‘An amazing father and beautiful man’: Funeral of Dónal Lunny filled with music and poetry – The Irish Times
Though his beloved bouzouki and bodhrán sat front row at his funeral, Dónal Lunny didn’t even need instruments…
Andy Irvine on Dónal Lunny: ‘He glued Planxty together and made the structure work’ – The Irish Times
In the basement of the International Bar in Dublin, Andy Irvine, of Sweeney’s Men, Planxty, Mozaik, LAPD and…
Christy Moore pays tribute to ‘best man and dear friend’ Dónal Lunny – The Irish Times
Musician Christy Moore has paid tribute to his “dear friend” Dónal Lunny (79) who died on Friday after…
Tributes paid to musician Dónal Lunny after his death aged 79 – The Irish Times
Tributes have been paid to musician Dónal Lunny, who has died aged 79. He died on Friday morning…
Landmark Clare hotel where Christy Moore wrote hit song Lisdoonvarna seeks €1.25m – The Irish Times
Having been owned and operated by the Doherty family for the past 46 years, Lisdoonvarna’s Royal Spa Hotel,…
Singer Christy Moore takes €660,000 dividend from his business – The Irish Times
One of the country’s most celebrated singer-songwriters, Christy Moore, has paid himself a dividend of over €660,000 from…
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight – The Irish Times
Pick of the weekThe Murder Detective Wednesday, Channel 4, 9pmLyra McKee In April 2019, 29-year-old journalist Lyra McKee…
In Time – Dónal Lunny review: Intense portrait of an enigmatic folk artist waylaid by tragedy – The Irish Times
Filmed in black and white and announcing itself with footage of a poet reciting Irish over a shoreline,…
All Together Now 2026 highs and lows: Glen Hansard tributes, an appearance from Greta Thunberg but few female headliners – The Irish Times
HIGHS The weather Ireland has just come off a run of hot weather, and while that did not…
All Together Now festival 2026: Stage times, ticket information, how to get there and more – The Irish Times
All Together Now is back for its seventh year and the festival schedule is jam-packed. From internationally recognised…
Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals: ‘We’d pick up Dave Fanning and Marty Whelan on the signal from the west’ – The Irish Times
There was the concept album about the 18th-century Welsh explorer John Evans. There was the record influenced by…
‘Funny as it sounds with all the success, the money is not something that you just have’ – The Irish Times
“You have to enter Dublin like a Spitfire. Full armour.” In a hotel room in New York, Glen…