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Last month
June 2024
ERAS TOUR
'Nobody does it like you': Taylor Swift praises Irish storytelling and accents at first show in Dublin
29 Jun
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Belfast
Kneecap given go-ahead to challenge UK government in court for blocking them from getting £15,000
20 Jun
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Courts
Irish music rights group takes High Court action against Forest Fest music festival
12 Jun
25.8k
Wildest Dreams
Taylor Swift inches closer to Dublin with revamped Eras Tour as she lands for last stops before Ireland
7 Jun
16.5k
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The Spark
Fine Gael deletes video using music from children's viral rap hit after criticism from studio behind it
7 Jun
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This year
2024
crown the witch
Bambie Thug announces 28-city European tour after successful Eurovision appearance
24 May
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Malmo
Tensions between acts over Israel's presence on display at Eurovision press conference
The Dutch act called on Israel’s singer to answer a question about performers’ safety concerns.
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Daragh Brophy
reports from Malmö
10 May
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Voices
Eurovision 2024: Bambie Thug is the anti-Dana, but they might just be the voice of a generation
Peter Flanagan
7 May
20.4k
too sweet
Hozier becomes fourth Irish artist ever to reach number one spot in US Billboard chart
22 Apr
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swifties
Excitement, surprise and A LOT OF CAPS after Taylor Swift releases new 31-track album
19 Apr
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Voices
Music producer: Irish acts should be commended for their SXSW boycott
Pat Neary
16 Mar
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struck a chord
Texas Governor tells Irish acts who have pulled out of SXSW: 'Bye. Don't come back'
Updated
13 Mar
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Voices
Linda Coogan Byrne: Why is Irish radio afraid to play Bambie Thug?
Linda Coogan Byrne
13 Feb
16.3k
Muireann Bradley
Irish teen who performed on Jools' Annual Hootenanny says it was an 'amazing experience'
2 Jan
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Last year
2023
last christmas
The Pogues' Fairytale of New York misses out on UK Christmas number one as Wham! take top spot
22 Dec 2023
29.7k
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THE MORNING LEAD
Fairytale of New York: How a lifelong punk wrote the seminal Irish Christmas song
1 Dec 2023
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Voices
Tony Duffin: Shane MacGowan was more than a Fairytale…
Tony Duffin
Updated
30 Nov 2023
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7
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Voices
Fairytale of New York: 'The boys of the NYPD Choir never actually sang Galway Bay, until now'
Nathan Mannion
15 Nov 2023
18.1k
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Danny Kelly
Editor of NME, Tottenham podcast host, and unabashed Kilkenny hurling snob
11 Nov 2023
2.8k
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Podcast
The Explainer: How has Taylor Swift become (arguably) the world’s biggest music star?
4 Nov 2023
2.9k
The fly on the wall
'Astonishing and admirably raw': International reviews praise U2's opening nights in Las Vegas
2 Oct 2023
23.3k
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Early bird
Electric Picnic confirms 2024 festival is earlier than usual and tickets are already on sale
23 Aug 2023
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Voices
Gold and glory in 1932: The year Ireland stepped out of the shadows and began to shine
Kevin C. Kearns
21 Aug 2023
12.8k
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Voices
Emer Nolan: Sinéad blew up the image of Irish womanhood like Edna O'Brien had done before her
Emer Nolan
30 Jul 2023
16.2k
Christy Dignam
'Bankers f***ing bankrupted us': Read Christy Dignam's in-depth 2018 interview with The Journal
14 Jun 2023
34.5k
14
Christy Dignam
Christy Dignam's story was so much more than a triumph over adversity
13 Jun 2023
13.3k
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slane castle
Everything you need to know about seeing Harry Styles at Slane Castle
Updated
10 Jun 2023
37.8k
46
his masters voice
HMV to reopen its doors in Dublin for the first time in seven years
18 May 2023
34.5k
33
Music
Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud did not copy Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On, US court rules
Updated
4 May 2023
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