James Gavin

Costs increase as event featured expanded programme

Witness claims ‘head of the IRA’ gave permission for identities to be revealed

Light shows and concert in the capital contrast with dim plans across rest of cities

Set times for the Main, Body & Soul, Other Voices and Rankin’s Wood stages

More than 40 new acts in final announcement for festival

Tom Murphy remembered as festival gears up for Galway 2020

From It Takes a Village in April, to Electric Picnic in September, via The Rolling Stones

Anna Geary, Jake Carter and Deirdre O’Kane will tango it out in Sunday’s final

An animated Frank McCourt story, a Fairytale of New York doc and Mrs Brown

From James Vincent McMorrow and Lisa Hannigan to Imelda May’s bid to out-Jools Jools

Angela Dorgan of First Music Contact and Hard Working Class Heroes on how they help bands progress

Galway International Arts Festival marks its 40th birthday with biggest ever line-up

Gavin James and Walking on Cars top the most-played Irish lists on Irish radio stations

Fees can range from €5,000 up to the tens of thousands of euros for Irish artists

Here’s the first stage times for the Main, Rankin’s Wood, Other Voices and Body and Soul stages. We'll have more for you tomorrow