Elaine Mai

The final bank-holiday weekend before we give up the ghost for the year has, happily, plenty of ghostcentric events – and a whole lot more besides, ri(...)

Body & Soul Stage Friday, June 22nd 00:30-01:45 Olof Dreijer DJ Set 23:00-00:15 Fever Ray 21:10-22:10 Fatima Al Qadiri 19:40- 20:40 FAK(...)

With more than 30 music festivals across Ireland between April and the end of September, there’s one for almost every age, county and g(...)

Conway’s pub opposite the Rotunda Hospital is yet another sorely missed Dublin watering hole. Its interior featured prominently in the classic movie a(...)

Niamh Farrell, HamsandwicH When you were a teenager you needed to know somebody was feeling the same stuff as you The thought that’s sitting with (...)

Much has been written about Dolores O’Riordan since her sudden death this week, at the age of 46, in a hotel room in London. For a lot of people the o(...)

Best artist: After a long and bloody argument in the Ticket Tent late on Sunday night, with tempers frayed and blood set to boil, we still couldn’t re(...)

TALOS ★★★★ Other Voices TALOS in the perfect surroundings of the over-stuffed Other Voices wooden Wendy house is the ideal way to ease yourself (...)

MAIN STAGE Friday 10.30-12.00 The xx 9.00-10.00 London Grammar 7.30-8.30 The Divine Comedy 6.15-7.00 Hudson Taylor 5.00-5.45 Little Hours Satur(...)

It’s fair to call Castlepalooza the biggest gaff party of the summer, except it’s in a castle, Charleville Castle to be precise. With approximately 5,(...)