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Legal firm kindly volunteers its services to Irish Government department ahead of Covid inquiry
Plus: Mayor of Limerick’s ‘erroneous’ planning arguments; Nigel Farage’s Irish teacher; and Neil Jordan’s strange Garret FitzGerald anecdote
Patrick Freyne: I suspect some of the Celebrity Big Brother participants booked beds on Airbnb - the producers thought, good enough
Louis Walsh and Sharon Osborne both seem grumpy. They have either been conscripted against their will under new legislation or they’re each here so they can pay an unexpected bill
Priest says he ‘got a bit of a thrill’ when lorry reversed through gates of Russian embassy
Reverend John Walsh said he ‘would not have minded’ being in the cab of the lorry
Sarah Harding, untameable to the end, left a vital last message
Girls Aloud was a manufactured entity. ‘Hardcore Harding’ was anything but
Jedward: ‘We’re going to be 30 so we’re not these teen popstars’
The popstars reflect on their career in show business, social justice and parenthood
So long, The X Factor. These top Irish contestants will always remind us of you
Simon Cowell’s talent show changed the world of pop music. Any maybe Ireland too
Clear History: Yet another not so funny RTÉ comedy show
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Louis Walsh in line for €550,000 windfall
Entrepreneur who managed Boyzone and Westlife voluntarily liquidated his company
Sil Fox: ‘My phone went silent. Nobody rang’
The comedian wants his life back after a recent sex assault case against him was dismissed
‘Rested’ X Factor is struggling for its ‘why’ factor
Prize of guaranteed stardom has long eluded winners of the one-time TV juggernaut
Brexit is a culture war with economics as collateral damage
Securing any EU trade deal and regional development in the UK are steep challenges
Louis Walsh shares increased €335,000 pay for firm’s directors
Brill Management Ltd reports €369,000 loss resulting in accumulated profits falling 89%
Backstage with Westlife: Patrick Freyne goes behind the scenes
The boy band turned ‘man band’ are back on tour, 20 years after they first got together
Eurovision 2019: Irish singer Sarah McTernan’s performance was self-conscious and soulless
Review: The loyal Irish fans did their best to raise the roof, but had a job on their hands
Pop, politics and the past: From Three Day Week to Taylor Swift
A new compilation is a compelling journey through musical moments of 1970s Britain
Ireland’s Got Talent: Surprise winners BSD look like they might spontaneously combust
Review: The hyperbolic judging panel are a work in progress, in dire need of a Mr or Ms Nasty
No meat, two veg: Ray D’Arcy serves up bland fare
Spud rant and Jasper Carrott interview are like a diet of root vegetables: filling but dull
Mairéad Ronan is this year's winner of Dancing with the Stars
TV presenter’s sheer likability sees off actor Johnny Ward and country singer Cliona Hagan
Art of hurley-making fails to impress Paschal Donohoe
Minister for Finance rules out including ancient craft as part of artistic tax exemption
Boyzone's last-ever Irish gig: ‘Oh my God, I can feel my ovaries’
Review: Dublin's 3Arena was very much a women's zone as fans and band rolled back the years
Dana Rosemary Scallon settles defamation case against Sunday World
Eurovision winner alleged newspaper article claimed she covered-up child abuse
Electric Picnic founder John Reynolds has left a rich legacy, funeral told
The 52-year-old concert promoter was innovative, energetic and ambitious , mourners hear
On Irish TV screens, there will be ‘Blood’
New dramas are in production, but a crowded market makes it hard to score a hit
Copper Face Jacks: The Musical – It’s West Side Story with the Irish national anthem at the end
Paul Howard’s musical tells story of a Kerry woman following her dream of working in VHI
Life after boy bands: how Westlife and Boyzone coped when reality hit
Brian McFadden and Keith Duffy on their curious transitions to the real world
Never mind church. Let’s take Hozier to Eurovision
Other countries throw stars and hit songwriters at the contest. Is there any path back to glory?
Gig of the Week: Dua Lipa at the Olympia
Unlike brashy pop stars of the 90s, Lipa’s message of independence is more subdued
RuPaul: The Irish are ‘deadlaí agus maightí’
Star sends tweet in Irish to friend and ‘Ireland's Got Talent’ judge warning we better work hard or be ‘ag sashayáil away!’
Louis Walsh: ‘Boyzone were more fun than Westlife’
‘Ireland’s Got Talent’ star on ungrateful popstars and being falsely accused of sex assault
Ireland’s Got Talent: will it be a winning formula for TV3?
It has puppeteers, aerial artists and a man playing the spoons - but will anybody watch?
What’s on TV this weekend? Brian O’Driscoll, Amanda Knox and ‘Ireland’s Got Talent’
A new series of ‘Ireland’s Got Talent’ begins, and ‘Dancing with the Stars’ struts on
Ireland's Got Talent: Everything you need to know
The talent show is a glitzier version of what happens in school halls and GAA clubs across the country
Giving secondary students a voice
St Nathy’s: The school where the tables have turned on the old parent-teacher model
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