Kneecap

Kneecap’s use of Irish is perfectly in tune with Eoin MacNeill’s vision

The co-founder of Conradh na Gaeilge said ‘you might as well be putting wooden legs on hens as trying to restore Irish through the school system’

Electric Picnic 2024: Weather, main stage times, access map, ticket information and more

Everything you need to know about Ireland’s largest music festival taking place from August 16th-18th

Electric Picnic 2024 stage times for all the main areas

Heading to Stradbally? Whether you want to see Kylie or Kneecap, CMAT or Calvin Harris, here are when and where they’re playing

Irish druid who once called Hitler a genius withdraws from Galway event

Plus: Kneecap film flummoxes and impresses US critics; the falling rate for Fair City photos; and Helen McEntee promises to drain the swamp

Kneecap review: Ingenious blend of self-mythology and self-deprecation really does recall A Hard Day’s Night

Fictionalised biopic of the Belfast rap trio adroitly manages to balance provocation and reconciliation, with all three proving flexible, charismatic actors

Electric Picnic 2024: 12 must-sees at this year’s festival, from music to comedy and podcasts to food

Whether it’s Kylie Minogue on the main stage or Fangclub in Fishtown, this year’s event is crammed with people and places to grab your attention

Kneecap movie is Irish submission for best international film at Oscars

Fictionalised biopic of Belfast rap trio Kneecap hopes to follow An Cailín Ciúin to Academy Awards

Kneecap: ‘Paul Mescal was flirting with us. He was wearing Adidas shorts, not GAA shorts. It’s all a farce’

Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvai are following up their acclaimed debut album with a whip-smart, moving, brilliantly entertaining film

A middle-class millennial at a Kneecap gig: am I just cosplaying at republicanism?

The bilingual west Belfast hip-hop trio take Galway by storm with an act that is in reality more satire than sectarianism

Galway International Arts Festival 2024: 15 events to catch this year

Galway International Arts Festival 2024: here are 15 unmissable things to see and do at this year’s festival

Galway Film Fleadh 2024: Kneecap scoops three main prizes

Belfast hip-hop posse’s rambunctious farce is first film in event’s history to take audience award, best Irish-language feature and best Irish film

The Guide: the Kneecap film, Nicki Minaj and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end

July 6th-12th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week

Electric Picnic 2024: CMAT, Lankum and Bambie Thug among acts added to line-up

Blindboy will also make an appearance for a special podcast at the festival in Stradbally

Galway Film Fleadh 2024: Kneecap, Succession star Brian Cox and Mary Robinson documentary top bill

The Fleadh forms the summer fulcrum around which the domestic cinematic year swivels

Belfast rap group granted leave to seek judicial review over decision to block funding award

Hip-hop trio Kneecap claim Kemi Badenoch’s denial of £15,000 grant unlawfully discriminates against them on grounds of nationality and political opinion

New Irish music: The 10 best albums of 2024 so far

Galway’s NewDad, family affair Driven Snow, and Pillow Queens all feature

Kneecap: Fine Art review – Intimidatingly brilliant tribute to hedonism, identity and the pure joy of living fast

The stars throughout this guest-heavy debut album are Kneecap themselves, who demonstrate shockingly intelligent lyrical dexterity

Ifta awards: Cillian Murphy and That They May Face the Rising Sun take home top prizes

Lies We Tell claims most awards of the night, including best actress for Agnes O’Casey, as Paul Mescal wins best supporting actor for All of Us Strangers

Scoil Scairte: Manchán Magan and Kathy Scott’s home hedge school could plug you back into the Irish language

What’s Next For?: Pair’s new 22-hour course features Kneecap, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Úna-Minh Kavanagh, Ola Majekodunmi and Louis de Paor, among others

Catherine Martin to attend SXSW events as Irish artists withdraw in solidarity with Gaza

A dozen Irish acts, including Kneecap, Soda Blonde and NewDad, will not perform due to festival’s links with US military

Irish artists, including Kneecap and Gavin James, pull out of SXSW festival in solidarity with Gaza

Musicians drop put of South by Southwest line-up as a result of US army’s sponsorship of arts festival in Austin, Texas

Belfast rappers Kneecap to sue British government over decision to ‘block’ tour funding award

Kneecap claim decision to veto funding is attempt to ‘silence’ them

Belfast rappers Kneecap accuse UK government of trying to ‘silence’ them by blocking funding

Belfast punk-rap band at centre of a controversy around freedom of artistic expression and arts funding

Two fingers to the lot of ye. And that includes Michael Fassbender

Donald Clarke: As with other Americanisms, the single-digit salute has taken over from the good old V – even in west Belfast. Is nothing sacred?

Oliver Callan’s first day on his new RTÉ Radio 1 show: Presenter will need to do more to make a big impression

Radio: Despite occasional barbs, the impressionist turned presenter plays it safe as he begins his new programme in Ryan Tubridy’s old slot

Melodic munificence of JP McManus

Colin Coyle on housing for Westlife member, former Web Summit CEO tilling the fields, Kneecap’s film, the IRFU, Isaac Allen and possible encore for Wolfe Tones man

Sundance: Kneecap film wins audience award at US festival

Fictionalised autobiography of eponymous Belfast rap outfit, directed by Rich Peppiatt, is first Irish fiction feature win at festival since Once in 2007

First Look: Kneecap the movie – Sundance has never seen anything like this immersion in acidic Northern humour

Major coup for Belfast punk-rap trio’s film with Michael Fassbender as Sony Pictures buys distribution rights

Manchán Magan was one of the people who helped me appreciate my mongrel Irish

A landmark moment for the Irish language in pop culture is coming. Just you wait

Kneecap in Dublin: It’s not rage that the punk-rap three-piece conjure. It’s joy

Kneecap are teetering on the precipice of something they probably could only have dreamed of

The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they end

December 9th-15th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week

Kneecap: Irish rap group’s biopic to have world premiere at Sundance Film Festival 2024

Michael Fassbender and Simone Kirby feature with Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí in Rich Peppiatt’s rollicking film loosely based on Belfast trio’s lives

Kneecap: ‘I was in the toilet, throwing up creme de menthe, and I look up and see Michael Fassbender’

It has been a memorable year for the Belfast punk-rap trio. With an album and film on the way, 2024 could see them climb even higher

David Holmes: ‘I was able to see the real Sinéad O’Connor. She was fiercely intelligent, ridiculously funny’

The DJ, producer and sountrack composer is releasing his first solo album for 15 years. He’d also like to release the songs he made with the late singer

Body & Soul 2020: Metronomy and Róisín Murphy to top bill

King Kong Company, Princess Nokia and Kojaque also in Westmeath weekender line-up

Kneecap: ‘Low-life scum’ of west Belfast rap whose day has come

These ‘Good Friday agreement babies’ rap in Irish, and even the Troubles are fair game

Six TV shows to watch this week

It’s redneck heaven on the telly this month with Trailer Park Boys and Hardy Bucks

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