Don’t be put off by the unofficial title – Scum F**k Flower Boy – this album is like blissful summer nectar

The actor on hitting every rung on the Hollywood ladder

Despicable Me 3 review: Minions, manic laughs and Pharrell Williams chimes in with his boppiest soundtrack to date

Phil Collins, who plays Dublin on Sunday, is hip again – but for Patrick Freyne he always was

Singer performs at benefit event as Bono tells crowd: ‘All our hearts are with you’

Students should remember that grandmothers – not billionaires and popstars – know best

British singer-songwriter was accused of ‘note-for-note’ copying of Matt Cardle track

A British musician claims U2 copied his demo tape, but copyright infringement is ‘a terribly inexact science’

Movie night on Dancing With The Stars Ireland throws up a few horror shows on the dance floor

Irish nominees come up short, Meryl Streep gives searing critique of Donald Trump

Research shows the rich and famous alienate more voters than they recruit

The Dublin Hun’s first book pays warm tribute to feisty working-class women, along the way giving tips on perfecting a Hun Bun and keeping trainers ultra-white with toothpaste

New British Labour base sees itself as allied to Syriza in Greece and Spain’s Podemos

Fifty residents of a New Zealand retirement village made a shot-for-shot Taylor Swift video with added cupcake dusting

Musical connectors are bringing together musicians and producers to blend methods and styles, and radically changing the way pop music is being made

Led Zeppelin accused of copying distinctive guitar pattern from a song by band Spirit

Bodies of drowned child and father Seán Sweeney found near Royal Canal last Sunday

Singer’s South African concerts face disruptions over deal with Woolworths

Ultimately, it is long-term social movements not short-term celeb moments that change the world

Andy Wilkinson’s new job driving the Marriage Equality bus has changed his life

Jury finds against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams

Madonna falls flat and Kanye is kept quiet at the O2 Arena in London

Topics range from the frivolous to profound on new incarnation of radio programme

Music event to demand action on climate change will be held across seven continents

Simon Zebo, Jamie Heaslip and Chris Henry are as competitive off the field as on it

June concert falls on 30th anniversary of U2’s Unforgettable Fire tour

U2 or Garth Brooks will not be the headline act at the GAA headquarters in 2015

Young people punished for ‘ignoring Islamic norms’, defence lawyer says

The month-long iTunes music festival could be a game-changer

After recent live Twitter Q&A, Blurred Lines singer's fall from commercial and critical grace looks complete

Glitches masquerade as spontaneity in a show where West’s genius rarely pokes through

From Clipse to Larry King, Terrence ‘Pusha T’ Thornton has had a starry run. Ahead of his Dublin show, the US rapper talks about the making of his solo debut album, My Name Is My Name

Behind the News: Shane Wallace, producer of Donegal “Happy” video

‘Happy Donegal’ included in Oprah video compilation

Video, accompanied by hit Pharrell Williams song, has already been viewed 131,000 times

A terrace chant is heard at the top of iTunes