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If you love art, dancing, literature, movies and more - you'll love these terrific festivals. We're heading to Cork, Dublin and Galway!

The author also opens our eyes to streetscapes such as South William Street and College Green

In an uncertain time, the certainty of Irish tradition attracts new listeners, Kate Demolder writes

From unhappy beginnings, he finally found his place as a champion and publisher of a glittering and eclectic assortment of poets

Shane MacGowan has been hailed as a poet, lyricist, singer and trailblazer at his funeral ceremony in County Tipperary.

Shane MacGowan was remembered as a poet, lyricist, singer, and trailblazer at his funeral service in his native town of Nenagh, Co Tippera

Shane MacGowan's funeral celebrated a punk icon's life in a rather fitting yet touching fashion.

The comedian ensures the reader feels held in this journey into her descent into a ‘typhoon of mental torture’

Actor Johnny Depp helped carry the coffin of Shane MacGowan after the funeral mass as members of his band The Pogues sang The Parting Glass in tribute to their frontman.

The funeral of The Pogues’ frontman Shane MacGowan has got under way in Co Tipperary and mourners have heard he was “a poet, lyricist, singer, trailblazer” who “spoke to life’s realities for the many who are numbered as his fans”.