Baggot Inn News Today

Joe OHerlihy began his association with U2 in 1970s as a soundman at the Arcadia in Cork. Hes still a sound man in every sense of the word, and it was great to catch up with him at Sphere in Las Vegas 

The band’s new Las Vegas set sounds, looks and feels like no other gig you’ve been to

Las Vegas turned green this weekend as Irish fans flocked to see U2 open their 25-night residency in the entertainment capital of the world.

I was there to see U2 with The Blades at the Baggot, and I look forward to seeing the new show at the sensational Sphere in Las Vegas 

I was there to see U2 with The Blades at the Baggot, and I look forward to seeing the new show at the sensational Sphere in Las Vegas 

Shane Smith has come a long way from pulling pints in Dublin’s Baggot Inn. Back in the late 1980s, when the Baggot Inn was a landmark in the capital’s music scene, Smith — the son of Irish parents who emigrated to Ottawa in the 1960s — spent a year working behind the bar dispensing drinks and smiles to punters with a sense of merriment that only a 19-year-old Canadian could get away with.

Revenue at Louis Fitzgerald’s hotel and pub group nearly tripled in the 12 months to June last year to €55.7m as business surged after the pandemic.

Happy 57th Birthday, Tracy Chapman! To celebrate, we're revisiting Peter Murphy's interview with the iconic singer-songwriter, originally published in Hot Pr...

Neil McCormick, a friend of U2 in their earliest days, who, as a writer, has closely monitored their progress since then, analyses Eamon Dunphy's much-touted...

How Ireland has changed since we made our cult – and newly rereleased – third album