Irish folk band were nominated for their album False Lankum for an award yet to be won by an Irish act
Mercury Prize
Annual music prize
Lankum’s Ian Lynch says they’re ‘taking it all with a pinch of salt’ as band are nominated for first time
Buckley was nominated with Bernard Butler for their debut collaborative album, For All Our Days That Tear the Heart
21-year-old singer-songwriter is one of the youngest ever winners of the prize
No Irish artist makes list of 12 nominated including Stormzy, Charli XCX and Dua Lipa
The Dublin band could be first Irish act to win the Mercury
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