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Maggie O’Farrell ventures into the mystic in new novel that is both poetic and moving | Irish Independent

Paul McCartney: The Boys Of Dungeon Lane album review | Louder

Pet Sounds turns 60 | Arena - RTÉ Radio 1

The Lemon Twigs: Look For Your Mind! album review | Louder

Super Furry Animals review: Welsh wonder band impress at Olympia in Dublin

Marilyn Monroe’s love of literature | Arena - RTÉ Radio 1

John Connolly: ‘I had a long-standing animosity towards Irish fiction and Irish writing’ | Irish Independent

Spotify turns 20 - how did it change the music industry? | Newstalk

Book Review: 1996: My Backstage Pass To The Wildest Year Of Britain’s Wildest Decade... | Arena - RTÉ Radio 1

Few and Far
Between by Jan Carson review: A bizarre proposal to drain Lough Neagh reimagined in magical novel | Irish Independent

Antonia ­Senior’s Stalin’s Apostles and Robert Verkaik's The ­Writer and the Traitor reviews: Infamous Cambridge Five spy ring and how they rose to such high positions | Irish Independent

DJ Dave Fanning on his long career, interviewing the stars and having selfies with fellow music fans | Irish Independent

The News from Dublin by Colm Tóibín: collection highlights author’s mastery of the short-story form | Irish Independent

Pat Carty on U2’s new ‘Easter Lily’ EP: Surprise release of the second batch of songs in just weeks shows how great a band they still are | Irish Independent

Gorillaz review: Damon Albarn and co produce spectacular show at 3Arena, Dublin

The Library Of Traumatic Memory review: Neil Jordan' sci-fi | Irish Independent

Rasputin and the Downfall of the Romanovs review: A masterful study of self-styled monk who broke the Romanovs | Irish Independent

The Shortest History of Ireland by James Hawes: A dizzying, thrilling ride through 14,526 years of Irish history | Irish Independent

Hotel Exile by Jane Rogoyska: Moving account of ordinary folk caught in second World War – The Irish Times

The Black Crowes: A Pound Of Feathers album review | Louder

Album reviews | Arena - RTÉ Radio 1

The Last Kings of Hollywood review: Paul Fischer appraises Coppola, Lucas and Spielberg | Irish Independent

Going to Zossen, Or The Capitulation of Vasily Mikhailovich review: AV Pankov's debut is a savage parody of capitalism | Irish Independent

Man on the Run | Arena - RTÉ Radio 1

Neptune’s Fortune review: Julian Sancton fictionalises real-life adventurer who chased treasure on the ocean floor | Irish Independent

U2’s ‘Days of Ash’ review: A band full of political fire, this is their best release in decades | Irish Independent

Why Arthur Miller's The Crucible is especially potent during the reign of Donald Trump | Irish Independent

Obituary: Andrew Ranken, drummer with The Pogues known for his ‘warrior’ beats who helped power the notorious trad outfit to international success

Album reviews | Arena - RTÉ Radio 1

Super Nintendo by Keza MacDonald: How Mario turned a playing card manufacturer into a global gaming giant | Irish Independent

Mark Haddon’s life-affirming brush with death: ‘The grim reaper is not all he’s made out to be’ – The Irish Times

Bob Dylan's Desire at 50 | Arena - RTÉ Radio 1

Lucinda Williams review: US country star marks birthday with fine gig at Olympia in Dublin

Departures by Julian Barnes: Enjoyable rambling, a story and a grateful goodbye – The Irish Times

The Final Score by Don Winslow: ‘The best crime fiction in 20 years,’ says Stephen King, but he’s underselling it | Irish Independent

A melodic gift and a focus on female characters: Why there’s more to Leonard Cohen than ‘Hallelujah’ | Irish Independent

Hothouse Flowers at Tradfest: Powerful night of music from a band with real soul – The Irish Times

