The Corrs are living proof that absence really does make the heart grow fonder, enjoying the kind of enraptured response that only a lengthy break can create.

 

Sharon Corrs’ kids had no idea their mum was a music icon – until the band made a comeback, she tells Lorraine Wylie.

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It’s looking like we’ll be having a quiet March, April and May in preparation of this year's Live at the Marquee lineup.

The singing siblings have confirmed that they will play a summer date at Cork’s Live at the Marquee on Thursday June 9.

Family pop group The Corrs have announced a new album and tour after returning to the stage following a 10 year hiatus — but they say it feels like they have never been away.

The company behind one of Ireland’s most successful bands, The Corrs continues to make profits — in spite of the band not recording music for a number of years.

The Irish-based entertainment firm owned by pop star Cheryl Cole had a stellar year last year, recording post-tax profits of over €2.1m.

Musician Jim Corr, who estimates he owes €6.5m arising from property dealings in Ireland, Britain, and Spain, is facing a court examination of his means.

Jim Corr has been ordered to appear before the Commercial Court over a €1.4m debt to ACC bank.

Des O’Sullivan anticipates global interest in Ireland’s first Rock and Pop Memorabilia sale

AUCTIONS are for everyone.

Aged just 16, Mayo people knew there was something special about David Clarke.

The company behind one of the country’s most successful bands, The Corrs, continues to make profits — in spite of the band not having any top selling albums in the past five years.

Bands including Boyzone and The Corrs along with hundreds of others shared a €37.7m bonanza last year from the public performance and broadcast of their songs.

A guitar manufacturer in the North which made instruments for some of music’s most famous artists is going into liquidation, it was revealed.

Nelson Mandela is making a bid for the charts after recording a spoken-word vocal for a song composed in his honour.

Nelson Mandela is making a bid for the charts after recording a spoken-word vocal for a song composed in his honour.

Lead singer with The Corrs, Andrea, is celebrating her first day as a married woman after her wedding yesterday to stockbroker Brett Desmond.

A Clare village was transformed into a celebrity-watchers’ paradise today for the country’s society wedding of the year.

Golfers forking out around €50,000 to join an exclusive resort in the west of Ireland are being told to keep off the grass on the day it hosts a lavish celebrity wedding.

STUDENTS attending private industry-focused degree courses should have access to state funding, according to Tony Perrey, a director of Pulse Recording College, which has just acquired the legendary Windmill Lane studios in Dublin.

FROM music to movies to motoring, Ireland’s richest celebrities are set to be unveiled and their wealth revealed.

AN IRISH composer who penned one of the bestselling tracks around the globe has been honoured in an exclusive list of international lyricists.

Irish composer Brendan Graham who penned one of the best selling tracks around the globe has been honoured on an exclusive list of international lyricists, it emerged today.

The lavish wedding of racing tycoon JP McManus' only daughter Sue Ann is taking place today.

Final preparations are being put in place for a lavish wedding as racing tycoon JP McManus' only daughter walks up the aisle tomorrow.

THE composing section of yesterday’s higher level Junior Certificate music paper hit the right chord with well-prepared students, according to Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) spokesperson Mary McFadden.

IT’S not unusual for churches to be showered with floral arrangements and ribbon adornments by couples to add to their wedding day.

LEADING festivals in Kerry could be hit by reductions in grants from Fáilte Ireland and local business interests may be expected to make up the shortfall.

Golden Globe winner Jonathan Rhys-Meyers is to present one of the awards at next month’s Meteor Ireland Music Awards ceremony in Dublin, organisers confirmed tonight.

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 organisers of the Special Olympics in Ireland yesterday appealed to businesses and ordinary people to help them stage the biggest sporting event in Belfast this year.

U2, Westlife, singer Damien Dempsey and DJ Ray D’Arcy have been tipped to scoop accolades at this year’s Meteor Awards.

Irish rock band Republic of Loose are to join a host of stars on stage at the sixth annual Meteor Music Awards in Dublin.

A campaigner of young homeless people will be presented with the €100,000 Humanitarian award at the Meteor Music Awards, organisers confirmed today.

ROCK group The Darkness have confirmed that they will perform at the sixth annual Meteor Music Awards in Dublin.

Rock group The Darkness will perform at the sixth annual Meteor Music Awards in Dublin, it was confirmed today.

The Meteor Music Awards could compete with any music event around the world with its line-up and star-studded audience, comedian Patrick Kielty today claimed.

MANY people have been complaining about The Corrs accepting an honorary MBE. They should get over it.

IT’S the cheesiest programme on the box with laughable lyrics, garish outfits and camp-as-Christmas dance routines.

Singer Brian Kennedy will perform Ireland’s entry for the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, it was confirmed today.

The sibling members of Irish pop band The Corrs have been named honourary Members of the British Empire (MBE) in recognition of their outstanding music and charity contributions.