Niall Horan

Singer Niall Horan

Electric Picnic 2023: Gender balance difficult due to fewer women headliners, says festival director

Melvin Benn says disposable vapes will be banned at Stradbally event this weekend, though ban will mostly impact on vendors

Dry weather overall likely for Electric Picnic weekend

Conditions for music festival in Laois to be ‘as good as can be expected’ with risk of showers on Friday, Met Éireann says

Tiger Woods to play in JP McManus Pro-Am at Adare Manor

World-class field for Limerick in July to include McIlroy, Rahm and Maguire

Widespread jubilation at Leona Maguire LPGA win in Florida

‘Another fantastic Irish sportswoman leading the way internationally,’ says President

Patient, pioneering - Leona Maguire, making her own quiet way to the top

Breakthrough win on LPGA Tour is a vindication of talent and meticulous planning

Different Strokes: Bale chips in with support for the R&A

A three-time winner on the LPGA Tour, Beatriz Recari has called it a day

Driving ambitions: Six golfing young guns to to watch in the coming year

Philip Reid has a look at the upcoming stars across the game here in Ireland

Emer McLysaght: Welcome to Ireland, where you get away with nothing

Slagging is a national bonding pastime. Laughing at ourselves is where we shine

‘People wouldn’t think I listen to Selena Gomez, but there’s something in her songs’

Check out Prime Time presenter Fran McNulty’s playlist of tracks he’s been listening to

Gavin James’s firm in profit to the tune of €113,104

Return to profit coincided with release of singer’s album which topped Irish charts

So long, The X Factor. These top Irish contestants will always remind us of you

Simon Cowell’s talent show changed the world of pop music. Any maybe Ireland too

Different Strokes: World Invitational events continue to make giant strides

Dodd’s Major bonus; Word of Mouth; By the Numbers; On this Day and more

Anne-Marie: Therapy review – feisty, empowering tracks land with a thud

English artist’s second album features collaborations Little Mix and Niall Horan

Irish acts struggle to chart as K-pop becomes the world’s most lucrative music

BTS, Taylor Swift and Drake take the top three spots among this year’s sales-busters

Twitter in Dublin records 2019 pretax loss of €239.6m after IP deal

Company ‘has performed in line with expectations’

Men rule the charts: No Irish female artist had song in Top 10 in last two years

New report highlights gender disparity in the Irish charts

Big Tech results, Niall Horan shares €1.7m, and impact of US election on Irish economy

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Singer Niall Horan shares in €1.7m payday from Irish business

Musician plans live streamed gig to raise money for touring crew out of work due to pandemic

Rory McIlroy takes to the desert to warm up for Augusta

World number four will be joined by Shane Lowry at this week’s CJ Cup at Shadow Creek

Hozier and Taylor Swift lift Universal Music Ireland’s sales to €20m in 2019

Growth in subscribers to legal streaming services led to 20.8% rise in revenue

Ellie Goulding: ‘I was made to feel like a sexual object’

The singer is back after five years away with a bold new sound – and an urge to speak out

Irish radio failing to support Irish female musicians – report

Four stations did not feature one female voice in top 20 played songs over past year

Normal People: Who are the Irish musicians on the soundtrack?

The TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel is a shop window for the best of Irish music

One World: Together At Home review - Lots of glamour but where was the anger?

It is an evening to suit every taste - musically and also in terms of home furnishings

Star-studded online concerts aim to raise over $100m to fight Covid-19

The Rolling Stones become the latest act to sign up for One World: Together at Home

One World: Together at Home – Everything you need to know

What is it, what is it for, which stars are playing, where can I watch it and more

MCD’s Desmond ‘optimistic’ that Electric Picnic 2020 will go ahead

A record attendance of 70,000 expected for the sold-out event at Stradbally in September

JP McManus Pro-Am postponed for 12 months

High profile event at Adare Manor will now take place in July 2021

Lewis Capaldi: ‘I’m not Justin Bieber or Ed Sheeran – I’m not getting chased down the street’

Even if you don’t like his lovelorn ballads it’s impossible to dislike Lewis Capaldi the man

Different Strokes: Disability golfer Brendan Lawlor gets some top backing

Evian on the ball . . . world of mouth . . . in numbers . . . on this day . . . know the rules

Coronavirus: When the show must not go on

Media & Marketing: Home entertainment is now missing a vital element: its live audience

Lewis Capaldi in Dublin: ‘My music attracts a lot of lonely b*st*rds’

One minute it’s a comedy gig, the next he’s singing pained songs with eyes closed. And it works

Hudson Taylor: Loving Everywhere I Go review – Radio-friendly earworms

Brotherly Irish duo are a cut above the usual plodding and predictable pop-rock acts

One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson: ‘I’ve been to rock bottom’

As the singer launches his solo career, he reflects on a series of personal tragedies

Women in Irish pop: Why aren't they topping the bill?

Local music seems be an all-male affair, but some female musicians are pushing back

A week among the stars (and the Irish) in Los Angeles

Make sure your trip to LA includes great food, cool bars and a Dodgers game

Niall Horan pays himself €2.4m from two Irish companies

Mullingar native released first solo album in 2017 after leaving One Direction

Out of Bounds: Leona Maguire heading in one direction

This week’s tournaments in Antrim will offer equal €250,000 pots for men and women

Economic boost for Lahinch as Irish Open set to tee off

Up to 100,000 golf fans expected to spend €7m in spruced-up Clare village

How the Irish Open battled its way back to golfing limelight

Although missing many of the game’s top stars, Lahinch is set to swing on and off the course

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