Pat Carty: My one evening with David Bowie in Dublin was worth a thousand nights in the doghouse | Irish Independent

Emmylou Harris review: Fond farewell to American country star at final gig at 3Arena, Dublin

Lazarus: The Second Coming of David Bowie. | Arena - RTÉ Radio 1

The Masque Of Desire: A Bob Dylan Story | Hotpress

Phil Lynott: poet, pioneer and poster boy of Irish rock, 40 years on

Dead Ringer review: An action-packed caper tackling the JFK ­assassination | Irish Independent

Pat Carty: Which came first, the rockstar or the rock-star hair? And what happens when you can’t field a mullet anymore? | Irish Independent

The Best Books of 2025 | Hotpress

Music of 2025 In Review with Pat Carty | Newstalk

Wish You Were Here at 50 | Arena - RTÉ Radio 1

Queen's A Night At the Opera at 50 | Arena - RTÉ Radio 1

Insomnia by Robbie Robertson - review | Arena - RTÉ Radio 1

Mortimer’s A to Zs of English History review: Entertaining snapshot of everyday life through the ages | Irish Independent

Bob Dylan review: A moving Shane MacGowan tribute among the highlights at 3Arena, Dublin

The Dublin Pub by Donal Fallon: A joy from start to finish – The Irish Times

We Did OK, Kid review: Anthony Hopkins's memoir is a forthright portrait of a Welshman | Irish Independent

Wings - The Story of a Band on 
the Run: What Paul McCartney sent in the post after a bad review | Irish Independent

The Eleventh Hour – A Quintet of Stories review: Salman Rushdie reflects on all his yesterdays | Irish Independent

The Who: Who Are You (Super Deluxe Edition) album review | Louder

Tim Wheeler on early fame: ‘I got hammered during the gig. The next day we were doing MTV interviews but I woke up in my own vomit. Management were really upset’ | Irish Independent

Who wants to live forever? Why Silicon Valley’s super-rich are so fixated on the quest for eternal life | Irish Independent

Music critic Pat Carty on the lost art of agreeing to disagree when it comes the arts and culture | Irish Independent

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere film review | Louder

Truly by Lionel Ritchie: A cut above the usual music memoir – The Irish Times

Richard Hawley review: Songs of magnificence at the Olympia in Dublin

Pink Floyd’s gripping and often bitchily entertaining story of madness, ambition, ego – and an awful lot of money | Irish Independent

Injury Time review: Kevin Smith's lighthearted tale of his character's trials of middle age | Irish Independent

Born To Run at 50

Van Morrison at 80

Pat Carty on kids at gigs: ‘Could I have imagined the da or ma beside me at Slane for Bowie? Not unless I was in a sweat-soaked nightmare’ | Irish Independent

Queens of the Stone Age in Dublin: Kilmainham erupts with cathartic glee at ferocious gig

‘Even his enemies admired his chutzpah’: How Trump became a God of New York in the 1980s

How a book forger fooled the literary world until his audacious ruse was rumbled

Pat Carty on the New Lad: ‘Wherever they ended up, the Oasis reunion was like a bat signal, calling them out of the shadows for one last adventure, one last moment of belonging’ | Irish Independent

A Marriage At Sea: A True Story Of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck review: Sophie Elmhirst’s remarkable true story about  love, adventure and endurance | Irish Independent

Don’t be Cruel: why the kingmaker behind Elvis Presley doesn’t deserve his bad rap

Forest Fest review: Peter Hook and Teenage Fanclub among highlights of Day 2

Leon Bridges review: Soul power of Texan star shines through at rain-soaked Iveagh Gardens, Dublin

Dinner with Charlton and backstage with Nureyev - an ode to the golden age of the celebrity interview, recounted by a master practitioner

A riveting history of tanks - Mark Urban’s evolution of the military machine hits the bullseye

Pat Carty: Glastonbury's main stages showed a changing of the guard from old men to young women

