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Through a Glass, Darkly – Frank McNally on the mythology of Dublin pubs

Thu Apr 02 2020 - 11:05

Writing memoir ‘up there’ with Phil Coulter’s ‘many professional challenges’

History has proven that Ireland’s Call ‘has ticked the box it was supposed to tick’

Thu Oct 17 2019 - 21:21

Miriam Lord: Dubs delight in mischievous talk of six-in-a-row

No begrudgers were welcome at the homecoming for county’s two winning teams

Sun Sept 29 2019 - 21:22

John Sheahan: 80 years agrowing

Fiddle player, composer, poet, wood carver, origami enthusiast and true Dubliner

Sat May 18 2019 - 05:00

Luke Kelly remembered with two statues unveiled on the same day

The Dubliners’ singer who died 35 years ago on Wednesday is commemorated in Dublin

Wed Jan 30 2019 - 18:59

The time of my life: ‘There was a kind of joyful chaos to it all’

Naoise Nunn on the first Leviathan

Sat Jun 09 2018 - 06:00

U2’s first booking agent David Kavanagh has died aged 62

The music promoter’s agency had represented Christy Moore and Thin Lizzy

Fri Apr 06 2018 - 22:56

Nostalgic for the 1980s? Think again - here are the things we didn't have back then

Pricewatch: When Houghton put the ball in the English net avocados were not part of our world

Mon Feb 12 2018 - 00:00

Happy 60th birthday, Shane MacGowan

An appetite for excess has often distracted from the rare talent and songwriting brilliance of The Pogues frontman

Mon Dec 25 2017 - 05:00

Miriam Lord: Dublin and Mayo leave us all in bits

All-Ireland final proved an incredible sporting occasion – one it’ll take a while to get over

Mon Sept 18 2017 - 01:00

The millionaire Temple Bar publican with a Keane edge

Publican Martin Keane on the stalled Iveagh Market project

Fri Aug 25 2017 - 06:15

Irish musicians call for the return of stolen guitar

Jazz guitarist Hugh Buckley’s instrument was taken from his car in Dublin on Tuesday

Wed Dec 21 2016 - 16:42

Finbar Furey: ‘I’m winding down the clock’

Furey is back on the road after a period of grieving for his brother, and an injury that could have put him out of business as a piper. Catch him while you can

Mon Jan 19 2015 - 01:00

Limerick antiques dealer with a major US client list

Ann Sullivan: August 12th, 1938 - September 30th, 2014

Sat Nov 01 2014 - 01:00

How will we burst this bubble in Irish economists?

The fact the State has its own Woodstock for economists shows just how obsessed Middle Ireland has become with fiscal matters

Fri Oct 10 2014 - 01:45

Billy Connolly: he's not your average 71-year-old

The comedian was diagnosed with prostate cancer on the same day he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s, but it seems nothing can stop the Big Yin laughing

Thu Sept 25 2014 - 01:00

Pride in Dublin? We’re bursting with it

Editor of Le Cool Dublin responds to Trevor White’s article questioning Irish pride in the capital

Thu Mar 20 2014 - 16:00

Luke Kelly: 30 years after his death, his voice lives on

The man from Sheriff Street, known for his expressive singing voice and generosity, left an indelible mark on Irish music and on the Irish singers who came in his wake

Thu Jan 30 2014 - 01:00

Future Proof: Tom Monaghan, Monaghans Cashmere

Hard work and quality product never goes out of fashion

Tue Oct 29 2013 - 01:00

An A-Z of music in Ireland

In 2,000 or so entries by more than 200 contributors, a new encyclopedia sets out to chart Irish musical experience across recorded history. Here are 26 of them, from Air to Zozimus

Sat Oct 19 2013 - 01:00

Ivor Browne: ‘When you give as much love as you can, you get it back 100-fold’

Nature will fight back by killing two-thirds of the world’s population, the education system creates conformists and giving love brings love, says ‘one of Ireland’s great liberators’, psychiatrist Ivor Browne, who at 84 finds himself surrounded by women

Sat Jul 20 2013 - 01:00