In 1972, Paul McCartney was so affected by a horrific massacre in Northern Ireland that he penned a protest song about it in less than a day.

Marking the huge musical revolution in Ireland of the late 60s, 70s and 80s and the birth of a new sound, When Ireland Rocked celebrates how a new generation of electric guitar driven music inspired ...

Performed by former World Irish dance champions, and featuring dancers from Lord of the Dance, Riverdance, and the recent ...

Kingfishr’s hit track Killeagh is the biggest song in a single year this decade by any artist, new figures from the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) have shown. Data released today revealed ...

Former Little Mix singer Jesy Nelson has revealed in a post on social media that she will be campaigning for SMA1 (spinal muscular atrophy) screening at birth, after her twin babies were diagnosed ...

AN IRISH chart-topper has sent fans into a frenzy after announcing he proposed to his long-term girlfriend. Ross McNerney, who is renowned as one-third of popular Irish band Amble, has revealed he is ...

Ireland should welcome migrants to support the economy into the future, thereby avoiding a “vicious circle” where we don’t have enough workers to sustain the State, a new government report has said.

The government must take action to tackle a falling birth rate by addressing housing, healthcare, education and public transport issues because an ageing population risks future economic stability, a ...

Ireland needs to encourage larger families and welcome more migrants as numbers of children and workers born here fall, according to a report to the Oireachtas. “Ireland is undergoing a series of ...

The Government has been urged to act now to plan for a changing population. A National Economic and Social Council (NESC) report has suggested that the country's population will peak in the next three ...

The hit song Killeagh by Limerick band Kingfishr has been revealed as the Christmas number one single. The trio hold the Christmas number one slots in both the singles and album charts, with the two ...

The tracks that defined the year, and all of the underrated gems and slow-burn hits found in between. In the U.K. and Ireland, this year’s most striking and memorable songs reflected a restless, ...