The Eamonn Mallie Daily

..the stories which caught my eye:

• I wonder is there any chance this would happen to some of the commercial stations on this island?

http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2011/12/hungary-air

• Do we ever really learn from history?

http://www.economist.com/node/21541388

• What a wonderful story…….especially for women:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/06/will-fawzia-koofi-be-afghanistan-s-first-female-president.html

• Auction houses sounding optimistic note in 2012:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0107/1224309932621.html

• David Hockney has views on anything:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/8986636/David-Hockney-aged-74-the-painter-is-as-prolific-and-perverse-as-ever.html

• That should keep you ‘gawking’  for a while:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/5278110/Top-10-art-exhibitions-of-the-week.html

• This lady is coming soon to your screen soon playing an IRA/MI5 double agent. Do read up on her. She is leading lady to Clive Owen in ITV political editor Tom Bradby’s movie ‘Shadow Dancer’ based in Belfast and shot in Dublin:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2012/jan/08/andrea-riseborough-interview-madonna-thatcher