Singer Christy Dignam has revealed that a cure has been found for the rare cancer he was diagnosed with.

The throb and womp from the Marquee provided the mood music, literally, on Saturday night to the end of an odd week in the hurling championship.

The leaders of paradise islands all over the world are in Cork for a maritime festival and oceans summit during what is expected to be one of the city’s busiest summer weekends.

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“Martin and I will have great fun!”

Historian Catherine Corless, the Irish Coast Guard, crew of Rescue 116, rugby referee Joy Neville and campaigner Vera Twomey were among those honoured at tonight’s Rehab People of the Year Awards.

Aslan were the only artists to appear twice in the top 10 with 'Crazy World' and 'This Is'.

Cancer survivors and their supporters are set to create an arc of light across Dublin city this evening to raise funds for cancer support services.

Christy Dignam opens up about his regrets on fatherhood and the ongoing impact of sexual abuse he suffered at six-years-old in a new documentary.

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With last years line-up including such names as The Stunning, Aslan, Paddy Casey and Delorentos, this year’s 8th anniversary is one not to be missed.

Chemotherapy has allowed the Aslan singer to get back gigging, and he intends to make the most of every moment, writes Ed Power

Oh Danny, we wonder what Mary has to say about this?

Aslan have moved swiftly to capitalise on the mayhem created by the cancelled Garth Brooks gigs.

This week's highlights include Cracking Crime, which revisits the murder of a prison officer from Kerry.

The Voice of Ireland semi-final and an eventful week on Fair City feature in our highlights for April 20-26

MUSIC NEWS: He hasn’t gone away, y’know.

They tell me that Kaiser Chiefs had been set to share the billing with Aslan at Shamrock Rovers’ ground later this month.

A LANDMARK High Court judgment has found that laws to identify and cut off internet users illegally copying music files are not enforceable in Ireland.

Aslan will depart for their first Australian tour today.

ROCK band front man, Christy Dignam, has spoken of how his sexual abuse as a child contributed to his heroin addiction as an adult.

WITH its runway jutting into the Atlantic Ocean, the approach to Sligo Airport is one of the most picturesque (and for nervous types, most hair-raising) locations of any Irish airport.

WHEN the going gets tough, the tough get going, but when the going gets too easy, there’s nowhere to go, except the bunk or the pub.

WHILE the flapping sails of hundreds of yachts will provide a massive spectacle off Crosshaven in July, there is also plenty of events lined up to entertain the landlubber.

Meteor award winners Aslan are to help raise thousands of euro for sick children, it emerged today.

THOUSANDS of revellers are set to enjoy a free music festival in Bandon, Co Cork, this weekend which will feature headline acts like Duke Special, Director and Mary Black.

The Pogues, famed for controversial frontman Shane McGowan’s antics, will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Meteor Ireland Music Awards, organisers said tonight.

The cream of Ireland's music industry was honoured at the Meteor Ireland Music Awards in Dublin last night.

Aslan will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement award at this year’s Meteor Awards in recognition of their contribution to Irish music in the past 22 years.

THE organisers of two separate appeals for the people of Beslan have raised an extraordinary €130,000 in just three days.

AIR accident investigators say it is too early to tell if the wheels of a Fokker plane exploded on landing, causing it to veer off the runway and partially ditch in the sea.

THE owners of a commuter aircraft, which overshot the runway with 40 passengers on board, including rock group Aslan, and ended up with its nose in the sea, have blamed the accident on bad weather.

Air accident investigators have launched an inquiry into how a passenger plane overshot the runway at Sligo Airport yesterday and ended up in the sea.

There are no reports of any injuries after a plane overshot a runway this evening.