Westlife announces new tour with first concert planned for Dublin next July
‘Major’ concert at Aviva Stadium will feature band’s greatest hits and fresh pop anthems
Westlife’s fans across Africa: ‘I listen to them every day’
The Irish boyband is incredibly popular across Africa - so why have they never toured there?
Westlife bringing reunion tour back to Ireland in 2020
Tickets from €59.50 including booking fee go on sale this Friday
Metal Man in danger of toppling into sea, say campaigners
Sligo County Council accused of neglecting the well-known landmark in Rosses Point
Westlife at Croke Park: ‘Honestly, guys, I’ve cried about three times already today’
Shane Filan promises the best Westlife concert ever. I bet he says that to all the crowds
Backstage with Westlife: Patrick Freyne goes behind the scenes
The boy band turned ‘man band’ are back on tour, 20 years after they first got together
Leo Varadkar is 40 today: here’s 40 pearls of wisdom he really should know
Lessons for Leo: never dye your hair, don’t become a Mamil but do invest in slip-on shoes
Westlife announce reunion tour and new album
Band confirm they have reunited by posting a short video on Facebook and Twitter
Warner Music Ireland pre-tax profit up 63%
Irish subsidiary of music giant credits online streaming for increase in turnover
Irish Eurovision hopes go up, up and away as Murray fails to make final
Vocalist, managed by Louis Walsh, says Kiev experience the ‘best 3 minutes of my life’
Ireland Now: the music that defines today’s Irish nation
In the run-up to St Patrick's Day, Irish Times writers select the acts that represent modern Irishness
Sligo-Leitrim: Fianna Fáil takes two seats as Eamon Scanlon returns
Tony McLoughlin of Fine Gael and Sinn Féin’s Martin Kenny also elected
Homeless choir series hits top note for RTÉ Global
‘The High Hopes Choir’ and ‘Rachel Allen’s Coastal Cooking’ sold to UKTV
Life of Brian McFadden: don’t call it a comeback
The former Westlife star never packed in his pop career and you won’t find him with the ‘headbangers’ on ‘Big Brother’
Finbarr Filan confirmed to run for Renua Ireland
Brother of Westlife singer Shane Filan will run for election in Sligo-Leitrim
How will we burst this bubble in Irish economists?
The fact the State has its own Woodstock for economists shows just how obsessed Middle Ireland has become with fiscal matters
Westport Festival: Sinéad on top form – and swan paddle boats
The Co Mayo bash wasn’t exactly the wild west, but it was nice nonetheless
Literary Twitterati: Selina Guinness turned inside out
Our weekly round-up of recent literary happenings on Twitter
IBRC high-profile borrowers range from billionaires to bankrupts
Lists of ‘sensitive’ customers includes Seán Quinn, Keith Wood and Pat Kenny
Texan with Monaghan links named 2013 Rose of Tralee
Dancing in the dark and some codding as frenetic pace slackens a little in second half
Shane Filan: a man with nothing and everything
The success of Westlife was fast and vast and band member Shane Filan sought to bank for the future by investing in property. He lost everything spectacularly, including his reputation. Here, he puts the record straight
Shane Filan to miss out on windfall from Westlife tour firm
Singer’s bankruptcy trustee to take share of €2.38m from winding up of Bluenet
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