Ireland News » Dublin News Ireland » Dublin » Music: Westlife in Dublin, Harry Styles in NYC: Ireland loses out as major acts favour residencies
For artists, residencies are a ‘much kinder way of touring’. For Ireland, the shift towards long runs in big cities presents a particular challenge ...
News Ireland » Dublin » Music: 47 Years Ago This Month, A Dublin Band Released 1,000 Copies, Then Became One Of the Greatest Rock Bands Of All Time
In 1979, U2 released its first record, ‘U2-3’—a 1,000-copy Irish pressing that launched a career now ranked among Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Artists, with 22 Grammys and a Rock Hall legacy.
News Ireland » Dublin » Music: Irish heritage sites take center stage as music series Anam Sessions returns
The Office of Public Works and Other Voices have announced that "Other Voices: The Anam Sessions" will return this September, bringing four musical performances filmed inside some of Ireland's most ...
News Ireland » Dublin » Music: The Button Factory at 30 - keeping Dublin's music scene alive
By contrast, everything within the Button Factory, which this year celebrates its third decade in business, has always felt warm. Inside, the four walls that frame it – lined with the names, awards ...
News Ireland » Dublin » Music: Irish music industry invites EU commissioner for AI copyright talk
European Commission EVP Henna Virkkunen will deliver a keynote address at a conference in Dublin on the future of copyright in the age of AI. The Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) and newspaper ...
News Ireland » Dublin » Music: TradFest 2026: Dublin’s Winter Celebration of Irish Music and Culture
Each January, Dublin comes alive with the sound of fiddles, flutes, and bodhráns as TradFest, Ireland’s largest traditional music festival, takes over the city. Rooted in the historic streets of ...
News Ireland » Dublin » Music: In Dublin’s Pubs, Raising a Farewell Pint to Shane MacGowan
The Pogues singer, who died Thursday, took traditional Irish music in a new direction. Most people in Ireland loved him for it. By Ed O’Loughlin Reporting from Dublin Christmas came early this year in ...
News Ireland » Dublin » Music: 25 unmissable things to do in Dublin, Ireland [updated 2026]
Dublin is one of the most magical and unique cities in the world – it’s where pub doors open up to rooms of Irish folk music and laughter, where down every cobblestone lane, historic Georgian ...
News Ireland » Dublin » Music: A guide to Dublin, from literary classics to coastal trails
A guide to Dublin, from literary classics to coastal trails From Temple Bar to the Book of Kells, the Irish capital has its fair share of iconic attractions, but you’ll find just as much magic ...