The TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel is a shop window for the best of Irish music

People share their experience of the pandemic and their hopes for life afterwards

The 1975, The Script, Lewis Capaldi, Jape, John Hopkins, Lyra and Choice Music Prize

Discovering ‘hidden gems’ at heart of push to increase staycation business by €100m

The Dublin duo's debut is filled with sounds of the capital, overlaid with sincere and bittersweet observations of everything that's good and bad about the place they call home

Live installation will be presented at the Sounds from a Safe Harbour festival in Cork

My list of all the things I love about being back in Ireland has resonated around the world

Jennifer O'Connell: If you thought I was fun before I had kids, the toddler-toting festival-goers brag, see me now!

Indiependence, Lethal Dialect, Richard Thompson and a celebration of Elliott Smith

Michael D Higgins and Frank-Walter Steinmeier attend Other Voices concert in Berlin

The singer’s delicate songs are enhanced by sumptuous orchestral arrangements

Band’s eighth studio record interrogates and takes apart what brought them together

Experimental music launch features animation by Cartoon Saloon and music by Imelda May, Mundy and Mary Coughlan

From Macnas parades and the Bram Stoker Festival to Guinness Cork Jazz Festival

Plus: Lisa Hannigan, They Might Be Giants, Saint Sister, Emmy the Great and . . . Coolio!

Plus: songs you have to hear from Anna Mullarkey and Rosie Carney

The National’s guitarists are part of People, a community of musicians creating new spaces and platforms

Fans pay up to £3,500 to attend fundraiser alongside the great and good of city’s Irish

London’s Irish community get ready for a blast of Ed Sheeran

If the American band aren’t enough for you, how about support John Grant, Lisa Hannigan and Villagers?

Hundreds attend christening of world’s largest short sea roll-on roll-off vessel

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

GB18 sees Irish theatre, art, dance and music on show all year long in Britain

Turn regroups for a bash’n’trash, go fancy dress in Loughcrew or countdown with Kodaline

Here’s the best spot to watch Monday night’s parade from, and our picks from the festival’s events

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

The Brooklyn band open their European tour with a storming set at Sounds from a Safe Harbour

Ryan Adams and Lisa Hannigan with Aaron Dessner lead a singer-songwriter pack

Trinity College’s Summer Series kicks off, and Fleet Foxes hit the road for a short Irish tour

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

Austin’s mayor to lead trade group to Ireland in July to help forge new links

Pick your favourite Irish album of 2016 from this year’s contenders

Lineup features Rusangano Family, All Tvvins and James Vincent McMorrow in a shortlist dominated by indie rock

Church of Ireland governors express ‘sincere concern’ for 13-year-old boy and his family

Investigations by gardaí and Tusla into alleged incident at King’s Hospital School

Women singer-songwriters such as Lisa Hannigan, Saint Sister, Wyvern Lingo Mary Black and more explain what it’s like to perform in the male-dominated music world