Blindboy: ‘I’ve been called a pr**k every day for 20 years by a stranger. It chips away’
The podcaster Blindboy Boatclub on autism, social media and mental health
Sinéad O’Connor
Singer and songwriter
Best music in 2025: Irish Times critics choose the albums and acts of the year
From CMAT to Chappell Roan, and Maria Somerville to Rosalía, women have ruled the industry this year
Elegant cocktail watches, a Kashmir sapphire ring and a tiara that turns into a necklace
There’s plenty of choice for a blingtastic gift under the tree this Christmas
Annemarie Ní Churreáin: ‘There’s a deep respect embedded in Gaeltacht culture for troublemakers’
Poet reflects on how here upbringing has shaped her works, including her latest collection Hymn to All the Restless Girls
Katie Ball of Just Mustard: ‘I don’t know if being the centre of attention comes naturally. I keep doing it anyway’
Despite signing to the ultra-hip Brooklyn-based label Partisan, the introverted band have decided against leaving their hometown of Dundalk
The Music Quiz: What is Patti Smith’s middle name?
Plus: Which John Grant album features vocals by Sinéad O’Connor?
Brenda Fricker’s She Died Young: Oscar winner looks back on her public success and private trauma
Brenda Fricker has written an unsentimental, brilliant and often shocking memoir
Joy Crookes: ‘England has a way of screwing people over constantly’
Mercury-nominated singer Joy Crookes on colonialism, resilience and regarding Sinéad O’Connor as her musical godmother
Patti Smith: ‘After the Taylor Swift song, what made me happy was that kids were buying Dylan Thomas books’
The 78-year-old poet, artist and musician on the 50th anniversary of Horses, rock’n’roll as revolution and the first time she heard U2
Dónal Lunny returns to stage after illness with surprise appearance in Cork
Musician performed with Andy Irvine following a showing in Cork of a new film about his life
A biopic of Sinéad O’Connor? There are reasons to want what we haven’t yet got
A film about Sinéad O’Connor could prove welcome
Sinéad O’Connor’s former Bray seafront home sells for €1.295m
‘Montebello’ sells after planning permission refused to convert it to apartments
Sharon Van Etten on making her latest album: ‘We were trying to conjure as many ghosts as we could’
The New Jersey native talks from her parents’ basement about Sinéad O’Connor, growing older and being an angsty teen
Sinéad O’Connor’s father: ‘I visit her grave every week. We have a conversation or I bring her up to date’
Seán O’Connor remembers Sinéad as sometimes cranky and on the edge, but he always had compassion for her
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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