Ireland from the 1970s to the 1990s must have been groaning with future celebrities of the diaspora
We should be flattered that, like the ginger guitar-basher Ed Sheeran, so many people yearn to be ‘culturally’ Irish
Shane MacGowan
Singer, songwriter and Pogues frontman; 1957-2023
Shane Doyle: Founder of NYC music venue where stars including Sineád O’Connor performed
Sin-é was a retreat for visiting Irish musicians, and it was Doyle who gave Jeff Buckley his start
Cáit O’Riordan: ‘I quit the Pogues at 21. I got sober ... didn’t see Shane much’
The musician on her love of the Irish people, her brief but formative years in The Pogues, and how her attitude to alcohol differed from Shane MacGowan’s
Midway through his interview with Brendan O’Connor, Bono confesses
The RTÉ Radio 1 host eventually asks if the U2 frontman was wrong to accept a medal from Joe Biden given US support for Israel’s invasion of Gaza
Why do so many Irish men look Australian? Ireland is under a sort of reverse colonisation
The unholy mullet-moustache diptych is a sign that the emigrant experience works both ways
The Murder Capital: ‘Nick Cave listened to our whole album and was sitting there telling us his favourite tunes’
The Irish indie band on toxic nationalism, rebel songs and how Dublin’s Bimm Music Institute helped shape their outlook
Inside Dublin’s United Arts Club: ‘I probably walked by this building hundreds of times without knowing what it was’
The United Arts Club, on Fitzwilliam Street Upper, has been supporting its members for more than a century. After some quiet years, it’s growing again
Peggy Seeger: ‘I met Bob Dylan before he was Bob Dylan. He came for my autograph’
The artist born Robert Zimmerman may not have acknowledged his debt to her, but Seeger is widely regarded as a foundational voice of modern folk
‘It’s the first compliment I’ve got in 48 years.’ David O’Doherty and his dad’s familial jam isn’t overly sweet
David O’Doherty and His Dad Do Jazz is joyful, offbeat radio that’s perfect for any season
The Pogues at 3Arena: Applause rang out into the night, the crowd singing their way out on to the quays
A stacked line-up including members of Fontaines DC, Lankum and The Mary Wallopers delivers a brilliantly infectious performance
‘My dad managed the Pogues. I’ve refused to let the sense of loss take over at Christmas’
Growing up as part of The Pogues family, Shannon Murray, daughter of the band’s manager Frank Murray, explains how Fairytale of New York has a poignant meaning for her each Christmas
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds at 3Arena: Thrilling, pulsating and stunning performance from restless prince of gloom
Nick Cave: Interplay between singer and instrument-bashing foil Warren Ellis helps to drive this spectacular show
Shane MacGowan mural in Co Tipperary nears completion
Artwork in Nenagh featuring the late Pogues singer is expected to be finished at the end of this week
Nick Cave: ‘Acceptance is tricky. Trying to get back to what you used to be, I consider a waste of time. You are fundamentally changed’
Ahead of the 18th Bad Seeds studio album, Cave shares expansive thoughts on grief, the ‘angel’ Shane MacGowan and the beauty of the world
James Clarence Mangan: Bohemian and outsider, the Shane MacGowan of his day
Bridget Hourican on trying to get under the skin of a long-dead Irish poet
Forest Fest 2024 review: Golden oldies shine, Shane MacGowan’s spirit inspires
Dexys deliver another outstanding performance, and everyone loves The Human League’s action
Larry Masterson obituary: RTÉ producer and social justice campaigner
At Montrose he worked on The Live Mike and guided The Late Late Show through its difficult transition out of the Gay Byrne era
Sinéad O’Connor’s daughter sings Nothing Compares 2 U at New York tribute
Róisín Waters was joined by several artists honouring O’Connor and Shane MacGowan at Carnegie Hall
Taylor Swift producer Jack Antonoff: ‘I thought Shane MacGowan would last forever... He’s the ultimate artist’
Jack Antonoff is a top-flight producer of the likes of Lorde, Lana Del Rey and St Vincent. He’s also very keen to talk about the recently departed Pogues singer
TV guide: 12 of the best shows to watch this week
March 3rd-8th: From royal drama Mary & George to Imelda May on WB Yeats’s forgotten sisters
What’s wrong with University Hospital Limerick?
The midwest hospital, serving a population of about 400,000, is considered one of the worst blackspots in the Irish health service. That’s despite large increases in spending and staffing
Art by Guggi, Dorothy Cross and Shane MacGowan features in sale in aid of Gaza
Proceeds of auction will go to Médecins Sans Frontières
The Belfast film-maker who was Shane MacGowan’s cleaner in London
The Irish in England loved him. And many English in England loved him also
Richard Coles: ‘Do you know who Shane MacGowan reminded me of? Maria Callas’
Both ‘lived on capital, not interest’, says the former Communard and recently retired vicar, who is bringing his Borderline National Trinket ‘stand-up memoir’ to Ireland
Obituaries of 2023: 50 people who died this year
The Irish Times’s obituary writers have marked the deaths of more than 150 people this year. Here are 50 of the best known
Siobhan MacGowan: My mind is full still with the magical mayhem of my brother Shane’s life
Even as very young children growing up in Tunbridge Wells, we were sure of our roots. Identity is not a postcode, and Shane understood this more than most
TV guide: 12 of the best new shows to watch this week, beginning tonight
From the inside story behind Shane MacGowan’s masterpiece Fairytale of New York to Christmas cooking with Mark Moriarty and Rory O’Connell
Long day’s journey into Nenagh - Frank McNally on the stress of covering celebrity funerals
Deadlines, from filing copy to car park closures, leave this journalist late to the party
An Irishwoman’s Christmas while sailing round the world: ‘I made fish tacos while The Pogues blared from our boat’
‘It’s nearly Christmas and we’re 20 nautical miles off the east coast of Australia.’ Kate Ashe Leonard hopes to make it to Sydney in time
Shane MacGowan bows out as thousands line streets on a rainy day in Nenagh
Town turns out to welcome singer home for the last time as wife Victoria Mary Clarke delivers eulogy
Crowds line Dublin streets to cheer, sing and bid farewell to ‘huge legend’ Shane MacGowan
As Pogues singer's cortege passed Westland Row only the slow beat of a drum and the lament of an uilleann piper could be heard before the applause began
Shane MacGowan funeral: Nick Cave and Johnny Depp play roles in star-studded service in Nenagh
Funeral featuring some of The Pogues’ greatest hits concludes with The Parting Glass as thousands line streets for singer who died aged 65
Shane MacGowan funeral cortege to pass through Dublin streets today on final farewell
Procession to be led by Artane Band and lone piper as horse-drawn carriage bears coffin ahead of Co Tipperary burial
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