Music
Mike Scott: ‘Ireland is recovering from a long trauma, and opening out in to a liberal future. I feel very at home’
The Waterboys frontman on his adopted home and the band’s ambitious new album, based on the life and times of the Hollywood maverick Dennis Hopper
Irish composer John Buckley: ‘I never try to write music that’s difficult to play. It’s just the way it emerges’
Carol McGonnell performs Buckley’s new Clarinet Concerto as part of New Music Dublin festival 2025