Rossa Ó Snodaigh of Kíla tells Ellie O’Byrne about the music, books and other touchstones that have influenced him, from his mother tongue to the global village.

Christy Moore is among those playing gigs coinciding with the song contest final on Saturday, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

Another week, another Late Late Show line-up.

The main 1916 centenary celebrations kick off on Saturday with events happening right across the weekend.

Dublin is to host a three-day festival to celebrate the ringing in of the new year, it was announced yesterday.

My greatest fear is playing in front of crowds of people. You need to give what you fear a hug.

GLAMOUR is in short supply when you’ve been in a band for 25 years, says Kila’s Rossa Ó Snodaigh. 

Thousands will line the streets of Limerick this evening to greet torch bearers drawn from An Garda Síochána and the PSNI to herald the opening of the Special Olympics Ireland Games.

MUSIC NEWS:

Ireland’s boutique music festival will open in style tomorrow with a party atmosphere set to match its carnival setting.

Punk legends The Sex Pistols are among the headline acts confirmed today for this year’s Electric Picnic music festival.

Tens of thousands of people from all of the world are expected to pour into Dublin today for the annual St Patrick’s Day parade.

Thousands of tourists packed Dublin today as the St Patrick’s festivities continued in advance of tomorrow’s mammoth parade.

A NASA astronaut will today unveil what life is like on board the International Space Station with a group of Cork schoolchildren.

A live link between an astronaut on board the International Space Station and his Irish in-laws will be televised tomorrow.

TWO little sisters yesterday paid a tearful farewell to their dad who died at the hands of a brutal teenage gang in Limerick last Monday.

The Cork Midsummer Festival launches today with more than 20,000 visitors due to attend over 55 events.

THE Irish animation sector has exploded over the past decade with hundreds of people employed in the multi-million euro industry.

The Irish animation sector has exploded over the past decade with hundreds of people employed in the multi-million euro industry, it was claimed today.

WE doffed the cap to a few of the more surprising omissions above, but what about those bubbling under, those who won’t just be knocking at the door but will have their feet well and truly under the table come the end of 2006.

To set the scene for the first part of our Top 50 poll, Joe McNamee looks at the state of play in the Irish music industry.

Thousands of people will take to the streets of Dublin tonight as part of the Make Poverty History campaign.

The St Patrick’s Festival in Dublin will be bigger and better than ever to celebrate its 10-year anniversary, organisers promised tonight.

Thousands of people will attend the two anti-war gigs at Vicar St tonight and tomorrow night to prepare for the stop Bush protests.

Top Irish musicians are joining together to play a major concert in aid of the anti-Bush campaign, it was revealed today.

Twenty thousand people are expected to march in protest through the streets of Dublin Saturday as

U2 today led the way in the nominations for one of the Irish record industry’s top awards.