New Irish albums reviewed: Sons of Southern Ulster, Poor Creature, Darragh Morgan, The Swell Season and California Irish
July 2025 releases include Through the Bridewell Gate, All Smiles Tonight, Forward and more
The Music Quiz: Which Co Meath town is mentioned in CMAT’s song The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station?
Plus: Madonna’s 2005 song, Hung Up, samples which ABBA song?
‘I invested heavily in a restaurant a few years ago and it went on fire in its second week. That still stings’
Me & My Money: Keelan Higgs, owner/chef at Dublin-based one-Michelin-starred restaurant Variety Jones
‘Over the years, I’ve lost a little sense of my calmness. I wish I were a little bit more patient or cool-headed’
David Cleary, director of MoLI (Museum of Literature Ireland), on the beauty of Adare, childhood holidays in Wales, and Limerick winning the All-Ireland
The Guide: Galway arts festival, The Script, Taylor Tomlinson and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
July 12th-18th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
The Music Quiz: How much were the tickets for Live Aid at Wembley Stadium?
Plus: Which Beatles song did Elvis Costello introduce as an “old northern English folk song”?
Author Eimear McBride: ‘My pension plan is to die before I’m no longer able to earn’
Me & My Money: McBride is in conversation with Cristín Leach at the Maritime Hotel in Bantry on July 16th as part of West Cork Literary Festival
Photographer Ruth Medjber: ‘I spent too much of my early career helping idiot men with theirs’
Hozier’s official tour photographer on Dollymount Beach, time wasting, and injustice
The Guide: Peter Kay, Camila Cabello, Galway Film Fleadh and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
July 5th-11th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
The Music Quiz: Which rocker’s DNA is to be sold in limited edition ‘Liquid Death’ cans after his demise?
Plus: Who are known as the ‘Terror Twins’?
‘My view on investing: time and compounding do the real work. Patience beats cleverness’
Me & My Money: Jerry Staple, founder of IntrinsicAI
The 10 best Irish albums of 2025 so far
Including Bren Berry, Curtisy, Rob de Boer, Van Morrison and The Would Be’s
Ireland event guide: Lana Del Rey, Alanis Morissette and the other best things to do this week
Event guide for the week June 28th-July 4th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Music and artificial intelligence: ‘AI isn’t just a new sound. It’s a new infrastructure baked into our products and services’
Martin Clancy of AI:OK on the challenges and possibilities facing the music industry
The Music Quiz: Rufus Wainwright once played himself an episode of which classic TV comedy?
In honour of Canada Day next Tuesday, a celebration of musical greats who hail from the Great White North