THIS got my attention: “He sat down beside me in the studio when I was presenting my programme live on the air, and took his trousers off.”

George Jones, the peerless, hard-living country singer who recorded dozens of hits about good times and regrets and peaked with the heartbreaking classic He Stopped Loving Her Today, has died. He was 81.

Susan McCann joins a line-up that includes Brendan Bowyer, Tony Kenny and Sonny Knowles to celebrate the sounds of the showband era tonight and tomorrow night at The Helix.

An Irishwoman once described as “the most dangerous woman in America” for her fearless campaigning for workers’ rights is to be honoured in her native city this week.

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is to receive a posthumous Grammy award for his technological innovations in the arts.

Steve Jobs will receive a posthumous Grammy award.

Johnny Cash's childhood home is being restored and turned into a museum.

A jury sentenced a man to death today for raping and killing a college student after sexually assaulting two others in a string of attacks that had the Nevada city of Reno on edge for most of 2008.

CORK was urged last night to honour a pioneering Irish woman who fought her entire life for American workers’ and women’s rights.

Outspoken democrat Barbara Streisand kept the peace as she graciously accepted a top honour from US President George Bush - insisting the award ceremony should "transcend politics".

A controversial €300m marina on the Irish Sea has been honoured ahead of a town based on ancient Chinese feng shui and an Australian outback community run entirely by volunteers.

Book retailer Borders today sold its UK and Ireland business to a private equity firm for up to £20m (€28.6m).

The White Stripes frontman Jack White fell in love with Johnny Cash's home in Nashville, Tennessee, and came close to buying it, but was too overwhelmed by the thought of living in his idol's former house.

Country Music Television has come up with its own list of the 100 greatest love songs, topped by Dolly Parton’s I Will Always Love You which she took to number in the country chart 30 years ago.

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