Person: Luka Bloom

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Ireland's favourite folk song revealed

The song was performed live on The Late Late Show by Luka Bloom tonight.

Race for the Áras is fought with a huge concentration of viciousness

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Long and winding musical road

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Anne Rynne steps out of Barry and Christy Moores' shadows with first album - at 68

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Watch: Chernobyl campaigner Adi Roche is selling up in St Luke's Cross, Cork

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Scene + Heard: What's going on around the country

Luka Bloom is squaring the musical circle in West Cork

Luka Bloom’s new album was recorded at Lettercollum House in Timoleague, writes Eoghan O’Sullivan

Tue, 19 Apr, 2016

Folk Fest Killarney to create ‘positive and lively atmosphere’

This year’s Ireland Folk Fest will be held in the tourist town of Killarney in Co Kerry from 24th to 26th of July.

Fri, 17 Jul, 2015

This much I know, Mundy, singer/songwriter

Usually, I start with a phrase or a few simple lyrics, then I try to find a melody to suit what I’m trying to say.

Sat, 16 May, 2015

Scene and Heard: Countdown to live at the marquee

GIG WISE: The countdown has begun for Live at the Marquee in Cork, with young whippersnapper Cliff Richard kicking it all off on Monday, June 9, followed by the equally youthful Dolly Parton (June 12).

Fri, 23 May, 2014

To have loved and lost: New documentary explores Irish love lives through song

Irish ‘hang-ups’ about drink, sex, and unrequited love are explored in a TV series starting this week.

Wed, 19 Mar, 2014

Moore than meets the eye

ICONS of Irish music don’t come much bigger than Christy Moore. The 68-year-old singer has just released a new album, Where I Come From.

Mon, 02 Dec, 2013

Why a Waterboy put music on the words of WB

Mike Scott refuses to tread softly when distilling the work of W B Yeats for a new 14-track album, says Richard Fitzpatrick.

Mon, 03 Oct, 2011

Supercats get heroes’ welcome

IT was Monday, it was early afternoon, it was raining, but there were no blues in Kilkenny yesterday, just black and amber, a city en fete as the 2011 All-Ireland senior hurling champions were welcomed home.

Tue, 06 Sep, 2011

Tralee bids a tearful farewell to its ‘gentle’ hero

MUCH-LOVED Christie Hennessy never drank alcohol and was yesterday held out as an example to all facing the challenges of a drugs culture.

Fri, 28 Dec, 2007

Musicians join Cliffs of Moher dispute

World famous Irish musicians are asking Clare County Council to remove a proposed injunction against 16 buskers at the Cliffs of Moher.

Fri, 01 Sep, 2006

Support for the Rossport Five

WE, the undersigned, support the Rossport Five in their demand for the natural resources of Ireland to be used for the benefit of the Irish people, and for those same resources to be extracted in a safe and environmentally friendly manner.

Fri, 30 Sep, 2005

Clon’s on song as agri-college marks centenary

A CORK town kicked off a weekend of music last night ahead of separate events to mark its agricultural college’s centenary.

Sat, 27 Aug, 2005

High home of a Dixie

A ROADSIGN approaching the southern capital for many years carried the legend 'Welcome to Cork, Home of the Dixies.'

Sat, 03 Jul, 2004

Thousands expected on Dublin streets Saturday

Twenty thousand people are expected to march in protest through the streets of Dublin Saturday as

Wed, 12 Feb, 2003

Children deliver tough message to Taoiseach

AMERICAN President George W Bush may not be taking much notice of either the United Nations or anyone else these days, but Irish schoolchildren are hoping their own political leaders will be different.

Wed, 29 Jan, 2003