For a couple of months in 2017, Martin Keogh spent 12-hour days picking over the charred remains of Grenfell Tower apartments.

She’s the Cork singer dubbed the next Kate Bush, shortlisted by Universal, the world’s biggest record label, as their artist to watch in 2020. This will be the year of Lyra, writes Ed Power

Last year, Cork pop singer Lyra experienced a brand new emotion: overwhelming heartbreak. “It was the first time I sat down and wrote a ballad. I suddenly understood how Adele could do it.”

Maturity isn’t a good fit for every rapper (see: Kanye’s bedraggled coming-to-Jesus phase). But through 2018 it was working a treat for former bad boy — and Ariana Grande’s ex — Mac Miller. But then his story turned to tragedy as that September, the 26 year-old died of an accidental drug overdose.

Hologram companies are making plans to put scores of departed idols on tour — reanimating a live-music industry whose biggest earners will soon be dying off in droves, writes Mark Binelli

Khalid Donnel Robinson is a thoroughly modern sensation. A plug on Instagram from Kylie Jenner catapulted him into the pop stratosphere when he was straight out of high school in El Paso, Texas.

Khalid was his brilliant, charismatic self at 3Arena in Dublin, writes Ed Power

It was an effervescent and often moving turn by an artist with a meaningful claim to the title of world’s most interesting pop star.

The Sweetener World Tour comes to Dublin later this month.

The rich and famous have the money to buy whatever skincare they’d like to, and so, many of them opt for prestige, results-driven brands like Dr Barbara Sturm, Augustinus Bader and iS Clinical.

It seems as though every week there is something going viral, but today's masterpiece is truly a masterpiece.

Ariana Grande fans are being warned security is being ramped up for her gigs in the 3Arena in Dublin this September.

Miley meets Mozart in a thrilling collaboration debuting at Body & Soul Festival this weekend.

Viewers got their first glimpse of new Islanders at the end of last night’s episode.

It was a good day for Junior Cert Irish students, with teachers claiming that papers were much more fair, manageable and accessible than in previous years.

Selena Gomez has opened up about social media and the impact it has had and is having on young people and her generation.

A transition year student from Cork has scooped the top award in a competition which asked secondary school students to write about their experiences with homelessness.

Would nobody give her a hat?

While the return of Alan Partridge has led to household splits not seen since the Civil War (for the record, we’re former loyalists who’ve gone over to the anti-Coogan side), one show for your diaries next week should be series two of Fleabag (Monday, BBC Two).

So that’s Monday nearly wrapped up. Here are some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Ariana’s makeup artist, Rokael Lizam used the brand’s Supreme Gel Liner to achieve her cat-eye look, a product that retails for only €5.

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HIS cha cha charm offensive on Sunday night’s Dancing with the Stars brought the studio audience to their feet.

From reformed pop icons to vintage rockers and singing showmen, there’s a lot to look forward to in live music in 2019. Here, in chronological order, Ed Power looks at some of the highlights.

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In the eight years since her last album, Swedish singer Robyn has come to stand for something bigger than herself.

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American celebrity gossip website TMZ reported on Tuesday the US singer, 25, was taken ill following a suspected overdose at her home in the Hollywood hills.

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A report into the Manchester Arena attack recommends public bodies dealing with families of the bereaved adopt rules inspired by the aftermath of the Hillsborough disaster.

After the terror attack on the Ariana Grande concert, Tony Walsh’s poem became the rallying call of his home town. He’s coming to read in Cork and Dublin, writes Colette Sheridan.

A homeless man who was hailed a hero in the aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing in the UK has admitted stealing a purse and mobile phone from stricken victims of the attack.

Nicky Minaj has fought her way to the top of the music industry – and never made compromises,writes Roxanne Gay. 

A man hailed a "homeless hero" at the scene of the Manchester Arena bombing has denied stealing a purse and mobile phone from victims of the attack.

The attack in Barcelona is the latest major terrorist outrage to hit Europe in recent years.

The Manchester Arena will reopen for the first time since the terror attack with a benefit concert to honour those killed in the bombing.

The closure of HMV’s store network helped drag the Irish arm of music label Universal into the red last year.

Saffie Rose Roussos came to Manchester in May a happy, smiling eight-year-old to see her pop idol perform on the most exciting night of her young life.

Authorities in Costa Rica say they have released the 22-year-old Colombian man accused of threatening an attack at a concert by pop singer Ariana Grande.

Authorities in Costa Rica say they have arrested a 22-year-old Colombian man suspected of threatening to stage an attack at a concert by pop singer Ariana Grande.