If you like to commune with the ghosts of the famous in haunting surroundings, Ireland has enough burial places to last you a lifetime

Cilla Black: May 27th, 1943 - August 2nd, 2015

The marriage referendum created some new heroines as clowns played on

Reluctant gay icon Enda Kenny deploys the ‘what did you do in the war, daddy?’ tactic

The advertising industry produces some cutting-edge art. Two of the creatives who’ll be at the Offset conference explain how their ideas take shape

Voice of heartbreak had hit in 1960s with ‘It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to’

Songwriter recorded with Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield and Ray Charles

Berlin pianist and singer Olivia Trummer, one of the highlights of the 12 Points Festival in Dublin last February, blends real talent as a jazz pianist with unusually perceptive songs about love and life – and has a zest for life to match

The American composer’s songs are much more revealing than his lacklustre autobiography