First Look: Liss Ard Hotel in west Cork gets a ‘friend’s lavish pad’ makeover

A major refurbishment has been carried out at the former hangout of spies and rockstars

‘U2 thought they were getting Grease. I gave them Apocalypse Now’

Aoife McArdle has made her name with videos for Bryan Ferry and U2. Her debut feature, ‘Kissing Candice’, was made for a much lower budget, and yet is far more challenging

Róisín Murphy Live review : a powerhouse performance from a true original

The references and riffs come thick and fast in a performance that becomes a theatrical, immersive experience

Our Wedding Story: An Arch of Swords for an officer and his bride

Claire Redmond waited until fiance Niall Dolan returned from the Lebanon before choosing her wedding dress

The man who sold the Word

Mark Ellen revolutionised music writing in publications such as ‘Mojo’ and ‘The Word’. He reflects on a life in media and on where the future lies for music magazines

Todd Terje: It’s Album Time

Top 10: music acts most likely to ‘do a Rodgers’

Nile Rodgers, Bobby Womack and Johnny Cash have all showed how musical reinvention is done – who’s next?

Delphi Lodge to acknowledge role in Famine deaths

Symbolic opening of gates of Connemara house for annual Afri walk