Tony Kent: ‘I’m both Irish and English’
Colin Gannon
Hailing from a working-class Irish family, with over 100 first cousins, Tony Kent’s life achievements read as inimitable. Briefly, Kent, fresh out of...
Tommy Fleming: ‘Many in Ireland are still in the Dark Ages’
Acclaimed Sligo singer Tommy Fleming, who performs all over the world, has often said he wants to concentrate more on singing here in the...
Trad music at its finest at TradFest
By Noel Mullen
With five days of afternoon and evening concerts and gigs, TradFest is Ireland’s largest festival of traditional Irish music - and it’s...
Gavin James on being the “billion-stream balladeer”
By Michael McDonagh
Last week, in London, Dublin singer songwriter Gavin James received a rare accolade when he was honoured by the BPI for having...
Women artists to celebrate Saint Brigid in London
Following on the immense success of its first-ever celebration of Ireland’s women for St Brigid’s Day, the Embassy of Ireland is hosting an exhibition...
Art and the Great Hunger
The world’s largest collection of Famine-related art on loan from Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut.
Following its display at Dublin...
Keep It Country to ‘reach 20m households’
Europe’s only 24-hour country and western station, Keep It Country TV, has announced a multi-million-pound expansion across all of the UK’s Freeview free-to-air digital...
Human rights in Northern Ireland ‘in limbo’, says Amnesty
Colin Gannon
Northern Ireland’s ability to push through abortion reform and marriage equality legislation is stuck in a “political limbo” because of a lack of...