Oasis Tour Begins | Newstalk

Simple Minds in Dublin: seasoned pros bring the party atmosphere

‘I said, Geldof, this is gonna hurt but it’ll help, and scratched his back like a maniac. It gave him a sexual identity with the girls’– BP Fallon’s life and times

Tracks II: The Lost Albums - review

Lana Del Rey review: Incredible stage set makes for fine show at Aviva, Dublin

Bruce Springsteen's staggering The Lost Albums asks why lesser records were released instead

The sound of glorious pandemonium: Two nights with The Darkness in Ireland

1975 The Year the World Forgot by Dylan Jones review

‘A poor man’s guitar? No ma’am, it’s a rich man’s ukulele’: The lesser-known Beatles stories that will make you smile

Paradise House by Paul Perry: A fascinating, original and well-executed speculative fiction about James Joyce

The ‘sublime insanity’ of airmen who tried to cross the Atlantic first – inspired by a Dubliner

The Waterboys review: New tunes and old classics in the mix at 3Arena

‘Society sees sadness as something to be solved — I don’t agree’

Untaxing page-turner from Bill Clinton and James Patterson in their third collaboration

Elaine Feeney delivers a moving meditation on enforced female roles in Irish society past and present

Bonnie Raitt in Vicar Street: a healing night of welcome warmth and real soul

Air by John Boyne: Superb, at-times harrowing, still questioning

Bono: Stories Of Surrender - Father, Son, And Holy Ghost | Hotpress

Bryan Adams in 3Arena review: Groover from Vancouver gives fans the night of their lives

Glenn Patterson’s The Northern Bank Job is a superb account of Northern Ireland’s most infamous bank robbery

As Long As The Guitar Plays: The Rolling Stones and Exile On Main St. | Hotpress

Qween reign supreme

The Illegals by Shaun Walker: The Russian agent who couldn’t get Irish people to shut up, and other spy stories

Gavin Friday: ‘I wouldn’t wish Bono’s success on anybody’

The Flaming Lips review: Wayne Coyne and co hit the heights for brilliant gig at Olympia, Dublin

John Connolly: ‘Colin Farrell could play any character … he wants to be Charlie Parker’

Story of a Murder: The Wives, the Mistress and Dr Crippen by Hallie Rubenhold – Rich narrative highlights ‘the fear of the empowered woman’

‘You can’t stick a knife in someone in a cosy way - Anthony Horowitz on the myth of the gentle murder

Paul Brady in Dublin review: A welcome stroll through master song writer’s rich past

Gavin Friday review:  Soaring falsetto and Virgin Prunes' revivals make for a fine night

Theatre review: Moonlight: The Philip Lynott Enigma tackles the life of Ireland's great rocker

Chips with everything: How the AI arms race was won and why one dealer controls the industry

Forgiven? Ryan Adams in Vicar St.

John Lydon: ‘I have great fun ­ribbing Bono. He doesn’t have much of a sense of humour’

Mike Scott: ‘Ireland is recovering from a long trauma, and opening out in to a liberal future. I feel very at home’

Bryce Dessner on Taylor Swift: ‘It’s incredible how she finds her way in’

The Darkness - Dreams On Toast | Album Review

The mightiest Fleetwood Mac line-up albums in one handy box

Justin Hawkins of The Darkness: 'I love Cork! I had a birthday there'

From daring musician to influential artist: revisiting the reputation of Yoko Ono

‘I don’t believe any woman would be happy with my son, he’s available for himself and no one else.’ The wives, and lovers, of Pablo Picasso

Ben Okri’s ‘Madame Sosostris’ is a masquerade of literary illusions and insufferable navel-gazers

Sturgill Simpson at Vicar Street: Cosmic country maverick let’s his superb music do the talking

The sexts of early explorers and using polar bears to pull sledges – Erling Kagge’s The North Pole is full of discoveries

