November 1st, 2012

Silver Jubilee for Saw Doctors

  Saw Doctors’ Silver Jubilee   The Saw Doctors are 25 years old this year   By David Hennessy Just like this publication did recently, The Saw Doctors are celebrating 25 years in business and doing [...]

Danny Boy

  Danny Boy   The Coronas' Danny O'Reilly By David Hennessy Since their 2007 debut, Heroes and Ghosts, The Coronas have been the Irish band everyone has been talking about. Their second album, Tony Was an [...]

Playing the (TV) Dating Game

 Noelle Hegarty, from Cork, a UCC Business Studies graduate Playing the (TV) Dating Game     Noelle Hegarty, from Cork, a UCC Business Studies graduate     By David Hennessy Take Me Out, the ITV dating [...]

Roisin Reaches Out To The “Tea-Aspora”

  Roisin reaches out to the Tea-aspora   Roisin O     By David Hennessy Roisin O is a performer to watch. Daughter of Mary Black and sister of Danny O’Reilly from The Coronas, the singer-songwriter [...]

Return to Camden Town is Back

  Return to Camden Town is back   Danny Meehan, Brogan McAuliffe, Oralith McAuliffe, and Colm McGonigle at Return to Camden Town     By David Hennessy and Anne Geaghan The 14th Return to Camden Town Festival [...]

Destiny Carlin

  Destiny Carlin   Pride of Derry: Mairead Carlin         By David Hennessy Supporting Don McLean on his UK tour, Derry singing sensation Mairead Carlin spoke of her delight at performing at The [...]

Damien O’Kane: A Marriage of Melody

  A marriage of melody     Damien O'Kane: he and wife Kate Rusby juggle parenthood with being on the road       By David Hennessy Coleraine banjo player Damien O’Kane has been busy. In [...]

Thirty years of Daniel O’Donnell

  Thirty years of Daniel O'Donnell   Daniel O'Donnell: still going strong and still in the album charts     By David Hennessy   After celebrating 30 years in show business last year, Donegal country star [...]

Pride and prejudice

      Pride and Prejudice   Charley Pride: "No plans to retire."     By David Hennessy Since he first hit the airwaves in 1966, the music of country singer Charley Pride has transcended race [...]

Cycling union pauses its case against anti-drugs journalist

Cycling union pauses its case against anti-drugs journalist   Irish cycling journalist Paul Kimmage who has been pursued by the UCI over his reports about performance-enhancing drug-taking in the sport     By Sean Moriarty   [...]