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By Daniel Neely A couple summers ago I was visiting Kerry and spent some time near Dingle where I was fortunate to catch Seamus Begley with Donogh ...

By Colleen Taylor Superstar musician Hozier has been giving the Irish a reputation for heart and soul worldwide. His top-of-the-charts global hit “...

By Aaron Vallely Pieta House, Ireland's leading non-profit organization that prevents suicide and self-harm with its free therapy service, had its ...

Orla Brady. By Karen Butler Irish actress Orla Brady says she is thrilled to star in the new futuristic, martial-arts drama “Into the Badlands” bec...

George Bernard Shaw. By Peter McDermott “A grave injury has been done to Ireland’s reputation in the field of folk music.” So began a book review i...

Marni Rice. PHOTOS BY TOM MAHON, KATHLEEN WALSH D’ARCY Salon Diary / By Karen Daly Musician/writer/ singer Marni Rice graciously hosted the early N...

By Daniel Neely In 2004, fiddle champion Oisín Mac Diarmada released his solo debut “Ar an bhFidil,” a lovely album which pictures himon its back c...

Enya’s “Dark Sky Island,” her first CD of new work in seven years, will be released next week. By Colleen Taylor Enya is arguably the world’s most ...

Saoirse Ronan at the recent opening of “Brooklyn” in Dublin. ROLLINGNEWS.IE Reviews by Michael Gray Eilis faces some big decisions In a prolific ca...

President Biden drew boos and howls of protest when he suggested during his recent State of the Union address that some of his opponents had Social...

Brian Ó hAirt and Len Graham. By Daniel Neely Three years ago I wrote glowingly of Len Graham and Brian Ó hAirt’s first CD together, “In Two Minds....

A rear view of York Minster's West Towers, York, England. In this extract from his memoir-in-progress about growing up in County Laois, novelist To...