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‘They put Cork on the map!’: what the kids behind rap sensation The Spark did next

Theirs was the feelgood song of the summer – praised by Stormzy and reaching hundreds of millions of listeners online. But what’s it like to go on the road when you’re still at school?

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2024

The Spark: summer’s biggest banger comes from a decades-old initiative helping refugee and working-class kids in Cork

This year’s early contender for banger of the summer started in an unlikely place, the idyllic rural community of Lisdoonvarna on the edge of the Burren, West Ireland. The viral hit, The Spark was a collaboration between a crew of pre-teens in Lisdoonvarna and Kabin Studio in Cork City —…

The Conversation · Jul 4, 2024

‘We got the energy’: Irish children’s rap video goes viral

The Spark, a song created by a group of nine-to-12-year-olds including refugees, has amassed 8.6m views

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2024

Search is on for CPD Supt. David Brown’s replacement, but the bench of insider candidates is thin

The wave of high-level departures under Brown will make it difficult for the new mayor to find an insider who is qualified, battle-tested — and wants the job.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 3, 2023

In 2012, the Chicago Police Department vowed to catch a cop’s killers. Now those cases are falling apart

CHICAGO — There was a moment of thunderous applause at the January 2012 funeral for slain Chicago police Officer Clifton Lewis.

Chicago Tribune · Feb 26, 2023

Supt. David Brown likely to leave Chicago Police Department

Even if Mayor Lori Lightfoot is reelected and allows CPD Supt. David Brown to keep his job, he could be forced out anyway. In October, Brown turns 63, the mandatory retirement age for Chicago’s police officers and firefighters.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 8, 2023

Judge orders sweeping document ‘dump’ in 2011 cop murder case

‘Just gather it all,’ judge tells lawyer for city, as lawyers for men charged with cop’s 2011 murder allege CPD hid files.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 4, 2022

Data should be driving Police Department dollars, civilian oversight panel says

“We need to spend better and more strategically,” to cut city’s violence, eliminate “untenable” working conditions for officers, commission’s president says.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 4, 2022

Former CPD Supt. Garry McCarthy named interim chief of Willow Springs police

A news conference announcing the appointment is set for Thursday morning in the southwest suburb.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 6, 2022

Lightfoot talks crime fighting strategy with New York City Mayor Eric Adams

During a joint news conference after a private meeting, Adams credited Lightfoot as a mayor who understands the need to focus simultaneously on “intervention and prevention.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 18, 2022