Cillian Murphy: ‘It was one of the greatest weeks of my life. I haven’t talked about it much’
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
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Glen Hansard: ‘Funny as it sounds with all the success, the money is not something that you just have’
The Frames and Swell Season frontman on giving back, speeding up and changing tack
I paid €440 for an Oasis ticket in Croke Park, and I’m not even a huge fan
For a teenager in rural Ireland, the things the brothers sang about felt superficial after Kurt Cobain’s anguish. But Oasis, who are about to play at Croke Park, were part of the wave that swept grunge away
Seamus Murphy took his camera from the Rust Belt to Russia. What he saw took him aback
The cold war was built on assumptions that Americans and Russians lived opposite lives. ‘What if that was a lie?’ the Irish photographer asks in his new book
PJ Harvey in Dublin review: Music at its most magical
Polly Jean Harvey’s first Irish show since 2006 is more than a little bit special
PJ Harvey: I Inside the Old Year Dying – Yearning for creative truth after a period of clutter
An album littered with reflective but dialectically odd lyrics balanced by a natural leaning towards strong melodies
Dry Cleaning: New Long Leg – A captivating debut
Great, angular debut that announces the arrival of intriguing frontwoman Flo Shaw
Marianne Faithfull on nearly dying of Covid-19: ‘My lungs are still not okay. I need oxygen’
The singer can’t remember intensive care. ‘I was in a very dark place – presumably, it was death’
The best 50 Irish music acts right now – in order
It’s a particularly thrilling time for Irish music – here’s our countdown of the finest
Fiona Apple: Fetch the Bolt Cutters review – A bracing collection
Apple picks up with her outspoken ways where she left off with her last album in 2012
Nick Cave on PJ Harvey break-up: ‘I almost dropped my syringe’
‘I suspected that drugs might have been a problem between us,’ Cave tells fan online
Dublin home of Hozier’s producer in Rathmines for €1.25m
Rob Kirwan refurbished Number 81 Grosvenor Square throughout after he bought it in 2013 for €765,000
Why vinyl refuses to die
The inaugural Vinyl festival, which takes place over the May bank holiday weekend, is a boutique event celebrating the golden age of stylus and disc
Ellie Goulding and Disclosure added to Glastonbury line-up
ZZ Top among newly confirmed acts for festival headlined by Adele, Coldplay and Muse
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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