These two Celtic Connection concerts highlighted the resilience of ‘minority’ languages in song and the rich diversity of ...

But there’s a lot more to WAKE than its queer cultural touchstones. Members of the troupe also reflect Ireland’s increasing ...

In the new 28 Years Later sequel, O’Connell shines as a psychopath gang leader styled, after a fashion, on Jimmy Savile, whose line in violent Satanism connects the dots between A Clockwork Orange and ...

FROM the honky-tonks in Nashville and the jazz clubs in Memphis to the spectacular landscape in the Appalachian region – ...

The music of England’s ‘pastoral period’ featured in this latest concert in the Barbican’s Fragile Earth series, and given its composers’ fascination with folk music, it ...

The former Late Late Show presenter hosted 'The Pat Kenny Show' every weekday from 9am to 12pm for 12-and-a-half-years ...

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is likely the most controversial entity in the rock and roll music business. Ever since its inception, the Hall has received considerable scrutiny for its poor ...

Showband singer Dickie Rock left an estate valued at €2.02 million when he died, according to papers published by the Probate Office. Rock, of Marlborough Road in Donnybrook, Dublin, died at the age ...

This is the first article in a new Irish Examiner series looking back at 1986. It continues on Monday in print, ePaper, and online “I mean, this was Phil LYNOTT. He was THE guy. He’d had hepatitis and ...

Having just completed an acclaimed three-night run at Whitla Hall in Belfast, Van Morrison is set to play a new run of UK ...

As he lay in a Dublin hospital bed in the hopes of seeing a neurologist, a junior doctor walked into the hospital room of Fine Gael TD Patrick O’Donovan. His epilepsy had been misdiagnosed several ...

No Drama This End’s one-and-a-quarter-length victory over Klimt Madrik in the Challow Novices’ Hurdle on December 29 drew ...