Daithí, Fontaines DC and Girl Band among artists listed for annual album award

Plus: Andrew Weatherall, The Coronas, and Club Comfort’s alternative birthday party

‘I used to joke that I was the only Irish person in Philly I knew that didn’t own a pub. It’s only a slight exaggeration’

The singer-songwriter on Mick Flannery’s musical, Damien Dempsey’s collaboration with Katie Tempest, classic film Il Postino and Cillian Murphy’s piercing eyes

The actor on her love for Barcelona, The Honest Actors’ Podcast and Mick Flannery

The Blarney native’s latest effort perfectly illustrates his strengths as a musician

Plays for an audience of one and a Mick Flannery musical are among this year’s ambitious programme

It’s the simplicity of the story that resonates in this musical based on Mick Flannery’s concept album

The characters in Ursula Rani Sarma’s first musical, a collaboration with the Cork singer-songwriter called Evening Train, yearn to escape their small-town home

Theatre, music and literature galore is to be found across the city from the 13th June

Scarlet Rivera’s violin on the album informed Mick Flannery’s approach to music

Series to screen performances and interviews from the maiden Ballina event

It’s hard not to be bamboozled by the choice on offer. Here’s a selection of the best bits

The second batch of set times for Cosby Tent, Jerry Fish, Trenchtown, Theatre of Food

From James Vincent McMorrow and Lisa Hannigan to Imelda May’s bid to out-Jools Jools

MICK FLANNERYI Own You *** Universal Music Ireland

Line-up also features Mick Flannery, Galway outfit We Banjo 3 and Roy Harper

Suede, a new work inspired by Eileen Gray and US model Cameron Russell are also on the July arts festival bill

They’ve attained success, adoring fans and sell-out shows across Europe, but few in Ireland want to know. Meet the exiles

Street processions, bodhrán sessions and fireworks displays help to announce 2016