The late summer murders: Two men on a mission to kill Irish women
In 1976, the career criminals travelled around Ireland, abducting, raping and murdering women
Vulnerable, older prisoners ‘sabotaging’ parole to stay in jail
Outgoing Parole Board chief says timely rethink needed concerning mentally-ill prisoners
The White Stripes: Greatest Hits review – rowdy gathering of rock, roll and everything in between
Everything here lays out, with a typical minimum of fuss, their low-fidelity aesthetic
Ex-barrister Patrick Russell conned people out of more than €12m, gardaí say
Dubliner defrauded victims by acting as barrister, tax agent and property broker
Gordon D’Arcy: If South Africa moves up north, it could all go south
Once the South Africans move onto Pro14 turf, the game will never be the same again
The Flaming Lips: American Head review – A mellow rehash of former glories
The latest album from the rock institution flits between decent and dreary
Margo Price: That’s How Rumours Get Started – Third album packs a punch
The songs are no longer firmly rooted in one sound while the lyrics are frank and feisty
Beck: ‘U2 had the best audiences of anyone I’ve opened for’
The Beck of 1994’s Mellow Gold seems a million miles from the 49-year-old releasing Hyperspace
Books in brief: From Standish O’Grady to austerity Britain
Plus: New light on the Irish Citizen Army, and a novel on the minutiae of mental illness
Jack White on The Raconteurs: ‘Everyone’s in this thing together’
Help Us Stranger marks the return of Jack White, Brendan Benson and The Raconteurs. The pair talk friendship, getting back together and going sober
The Raconteurs: Help Us Stranger review – In perfect harmony and hardness
Equal and opposite forces Jack White and Brendan Benson have done it again
Rory Gallagher: Blues – Giving Ireland’s greatest blues guitarist his due
This three-CD collection shows Gallagher had the chops to stand with the best of them
Csaba Orsos got ‘death he feared most. He had an aversion to water’
Conviction of Marta Herda for murder restored his reputation to his family, says garda
‘Don’t fire the woman who told me to stop kissing my girlfriend’
Allyson MacIvor’s tolerance of intolerance at a Jack White gig is a social-media lesson for all
Dave Hannigan: European teams are cracking soccer in US
Barcelona may play Girona in Miami while jerseys are becoming a lot more common
Appeal over murdered publican Tom Nevin’s estate adjourned
Catherine Nevin challenged ruling that conviction could prevent her getting inheritance
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
Four IPAs for the weekend – with bit of a sting
Beerista: Ballast Point is the 13th-largest brewing company in the US – and its beers have just landed here
Catherine Nevin battled to keep husband’s wealth up to time of her death
Siblings of the late Tom Nevin claimed his wife should be disinherited from his estate
Catherine Nevin: The trial and conviction of the 'Black Widow'
Nevin maintained her husband Tom was killed by raiders in Jack White’s pub in 1996
‘Black Widow’ Catherine Nevin dies aged 67 after cancer battle
Nevin was convicted of 1996 killing of her husband Tom
Franz Ferdinand are a band reborn
Alex Kapranos talks about a new album, scoffing fish n’ chips in Galway, and why he wrote a song about the NHS
Preview 2018: The year of the Monkeys – and Vampires
Arctic Monkeys and Vampire Weekend come out of hiatus with new albums, while Liam Payne gets off the pot and Sigrid and Saint Sister show why they’re tomorrow’s women
‘There’s no way you can love Otis Redding the way I do and still be afraid of black people’
Growing up in Alabama gave Jason Isbell a deeper insight into race relations in the US
Adele’s Grammys antics had sour tang of the one-trick pony
Adele produces music for cruise ships and her Grammys 2017 speech reeked of attention seeking
Margo Price: midwest farmer’s daughter’s rocky road to success
The US country singer’s story reads like a tragic country song, but a deal with Jack White’s Third Man Records and an acclaimed debut album has opened up a new chapter
Grammy nominations: Beyoncé and Adele shine while rock suffers
Beyoncé’s nine dominating nods, along with strong showings for Rihanna, Kanye West, Drake and Chance the Rapper, reflect a stellar year for black artists
Photographer Deirdre O’Callaghan's singular beat
New book features images and interviews with world’s most famous drummers
Soap suds washed away as ‘Red Rock’ toughens up
Television review: ‘Red Rock’, ‘Hooten and the Lady’ and ‘Later . . . with Jools Holland’
People in the picture: ‘We are all part of the human comedy’
Photographer Alec Soth, who was a painfully shy teenager, has gone on to produce one of the most socially engaged bodies of work in existence
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