Pick of the week Other Voices Thursday, RTÉ2, 11pm Ireland’s best live music show is back for its 24th series, with another array of amazing acts from both at home and abroad, performing at venues in Dingle, Co Kerry and west Wales. Once again, the show is hosted by BBC broadcasters Annie Mac and Huw … Read more
After the death of his Nirvana bandmate Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl escaped to Kerry to grieve and to escape. He drove the Ring of Kerry and, while stopping to pick up a teenage hitchhiker, saw Kurt’s face on the boy’s t-shirt. He realised he could never outrun his past, returned to the States and started … Read more
It may take Aubrey McCarthy, who secured the final Seanad seat in the Trinity College Dublin constituency panel last week, some time to get used to the upper house. After all, he’s more used to spending time in the big house. The founder of drugs rehabilitation charity Tiglin has frequented prisons over the years to … Read more