Female narratives are being heard on scales never seen before, with unprecedented crowds, ticket sales, and album sales - could Irish radio do more to champion our own potential female hitmakers? 

Plus Paloma Faith on motherhood and easy vegan and vegetarian dinner from Rukmini Iyer

Marc O'Sullivan Vallig recently attended the major art event on the Italian island. Here are his thoughts 

Concern is growing about gaps in uptake of cancer screening with only half of people getting a BowelScreen home-testing kit returning them

The Mardyke man includes Disco Pigs, The Bear, and Fiona Shaw among his touchstones 

Rocking tooth gems, piercings and a shaved head, the Cork native offers a style that is uniquely her own

They were speaking soon after their fellow non-binary competitor Nemo was crowned the 2024 winner for Switzerland and hours after rumours swirled following Bambie’s absence from the competition’s dress rehearsal

Bride-to-be and Eurovision superfan Angela Crowley and friends will be cheering on Bambi Thug in Saturday night's Eurovision final... but not before they get a photo with Marty Whelan

The rule allowing Israel in the competition also allows countries such as Azerbaijan and Georgia to compete

Bambie Thug won a place in Saturday’s final with a mesmerising execution of their song Doomsday Blue at the semi-final on Tuesday in Malmo, Sweden

Bambie went on to say that the trans and non-binary community deserve the same rights, the same recognition and the same love as everyone.

In 'Caledonian Road' London emerges as a gleaming cityscape transformed by Russian money, where gaping inequalities fester pronounced resentments

Ireland’s Eurovision entry Bambie Thug has revealed they were taken to hospital after eating “bad shellfish” just days before their performance in the semi-final.

The Macroom native will represent Ireland with Doomsday Blue

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Ahead of Eurovision and calls for Bambie Thug and other artists to boycott the competition, Suzanne Harrington wonders if protest singers are a dying breed

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'Travels Over Feeling' is a fresh take on a centuries-old trope: the enduring struggle of the wilful artist and would-be genius to be heard

Law firm Austen Hays filed a claim in London’s high court alleging that the US owner of the app breached British data protection laws and thousands of Grindr users had their information misused

Fra Fee tells Esther McCarthy about why he's happy to use his own accent in a role that marks his latest step up the acting ladder