Optimism in Dublin as end of latest Covid-19 lockdown comes into sight
But for the face masks and shuttered shops, it could be any other May bank holiday weekend
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St Patrick’s Day: Virtual events taking place at home and abroad
About 670 sites in 66 countries will take part in the largest Global Greening event
Traveller culture is set to join the school curriculum. What could lessons look like?
Folktales, songs, art and history of Travelling community could feature across a range of subjects
Miriam Lord’s week: Varadkar set for family Christmas in Mumbai
Taoiseach’s father will celebrate 80th birthday in the land of his birth
Gay Byrne - ‘Ireland’s Late Late hero’
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Christy Dignam: ‘Nearly all the people I started with are dead’
Interview: The Aslan singer pulls no punches about drug addiction, sex abuse and cancer
Brendan Grace funeral: Ceremony blends sadness and raucous laughter
Echoes of their father’s sharp wit as eulogies delivered by each of Grace’s four children
The story behind Dublin’s two new Luke Kelly sculptures
The works are unveiled on Wednesday, on north and south sides of the river Liffey
Late Late Show London special: A glorified town-hall shindig
Review: The move to London made Friday’s Late Late Show even more parochial than usual
TV this weekend: Attenborough on eggs and Geldof on the ‘Late Late Show’
The Ray D’Arcy show will discuss consent in wake of Belfast trial while Aidan Gillen plays Dave Allen
Finbar Furey: When we walked in, people went ‘What in the name of Jaysus is this!’
Finbar Furey on growing up in `Ballyer', appearing on Top of the Pops and how the Beatles wanted his uileann pipes
Stars turn out for Shane MacGowan’s tribute gala concert
Bono, Johnny Depp among those feting Pogues singer, who turned 60 on Christmas Day
Animated version of McCourt’s Angela and Shane MacGowan on RTÉ’s Christmas menu
An animated Frank McCourt story, a Fairytale of New York doc and Mrs Brown
Shane MacGowan's 60th birthday concert: Johnny Depp, Nick Cave and more
Tickets for the January National Concert Hall gig, which features a stellar line-up, go on sale this Friday
It is perfectly acceptable to wear your passion on your sleeve
Candid interviews with high-profile Irish personalities focuses on purpose and drive
To stay in or go out? The best New Year’s Eve entertainment
From James Vincent McMorrow and Lisa Hannigan to Imelda May’s bid to out-Jools Jools
‘When I was cold I’d go into churches and betting shops for hours to stay warm’
Homeless musician Danny Bracken to join stars for Rock Against Homelessness
Why Rock Against Homelessness matters
Of Ireland’s more than 7,000 homeless people about one-third are children
'We’d snorted our way across America, it was ironic I was sacked over drugs'
Aslan singer Christy Dignam on rehearsing in a pigsty, writing ‘This Is’, drug problems, collaborating with Finbar Furey, and staying positive through gruelling bouts of chemotherapy
Saying goodbye to the Merriman Tavern
Drawing pictures for Enya, and singing songs for Planxty was all part of life over the bar in Scariff, Co Clare
Frank Murray was ‘a hugely proud Irishman full of culture’
‘I can’t grasp how someone so full of love and such massive zest for life can be gone’
Suicide rate among Traveller men is seven times higher
Travellers’ life expectancy is 15 years lower than men in general population, paper finds
Miriam Lord: Penrose plans to lead Enda on a merry dance
Labour TD talks of ‘impromptu concert’ to launch Bill on Irish music quotas
Flying the flag for Irish music in Melbourne
I have met many friends - and my husband - through the Celtic music scene in Australia
‘When Séamus Ennis played, it stood your hair on end’
An extract from a new book on the history of Irish uilleann pipers paints a picture of the inimitable, self-assured Dubliner
Áine Lawlor and Finbar Furey receive Lord Mayor’s Awards
Christy Burke chooses four individuals and two groups for contribution to Dublin city
Finbar Furey: ‘I’m winding down the clock’
Furey is back on the road after a period of grieving for his brother, and an injury that could have put him out of business as a piper. Catch him while you can
Sober syndicate scores on the double as Hurricane Fly brings the house down
The Willie Mullins-trained superstar is given a raucous reception back to the winner’s enclosure
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