Sticking with their Script

For six years, Danny O’Donoghue and his bandmates have relied on an ethos of plain talk, hard work and ambition – 10 million albums later, it’s worked


‘Roddy Doyle? So what?’

Staying in Dublin has kept the writer grounded and in touch with Irish life. So although lots of people would like to see The Commitments II, Doyle has other issues, from the recession to middle-aged angst, on his mind




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