‘We got to do everything a rock band would dream of’
Joe Philpott went to secondary school at Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh in Bishopstown, Cork in the late 1980s.…
Late Late Show talking points from Jennifer Zamparelli on swinging in Ireland to Gabriel Byrne on politics
Fresh off the back off an appearance at Cork’s International Film Festival, Gabriel Byrne was in The Late…
‘In the past, it was second nature for everyone to be a little drunk all the time’
I usually don’t have any spare time so the key to me not feeling insane is doing a…
Lyra’s homecoming gig, Cork theatre, and a Stephen King remake
Bandon’s finest Lyra makes a triumphant homecoming to Cork on Friday night as part of a national tour…
Xania Monet’s chart entry is a scary moment in the march of AI
The Doomsday Clock has advanced another second towards midnight. If we are to believe all the warnings it…
Mike Joyce on life in The Smiths, and the bonding power of the band’s Irish backgrounds
Mike Joyce is talking down the line from Manchester about his time as drummer of The Smiths. “It…
Cork filmmaker Brendan Canty on Coldplay, Talos, and Father Ted
Born in 1989, Brendan Canty grew up in Ballincollig, Cork. In 2013, his video for Hozier’s track, Take…
10 Irish horror films for Halloween
Irish filmmakers have long had a knack for delivering frights in the most inventive of ways. In recent…
Tom Dunne: Ignore the critics – the Springsteen film is well worth seeing – Irish Examiner
Tom Dunne: Ignore the critics – the Springsteen film is well worth seeing Irish Examiner‘Springsteen’ Leads U.K.-Ireland Box Office…
Broadcaster Pat O’Mahony on Féile, Rory Gallagher, and David Byrne
Born in 1961, Pat O’Mahony grew up in Kildare town. In 1988, he became co-host of the Head…
Springsteen film, Cork jazz fest, and more…
A biopic tracing the creation of Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 masterpiece, Nebraska. Jeremy Allen White stars as the Boss…
Songs of magnificence at the Olympia in Dublin
I don’t know what you were doing when you were 16, but Richard Hawley – according to the…