How to have a number one album, from U2 to The Beatles: An Irish expert shares his music industry experience
Michael Mary Murphy’s new book hails the managers who have steered U2, Hozier and The Beatles to the top of the charts
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Ardmore and Troy studios sold in deal worth close to $100m
US consortium operates world’s largest independent studio and media platform
Charlie Whisker: ‘The coolest dad, a rockstar, with a different way of looking at the world’
One of Ireland’s finest painters has died aged 71, having lived with Alzheimer’s since 2014
Landmark office investment in Dublin’s Georgian core seeks €2.2m
Basement of 127 Lower Baggot Street was home to Celtic Tiger haunt Joys Nite Club
John Boorman: ‘I have to take a measure of blame for Harvey Weinstein’
The film-maker on family, Hollywood sex scandals, and feeling rooted in Co Wicklow
Ardmore expansion raises questions about future direction
The Wicklow studio has avoided fading to black, thanks to new opportunities in international TV-making
Pete Townshend: ‘I woke up with a needle in my arm and Phil Lynott standing there’
The Who guitarist on addiction, his new novel and why he’s still touring 40 years later
Pochettino's status still hovers over enthusiasm around Solskjær
Spurs manager has something Manchester United’s caretaker boss does not yet possess
PopMart: Were U2 making a joke or was the joke on them?
The band's 1997 tour to support their mediocre ‘Pop’ album was an expensive folly, confusing fans
What to expect from U2’s Irish shows: the political and the personal
The band’s Experience + Innocence tour is deeply nostalgic yet very plugged in
U2 stars enjoy political and cultural day off in Paris
Bono meets President Macron while Adam Clayton visits Irish College
Laughter fills the air as Luggala laments Garech Browne
Guests share stories of the man who had made a ‘unique contribution to Irish culture’
Michael Jackson at Lugalla: He asked for ‘the portrait of the freaky-looking man with the frizzy hair’ to be taken down
Portrait-painter Anthony Palliser on his friendship with Garech Browne, halcyon days at Luggala and his famous Irish subjects
Ardmore and Troy team up to lure major movie projects
Troy shareholders’ €6m takeover of Bray studio offers more space to filmmakers
Fledgling Limerick film studios flying high
Troy Studios has set up in former Dell factory to bring big productions to the area
U2’s first booking agent David Kavanagh has died aged 62
The music promoter’s agency had represented Christy Moore and Thin Lizzy
Ardmore Studios changing hands but details not part of storyline
Joe Devine’s Olcott Entertainment acquires studios where ‘Dancing with the Stars’ filmed
Scott McTominay’s road from under-11 Wembley final to United regular
Old Trafford scholarship boy reaping rewards of dedication in Mourinho’s midfield
Fallout from Neil Jordan disowning his Riviera TV series continues
Sky drops Riviera from the Iftas after creator and co-writer Jordan disowned the super-lavish series earlier this year
U2’s albums ranked from worst to best
The band are about to perform The Joshua Tree in Croke Park, so where does it stand in the canon?
Neil Jordan Riviera controversy: Writers don’t control TV
Analysis: It’s not the writer or director, but the ‘showrunner’, who controls TV drama now
'You can't afford to take their word for it. The church has tentacles everywhere'
Radio review: ‘Father Ted’ writer Graham Linehan, talking to Newstalk’s Sean Moncrieff, is clear on his opposition to the nuns owning the National Maternity Hospital
Ex-U2 manager says fan clubs play an ‘unfair’ role in ticketing
Opinion: Paul McGuinness’s insight into bots, touting and band fan clubs was fascinating
Ardmore Studios site planning restrictions will maintain it as film-only zone
Boyd Barrett says Government could nationalise studio or facilitate workers buyout
Anthony Cronin remembered as the ‘complete, consummate man’
Michael D Higgins among those to attend funeral of Irish poet who died aged 88
Braced for Brexit – and the death of Queen Elizabeth
Business stories of the year: Brexit, Panama Papers and Ivan Yates bow to the queen
Stage set for Ardmore Studios sale following Limerick drama
Burst of development in sector long held back by shortage of studio space
Ossie Kilkenny and Paul McGuinness to sell Ardmore Studios
Bray studios put on the market following three highly successful years financially
The Irish bar is dead, long live the Irish bar
As traditional Irish hostelries in US decline, Nu Irish Bars are gaining momentum
Panama Papers: Revenue to review Irish firms in leak
Revenue says has sought access to papers of Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca
Panama Papers: the Irish connections
Builders, sportsmen, bankers, solicitors, accountants listed in leaked files
Dublin music radio station TXFM to close with loss of six jobs
No licence requests for station once known as Phantom, but Radio Nova expresses interest
Seen and heard: Apple chief says marriage equality will bring business
Cerberus issues summary proceedings against Mick Wallace over restaurant loans
Fourfold rise in profits at Ardmore studio to €1.35m
Facility operated at close to capacity last year
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