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Irish Examiner
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
Five For Your Radar: Cormac Begley in Cork, Féile in Dingle...
Concert: Cormac Begley Cork Opera House, Friday, May 2 Concertina player Cormac Begley plays his biggest Cork show to date with a headline outing at the Opera House. Expect stories about his instruments big and small and tunes to stir the soul — Begley may stay seated for the performance but tracks like the pulsating To War will have the audience floating. Cinema: Thunderbolts* General release, Friday, May 2 Marvel has been on a disappointing run in recent years but maybe Thunderbolts* (the asterisk sounds like it'll be pivotal in what comes next) can provide an electric shock. Florence Pugh heads the ensemble cast in a Suicide Squad-esque escapade. After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, an unconventional team of antiheroes must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts. Festival: Féile na Bealtaine Dingle/An Daingean, until Monday, May 5 Lisa Hannigan performs at Féile na Bealtaine in Dingle over the weekend. A music and arts festival that takes over Dingle and its environs for the May bank holiday weekend, Féile na Bealtaine is like Other Voices' cool little cousin. There are art exhibitions, talks, comedy, literature, and children's events. The Scratch, Dug, and Lisa Hannigan are among the musical attractions. Visual art: Threads of Time Greywood Arts, Killeagh, East Cork, Sunday, May 4 Olivia Hassett's latest work Threads of Time features as part of Killeagh's May Sunday Bealtaine festival running over the weekend. Olivia Hassett's latest work Threads of Time features as part of Killeagh's May Sunday Bealtaine festival running over the weekend. Drawing inspiration from the 120-year-old Singer sewing machine that belonged to her grandmother and another used by her great-grandmother, Hassett will present a live performance exploring the relationship between body, machine, lived history, and the 'fabric' of the space. Streaming: Poker Face Sky/NOW, Thursday, April 8 A word-of-mouth success on airing in the US in 2023, Natasha Lyonne's Charlie, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying, returns for season two from Thursday, when the first three episodes of Poker Face drop. Created, written, directed, and executive produced by Rian Johnson ( Knives Out), it's a mystery-of-the-week series that keeps the viewer — and Charlie — on their toes.
Yahoo
18-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
New Mexico Senate to judge parole reforms
Concertina wire tops a fence at a detention facility. (Getty Images) A proposal to modernize New Mexico's parole board and change the way its members can consider an incarcerated person's request for parole is headed to the state Senate. Sens. Leo Jaramillo (D-Española) and Andrea Romero (D-Santa Fe) and Rep. Nicole Chavez (R-Albuquerque) are sponsoring Senate Bill 17, which introduces evidence-based practices when the board is considering whether to release someone who is serving a life sentence in prison. SB 17 also clarifies crime victims' role in its deliberations and creates a process for removing members to protect their political independence. The Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee on Feb. 6 voted 8-1 to pass the bill, and the Senate Judiciary Committee on Feb. 12 voted unanimously to send it to the full Senate. The bill has support from the Parole Board itself, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico, and the Law Offices of the Public Defender. The legislation also changes the guidance to parole board members about how they should consider incarcerated people's requests for parole. Rather than asking parole board members to focus on the incarcerated person's conduct that led to their conviction, the bill would require them to instead focus on how they have acted since they went behind the New Mexico Corrections Department's walls. In other words, the bill would guide parole board members to evaluate the incarcerated person's conduct after a judge sentences them to figure out if they have shown they are ready to be released back into their community. It would also require the board to hear from victims' families or representatives in the case before making a decision. Over the past year, the board has gone through 'numerous' changes in membership, Director Roberta Cohen told lawmakers on Feb. 6. The bill would prohibit the governor from removing a member unilaterally, but allow the governor or the board to remove members for incompetence, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. This story originally misidentified Nicole Chavez's position. Source regrets the error. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
