The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they end
December 9th-15th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Lisa O’Neill
Gig for Gaza at 3Arena: This night is a gift of hope for anyone yearning for peace
Damien Dempsey, Lankum, Mary Wallopers, Lisa O’Neill and more perform for diverse crowd
The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they end
The best movies, music, art and more coming your way September 23rd-29th
All Together Now: Homage paid to Sinéad O’Connor at Waterford festival
The mood was celebration rather than grief as artists performed covers of the singer’s hits
Lisa O’Neill at All Together Now: Folk singer pays thoughtful tribute to Sinéad O’Connor
All Together Now 2023: ‘I loved her … Sinéad got into trouble but it was the right kind of trouble’
The 10 best Irish albums of 2023 so far
Stellar efforts from The Murder Capital, Lankum, Lisa O’Neill and Grian Chatten and others have made it a strong first half of the year
Ye Vagabonds: ‘We just felt like we were total weirdos in Carlow’
The MacGloinn brothers on becoming part of the Irish folk scene
Christmas Eve busk with Bono and Glen Hansard to be livestreamed
Annual session at 9pm from St Patrick’s Cathedral in aid of Simon Community
Gig of the Week: Treaty – Songs, with Christy Moore, Lisa O’Neill and more
December 6th to 12th, 2021: The best of the week’s culture events, right around Ireland
‘Sad music makes me happy for some strange reason’
The film-maker, musician and producer Myles O’Reilly shares his Spotify playlist
Fontaines DC man invites you into the world of Irish trad
Tom Coll’s first release on his own label aims to bring the form to the uninitiated
TV View: Take a break says Tubridy but Blackmore rides on
Alarm for Balding as Chelsea winner Emma Hayes turns the airwaves blue
Cheltenham: Is Tiger Roll primed to deliver a mighty last stand?
Four-time Festival winner has plenty to prove again with no National bid in 2021
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
Mick Flannery: ‘I listen to Leonard Cohen dying’
Soundtrack of My Life: From Tom Waits to Van Morrison; I’m allergic to hope at the moment
Animal charity run by Cathy Davey hits the financial buffers over Covid-19
My Lovely Horse animal rescue is facing a deficit this year of €70,000
Dani Larkin: using music as a baseline for peacebuilding
The singer-songwriter on her new single, living along borders and growing up in Madden
The best 50 Irish music acts right now – in order
It’s a particularly thrilling time for Irish music – here’s our countdown of the finest
Davy Russell ponders what might have been for Tiger Roll
Virtual Grand National to be broadcast by ITV on Saturday
Tiger Roll ready to etch his name further into Cheltenham lore
Meanwhile, Envoi Allen faces toughest task of his young career in the Ballymore
Nollaig na mBan events to take place across the country
Literature events, art exhibitions and charity fundraisers planned for Little Christmas
Rufus Wainwright: ‘I’ve played Dublin all my life, really’
Rufus and sister Martha discuss grieving for their mother, performing Christmas songs with family
Púca 2019: A new festival that brings Halloween back to its Celtic roots
Held across three towns, Púca aims to be a darker counterpoint to the St Patrick’s Festival
Berlin techno innovator Pantha Du Prince fits right in to Perspectives series
Beacon of enlightened new music programming at NCH in fog of nostalgia culture
Lisa O’Neill: On My Culture Radar
Singer on discovering Michael O’Shea and why she’d support Tommy Tiernan for president
National Concert Hall launches bumper programme for 2019-20
Joyce DiDonato, Damon Albarn, Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson in wide-ranging line-up
Mullins and Townend cap season with Championship titles
A tally of 10 Punchestown winners sealed the deal for Mullins who has had a historic year
Pop, politics and the past: From Three Day Week to Taylor Swift
A new compilation is a compelling journey through musical moments of 1970s Britain
MusicTown 2019 festival: Everything you need to know
Events across Dublin city from feature Blindboy and play ‘My Father’s Kind’
St Patrick’s Day: 21 events across Ireland for the bank holiday weekend
From Dublin's St Patrick’s Festival to Kilkenny Tradfest and a Co Wicklow slime lab
Reasons to be cheerful at Cheltenham? Here are 28
There is simply no week in sport that offers richer soil in which to dig for gripping yarns
St Patrick’s Festival 2019 aims to leave a lasting legacy
This year’s event mixes the old and the new as it explores and revitalises Irish traditions
Jump Girls really are a breed unto themselves
Heartwarming documentary a remarkable insight into women in horse racing
The week’s best rock and pop gigs: From Kojaque to Massive Attack
Plus: Lisa O’Neill brings her Cavan folk to Whelan’s and Gusgus make rare Irish trip
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