All of Ireland’s best open-air gigs and festivals this summer
Events include Forbidden Fruit, Harry Styles, Electric Picnic and of course Garth Brooks
The guardians of the voice of the child
Legislative reforms are being prepared to regulate the guardian ad litem system
Death of Sinéad O’Connor’s son referred to NRP for investigation
O’Connor questions how her teenage son was able to leave Tallaght hospital
Shane MacGowan: I can’t concentrate on music when I can’t even walk across the room
The singer’s new limited edition book of artwork, lyrics and school essays will start at about €1,150
Fibromyalgia: Chronic pain syndrome remains a medical mystery
One in 50 people suffer from the condition, which can include cognitive impairments, anxiety, muscle tenderness and sleep disturbance
Ireland’s break with its Catholic past incomplete, says Sally Rooney
Author says unanswered questions remain regarding the treatment of women
Walking through a Dublin city I no longer recognise
Things that made life possible in my 20s have been gentrified out of existence
Olympic TV View: Tears all round as Kellie Harrington wins her gold
It was an emotional ride whether you were in Tokyo, at Portland Row or on the couch
Olympics TV View: Hakuna Matata, our new national motto
Inspirational Kellie Harrington is ensuring that we’ve been breakfasting in style
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Authors and critics choose the books that have moved and impressed them this year
The story of Britney Spears is a classic fairy tale
From childhood we are inured to fables about females having their powers taken away
All Together Now festival postponed for second year in a row
Festival organisers ‘exhausted all possibilities’ to enable event to return this year
Sinéad O’Connor announces reitrement from touring
Singer pulls rescheduled tour dates and says next album, NVDA, will be her last release
Vicar Street recorded operating profit of almost €740,000 before Covid
Owner Harry Crosbie says venue has full year of gigs lined up for when it reopens
Sinéad O’Connor: ‘Nobody wants females running the world’
The Dubliner talks about her searing new memoir on the Irish Times Women’s Podcast
‘I love Shane MacGowan. He’s the ultimate ... one of the last punks’
Musician and film-maker Don Letts on Shane MacGowan, The Clash and being black in Britain
Sinéad O’Connor’s colourful seafront home in Bray for sale for nearly €1m
Montebello faces the promenade and is on the market seeking €950,000
Strong early interest in Bray seafront scheme
One third of unbuilt units already sold, including four to one buyer
CMAT: ‘I had a full mental breakdown – it was better just to get it out of the way’
The singer on mental health, hyperfemininity and using humour as a shield
Victoria Mary Clarke: ‘Johnny Depp has been a bit of a hero for me and Shane’
Soundtrack of My Life: Shane MacGowan’s partner on the songs getting her through Covid-19
Being a Brigid can shape the kind of person you are
St Brigid, whose feast day it is, was a friend to the poor and sick. I felt duty bound to my name
Fontaines DC are reborn as punk-funk disconauts, and the results are cracking
Belgian DJs Soulwax have released a glittering remix of Fontaines DC’s A Hero’s Death
‘Having a daughter stunted my creativity’: How pop stars cope with fatherhood
Pop’s mums have told of guilt, loneliness and prejudice. Do men face the same problems?
Nick Cave: BBC’s censoring ‘destroys’ Fairytale of New York
The singer says the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl Christmas duet is ‘under attack’
Some musicians dissatisfied with ‘Lord of the Flies’ Covid-19 funding process
Sinead O’Connor among artists receiving State help to cope with impact of pandemic
Make More Noise review – The new wave of women who made their voices heard
X-Ray Spex, The Slits, Au Pairs, Tracey Thorn – the hit list goes on over four fab CDs
Stano: Anthology review – a true blue maverick who never got his due
Irish music in the 1980s wasn’t all U2, as this collection of improvised electronica proves
Steve Wall on his family’s tragedy: ‘It was a year from hell’
The 2017 car crash that devastated the actor-musician’s family came back into focus recently
Irish radio failing to support Irish female musicians – report
Four stations did not feature one female voice in top 20 played songs over past year
Diarmaid Ferriter: Best and worst of times through prism of Italia ’90
A changing country fixated by exploits in Italy and grappling with political turmoil at home
The 50 best Irish films ever made, in order
Donald Clarke and Tara Brady's definitive list has more than a few surprises
Anna Jordan: Directing her own musical destiny
With her band Selk, the daughter of Neil Jordan is definitely not chasing after fame
Bob Geldof: ‘I’ll be going along in the car, and suddenly, bang, out comes the sadness’
The Boomtown Rats singer on childhood, grief, rebellion, Brexit and Ireland’s progress
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