More power to his elbow as uilleann pipe maker and musician Aodán MacSéafraidh celebrates three decades of creating the pipes ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - From artists such as Vivaldi, Verdi, and Bocelli, Italy has produced some of the best and most famous musicians of all time. Now, the country is making way for a new name: Gadan. With ...

ExCo There are no twee costumes or backing tracks here. Instead you get incredibly talented musicians and dancers who simply ...

Who topped the Irish music charts in 2025? Data published by the Irish Recorded Music Association shows a "particularly ...

Step forward the SDLP Leader of the Opposition, Matthew O'Toole, who called out the DUP Education Minister Paul Givan ...

It’s ironic that every student in Ireland is schooled in the poetry of Seamus Heaney and Eavan Boland, yet opportunities to mine the “profound artistry” of Irish traditional music are few and far ...

“I f***ing love Christmas music,” enthuses Charles Hendy of The Mary Wallopers when asked about which seasonal favourites are on the band’s Christmas playlist. “Although, I don’t like the newer stuff ...

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Irish pub expert Colm Dalton (Credit: Alfreda O'Brien Kavanagh/ Colm Dalton) After years living abroad, Irishman Colm Dalton's search for home has led him to rate 151 Irish pubs in 50 countries. Now ...

A married Irish woman accused of sexually assaulting a tourist nearly 20 years younger than her at their Magaluf holiday hotel has been charged and warned she faces an 18-month prison sentence if ...

Irish indie acts used to be ignored, even on Irish radio. But songs confronting the Troubles, poverty and oppression are now going global – and changing how Ireland sees itself On a hot Saturday ...

A city's Irish community is looking to the future as it opens a centre in a new location five years after a longstanding venue shut. Birmingham Irish Centre is now based in Kings Heath, where a huge ...