Sinead O Connor

A manifesto of sorts from long-forgotten UK band Bright Girls defines this immensely insightful 4-disc collection. Their 1980 song Hidden from History(...)

The Stunning and The Walls singer reflects on his life and the 2017 car crash that devastated his family “It was a year from hell” for Stev(...)

Sharing your name with a famous person presents certain challenges. Just ask any Sinead O’Connor. Imagine endless strangers asking when you stopped sh(...)

Most Irish radio stations rarely give airtime to Irish women musicians while some stations never feature home-grown female voices in their top 20 most(...)

Discussing soccer with historian Prof Ronan Fanning is not something I had ever contemplated. But there I found myself, outside the old UCD bar as we (...)

IN VERY PARTICULAR ORDER, HERE’S OUR (CURRENTLY DEFINITIVE) PICK OF THE GREATEST IRISH MOVIES EVER MADE No sane person will sincerely claim that(...)

Eight years is a long time to tiptoe from total obscurity to just about popping the head over the parapet, but Dublin-based Selk are in no hurry to ca(...)

The Boomtown Rats singer on childhood, grief, rebellion, Brexit and Ireland’s progress Bob Geldof is staring at a painting in a private meeting (...)

Bob Geldof and the Boomtown Rats were, Thin Lizzy-excepted, Ireland’s original all-conquering rockers. Back when U2 were just a twinkle in the eye of (...)

Sorry to disturb your Saturday morning nap, but has it ever occurred to you that we live in an age of stagnation, entropy and inevitable decline? Amer(...)