Glen Hansard

Irish business of studio giant amplified by annual revenue rise of 7%

Plateau Records cash reserves rise to €896,685 as singer shares pay of €261,000

Donald Clarke and Tara Brady's definitive list has more than a few surprises

Thom McGinty was one in a long line of legendary Dublin street characters, like Zozimus and Bang Bang

Litany of names in shipping forecast soothes some but can irritate others

Dublin singer has taken the long road to becoming a world-famous performer

Broadcaster’s tapestries, paintings among pieces in Sotheby’s auction of Irish works

The actor on Brexit and Irishness, her Derry childhood, being independent and Quentin Tarantino

Review: The grizzled pair deliver a jaunty Johnny Cash duet in baking-hot Nowlan Park

Hall & Oates rock Cork, plus Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan and Neil Young

We take stock of the Irish albums released this year. Cue arguments, celebrations . . .

The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet on his love of Derry Girls, Glen Hansard’s new album and Etto

PlayIrish, a new digital radio station, aims to get small Irish acts the recognition they deserve

Anyone hoping for a rehashed 2019 version of Falling Slowly will be profoundly disappointed

As lifestyle choices shift, pubs are having to offer a lot more than just a good pint

The Specials are rocking recently released album Encore; Hansard gets experimental

Series to screen performances and interviews from the maiden Ballina event

The works are unveiled on Wednesday, on north and south sides of the river Liffey

Also: The Academic, Blades, Glen Hansard, Síomha, Ash, Fontaines DC and I Draw Slow

Brendan Ogle says there has been no ideological rethink in order to solve homeless crisis

Review: This documentary follows an unlikely journey across treacherous seas

New this week: Assassination Nation, Shoplifters, The Girl in the Spider’s Web and The Camino Voyage

The Frames frontman is in danger of becoming an elder statesman

Young Catalan merges flamenco and R&B to become one of the planet’s most vital pop stars

In 1990s and 2000s, Irish club night scene collided with both acid house and Celtic Tiger

Public Image Ltd, Thunderpussy, Five Grand Stereo, Shannon & the Clams, Other Voices

Tony Clayton Lea picks some of the best music released by Irish artists this year

He has been signed to major labels and been ‘an inch away from homelessness’. Now he’s back

Draft deal between the parties had insulated against the recollapse of North’s Executive

Review: Hansard’s debut in the Royal Festival Hall on Friday was a snapshot of an artist in flux

He has a busy year ahead, with a just-announced summer show at the Iveagh Gardens

'One Day at a Time' and 'Roseanne' are on their way back; here are some olden-days shows that should also be remade, like "womanning competition" Calor Kosangas Housewife of the Year

If a bomb went off at the National Concert Hall gig that would have been it for the Irish music scene

Bono, Johnny Depp among those feting Pogues singer, who turned 60 on Christmas Day

The Pogues singer is celebrating his 60th birthday at the National Concert Hall, Dublin on Monday, January 15th. Here, his friends pay tribute

Arctic Monkeys and Vampire Weekend come out of hiatus with new albums, while Liam Payne gets off the pot and Sigrid and Saint Sister show why they’re tomorrow’s women

And you have to hear Mango and Mathman, and Sufjan Stevens

Gogol Bordello are back, The Script, The Coronas and Gavin James are at the 2FM Xmas Ball, Glen Hansard plays Vicar St and Mark Feehily gets festive at the Sugar Club