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It has been eight years since Radiohead last performed on Irish soil, but, as the band’s legions of Irish fans know, True Love Waits. The genre-eclipsing rockers have announced new European tour dates, and Dublin is on the bill. Radiohead…
Have you ever wondered what the Irish people are saying? I know some of us just nod along and pretend we understand everything when we are listening to a foreign language. The Irish, however, take things to a whole new…
Fire crews were called out last night to tackle a blaze at a well-known pub in Tallaght. The Dublin Fire Brigade despatched five units from Tallaght, Dolphin’s Barn and Rathfarnham to the incident at The Cuckoos Nest on Greenhill Road…
Ireland has a long history and still keeps many traditions and habits. One of them is traditional Irish dance. Lots of Irish inhabitants are part of some dance school, association or group. They practice this Irish dance and enjoy the…
The Brazilian community in Dublin is one of the biggest foreign communities in the city, and by far the biggest collection of non-EU residents are from Brazil. There is a Facebook group for Dublin residents hailing from the South American…
75-year-old rock legend Bob Dylan was awarded The Nobel Prize “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition” Born in 1941, Robert Allen Zimmerman, who took the name Dylan from Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, began his…
Tuesday nights have a special place in the hearts of Dublin’s music lovers. Since 1999, Doyle’s bar on D’Olier street have hosted the Ruby Sessions, a non-profit showcase of the best and brightest musical talent, both local and from the…
Hard Working Class Heroes festival, the grassroots music event taking place across Dublin this weekend, continues to excite locals and tourists alike. With a free daytime element, allowing passersby access to live acts at venues right across the city, there…
Turning up to watch one of the first live acts of Hard Working Class Heroes, the pan-Dublin music festival taking place from today until Saturday, was an experience about as far from could be expected of a rock band playing…