UK ministers’ threats are food for thought
By PJ Cunningham
“Those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it” – Sir Winston Churchill (House of Commons, 1948).
Outside...
Michael Commins: ‘Now Country has these songs about tractors’
None of the famous names in Irish Country music would be where they are if they did not have great songs.
There’s one man who...
Cinematic TV has film playing catch up, says Sheehan
Irish actor Robert Sheehan has said that the film industry is resorting to “spectacle-laden and large” productions to try and keep up with the...
Lauren McCory: ‘Philomena Begley lived four doors down from me’
Lauren McCrory, the 22-year old Irish country music singer and star of the 1916 musical, Blood Upon The Rose, about the doomed romance of...
Game of Thrones costumes stop off in London
It's bold, riveting and rich in detail...and that's just the costumes. London got a sneak peek of the Game of Thrones exhibition as part...
Tony Kent: ‘I’m both Irish and English’
Colin Gannon
Hailing from a working-class Irish family, with over 100 first cousins, Tony Kent’s life achievements read as inimitable. Briefly, Kent, fresh out of...
Tommy Fleming: ‘Many in Ireland are still in the Dark Ages’
Acclaimed Sligo singer Tommy Fleming, who performs all over the world, has often said he wants to concentrate more on singing here in the...
Trad music at its finest at TradFest
By Noel Mullen
With five days of afternoon and evening concerts and gigs, TradFest is Ireland’s largest festival of traditional Irish music - and it’s...
Gavin James on being the “billion-stream balladeer”
By Michael McDonagh
Last week, in London, Dublin singer songwriter Gavin James received a rare accolade when he was honoured by the BPI for having...
Women artists to celebrate Saint Brigid in London
Following on the immense success of its first-ever celebration of Ireland’s women for St Brigid’s Day, the Embassy of Ireland is hosting an exhibition...