Letter to grandad who died from Covid-19: 'I'm proud of my future because I can be like you'

Family of coronavirus victim says pandemic's impact on grief is often overlooked

Cork choral festival to see 50,000 visitors and €10m boost

Festival Director John Fitzpatrick marks 50 years involvement

Children of Lir: Loudest Whisper revive folk opera to mark 50-year career

Show first staged in 1973 and Polydor Records signed Fermoy combo to record album

An Irishwoman’s Diary: ‘Messiah’ celebrations on the double

Handel was happy with Dublin’s reaction to his oratorio

What links the premiere of Handel’s Messiah in 1742 and Live Aid?

Both are part of a grand tradition of musical performance to raise funds for healthcare and the needy

A Tale of Two Muezzins – An Irishman’s Diary about cultural calls to prayer

New Year’s Eve around Ireland - how to ring in 2016

Street processions, bodhrán sessions and fireworks displays help to announce 2016

Crowds expected to flock to Christmas Eve carol services

Get your seats early for Pro-Cathedral, but no room at the inn for St Patrick’s Cathedral

Cracking Christmas events from carols, to drama to drag

All the best in shows and festive entertainment

The ‘Tablet’ has given Catholics a voice for 175 years

Daniel O’Connell plays a valuable part in the journal’s rich and enduring history

Fishamble Sinfonia gets off to a good start at Smock Alley

New orchestra aims to unearth music from the classical period by ‘the lesser-known geniuses’

Pope Francis ‘does not want Christians with sour faces’

Archbishop of Dublin says pontiff’s popularity ‘not due to any polished’ PR operation