Singer Shane MacGowan was joined by family, friends and former neighbours as he said goodbye to his mother Therese at her funeral Mass yesterday. Mourners heard she passed on her own musical talent to her son.

The funeral of Therese MacGowan, the mother of Pogues singer Shane MacGowan, took place today in Tipperary.

The mother of Pogues singer Shane MacGowan was killed in car crash in Co Tipperary yesterday afternoon.

An 18-year-old girl, who died from pneumonia relating to anorexia nervosa, weighed just three-and-a-half stone when she died at Sligo General Hospital , an inquest heard yesterday.

Tony Clayton Lea visits Scholars Restaurant in Drogheda.

An inquest jury has been told to return either a narrative verdict or medical misadventure over the death of a first-time mother from multi-organ failure days after an emergency caesarean section.

A coroner has bowed to pressure and offered to almost treble the number of witnesses for an inquest into the death of a woman who died days after giving birth.

Shane MacGowan has given his famous Christmas ballad a festive soap-themed makeover to help struggling charities.

Next weekend’s concert at the Olympia honours the musician, says Ed Power

Shane MacGowan was so drunk while filming the video for 'Fairytale of New York' that Matt Dillon had to hold him up.

Here Comes Everybody: The Story of the Pogues

IT’S the classic hit that’s widely regarded as the best Christmas song ever produced.

Irish Blood, English Heart

Hellraising Irish singer Shane MacGowan is in the running to land a Classic Brit Award.

Showbiz friends and fans of singer Kirsty MacColl will perform tonight to mark the 10th anniversary of her death in a freak speedboat accident and raise money for one of her favourite causes.

Andy Serkis wants to play Bono in a film of the U2 rocker’s life.

Pogues singer Shane MacGowan has revealed he stays awake for a week at a time.

The New Zealand Open will be co-sanctioned by the Australasian Tour and the USPGA Tour’s Nationwide Tour for at least the next two years after cutting ties with the European Tour.

The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan has dismissed rumours he is seriously ill - insisting he is fit and well.

Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan will celebrate his 50th birthday tomorrow – an age he, along with many fans, never thought he would reach.

The bond between supermodel Kate Moss and rocker Pete Doherty was all down to great sex, according to Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan.

The Pogues were forced to pull the first of three shows at New York's Roseland Ballroom on Wednesday night to allow frontman Shane MacGowan to recover from a stage fall.

Former Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan has lost two more teeth after falling over a wall in Limerick, Ireland.

The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan infuriated band members by taking an impromptu holiday to Morocco when he should have been rehearsing with them.

Irish rocker Shane MacGowan is breathing a sigh of relief after an English scaffolder has been jailed for three years for attacking the former Pogues frontman.

Former Pogues singer Shane MacGowan suffered facial injuries when he was attacked at a London pub, it emerged today.

Dungannon survived a late comback by Blackrock to win this game by eight