Rebel Notes: A timely take on republicanism and music, from The Wolfe Tones to Kneecap, via Alan Partridge
Stan Erraught is ideally placed to navigate this territory as a former member of 1980s band Stars of Heaven
Wolfe Tones
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
From Billie Eilish to Electric Picnic: 85 unmissable concerts and festivals in Ireland in 2025
From Charli XCX to Olivia Rodrigo via Oasis and The Wolfe Tones, here’s how the calendar’s shaping up from January to November
Christy Moore: A Terrible Beauty review – Hits the bull’s-eye again and again
There is no emotion that doesn’t get a nod in the singer-songwriter’s latest album
The Wolfe Tones announce ‘final farewell’ show next year in Limerick
Folk group set to play last ever Irish show after more than 60 years together
Electric Picnic 2024: The weekend in pictures
Kylie Minogue, Calvin Harris, Raye and The Wolfe Tones highlights over three days of music, culture and craic
Electric Picnic: On a great year for Irish acts, The Wolfe Tones arguably attract festival’s biggest crowd
Home-grown talent draws large crowds and responses from the festival’s audience in Stradbally, Co Laois
Electric Picnic 2024: Sunday stage times for all the top areas, weather forecast and more
When and where to catch Kylie Minogue, Raye, The Wolfe Tones, CMAT and more
Melodic munificence of JP McManus
Colin Coyle on housing for Westlife member, former Web Summit CEO tilling the fields, Kneecap’s film, the IRFU, Isaac Allen and possible encore for Wolfe Tones man
The Wolfe Tones’ Celtic Symphony and NWA’s Straight Outta Compton: Separated at birth?
Donald Clarke: Rap lyrics have been used as evidence against hundreds of people in UK courts. It’s part of a cultural divide that campaigners want to end
David Holmes: ‘I was able to see the real Sinéad O’Connor. She was fiercely intelligent, ridiculously funny’
The DJ, producer and sountrack composer is releasing his first solo album for 15 years. He’d also like to release the songs he made with the late singer
Patrick Freyne: The Wolfe Tones love Ireland so much they luxuriate in its tortured history
The traditional group – the hip new band of 2023 after going strong for 60 years – performed at the 3Olympia in Dublin on Sunday
Teaching the Troubles: What are students learning about the 30-year conflict in school?
In Northern Ireland, most students never study the Troubles while the education offered in the South is patchy
Taoiseach says he believes there will be a united Ireland in his lifetime
Leo Varadkar said people were ‘reading too much’ into crowds attending Wolfe Tones concert at Electric Picnic
Young people should educate themselves about Troubles, says Bertie Ahern after Wolfe Tones draw record crowd
Comments come after thousands sing ‘Ooh, ah, up the Ra’ during Wolfe Tones’ Electric Picnic performance
Electric Picnic 2023 in pictures: From the early arrivals to thousands trying to see the Wolfe Tones
The best of this year’s Electric Picnic festival through the lens of Irish Times photographer Alan Betson
Irish rebel music is more than an endorsement of the IRA, it is a way to connect with the past
There was no ‘Up the Ra’ after Sinn Féin’s recent victory. However, rebel music is not the hateful canon of stereotype
‘Up the ‘Ra’ rings out at Wolfe Tones gig trumpeting a version of Irish history
Brian Warfield’s Celtic Symphony is played twice at 3Olympia theatre gig
‘Fields of Athenry’ composer Pete St John dies aged 90
Tributes paid to singer-songwriter from the worlds of music, sport and politics
Not even a wedding can derail the momentum of club championships
Business end of the provincial stage to come as Croke Park semis await for Leinster sides
Patrickswell dethrone Limerick champions Na Piarsaigh in semi-final
Limerick star Lynch’s side face Kilmallock in the final while Dunloy hurlers make it three-in-a-row in Antrim
Crowd of 10,000 attends largest open-air music event in Ireland since start of pandemic
Proof of vaccination, recovery from Covid-19 in previous six months or negative test needed for entry
The country that I love doesn’t seem to want me here
Ireland sucked me in, in that sad subtle way like a few too many pints, and I wanted to make a life here
I will be on the first flight home. I hope my grandparents will be there to meet me
Brianna Parkins: Australia’s restrictions on arrivals caused me to miss my uncle’s funeral
Bruised but unbowed Bellaghy emerge from a tragic history
All-Ireland club champions in 1972, Derry club suffered dark days during Troubles
Miriam Lord: Opposition casts Government as Duds’ Army after new Covid battle plan
Captain Micheál Mainwaring’s new motto is ‘hold firm and stick to the basics’
Lack of smiles all round: April Fools pranks few and far between in 2020
Fall in jokes and jibes surfacing, with a few exceptions, during coronavirus pandemic
Miriam Lord: Seanad candidates get their campaigns in full swing
Ruth Coppinger goes on the attack while Justin Warfield warbles some old tunes
Come Out Ye Black And Tans is number 1 in Irish and UK iTunes charts
The Wolfe Tones tweet says band will donate proceeds to Peter McVerry Trust
Wolfe Tones frontman Brian Warfield diagnosed with Parkinson’s
Musician vows to ‘just keep going... we all have our ailments at this stage of life’
Come Out Ye Black and Tans: Think you know what it’s about? You probably don’t
It has been on Alan Partridge and a Brady’s ham ad. So what does the rebel song mean?
Alan Partridge singing Come Out, Ye Black and Tans both awkward and hilarious
BBC One viewers treated to a stirring rendition of the rebel song on the ‘This Time with Alan Partridge’ show
Brady Family Ham’s Black and Tans: the perfect ad for the Brexit era
The Father Ted director takes the mick with his version of a Wolfe Tones rabble-rouser
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