September, 2012
My favourite speech: Paul Murphy MEP
Continuing our summer series on TheJournal.ie of public figures’ favourite speeches, Paul Murphy MEP picks a speech by socialist Karl Liebknecht.
# famous-words - Sunday 2 September, 2012
My favourite speech: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar
Continuing our summer series on TheJournal.ie of public figures’ favourite speeches, Leo Varadkar picks one of the most famous speeches ever made by a US president.
# famous-words - Saturday 1 September, 2012
My favourite speech: CEO of The Jack and Jill Foundation Jonathan Irwin
Continuing our summer series on TheJournal.ie of public figures’ favourite speeches, Jonathan Irwin picks a speech by a former Senator who was influential during the Northern Ireland peace process.
# famous-words - Sunday 26 August, 2012
My favourite speech: Socialist Party TD Clare Daly
Continuing our summer series on TheJournal.ie of public figures’ favourite speeches, Socialist Party TD for Dublin North Clare Daly picks one of Ireland’s best known trade union leaders.
# famous-words - Saturday 25 August, 2012
My favourite speech: Businessman Bill Cullen
Continuing our summer series on TheJournal.ie of public figures’ favourite speeches, Bill Cullen picks JFK’s 1963 address to Leinster House.
# famous-words - Sunday 19 August, 2012
My favourite speech: Senator and academic Ivana Bacik
Continuing our summer series on TheJournal.ie of public figures’ favourite speeches, Ivana Bacik picks a speech by Ireland’s first female president, Mary Robinson.
# famous-words - Sunday 12 August, 2012
My favourite speech: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore
Continuing our summer series on TheJournal.ie of public figures’ favourite speeches, Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore picks a speech by a former US president.
# famous-words - Saturday 11 August, 2012
My favourite speech: executive director of Amnesty International Colm O’Gorman
Continuing our summer series on TheJournal.ie of public figures’ favourite speeches, Colm O’Gorman picks the first major speech of the president who saw Czechoslovakia become the Czech Republic.
# famous-words - Sunday 5 August, 2012
My favourite speech(es): Rory Best
Continuing our summer series on TheJournal.ie of public figures’ favourite speeches, the Ireland and Ulster rugby captain picks a selection of great speeches from the movies.
# famous-words - Saturday 4 August, 2012
My favourite speech: Minister for Education and Skills Ruairí Quinn
Continuing our summer series on TheJournal.ie of public figures’ favourite speeches, Ruairí Quinn picks the last public speech by perhaps the most famous civil rights leader of all time.
# famous-words - Sunday 29 July, 2012
My favourite speech: Fergus Finlay
Continuing our summer series on TheJournal.ie of public figures’ favourite speeches, Fergus Finlay picks a speech by one of Ireland’s most famous trade union leaders.
# famous-words - Saturday 28 July, 2012
My favourite speech: Mary Lou McDonald
Continuing our summer series on TheJournal.ie of public figures’ favourite speeches, the Sinn Féin vice president picks an address by Ireland’s most famous female revolutionary nationalist.
# famous-words - Sunday 22 July, 2012
My favourite speech: Terry Prone
Continuing a summer series on TheJournal.ie of public figures’ favourite speeches, Terry Prone picks a stirring address from General George Patton.
# famous-words - Saturday 21 July, 2012
My favourite speech: Declan Ganley
Continuing a summer series on TheJournal.ie of public figures’ favourite speeches, Declan Ganley picks a stirring speech made by Winston Churchill in 1940.
# famous-words - Sunday 15 July, 2012
My favourite speech: Micheál Martin
Continuing a summer series on TheJournal.ie of public figures’ favourite speeches, Micheál Martin picks a famous address by John F Kennedy.
# famous-words - Saturday 14 July, 2012
My favourite speech: Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness
Continuing our summer series on TheJournal.ie of public figures’ favourite speeches, Martin McGuinness picks perhaps the most famous speech of all time.
# famous-words - Sunday 8 July, 2012
My favourite speech: Taoiseach Enda Kenny
Starting a new summer series on TheJournal.ie of public figures’ favourite speeches, Enda Kenny picks JFK’s 1963 address to Leinster House.
Most Popular
Most viewed articles in the past 24 hours
Most Commented
Most commented articles in the past 3 days
News in Photos
News in Video
Download our app
Most Popular Today
|
1
|
Does Michelle Obama think Irish people are “ugly m*****f*****s”? |
|
2
|
Eddie Shaw apologises, resigns as Chairman of Harold School board |
|
3
|
Murdered mother and daughter may have met killer online |
|
1
|
The average Irish worker earns €36,079, €174 more than in 2011 |
|
2
|
LRC recommends cuts to overtime and sick leave for Dublin Bus drivers |
|
3
|
Royalty gives up bid for Irish biotech firm Elan |
Trending Tags
