John Kinsella

Collaboration part of long tradition of composers coming together with mixed results

All-percussion concert with Colin Currie and tributes to John O’Conor veered from the classical core

Dearth of Irish and female composers in new season offerings at National Concert Hall

Let’s see how new works and living, Irish and female composers fare in upcoming programmes

Music for Galway programme is full of highlights with promise of new cello festival

RTÉ ConTempo Quartet play in Sligo and Galway. Plus: ‘Banished’ in Kilmainham Gaol

John Kinsella was jailed for refusing to obey order forbidding access to Co Wexford lands

Judge satisfied John Kinsella was ‘continuously flouting’ orders in respect of lands in Co Wexford

Signs referring to ‘Vulture Funds’ and saying ‘Trespassers will be shot’ have been erected, court told

Company says man’s actions mean it cannot access 150 acres purchased in Co Wexford

There’s no way that the whole programme can be saved – it’s too big and too complicated for that

Elisaveta Blumina in Dublin, RTÉ Contempo Quartet on tour and Irish Baroque Orchestra

The celebration of 100 years of Irish composition hits mid-century, revealing a dark age for orchestral music

Sorrow and loss continue to hold us in greater thrall than the idea of a new order in the offing

Emberton Finance Ltd brings proceedings against John and Michael Kinsella

The original theme lacked grandeur, but such portmanteaus can be a source of creativity