Clannad’s next tour to be their last
Donegal’s own Clannad have announced their ‘In a Lifetime’ The Farewell World Tour - their final live foray after 50 years of fusing Irish...
Free check-ups on high streets to detect heart disease
Pharmacies across England are to start offering free heart check-ups, testing blood pressure and cholesterol.
It is hoped that the roll-out will prevent as...
Claudia Buckley: ‘Country is all about storytelling’
By Michael McDonagh
Claudia Buckley, 21, is a fast-rising Irish singer who also happens to be the daughter of famous Irish country singer Jimmy Buckley...
What’s On Guide for September, with Willie Moone
Arts & Culture
- Heartbeat Of Home, the ‘music and dance spectacular from the producers of Riverdance’ runs at the Piccadilly Theatre, 16...
Why the humble act of walking is a superpower
After the release of neuroscientist Professor Shane O’Mara’s first book, Why Torture Doesn’t Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation, his literary agent, seeking ideas for...
Paul Claffey, an ‘entertainer in exile’
Paul Claffey, once described by the late, great Joe Dolan as an ‘entertainer in exile’ is neither singer, nor musician, yet finds himself something...
A bigger, better Ballymore Country Music Festival
For many in Ireland’s midlands the August Bank Holiday – at the beginning of the month - means the Ballymore Country Music Festival, just...
And the sun shone on Crawley…
By Anne Geaghan
The 24th annual Crawley Irish Festival took place in scorching temperatures and with packed entertainment programme at The Hawth Theatre last Sunday....
‘We want our country music to reflect modern Ireland’
Michael McDonagh talks to Candy of The Murphys
The Murphys – Pat and daughters Cindy, Candy and Katie – have been described as Ireland’s...
Irish traditional music is alive, well and living in Manchester
Michael McDonagh talks to acclaimed uilleann piper Mike McGoldrick - currently touring with Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler - about Manchester as a huge crucible...