‘The joyful atmosphere is the same’: The Uyghur teacher bringing Irish dancing to Xinjiang
Inspired by Riverdance, Yusupjan Kiyum set up an Irish dancing school whose members perform at sold-out venues across the region
Michael Flatley
Miriam Lord’s Week: Chambers puts his foot in it, while the Lord of the Dance makes Leinster House cameo
Michael Flatley’s famous Feet of Flames should not to be confused with that long running Dáil Éireann production: Pants on Fire
Riverdance composer Bill Whelan: ‘I think we forget how important ritual is, and we’re losing it’
Composer, arranger and performer on Riverdance’s effect on Ireland, contemporary trad music, AI and facing down eternity
Michael Flatley fights insurer’s bid to move court case to arbitration
Michael Flatley is suing several parties over alleged damage to his mansion in Co Cork
Michael Flatley on his new whiskey: ‘named after my father and my father’s father and his father before him’
The former Riverdance maestro created the five-year-old whiskey with hugely experienced master blender Noel Sweeney
Michael Flatley launches new Irish whiskey brand
It is expected the whiskey will be launched in the United States later this summer, with a worldwide launch in 2025
Planned Freedom of Cork recipient ‘stunned’ at award
Mary Crilly to be honoured for 40 years helping survivors of sexual and domestic abuse
Irish dancing? It’s all about one-upmanship, says Jean Butler
TV review: ‘Steps Of Freedom: The Story Of Irish Dance’ chronicles the Riverdance effect
‘It’s bowled me over how Irish people look after each other. And they work bloody hard’
New to the Parish: Charlene Mathieson, who is from England, moved to Ireland in 2019
TV View: Olympic feat of staying up late watching Tokyo games
Mary Hannigan: From dressage to diving to Taekwondo to loopy, roundy, kicky things
Riverdance the movie: Pierce Brosnan and Brendan Gleeson hoof it up on a screen near you
Michael Flatley becomes an impressively antlered elk in a new animated film based on the hit show
Game, Set, Mismatch – Frank McNally on journalism’s favourite word, Billy Brennan revisited, and a tale of two Zoom events
An Irishman’s Diary
Chinese vase valued €800 sells for €1.2m at Irish auction
Celadon jade vase from Qing dynasty sets Irish record for item sold at public art auction
Michael Flatley’s house clear-out: from Hannibal Lecter mask for €85,000 to ‘gorgeous cushions’ for €190
The dancer’s taste is eclectic if nothing else, judging by the sale of items from his Co Cork estate
Michael Flatley's Hannibal Lecter mask among sale of Castlehyde contents
Contents sale of Lord of the Dance's Fermoy estate to offer 700 lots including film mask guiding €80,000-€120,000
TV View: In RTÉ’s Eurovisiony studio, it was Ireland nul points
We wouldn’t have blinked if Michael Flatley suddenly tapped his way across the floor
Ed Sheeran’s £200m fortune places him among UK’s top 10 richest musicians
Michael Flatley retains position in wealth list while Rihanna joins after moving to London
Why is Michael Flatley’s spy movie getting so much flak?
Let the Riverdancer release his ‘vanity project’ Blackbird and silence the Twitter haters
‘Leukaemia, cancer, Crumlin – all in one sentence. Everything just stopped’
Ten-year-old Lily Burke needed three years of chemo after her diagnosis, as a toddler
Allegations of sexual abuse rock the US world of Irish dancing
Three lawsuits filed in New Jersey allege abuse by Irish dancing instructors
Ken Early: Ireland and Georgia have one problem in common - a difficult neighbour
Flying 10,000km to watch a match will some day be seen as a mad thing people used to do
Tricky assignment for Ireland as they chase a vital win in Georgia
Mick McCarthy hints strongly that James Collins will lead the attacking line in Tbilisi
Mick McCarthy confirms Shane Duffy to start for Ireland against Georgia
Manager also points towards striker James Collins getting the nod up front in Tbilisi
Michael O’Leary no longer a Rich List billionaire with just €865m
Ireland now has 17 billionaires with overall wealth of the top 300 put at €87 billion
Twilight Zone stuff as Spurs complete mission impossible
TV View: ‘If Tottenham turn this around I’ll think I’ve seen everything’
Ireland’s Got Talent: Surprise winners BSD look like they might spontaneously combust
Review: The hyperbolic judging panel are a work in progress, in dire need of a Mr or Ms Nasty
Fundraiser for cancer services in Limerick goes ahead despite death of organiser
Mary Cregan (33) a nurse at University Hospital Limerick had brain tumour
Paul McKenna: My life was very much a pleasure driven life
The hypnotist and author says he taught others to become thin, confident, smart, rich, but only recently sorted his own life
Lillie’s Bordello closes: ‘I've nowhere to go now... This is my sanctuary’
‘End of an era’ and ‘Where will we go now?’ were the common refrains at the last night of Lillie’s Bordello
Inside Dublin’s private clubs: ‘We decided not to hide behind a veil of secrecy’
The Stephen’s Green Hibernian Club could be a boutique hotel. The Kildare Street and University Club, a few doors down, is more secretive
Watch us lose the run of ourselves after beating All Blacks
Beating the All Blacks is a notions bonanza and thus laden with danger for Irish rugby
Papal paraphernalia ‘selling like hotcakes’ as retailers cash in on Pope’s visit
T-shirts, rosary beads, mugs and umbrellas all emblazoned with image of Pope Francis
Michael Flatley’s first film as writer, director and star
A poster for ‘Blackbird’ suggests the plot of ‘Casablanca’, with Flatley in the Bogart role
Michael Flatley’s Cork home back on market with 37% price drop
In 2017, the Palladian mansion on 150 acres then priced at €20m was quietly ‘disappeared’ from open market property listings
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