Breaking Out: The remarkable life of gregarious and charismatic songwriter Fergus O’Farrell
Television: O’Farrell’s final years in Schull yank hardest at the heartstrings in this emotionally devastating documentary
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TV guide: the best new shows to watch this week
August 9th-16th highlights: including The Hills Are Alive: A Year at Kylemore Abbey, Panorama: Lucy Letby - Who to Believe?, and Alien: Earth
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 Swell Season in Dublin review: Not a dry eye on the balcony for Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová
NCH show is a chance for Hansard and Irglová to remember old times and reclaim lost ground
Event Guide: Forbidden Fruit, Swell Season and the other best things to do in Ireland this week
Ireland event guide May 31st-June 6th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Council to run the rule over Portobello house revival as Hugh Wallace deviates from the plan
Plus: Michael H Burke not sweating it over Ailesbury Road house price, Politico takes aim at ‘Europa Experience’ centres, and Fontaines DC are doing just nicely
Mary Poppins comes to Dublin: Behind the scenes of the all-singing, all-dancing Christmas show
There’s a burble of excitement at this intimate preview of scenes and songs from the Sherman brothers musical
Glen Hansard at Iveagh Gardens: Stage times, set list, ticket information, weather and more
Everything you need to know about the star’s Dublin concert on Saturday, July 6th
Mark Geary: In the Time of Locusts – Thoughtful, gracefully melodic songs that transport you
The Dubliner, one of Ireland’s best songwriters, has never wavered from his commendable craft in the face of commercial indifference
Music fans and shoppers sing along as Glen Hansard leads tribute to Shane MacGowan at the Dublin Christmas Eve Busk
Singer-songwriter said it was an ‘honour and a blessing’ to perform at the now-traditional free Busk, which has become one of Dublin Simon Community’s busiest fundraisers
Shane MacGowan bows out as thousands line streets on a rainy day in Nenagh
Town turns out to welcome singer home for the last time as wife Victoria Mary Clarke delivers eulogy
Glen Hansard on fatherhood at 52: ‘I can’t believe I didn’t do it before now’
The past year has been all change for the singer, who releases his new solo album this week
‘They drop lovely memories into a world filled with destruction and death’: Ukrainian women on the war, leaving home and moving to Ireland
A new project by Fighting Words has helped Ukrainian women in Ireland write their own stories
The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they end
The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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