Tony Clayton-Lea

Tony Clayton-Lea

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Tony Clayton-Lea is a contributor to The Irish Times specialising in popular culture

Olivia Dean, Alanis Morissette and the other best things to see in Ireland in the week ahead

June 20th-26th, 2026: The best music, theatre, art and more coming your way this week

The Music Quiz: Olivia Rodrigo includes which song’s lyrics by The Cure in Drop Dead?

Plus: What is Nick Cave’s middle name?

New Irish albums reviewed and rated: SJ McArdle, Loah, Chuck Squires, Roger Doyle and Big Sun

June 2026 releases include All My Dream Companions Gone, Materia Medica, The Late Great Chuck Squires, Idir and 001

‘I use my phone for absolutely everything and could not run my business without it’

Me & My Money: Sarah Slattery, founder, thetravelexpert.ie

Event guide: Metallica, Dalkey Book Festival and the other best things to see in Ireland in the week ahead

June 13th-19th, 2026: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week

The Music Quiz: Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance references three films by which director?

Plus: Former Beastie Boys member Mike D is performing at this weekend’s Beyond the Pale festival. What does the D stand for?

‘I was a single mum when my first son was small, and it made me ultra careful with money’

Me & My Money: Sarah Webb, children’s author

Fiachna Ó Braonáin’s Leaving Cert: ‘I stayed up very late at night, drinking coffee and cramming’

The musician and broadcaster sat the exams in the summer of 1984

Event guide: Nick Cave, Beyond the Pale and the other best things to see in Ireland in the week ahead

June 6th-12th, 2026: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way

My Leaving Cert: ‘Remembering the fun, very silly, happy-go-lucky people we were is like a warm hug’

Erin McGreehan, TD for Louth

The Music Quiz: Which Taylor Swift song won best female video at the 2009 MTV VMAs?

Plus: Which two former Beatles have children that share the same birthday?

My Leaving Cert: The school secretary took me to lost property and kitted me out with a new uniform

Author Liz Nugent sat her Leaving Certificate in 1985 and still has nightmares about it

My Leaving Cert: ‘I was upset with a performance anxiety-related false start’

Fionnuala Moran, broadcaster, sustainability influencer and DJ

‘One of my first jobs was as a pony boy in Dublin Zoo, earning seven shillings a day’

Me & My Money: Ciarán Casey, author

‘I love going home to see the horses and to see my parents, obviously’

The RDS Dublin Horse Show director Fiona Sheridan on silently fuming at bad drivers, her cherished childhood pony, and obsessing over details

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