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Dermot Kennedy: ‘I was freaking out about my voice. I did two weeks where I didn’t speak’
Dermot Kennedy is one of Ireland's most successful music artists, with hundreds of millions of streams on Spotify and two sold-out gigs coming up at the Aviva, but naturally shy, and 'a bit of a loner' at heart, he finds touring hard. His new album is a declaration of allegiance to his home in Rathcoole in Dublin
Oscars 2026: All of Ireland’s Academy Award wins, including two doubles and a triple
If Jessie Buckley wins the leading-actress award for Hamnet this weekend, she’ll join an illustrious group of Irish winners
Brendan Behan’s family ‘extremely proud’ as plaque is unveiled outside his childhood home in Dublin
Plaque unveiled outside playwright’s former childhood home in a part of Dublin that inspired many of his ‘great characters’
Glen Hansard: ‘Funny as it sounds with all the success, the money is not something that you just have’
The Frames and Swell Season frontman on giving back, speeding up and changing tack
Event guide: Hot Press’s 50th birthday gig, Dorothy Cross and the other best things to see in Ireland in the week ahead
January 31st-February 6th, 2026: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Bono joins annual Christmas Eve busking session in Dublin city centre
Street concert to raises funds for Dublin Simon Community marks its 15th anniversary
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
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
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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
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