Band with Mayo connections miss out on Best Rock Album at the Grammys
Irish band Fontaines D.C. missed out on a prize at the Grammys last night.
They were nominated for the Best Rock Album award for A Hero s Death but it went to The Strokes.
Two Castlebar men form part of the five-member group, whose debut album was voted one of the best albums of 2019.
Drummer Tom Coll, from Crimlin and bass guitarist Conor Deegan are integral members of the band that met at music college in Dublin at the British and Irish Modern Music Institute.
Beyonce won three awards at the virtual ceremony - making history by becoming the most decorated female artist in the history of the awards.
Hollywood actress to take part in virtual Swinford St Patrick s Day parade Published: Monday, 15 March 2021 11:54
The Swinford St Patrick s Day parade is going virtual - for the second year in a row.
This is the 70th year of the Swinford parade, but due to Covid-19 restrictions, the traditional parades cannot take place.
To mark the occasion, the Swinford Chats Podcast with Tommy Stenson and Cathal Kelly have teamed up with the town s parade committee to broadcast a 2-hour special video live stream on Facebook and YouTube this Tuesday evening at 8pm.
Hollywood actress and comedian Jane Lynch - best-known for her role as Sue Sylvester in Glee - will be joining Cathal and Tommy to celebrate her Irish roots, as her grandparents Mary Lynskey and William Lynch grew up in the Swinnford area before emigrating to the US in 1918.