Mark Sheehan

The Script: Satellites – Songs with emotional depth and purpose, underscored by a sense of loss

Album opener Both Ways is unlike what you might expect from The Script, a sonic sleight of hand bringing to mind Bruno Mars feasting on Black Eyed Peas

Thu Aug 08 2024 - 05:00

The Script: ‘Nights like this are so bittersweet for us’ after Mark Sheehan’s death, Danny O’Donoghue tells Electric Picnic 2023

Electric Picnic 2023: The band – and the crowd – pay tribute to their late guitarist during a career-spanning set

Mon Sept 04 2023 - 08:52

Mark Sheehan obituary: A ‘gorgeous soul’ for whom music was an escape

Co-founder and lead guitarist of The Script never saw music as a route to fame or money

Sat Apr 22 2023 - 01:00

‘A gorgeous soul’: Tributes flow for Mark Sheehan, guitarist with The Script who has died aged 46

Guitarist, co-founder of the band, died in hospital after a short illness

Sat Apr 15 2023 - 12:15

Mark Sheehan: Humble driving force who guided The Script to worldwide success

Guitarist conjured vast, empathic soundscapes, his virtuosity charged by a desire to connect with the listener

Sat Apr 15 2023 - 12:09

GAA votes to accept new penalties for cynical fouling

Congress decides rules will be trialled in 2021 intercounty hurling and football season

Sat Feb 27 2021 - 16:00

The Script review: So Irish it hurts. They would bleed a tricolour

For all The Script’s bland posturing at 3Arena, there is no doubting the genuine passion beneath

Thu Mar 05 2020 - 23:58

The Script at 3Arena, Dublin: Everything you need to know

Set list, stage times, security and more for the Dublin trio’s Dublin concerts on the Sunsets & Full Moons tour

Thu Mar 05 2020 - 21:22

The Script sees profits soar by €910,220 last year

Main company for Dublin band last year recorded profits on the back $20m box office sales

Fri Jan 10 2020 - 18:23

The Script: ‘Find a band who sing as honestly as us. I dare you’

What do they think of people who say they’ve sold out? ‘F**k them’

Sat Jul 29 2017 - 05:00

Repealing the Eighth will lead to abortion on demand

Subjective morality suggests we respect choices, but some actions are always wrong

Sat Dec 31 2016 - 01:56

Citizens’ Assembly given framework to deal with ethical questions

Ethics adviser Dr Sheehan talks to assembly about how people arrive at their views

Sun Nov 27 2016 - 14:58

Eighth Amendment not ‘satisfactory,’ doctor tells Citizens’ Assembly

Doctors find provisions of Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act ‘stressful and difficult’

Sat Nov 26 2016 - 17:08

Shoptalk: Limerick city

Are you being served? The column that looks at stock, service and style around Ireland

Sun May 03 2015 - 02:00

Sticking with their Script

For six years, Danny O’Donoghue and his bandmates have relied on an ethos of plain talk, hard work and ambition – 10 million albums later, it’s worked

Sat Sept 13 2014 - 01:00