John Lydon never sits still. He turned 69 in January, but there’s no time to slow down. His band Public Image Ltd (PiL) is touring its eleventh studio album, End of World, across Europe this year. Later, in autumn, Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, will take his spoken word show to theatres across Ireland and the … Read more
In a touching moment on Monday night, Gracie Abrams leans down to accept a poster from a fan. It shows a beautiful young girl with Abram’s lyrics about missing someone emblazoned across it. “She’s my best friend,” the fan cries, “she had tickets for tonight.” Abrams lowers her mic for a few moments to speak … Read more
Louise Cantillon, 31, grew up in Kilcornan, Co Limerick. In 2022, she joined Today FM radio station, and began anchoring its lunchtime show last year. She has presented several television shows. She married Limerick hurling star Declan Hannon in 2023. She’s also one third of the How to Gael podcast, along with Doireann Ní Ghlacáin … Read more
The seventh episode of the new series of the Tommy Tiernan Show discussed turning trauma in childhood into a career of poetry writing, the importance of traditional Irish tunes, and raising awareness of Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a rare, early-onset form of dementia. Tiernan’s guests on Saturday included poet Lemn Sissay, musician Maireád Ní Mhaonaigh and … Read more
Celebrated actor Steve Coogan is set to return to the stage at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre for the production of Dr Strangelove following a short illness. The seven-time BAFTA Award winner who is recovering from laryngitis was forced to pull out of the stage production of Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Dr Strangelove at the … Read more
Kyla Cobbler moved to Barcelona, on her own, to live in the city at an unusual moment – February 2020. Within a few weeks, the pandemic had engulfed Spain. She had to endure one of Europe’s harshest lockdowns, confined to her apartment for a couple of months except for trips to the pharmacy or for … Read more
Seven-time BAFTA Award winner Steve Coogan has had to pull out of the stage production of Stanley Kubrick’s Dr Strangelove at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre on Thursday. Ticket holders received a text message on Thursday evening to inform them that the actor “is recovering from laryngitis and will not perform 13 Feb 2025 19.30 … Read more
No way to sugar coat it: We’ve outsourced our Eurovision entry to Norway. Come the semi-final on May 15 I see only confusion. Have Norway now got two horses in this race? Will this split the Scandi vote? Have we really outsourced the song to a country that came last 12 times? If we win, … Read more
I’m a writer, so my eye is always on writers, and in Ireland, we’re very lucky to have the best. Two authors in particular have books coming out soon, both from Belfast. Róisín Lanigan is a wonderful writer. There’s an obsessiveness in her characters that I can’t turn away from—you’ll see this in a short … Read more
On Saturday night, the Tommy Tiernan Show explored the importance of self-care, the power of comedy, using art as a form of self-expression, and a career in the Pogues and struggles with alcoholism. Tiernan’s guests included comedian Jimmy Carr, socially engaged visual artist Aaron Sunderland Carey and musician Cáit O’Riordan. Tiernan’s first guest of the … Read more