Tune in to tune out: authors on music and the writing process

Roddy Doyle, Sarah Crossan and Shane Hegarty on the role songs play in their craft

Ten of the best Christmas songs (that aren’t by Mariah Carey)

The classics are back in the charts even earlier than usual. So why not discover these lesser-known festive bangers?

Hundreds gather to support Hutch family at Dublin vigil

Inner-city event remembered Derek Coakley-Hutch, latest Kinahan feud victim

Sex, drugs & a rocker with a soul - Alice Cooper's old hippie handler gets his own movie

It all began when a young Jimi Hendrix enquired: “Are you Jewish? You should become a manager.” Five decades later, Shep Gordon has few regrets as he looks back on one of the most successful careers in rock’n’roll

Joel Harrison: Mother Stump