At Vicar Street, Kae Tempest unpicks the snarl of emotions that soundtrack his life
Review: At his Dublin gig this often matchless rhymer makes art from alienation – and finds his joy in doing it
The forgotten Irish artist: How does an artist make thousands of artworks, then just disappear?
A new book aims to restore Donal O’Sullivan’s legacy of elegant work which has been largely overlooked since his death in 1991
Hotels catering for families with autistic children: ‘Nobody looks or stares at you’
Holidays can be stressful for neurodivergent guests, but the industry is adapting
Lily Allen’s new album is racking up millions of listens and hitting a nerve with women everywhere
Millennials and Gen X-ers haven’t been as united on social media since Wagatha Christie became a courtroom drama
‘They’re like a hug in a book’: Why cosy crime is on the rise
Faced with a turbulent news cycle, readers and authors are turning back to quainter pleasures in fiction
The 10 lessons I learned from living with 76 people over two decades
The highs and horrors of sharing a roof in Dublin, Cork, Galway and beyond
Country music singer Luke Combs confirmed to headline Slane Castle 2026
The 35-year-old is the first country music singer to lead the billing at the celebrated Co Meath venue
Lyra: ‘I don’t smoke and I cut out all drink when I’m going on a tour to mind my voice. And there I was, throwing up in a toilet’
Cork singer Lyra on ambition, insecurity and performing for thousands at Croke Park
‘Fame is a kind of hell. I have seen the dark side of this culture’
The Booker Prize-winning novelist Kiran Desai on emigration, her new novel and disappearing into her fiction
Manchán Magan tributes: ‘He arrived in this life like a comet, ablaze with purpose’
Kneecap, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Kathy Scott and Seán Ronayne among the artists, musicians, writers and film-makers paying tribute to the late journalist, author and TV presenter
‘I just wanted to fade away’: Baker Una Leonard on her recovery from disordered eating
The baker and entrepreneur talks about past trauma, opening her new business in Mullingar and caring for her mother
Derry Girls’ Saoirse-Monica Jackson: ‘Dyslexia shaped me. I’m always thinking two steps ahead’
The Derry Girls star on life after the Channel 4 hit; her marriage to Hector Barbour, aka DJ Denis Sulta; and how dyslexia has shaped her
Electric Picnic 2025 highs and lows: Chappell Roan hits like a typhoon, €20 burgers like a lead balloon
It was festival’s biggest year so far, with 80,000 people in Stradbally for the weekend. Here’s what we loved and hated
Sam Fender is not a typical frontman but his songs really connect with Electric Picnic audience
Fans sing so hard that at times it’s hard to hear the main man over extremely questionable yodelling
Kneecap review: Rap trio give a performance for the ages at Electric Picnic
‘Nothing is going to top this,’ says a fan wearing an Irish flag as a dress. She’s right