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Christy Dignam
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Obituaries of 2023: 50 people who died this year
The Irish Times’s obituary writers have marked the deaths of more than 150 people this year. Here are 50 of the best known
All Together Now: Homage paid to Sinéad O’Connor at Waterford festival
The mood was celebration rather than grief as artists performed covers of the singer’s hits
Miriam Lord: Sinéad O’Connor tribute stops us in our tracks before Dubs left with joyful tears in the end
Dublin’s men fell to the ground in ecstasy as Kerry’s warriors collapsed in agony
Aslan’s final song with Christy Dignam: The Fields Of Athenry - uninhibited and emotive
Review: Band bring epic polish to the last ever recording with Dignam, whose vocals give the release a shiny stadium rock gloss
‘I was wrong’: Dave Fanning apologises for ‘bad’ comments about Christy Dignam
Dave Fanning admits remarks on RTÉ radio about recently deceased Aslan singer were ‘incredibly ill-timed’
Dave Fanning missed the point about Aslan. Fans loved the fact that they were underdogs
People loved Aslan. Theirs wasn’t a rags-to-riches story. It was more compelling than that
Aslan fans sing farewell to Christy Dignam in his native Finglas
The performer was a national treasure, but he belonged chiefly to the people of north Dublin
‘I’d say the f***er would have come through the window’: angry bulls test Colm Ó Mongáin on Liveline
Radio: The current affairs host faces his toughest Radio 1 test yet as he fills in for Joe Duffy
Memories of Christy Dignam: ‘I had the good fortune to teach Christy in 4th class in 1967′
Irish Times readers respond to the death of Aslan frontman Christy Dignam on Tuesday
Christy Dignam: Share your memories and tributes
The lead singer of the Irish rock group Aslan has died at the age of 63 following a long illness
Christy Dignam’s death: ‘We’ve lost a legend, one of a kind’
On brink of stardom in 1980s, band imploded with Dignam sacked for hard drug use but reformed to great acclaim in 1990s
‘A true legend of Irish music’: Christy Dignam, frontman of Aslan, dies aged 63
Daughter Kiera described father as ‘talented singer, great story teller and amazing person’ in social media post
Christy Dignam: A life in pictures
Christy Dignam, the Irish musician best known as the frontman of Aslan, has died at the age of 63, following a long illness. We take a look back at his life and career in pictures.
Christy Dignam: One of Ireland’s most recognisable performers and writer of pop/rock classics
Crazy World singer’s almost 45-year career was characterised by an easy-going charm and disarming honesty
Christy Dignam, despite everything, never stopped singing and never lost his connection to his audience
Patrick Freyne: The Aslan frontman had remained a stalwart of Ireland’s music scene despite his extensive medical treatment
Christy Dignam speaks with raw but droll honesty – even when Ryan Tubridy drops a clanger
Despite some missteps by the RTÉ Radio 1 host, the Aslan singer gives a compellingly frank interview about the prospect of death
Christy Dignam says he is on a ‘conveyor belt up to heaven’ since entering palliative care
Aslan singer was diagnosed with amyloidosis, a rare blood disorder associated with certain cancers in 2013
Blood cancer patients to benefit from first use of ‘living drug’ to treat multiple myeloma
First Irish trial to treat patients with Car-T immunotherapy opens at St James’s Hospital in Dublin
Christy Dignam has served Ireland in several important ways
Emer McLysaght: Seeing Christy Dignam on stage, I couldn’t fathom, in my ignorance, how someone could be an addict yet do what he was doing
Christy Dignam receiving palliative care at his Dublin home
Family issues health update and thanks public ‘for keeping Christy in their thoughts and prayers’
Christy Dignam: The Man Who Stayed Alive – A life-affirming triumph
Aslan singer releases an uplifting solo debut
Mary Coughlan revisits her past: ‘It was everywhere. Bags of cocaine, champagne and tequila’
TV review: In ‘Keys To My Life’, well known people travel to the places they have lived
Christy Dignam resumes chemotherapy as cancer ‘creeps up again’
Aslan frontman was not attending hospital during the coronavirus pandemic
‘I’ll never forget the pain,’ says Christy Dignam of father’s Covid-19 death
Aslan singer feels lack of closure over death as family were unable to have wake
Sean O’Rourke’s final show reminds listeners why he’ll be missed
He interviews both ministers and hairdressers with professionalism and passion
Christy Dignam: ‘Nearly all the people I started with are dead’
Interview: The Aslan singer pulls no punches about drug addiction, sex abuse and cancer
Monty Python to missing ship: Michael Palin to feature at Dublin Festival of History
Broadcaster will discuss disappearance of HMS Erebus during an expedition to find Northwest Passage
Lauren Murphy on the acts to see – and why – at the Iveagh Gardens
Alanis Morissette, The The, Aslan and Damien Dempsey some of the must sees
Talent from across the decades
Gig of the week – A Night for Aware, Friday April 6, Olympia theatre, Dublin, 8pm, €25 ticketmaster.ie
Miriam Lord: Fine Gael’s big announcement fails to go to plan
National Development Plan’s launch was a matter of record in several respects
A year after Apollo House has anything really changed?
Apollo House provided safety, warmth but it failed to inspire homelessness solution
Charity homelessness single reminds us ‘we all fall down’
Christy Dignam and Shay Healy among those contributing to Christmas fundraiser
'We’d snorted our way across America, it was ironic I was sacked over drugs'
Aslan singer Christy Dignam on rehearsing in a pigsty, writing ‘This Is’, drug problems, collaborating with Finbar Furey, and staying positive through gruelling bouts of chemotherapy
Former Apollo House owner supports aims of occupation by Home Sweet Home
Liam Ó Maonlaí, Glen Hansard, Hozier and Christy Dignam perform at support gig
Aslan to gig for first time since Dignam cancer diagnosis
‘It’s been a very tough year for us - I didn’t think I’d even be alive right now’ says singer
Video: Aslan’s Christy Dignam is latest Irish icon for Temple Bar
The Icon Factory in Dublin’s Temple Bar is preparing to unveil its latest street artwork
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