THE Commitments had an average age of 20 when their film took the world by storm back in 1991. The smash-hit film was an adaptation of Roddy Doyle’s novel of the same name. Three decades on, the ...

You can quit work commitments if you want - but some of them never really leave you, new research suggests. In a study of 420 employees representing a wide variety of occupations and work settings at ...

In 1991, a gritty Irish music film about an unlikely soul band became one of the most beloved rock movies of its era. The Commitments, directed by Alan Parker, was recently included in Consequence's ...

How many of us struggle harder every day to uphold obligations to our bosses, families, and communities--even as the quality of our lives erodes? And how many of us feel too overwhelmed to examine the ...

The once baby-faced cast of Alan Parker’s smash-hit film “The Commitments” have come together with the plan of putting on shows around the county. Once an unknown cast of the movie, based on Roddy ...

You wake up 20 minutes after your alarm has gone off. You rush to the shower, frantically brush your teeth, speed to work and still walk through the doors 10 minutes late. You've been living this ...

Wannabe-impresario Jimmy Rabbitte has a question: “Have you got soul?” The question opens an ad Jimmy has placed in a Dublin paper aimed at recruiting members for a new R&B band. It also underpins ...