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MacGowan told the stories of people on the edges of society. He never shirked from their degradation, pain and humanity while also elevating their lives into something rich, beautiful and mythic

From the archive: How The Irish Times reviewed Rum, Sodomy & the Lash, the band’s second album, in 1985

Shane MacGowan Tribute: Saying Goodbye to the Pogues Genius

15 Essential Shane MacGowan Songs

I take serious issue with Jennifer Rubin’s piece (‘Despite crass effort to flip the narrative, Al-Shifa was used as a military facility’, Irish Independent, November 21).

A United States Senator, Hiram Johnson, once said "the first casualty, when war comes, is truth" with this observation worth bearing in mind in...

•The high-quality, well-loved and equally well-attended slate of concerts that Brian O’Donovan organized, nourished, and emceed for so many years at the Burren Backroom will now live on there in his name. And the Brian O’Donovan Legacy Series will get off to quite the start on Nov. 1, presenting uilleann piper Cillian Vallely and Worcester-born-and-bred fiddler David Doocey –

In this episode of For One Night Only (FONO), Sue Wilkinson is the host and she talks with the ever-talented long-time JOY presenter Katie Purvis. Each Sunday morning Katie shares nourishing folk, roots, acoustic and pop music on the very popular JOY 94.9 show Miss Chatelaine. Katie has a passion for many other things besides music, including book editing, singing, and the Melbourne Football Club. Join us as she shares the mixtape of her life which includes songs from Johnny Farnham, Mark Hol...

MORE than 80 guests joined the Peebles Callants Club Annual Supper on Monday (June 19), marking the start of Beltane Festival celebrations.

MORE than 80 guests joined the Peebles Callants Club Annual Supper on Monday (June 19), marking the start of Beltane Festival celebrations.