Even if you don’t like his lovelorn ballads it’s impossible to dislike Lewis Capaldi the man

The most sustainable choice of all could also be a good investment

Collectors coin marks 70 years since famous musician’s birth

The Troubles at 50: Rioting in Derry remembered by first-hand witnesses

Meeting to take place on Wednesday to discuss removal of black paint from structure

Artworks selected from more than 500 works at the RHA Annual Exhibition

Fiddle player, composer, poet, wood carver, origami enthusiast and true Dubliner

We learn more than whether The Green Fields of France is better than On Raglan Road

The story of ‘two Lukes’ being unveiled on the same day in the capital is the subject of a new documentary

What elevated the balladeer to a higher plane was that extraordinary voice, hard as a quayside flagstone yet capable of the utmost delicacy and sympathy

The Dubliners’ singer who died 35 years ago on Wednesday is commemorated in Dublin

The works are unveiled on Wednesday, on north and south sides of the river Liffey

An Irishman’s Diary

Rock star represents a ‘creative, artistic freedom-loving country’, says Michael D Higgins

Legal tender coin with €15 face value to be sold at €60 each as only 3,000 copies being minted

Three goals between the 40th and 46th minutes sets up win against Meath

Subset collective calls for new public art framework to allow licensing of murals

Laois stay top of Group B after draw with Carlow

I’ve dreamt of being a Test cricketer 100,000 times. Today my dream becomes reality

Mayo’s Tom Cunniffe and Armagh sharpshooter Jamie Clarke both start opener

An appetite for excess has often distracted from the rare talent and songwriting brilliance of The Pogues frontman

For the past 10 years, the Dublin singer has followed his own characteristic path

You can learn a lot reading between the lines during the telly ad breaks

Their chances of winning Sam Maguire in 2017 are better than almost all other counties

Century on from author’s birth, group’s goal is to make every child in the world a fan

Róisín Murphy’s new album Take Her Up to Monto is named for a song about Dublin’s former red-light district. “It’s a little postmodern fragment, a bit of history. But also it’s me.”

The heroes of 1916 may be the initial draw for many, but Dublin’s Glasnevin Cemetery is full of weird and wonderful stories, from mocking gravestones to murderous elephants

Missing home? Not feeling your Irishness? Here come Luke Kelly, Christy Moore and The Blades to the rescue

John Colbert, one half of Black Bank Folk with Jimmy Sheeran, is a grandnephew of executed leader Con Colbert, but their album focuses on smaller stories

Ex-Arsenal striker warns Irish football’s future is bleak unless radical changes are made

Party making sure voters get to polling stations to vote for their man in general election

Set up by teenagers in the 1960s, Foxrock Folk Club drew big names to its parish-hall gigs. A new album features club recordings of Kelly, Ronnie Drew and Dónal Lunny

‘And There Were None’ proves a compelling piece of costume drama, while Luke Kelly gets an affectionate, enjoyable treatment

Eugene Kavanagh: April 1st, 1939 - August 21st, 2015

Jim McCann: October 26th, 1944 - March 5th, 2015

Balladeer was ‘effervescent . . . bubbling over with good humour’

McCann also had a successful career as a solo artist and a member of the Ludlow Trio

Key events from 30 years ago as State papers are about be released