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Kingsmill Massacre sole survivor awarded MBE in British New Year honours
Belfast pianist and Tokyo Olympics-bound gymnast receive CME, BEM respectively
Leeds mark first game as champions with win at Derby
Despite making seven changes and going behind, Marcelo Bielsa’s team win again
Two festivals cancelled in west Cork due to Covid-19
West Cork Literary Festival and West Cork Chamber Music Festival confirm they will not be going ahead
Let’s have a competition for a new national anthem
Militaristic, nationalistic language of Amhrán na bhFiann will have to go
Roll over for Beethoven: This week’s classical highlights
Camerata Ireland and RTÉ NSO are celebrating Beethoven’s anniversary at the NCH
New Ross Piano Festival finishes on a high note
Barry Douglas’s rendition of the Seasons in Wexford delivers a rare sense of scale
New director takes new musical direction at Kilkenny Arts Festival
Olga Barry’s first programme was scaled down in ambition, but delivered some big moments
National Concert Hall launches bumper programme for 2019-20
Joyce DiDonato, Damon Albarn, Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson in wide-ranging line-up
Roofe’s late goal completes brilliant Leeds comeback win at Villa
Marcelo Bielsa’s side go back on top of Championship after thrilling encounter
Leeds move top after late win at Sheffield United
Pablo Hernández strikes in the 82nd minute at Bramall Lane for Marcelo Bielsa’s side
Michael Walker: Great expectations at Leeds as Bielsa warms to his task
The ex-Argentina boss is busy implementing his vision as a new league season beckons
Kilkenny Art Festival focusing on piano and chamber music of Brahms
Festival director Eugene Downes’ term to come to an end after five years at the helm
Wolves secure Championship title as Sunderland relegated
Aston Villa keep slim hopes of automatic promotion alive with 4-0 win at Ipswich
Championship round-up: Matt Doherty on the double for Wolves
Cardiff City keep up pursuit; Aston Villa suffer shock home defeat to QPR
Wolves go six points clear at the top and add to Leeds’ woes
Wanderers now 10 points clear of third-placed Aston Villa after win at Elland Road
Video: Watch the 14-year-old winner of the John Field International Piano competition
Stan O’Beirne shared the competition’s top prize
Irish National Opera appoints Fergus Sheil as artistic director
Company’s first production, Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, to be directed by Patrick Mason
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Ahead of the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, five string players discuss their work
National Concert Hall needs to go beyond classical music
‘The building looks imposing, officious. Getting people in the door is a big thing’
Classical music: A musical storm blows in from Brussels, and Mozart is reborn in a stable
The Brussels Philharmonic made a stylish debut at the NCH, but Mozart at Lismore Music Festival needed a lighter touch
Changing of the guard at RTÉ orchestras presents an opportunity
As the principal conductors of the NSO and the CO finish up, the question arises: how best to deal with their succession?
US vice-president Joe Biden to visit Ireland in June
Kenny confirms Biden’s Irish visit at opening of three-week arts festival in Washington
Taoiseach to attend Easter Rising commemorations in Washington
Opening of the “Ireland 100” festival at John F Kennedy Center starts three-week festival of Irish arts and culture
Centenary concerts neglect to take the revolutionary road
Michael Dervan: Two evenings of music and words as part of Ireland 2016 got me thinking about the links that were missed
Imagining Ireland makes a stunning break for Europe
The NCH’s centenary celebrations continue with a night of high calibre one-off performances
The Kevin Barry room gets ready for some fresh experimentation
The NCH room - where the Treaty debates were held - has had a revamp. Will this fix the acoustic problems?
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