Gorillaz at the 3Arena review: High-energy and career-spanning show gives Irish crowd exactly what they want
Damon Albarn’s ‘other’ band are now a bigger deal than Blur, and it’s easy to see why Albarn’s…
Podcaster Terence Power: ‘I got this shooting pain at the side of my face, into my jaw and teeth. It was excruciating immediately’
After beating drug addiction, Terence Power went on to co-host a hugely popular podcast with fellow Dubliner Calvin…
Dermot Kennedy on fame, new album The Weight of the Woods and privacy
As the singer-songwriter Dermot Kennedy prepares for his 3Arena concerts in July, he talks about his happy place,…
Nights out with no hangover: How the boom in alcohol-free beers is keeping many pubs afloat
The popularity of Guinness and Heineken 0.0 is reshaping drinking culture in Ireland. With booze consumption falling and…
Even the Good Girls Will Cry by Melissa Auf der Maur is a raw memoir of art, grief and reinvention
She played bass in two of the scene’s most iconic bands, but her book ‘Even the Good Girls…
U2, their creative coma and the new songs on ‘Days of Ash’ that are fizzing with fury
The band’s new EP caught the music world on the hop this week. With little in the way…
Baz Luhrmann on Elvis Presley: ‘Bono read me his poem about the King… 
it was the perfect way to end our film, EPiC’
Luhrmann on the 50 hours of never-before-seen footage that inspired his new Presley documentary ‘EPiC’, and letting The…
‘It’s our favourite pub in the world’: Marcus Mumford on his band’s impromptu O’Donoghue’s gig and the Irish acts that inspire them
The Mumford & Sons frontman discusses making their new album, his love for Hozier, Damien Rice and Lisa…
Cardinals: ‘We’re proud to be from here but we don’t want to be defined as a Cork band… or an Irish band’
The band’s brothers Euan and Finn Manning on being labelled the ‘Drunken Smiths’ and the ‘Sober Pogues’ in…
Newstalk’s Claire Byrne all set to begin on-air rivalry with RTÉ Radio 1’s David McCullagh
After poaching the broadcaster from RTÉ, Newstalk has overhauled its schedule. As her on-air rivalry with McCullagh begins…
How Dunnes Stores went from ‘Better Value’ to ‘Simply Better’ to win the grocery shopping wars
Against fierce competition, the Irish chain led by Margaret Heffernan reaffirmed its position as the supermarket leader over…
Rule the world:?Why Take That and Robbie Williams have stood the test of time while others faded
A new Netflix documentary next week will show why the Gary Barlow fronted trio, like former member Williams,…