An Irishwoman who converted to Islam and became radicalised in Britain claims there are 150 extremists operating in Ireland.

JUST as one man’s meat is another man’s poison, one man’s radicalisation is another man’s awakening; one man’s conversion is another man’s apostasy.

STEVIE ‘G’ Grainger is a DJ on Red FM in Cork, and releases music on his Soul Jamz label. He’s bringing his Vinyl Love night to the Odessa in Dublin on March 22 in aid of marriage equality.

I’m very excited that I’m coming to Body and Soul as it’s my first time in Ireland.

Chris Brown has renamed his new puppy after his new album 'X'.

Drake assures the new Aaliyah project is "about her and her fans."

Drake has slammed Chris Brown in his new single 'Enough Said'.

Whitney Houston is to return to movies in music drama 'Sparkle'.

It’s not that his fans don’t recognise it.

The American Music Awards spread things around, with country star Tim McGraw, alternative rockers Green Day, soul stars Destiny’s Child and hip-hop chart toppers Black Eyed Peas each winning two awards.

Jay-Z’s jarring video for 99 Problems, which depicts his own murder as a metaphor for his retirement from rapping, leads the MTV Video Music Awards with six nominations.

Soul singer Luther Vandross, who is recovering from a debilitating stroke that threatened to end not only his career but his life, has won a leading two American Music Awards.

A SCOTTISH man told a court yesterday how he killed his lifelong friend and drank his blood because he believed it would guarantee him immortality as a vampire.

The parents of rhythm and blues singer and actress Aaliyah have reached an undisclosed settlement in a negligence action over her death in plane crash, family lawyers say.

BORN just a few inches longer than a biro, this is little Aaliyah Hart — one of Britain’s smallest babies.

PANIC ROOM is another of Hollywood’s entries into the woman-in-peril genre that will keep audiences at the edge of their seats.

A posthumous CD is planned for Aaliyah, the singer and actress who died in a plane crash in August 2001.

An album of unheard Aaliyah songs is to be released in America next month.

THE pilot of the light aircraft that crashed in the Bahamas last year, killing 22-year-old American singer and actress Aaliyah, himself and seven others, had traces of cocaine and alcohol in his body, aviation officials said.

The pilot involved in the plane crash which killed Aaliyah had traces of cocaine and alcohol in his body.

R&B star R Kelly has been arrested in Florida after authorities filed child pornography charges alleging that he appears on a videotape having sex with an underage girl.

The parents of Aaliyah are suing Virgin Records.

Samantha Mumba, the 19-year-old Dublin-born singer who recently turned actress with her role in The Time Machine, wants the challenge of tackling more screen roles.

Aaliyah's vampire film Queen Of The Damned is top of the US box office charts.

The director of a film starring dead singer Aaliyah, whose release is going ahead despite her death, has defended the production.

Latin crooner Enrique Iglesias is celebrating a second week at the top of the charts.

George Harrison has returned to the top of the charts after an absence of 31 years as record buyers pay tribute to the late star.

Aaliyah scored a posthumous UK Number 1 single with a song which was released as a memorial.

Police believe engine failure caused a light plane carrying R&B singer Aaliyah and eight others to crash shortly after take-off from the Bahamas.