Book Review: Adrian Duncan sculpts a serious, artistic and challenging novel

The Vanishing Point by Paul Theroux: If this is his last round–up, his final words are good and true ones

The black pioneers who gave Elvis Presley his ‘leg-shaking things’ and much more

The JFK Conspiracy sheds light on a failed secret plot to kill Kennedy before president ever took office

Eric Dezenhall's Wise Guys and the White House is a fascinating delve into mobsters and the American presidents they influenced

The Best Books Of 2024 | Hotpress

Gig review: The Pogues and friends provide rousing revival of debut album at 3Arena

U2 Special: "Sometimes we move on too quickly and some real beauties can be left behind" | Hotpress

Damien Dempsey: We should play trad music in church every Sunday

Tom Waits' The Heart Of A Saturday Night still sounds smoky on anniversary coloured vinyl

Mötley Crüe rock like a rowboat in a typhoon on the 35th Anniversary edition of Dr Feelgood

Business Post Book Reviews

Night & Day by John Connolly: An entertaining collection of short stories

James Lawless’s Helios starts with a fine premise but descends into a Carry On caper in the Spanish sun

Nick Cave review: Aussie star is magnificent, malevolent and moving at 3Arena, Dublin

Christy Moore review: Superb set at Vicar Street proves he's no ordinary man

Chris Stapleton at 3Arena: Soulful, deep and intimate – and the crowd sang every word

Sack: Wake Up People! – Irish indie veterans release their best album

Crowded House at 3Arena: The close-knit family band display real warmth in an atmospheric gig

Thin Lizzy's big year: Revisited, remixed and thoroughly expanded

Lauryn Hill and the Fugees in Dublin review: Everything fans hoped for in a great show combining soul and power

Simon Delaney on his new projects: a crime thriller novel and a film with Andrew Scott

Rock of ages: David Hepworth on why the show goes on for music’s resilient old guard

Dermot Bolger pokes at old sores in masterful novel full of secrets

My Favourite Things: Sam Peckinpah's Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid | Hotpress

Kris Kristofferson at The Olympia Theatre | Hotpress

Stephen Fry’s Odyssey skilfully pays homage to Homer’s wandering hero

Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari: A worrying and fascinating history of information networks

‘I have no hobbies; writing is what I do’: At 67, author Robert Harris has no plans to slow down

Chernobyl Roulette - A War Story, by Serhii Plokhy: Gripping and unsettling account of Russian misadventure

Robert Harris’s Precipice holds a blowtorch to war-time leader’s affair

"It does what great art is supposed to do, taking the artist's experiences, however dark, and making them universal": Nick Cave returns to the water on Wild God

Coldplay in Croke Park review: Croker loses its collective mind to choruses purpose-built for this kind of night out

Coldplay ready to rock fans at Croke and make the critics choke

Pat Barker’s latest in ancient Greece trilogy gives voice to Trojan women

AC/DC review: Blistering gig at Croke Park, Dublin, proves Aussie rockers are the greatest

AC/DC: We salute them — and all those about to rock at Croke Park

Imelda May guides the new voices of Electric Picnic

Aston Barrett Jr on The Wailers return to Waterford’s All Together Now

Bogus adventure from Keanu Reeves fails to come together so wait for the movie instead

Anne Applebaum’s Autocracy, Inc is a sobering study of global states which leave democracy in the bin

A Lazarus Soul on their new music and being covered by Christy Moore

Operation Biting: Richly detailed account of key WWII manoeuvre

Paul Weller review: That's entertainment as Modfather thrills at Trinity

Stevie Nicks Live Review: Fleetwood Mac singer flies solo in Dublin

Manic Street Preachers And Suede Live In Dublin Review: Double header provides dream night out

Liam Gallagher at 3Arena review: A near-religious 1990s experience delivered by that wondrous voice

