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Kate Rusby Music Notes/By Colleen Taylor In my book, Kate Rusby is the only artist who can get away with re-releasing past hits – in part, because ...

John Hume is a pivotal figure in modern Irish history. As leader of the SDLP he carried the banner for constitutional Irish nationalism during the ...

La Salle Explorers' fans Kevin Davis - a recipient of the Irish Echo The Black and the Green Award in 2007 - and cousins Jeanie and Meg Dougherty f...

Mick Moloney and Alexander Suárez Méndez in front of the Casa de Iberoamerica in Holguin. By Daniel Neely Part 1 Last week, I returned from the bri...

Tara Clancy. PHOTO BY BLAKE ASHMAN-KIPERVASER Page Turner / Edited by Peter McDermott “I’m the very last one of us still living here.” So says 5th-...

Tourists visit St. James’s Gate in Dublin. PHOTO BY ROLLINGNEWS.IE Between the Lines / By Peter McDermott The plain people of Ireland were once abl...

Classic eggnog. Ireland Hopping / By Margaret M. Johnson We’re now in full-blown holiday mode so there’s no better time than now to refresh your dr...

Orla Fallon’s “Sweet By and By” is a remarkable musical accomplishment. By Colleen Taylor Most people associate singer Orla Fallon with a big green...

Elmore James stars in Charles Dickens’s own stage version of “A Christmas Carol.” PHOTO BY VICTOR GIGANTI The board of the Origin Theatre Company i...

Artist John Spinks, on right in black, chatting at the recent opening of his show “Remains To Be Seen.” TILLOUFINEART.COM By Peter McDermott Artist...

Kathleen Lawrence. Salon Diary / By Karen Daly PHOTOS BY GORDON GILBERT JR. The early November IAW&A Salon, a mix of monologues, fiction, poetry an...

The debut album ““West to the Evening Sun” is a cultural powerhouse. PHOTO BY POOKA DUBH By Colleen Taylor “West to the Evening Sun”—a new album by...