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Is a desire for authenticity behind our growing love of food-themed clothes and bags? Or do we just want to be ‘different’?

Awards or not, Dove Ellis is a dark horse surely destined for bigger and better things

The pop star is returning with a new LP. This time she hasn’t come to party

Hissy fits, bust-ups, mortification and demonstrations of backbone as TDs and senators go toe to toe

The Scottish musician, who performed two shows in Marlay Park this week, will play the festival’s main stage on Friday, August 28th

CMAT opens Capaldi’s show with gorgeous, glittering, country-inflected pop songs

Everything you need to know about Capaldi’s upcoming Dublin concerts, where CMAT is the support act

June 20th-26th, 2026: The best music, theatre, art and more coming your way this week

Online shopping is evolving rapidly and presenting new challenges all the time to inevitably less nimble ‘bricks and mortar’ high-street stores

With her album You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, the singer wants a place as a grown-up artist. She tested the water with her Fontaines DC and CMAT songs

Without proper transport planning, venues such as St Anne’s Park are unsuitable and potentially dangerous for large public gatherings

The American star regularly enhances her own reputation by paying live tribute to other artists

The star’s sold-out gig at St Anne's Park was overwhelming. The journey home not so much

Some of the 20,000 people at the singer’s Dublin concert explain why they like her music, her positivity and her stance on Bertie Ahern

‘My dream is to see a CMAT show,’ the singer tells the 20,000 or more people in front of her in Dublin. The crowd are thrilled to be seeing this one

The avuncular veteran broadcaster, who is turning 70, on facing some hostility on his return to RTÉ, his moustache, and his ‘threat’ to keep working for as long as he can

Singer says she felt 'compelled to wade in and speak' after learning of abuse being directed at photos taken of her on stage

Everything you need to know about the Dunboyne country-pop star’s concert on Saturday May 30th

Irish singer-songwriter also urged fellow artists not ‘to sit on the fence’ as ‘fascism is on the rise’

CMAT sends a pointed message home to former taoiseach at New York gig

Claire Kinsella and Laura Quirke form the duo Lemoncello, now one of the most important young folk acts in Ireland

Your guide to live music for May, June, July and August in 2026 from CMAT, Forbidden Fruit, Fontaines DC, The Cure to Electric Picnic

Formally promiscuous, dark, jolting and rapturous celebration of the possibilities of short fiction

The Irish star’s album is a missed opportunity. As the wonderful Turnstile makes plain, he should be making more indie rock with a pep in its step

Florence Shaw and Lewis Maynard talk soap, Taylor Swift and recording some of Mercury Prize shortlist-tipped Secret Love in Dublin

Europe letter: St Patrick’s Day receptions are a classic exercise in diplomatic soft power, but securing an invitation can be a challenge

The star of Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man has been heavily involved in its soundtrack – as music has always been the actor’s most profound inspiration

Singer thanks Bertie Ahern in her acceptance speech

New JNLR data offers comfort for national broadcaster in wake of major programming overhaul

Olivia Dean and Lola Young are the most nominated acts for year’s awards with five each

The RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2025 winner is set to be announced in March

Taylor Swift tops the charts as Irish Recorded Music Association said sales rose in all segments - streaming, CD, vinyl and music cassette

The biggest live events of the year ahead, from Emmylou Harris in January to Interpol and Bloc Party in November

From CMAT to Chappell Roan, and Maria Somerville to Rosalía, women have ruled the industry this year

Irish acts have released more than 300 albums over the past 12 months. These are our favourites

Tony Clayton-Lea reflects on a phenomenal year in the annals of Irish music

AIM Ireland believes Government tax incentives to develop indigenous music industry should be explored

Having conquered an arena, the immediate feeling now is that a stadium awaits her

Television: Kielty makes being green seem easy in a Grinch-themed show brimming with tear-jerker moments and celebrity cameos

This year’s festival in Stradbally, Co Laois, is sold out, with 80,000 expected to attend