Pearl Jam Live Review: Seattle vets make an epic return to Dublin

Out now: Asylum Albums 1976-1980 finds Joni Mitchell inhabiting the art department

Mike Scott on playing Musgrave Park and why Cork is 'Ireland’s seat of poetry and music'

Adam Higginbotham’s admirably researched story of the Challenger space shuttle disaster

Tom Jones and Nile Rodgers & Chic in St Anne’s Park review: groove, soul and a good night out

‘A slow apprenticeship’: Why Kevin Barry’s new book has been decades in the making

Did the world’s most notorious pirate end up spying for his king? Depends who you choose to believe

Ghost Mountain by Rónán Hession offers intriguing panoramas of life, death and other messes

Richard Hawley review: Sheffield star shines at Olympia in Dublin

Rod Stewart review: Hot stuff from the 79-year-old despite the rain in Dublin

Pat Carty with Steven Van Zandt - Full interview Audio

Album Review: Paul Weller - 66 | Hotpress

Steven Van Zandt on Bruce Springsteen's recent Irish gigs, and life with The Boss

Bryan Adams review: Canadian rocker rolls out the hits at 3Arena

Richard Hawley: I'll never forget the Irish venues that backed me early on

Bruce Springsteen in Dublin review: The Boss brings curtain down on glorious Irish sojourn

Gig review: Eric Clapton joined onstage by Paul Brady at 3Arena, Dublin

Crowded House: we’re excited for Ireland tour, even if there’s another pint disaster

Bruce Springsteen's 10 best albums — ranked

The Black Keys review: Straight to the point with meaty set at 3Arena, Dublin

Roland Philipps’s Broken Archangel charts the rise and fall of Roger Casement, a naive Irish hero

Nuclear War: A Scenario: Meticulously researched fictional account of N Korea attacking US

Interview: Rich Robinson on The Black Crowes and Happiness Bastards | Hotpress

"It all becomes a bit by-numbers": Sheryl Crow fails to evolve on unambitious Evolution album

Donegal drifter in Anthony Glavin’s Way Out West is a tad too aimless

Gig review: Simple Minds alive and kicking as they roll out the hits at 3Arena, Dublin

The Black Crowes - Happiness Bastards. Classic Rock Review.

Gig review: Mixed bag from Liam Gallagher and John Squire at Olympia, Dublin

Tale of 12 shipwrecks dives deep beneath the waves to reveal the past

Fourteen Days: Stories about pandemic shut-ins in New York from Margaret Atwood, John Grisham, Celeste Ng, Scott Turow and Emma Donoghue

Mike Scott: ‘I think U2 learnt a lot from the Waterboys’

Rebecca Boyle takes us on a time-travelling odyssey around the moon

The Underground Sea by John Berger: A timely collection with still-striking thoughts

The Superannuated Man - Carty's Musical Memories Of 2023 | Hotpress

Armchair Theatre: The Best Books Of 2023 | Hotpress

Shane MacGowan: the man who made Irish music cool

How drugs ruined Sly Stone’s career and this frustrating story of his life

‘Indomitable Irishry’: How Yeats helped radicalise Ireland — and vice versa

Ranulph Fiennes pays tribute to his hero Lawrence of Arabia

Sticky Fingers, Tattoo You... Pat Carty ranks the Rolling Stones' 10 best albums

Arctic Monkeys in Dublin review: Alex Turner and co kick hard at triumphant 3Arena gig

Kraftwerk in Limerick review: German pioneers nudge King John's Castle into the electronic age

All the people, so many people, hand in hand in their Blur love

Peter Gabriel review: Brilliant blend of old and new at 3Arena, Dublin

Christy Dignam funeral: He’s one of ours, we’re gonna miss him

Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson: Writing with the true language of our souls

The Sleep Watcher by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan: a young woman’s awakenings

Michael Bublé apologises for being too sexy as he reels off greatest hits in Dublin

Bruce Springsteen Dublin review: Sunday Times

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