An animated Frank McCourt story, a Fairytale of New York doc and Mrs Brown

Tickets for the January National Concert Hall gig, which features a stellar line-up, go on sale this Friday

Candid interviews with high-profile Irish personalities focuses on purpose and drive

From James Vincent McMorrow and Lisa Hannigan to Imelda May’s bid to out-Jools Jools

Homeless musician Danny Bracken to join stars for Rock Against Homelessness

Of Ireland’s more than 7,000 homeless people about one-third are children

Aslan singer Christy Dignam on rehearsing in a pigsty, writing ‘This Is’, drug problems, collaborating with Finbar Furey, and staying positive through gruelling bouts of chemotherapy

Drawing pictures for Enya, and singing songs for Planxty was all part of life over the bar in Scariff, Co Clare

‘I can’t grasp how someone so full of love and such massive zest for life can be gone’

Travellers’ life expectancy is 15 years lower than men in general population, paper finds

Labour TD talks of ‘impromptu concert’ to launch Bill on Irish music quotas

I have met many friends - and my husband - through the Celtic music scene in Australia

An extract from a new book on the history of Irish uilleann pipers paints a picture of the inimitable, self-assured Dubliner

Christy Burke chooses four individuals and two groups for contribution to Dublin city

Furey is back on the road after a period of grieving for his brother, and an injury that could have put him out of business as a piper. Catch him while you can

The Willie Mullins-trained superstar is given a raucous reception back to the winner’s enclosure

Ireland is home to some extraordinary talent, yet they often need to travel far to be recognised as such