It was the place to be seen if you’re Irish and in the movie business: Hollywood royalty, many with family ties to Ireland, partied hard at the now legendary Oscar Wilde pre-Oscar party.

The chairman of Lloyds Banking Group has said that there was no “compelling economic argument” for Britain to stay in the European Union without a significant change in its relationship with the bloc.

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On Monday Glen Hansard took to Twitter to announce he would be playing an acoustic gig in Dublin on Wednesday night.

Cian Heffernan is from Carrigaline, Co Cork, and is project co-ordinator for Culture Night, Cork County 2015. He also plays drums with John Blek and the Rats, whose new album is released next week. culturenightcorkcounty.ie

It’s ran in the West End, Broadway, and even Korea. As the award-winning Once opens in Dublin, John Meagher takes a look behind the scenes — and chats to Glen Hansard about seeing his real-life relationship on stage.

Despite being a diehard fan of The Frames, I must confess I somehow managed to go 25 years without ever seeing them in concert. Granted, I was only a few months old when the band was formed, back in 1990, but that’s somewhat beside the point. 

One artist who won’t have to sing for his supper anytime soon is Oscar winner, Glen Hansard.

A man fell to his death on to a concert stage in front of Irish singer Glen Hansard and hundreds of horrified music fans in Northern California.

OSCAR winning Irish singer Glen Hansard has told of his shock after a man died falling from a building on to the stage during a show.

Glen Hansard and his girlfriend Marketa Irglova have picked up an Oscar for their song 'Falling Slowly' from the hit film 'Once'.

A song which was almost banned by Oscar chiefs will be performed at the prestigious award ceremony.

THE identities of the soldiers who killed 13 civilians and wounded 14 others on Bloody Sunday are still not clear, the inquiry into the events more than 30 years ago was told yesterday.