Mick O’Brien

Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh & Irish Chamber Orchestra: Róisín Reimagined – Surprises from the past

A revelatory collection and a high-water mark for a singer with a fathoms-deep voice

Fri Mar 11 2022 - 05:00

Murder victim was ‘in Jamaica eating a Big Mac’, accused told gardaí

Stephen Penrose (38) has pleaded not guilty to murdering Philip Finnegan (24)

Fri Oct 29 2021 - 21:23

Dave Flynn: Irish Minimalism – A mixed engagement with the tradition

Flynn’s takes on the Irish tradition can come across as rather too emblematic

Fri Oct 15 2021 - 05:00

‘My father was a dervish ... If you didn’t know them you would have thought they’d taken ecstasy’

Tulca’s debut album is full of sweeping yet intimate music drawn from Irish and Persian traditions

Mon May 10 2021 - 05:00

The Goodman Manuscripts: Full of light and shade and an impish sense of adventure

Mick O’Brien, Emer Mayock and Aoife Ní Bhriain return to 19th century Kerry clergyman Canon Goodman

Wed Jan 27 2021 - 05:00

Tom Barry showed great military expertise, says historian

New documentary marking Kilmichael ambush centenary and discusses controversies

Mon Nov 30 2020 - 10:54

Garda who went viral directing traffic in east Cork expects quiet weekend

Before lockdown, gridlock was normal as visitors flocked to picturesque Ballycotton

Fri May 01 2020 - 20:02

John Sheahan: Flirting Fiddles review - a freewheeling, scampish delight

The fiddle player’s first solo album at 80 shows the merits of taking your own sweet time

Fri Apr 24 2020 - 05:00

This Album Changed My Life: Nils Økland - ‘Bris’ (2004)

Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, fiddle player with The Gloaming, on a key influence on his playing

Sat Nov 03 2018 - 05:00

We need more than a plaque to mark Ireland’s history of cruelty

Institutional history: We need to reflect, not just remember

Sat Apr 14 2018 - 06:30

Easter weekend gig guide: Chelsea Wolfe, Talos, Todd Terry and more

Our critical picks of the very best of what’s on in the capital and around the country this weekend and beyond

Thu Apr 13 2017 - 13:53

The Gloaming: continuing adventures of a trad fusion supergroup

The five virtuosos of The Gloaming can afford to be choosy about how, and where, they play their transcendental blend of trad, jazz, rock and classical music

Sat Aug 09 2014 - 01:00