Nathan Carter

RTÉ goes Back to the Joy, Bob Geldof goes back to Live Aid, Ryan Tubridy goes country

RTÉ’s ‘Stetsons and Stilettos’ throws open the barn door on a thriving Irish sub-culture

Almost 700,000 watched the special on RTÉ One, adding to its 6.8m audience on BBC One

Patrick Freyne previews this year’s Christmas TV and gives away some plot twists

An animated Frank McCourt story, a Fairytale of New York doc and Mrs Brown

Country and Irish? To my ears it sounds like country music but with all the blood drained out

RTÉ has shares in Nathan Carter, but music television everywhere is staging a comeback

Why some bands dread hearing the same hit song title being called out to them at gigs

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Priorities include an end to direct provision, child poverty – and Roy Keane’s beard

It may feel as if the whole country is off to Stradbally this weekend, but what about the 4.6 million of us who aren’t? Here are some other events on around the country

Stetson invasion proves a hit for Montrose

Little Mix, Chic and Don Henley among the acts scheduled for this year’s concert series

Former Westlife singer fails to qualify for final of song contest with ‘Sunlight’

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

People couldn’t understand why I had made the move but I had the time of my life in Ireland, writes Marina Pliatsikas

Peter Aiken says Ireland needs to capitalise on venues like Croke Park and Aviva

Former minister says French-style quota system should be introduced by broadcaster

A year of Yeats. The return of the Gathering. The zaniness of TedFest. The muckiness of the National Ploughing Championships. The musical magic of Electric Picnic. The spectacular scenery of Earagail Arts Festival. And much more. Consider yourself told

Fledgling broadcaster Irish TV is moving from a purely online platform to having a slot on Sky, and may even get a broadcasting licence in the State

Fellow culchies know this festival is all about renewing the land for another year

After years of Irish bands taking the do-it- yourself approach to releasing music, things are changing. More acts are signing with international labels -- and record companies are splashing the cash again

Hall immortalised by writer William Trevor now reinvented as tourist attraction

We didn’t find much high culture at Inniskeen Countryfest 2014 in Co Monaghan– but we did make new friends in low places

How does a 23-year-old Scouser become the poster boy of the Irish country music scene? Nathan Carter’s mix of Daniel O’Donnell’s nice-guy demeanour and Tom Jones’s sex appeal has turned the ‘Wagon Wheel’ singer into both a star and a heartthrob – knickers included