Event guide: Dermot Kennedy, Galway arts festival and other top things to see in Ireland this week
July 11th-17th, 2026: The best music, art and more coming your way in the week ahead
The Music Quiz: Cher’s 1964 debut solo single referenced which member of The Beatles?
Plus: Dublin band Basht’s latest single is named after which British actress?
‘Buying a yacht is the easy bit. Maintaining it is the bigger challenge’
Me & My Money: Denis Byrne, admiral of Royal Cork Yacht Club
Event guide: Take That, Shania Twain and the other best things to see in Ireland in the week ahead
July 4th-10th, 2026: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
The Music Quiz: A Madonna Special — Which Madonna ballad is the theme to the film With Honors?
Plus: In 1988, Madonna made her Broadway debut in a play by which US playwright?
‘I was a ghost writer for a gambling website. I’ve stayed away from gambling because of that’
Me & My Money: Becky Gilmour, Adventure Athlete
Event guide: Lily Allen, Ethel Cain and the other best things to see in Ireland in the week ahead
June 27th-July 3rd, 2026: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way in the next seven days
The Music Quiz: Paramore singer Hayley Williams was born in which US location?
Plus: In 2021, singer/songwriter Ethel Cain released a song named after which US actress?
‘I regret buying a spin bike during the pandemic... It is now used as a clothes horse’
Sheena Dignam, founder of Galway Food Tours, galwayfoodtours.com
Olivia Dean, Alanis Morissette and the other best things to see in Ireland in the week ahead
June 20th-26th, 2026: The best music, theatre, art and more coming your way this week
The Music Quiz: Olivia Rodrigo includes which song’s lyrics by The Cure in Drop Dead?
Plus: What is Nick Cave’s middle name?
New Irish albums reviewed and rated: SJ McArdle, Loah, Chuck Squires, Roger Doyle and Big Sun
June 2026 releases include All My Dream Companions Gone, Materia Medica, The Late Great Chuck Squires, Idir and 001
‘I use my phone for absolutely everything and could not run my business without it’
Me & My Money: Sarah Slattery, founder, thetravelexpert.ie
Event guide: Metallica, Dalkey Book Festival and the other best things to see in Ireland in the week ahead
June 13th-19th, 2026: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
The Music Quiz: Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance references three films by which director?
Plus: Former Beastie Boys member Mike D is performing at this weekend’s Beyond the Pale festival. What does the D stand for?