Why are Irish artists such as Graham Linehan, Sally Rooney so prominent in UK free speech wars?
Sally Rooney, Graham Linehan, Kneecap and John Boyne have all been caught up in controversy
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Saint Etienne on bowing out: ‘Some of the things people said got me crying. You don’t realise the impact you’ve had’
Sarah Cracknell and co are going out on a high with their 13th album. They talk about Britpop, their labelmates Kneecap and Gen Z’s strange yearning for the 1990s
‘Someone peed on our tent. It wasn’t nice’: Your verdict on Electric Picnic 2025
From Chappell Roan on the Main Stage to expensive food, festivalgoers share their highs and lows
Electric Picnic 2025: The weekend in pictures
From Kneecap on the Main Stage to lots of laughs at Trailer Park, thousands enjoyed three days of music, culture and craic at Electric Picnic 2025
British commentators telling off Irish artists such as Sally Rooney or Kneecap is galling
It would be a bit much to suggest there is a coordinated anti-Irish conspiracy at play, especially when many British people also support these artists’ stance
Electric Picnic 2025 highs and lows: Chappell Roan hits like a typhoon, €20 burgers like a lead balloon
It was festival’s biggest year so far, with 80,000 people in Stradbally for the weekend. Here’s what we loved and hated
Kneecap review: Rap trio give a performance for the ages at Electric Picnic
‘Nothing is going to top this,’ says a fan wearing an Irish flag as a dress. She’s right
Lisa Canny on Biird: ‘Irish people are looking for something more authentic’
Canny, who put the 11-strong ‘girlband’ together, on the soaring popularity of Irish trad, hitting it off with Ed Sheeran, and how her lilting side project became a hit with neurodivergent people
Electric Picnic 2025: Saturday stage times for all the top areas, weather forecast and more
When and where to watch Kneecap, Fatboy Slim, Inhaler and more
Electric Picnic 2025: Line-up, main stage times, site access, ticket information and more
Everything you need to know about Ireland’s largest music festival, August 29th to September 1st
How to survive and thrive in the rain at Electric Picnic
If you’re having a forgettable experience at the Stradbally festival, then you just aren’t doing it properly
Adding Kneecap to Electric Picnic line-up an ‘important statement’, says festival director
A record crowd of 80,000 is expected to attend the event in Stradbally, Co Laois, this weekend
Kneecap cancel sellout US tour as Mo Chara’s court date approaches
The 15-date tour had been due to begin at the start of October
Electric Picnic 2025: Stage times for all the main areas
Electric Picnic 2025: Whether you want to see Chappell Roan, Sam Fender or Kneecap, here's when and where they’re playing
A week with Kneecap: ‘Liam Óg doesn’t like much attention. This is quite a lot of heat for him’
Mo Chara has been back in court over a terror-related charge that Kneecap dismiss as political policing. It’s a pivotal week in the run-up to Electric Picnic
Is the UK absurd enough to arrest Sally Rooney at Heathrow?
Something has gone badly wrong when, according to UK law, the author is deemed a ‘supporter of terror’
Event Guide: Electric Picnic, Robbie Williams, Addison Rae and the other best things to do in Ireland this week
August 23rd-29th, 2025: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Kneecap leave London police scrambling once again as hundreds of fans descend on court
Clearly, the police need to get up much earlier in the morning to keep ahead of Kneecap
Met Police issues warning to Kneecap supporters ahead of Mo Chara court hearing
Northern Irish rap trio member Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh is due to appear before a London court on Wednesday
A prima facie case of judges at odds over Latin
Plus: a Leeds MP’s chatbot struggles with our Irish-themed questions; Pope Leo’s Duolingo streak; and a US TikTok star discovers Kerry GAA
Kneecap apologise to fans after Vienna show cancelled due to ‘safety concerns’
Belfast rap trio say decision is ‘out of our hands’
Electric Picnic 2025: Inhaler, Jazzy and David Gray among 11 more acts added to line-up
Noel and Mike Hogan of The Cranberries to reunite for first time since Dolores O’Riordan's death in 2018
Bob Vylan at All Together Now 2025: ‘Our fight is the Irish fight. And the Irish fight is the Palestinians’ fight’
The iconoclastic punks put in a fantastically furious set that breathtakingly meshes punk and politics
The show mustn’t go on for RTÉ underperformers, say RTÉ news staff
Plus: Fungus inspired by octopus; and what hens behind bars tell us about Mountjoy Prison
Bob Geldof: ‘I never read about myself. I can’t stand the stupid f**king things I say’
The singer and campaigner on how music is no longer a pillar of social protest and why it’s no surprise Live Aid sprang from the Irish community
Kneecap banned by Hungary ahead of planned festival performance
Authorities accuse Irish group of using anti-Semitic hate speech and praising Hamas, and claim entry to country would ‘seriously threaten national security’
Grown-up Gaeltacht: ‘The week I spent in Ring - the people I met, the culture - was the best thing I could have done’
More adult Irish language students from Ireland and overseas are signing up for courses in Gaeltacht areas
Kneecap will face no further action over Glastonbury performance, police say
The trio led festival crowds in chants of ‘f**k Keir Starmer’ during late June appearance
French town withdraws music festival funding over Kneecap booking
The Belfast rap trio are scheduled to play on the final day of the Rock-en-Seine festival
Keir Starmer was quick to condemn Kneecap, but strangely silent on Moygashel
There is something rotten about leveraging an expression of long-standing culture and tradition to deliver a contemporary declaration of racist hate
Kneecap concert in Manchester under threat as council holds talks
Rap trio due to play alongside Fontaines DC next month at Wythenshawe Park
Tens of thousands to take to streets across Northern Ireland for Twelfth of July celebrations
NI firefighters deal with ‘challenging night’ ahead of Orange Order parades
No laughing matter: Poor Creature on goth folk, Kneecap’s Gaza stance and their love of Philomena Begley
Ruth Clinton and Cormac MacDiarmada talk about how the themes of the 18th- and 19th-century songs on their new album All Smiles Tonight still resonate
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