To mark the opening of the Dublin Bowie Festival you can read my interview with his bassist Gail Ann Dorsey Irish Mail on Sunday. I've also reviewed the new album by The Murder Capital and you can check out my What's On guide. Aiken Promotions Foggy Notions MCD Productions Selective Memory

I'm writing about my favourite city in the world, #Porto #Portugal I hope this might inspire you to visit. Several ports in a storm at Porto’s poshest hotel tomsweeneytravelwriter.com/2025/03/03/sev…

Sunday Independent front page, after a fast turnaround on the Thomas Gould story, looking like this. Lots of interesting stories and big reads inside. Pity about the rugby!

I'm in #Paris, in front of a certain cathedral, and that's the lunch pack of Notre Dame.

Twenty years ago yesterday my comic play, 'One Flew Over the Henrik Larsson Lounge', played to a packed house in the #ErrigleInn on Belfast's Ormeau Road, a magical night I'll never forget. Sadly, Kevin Dorothy, who played Sammy the Hun, is no longer with us, except in our hearts

Sunday Independent front page looking like this. Lots more inside across five sections

Micko. He made lives better.

You can read my interview with the excellent This Is The Kit Irish Mail on Sunday . I also review the new album by Mumford & Sons and you can check out this week's gigs in What's On including shows by JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN and idrawslow Aiken Promotions Foggy Notions MCD Productions

This is the front page of my final edition of the Sunday Independent, after five years and four weeks in the job. Inside a big paper is the surprise interview trailed top left plus a whole lot more. It's been a joy and a privilege, thanks to a hugely committed team. Over and out

The front page of this week's Sunday Independent

Greetings from the aftermath of Fontaines D.C in Londinium. More of which anon. In the meantime you can read my interview with that quartet of Scottish awesomeness Mogwai in the Irish Mail on Sunday. Check What's On for this week's gigs. Fontaines D.C. KNEECAP Mogwai

In tomorrow's (Saturday) Herald I'm writing about Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital of the Spanish Basque Country. Fly to #Bilbao from Dublin with #AerLingus or sail from #Rosslare with #BrittanyFerries

Remains of Bishop Eamonn Casey removed from the crypt of Galway Cathedral - a year on since RTÉ documentary aired and after Irish Mail on Sunday broke the story in 2019 independent.ie/irish-news/chu…

Ahead of their Natural Women show in Vicar Street in September I interview Flo McSweeney and Leslie Dowdall in the Irish Mail on Sunday . I also review the new album by The Swell Season and and you can check out gigs to see in What On's including Mogwai in Galway, billie eilish

You can read my interview with Ali Campbell of ALI CAMPBELL in the Irish Mail on Sunday I also review the new album by Paul Weller and you can check out this week's gigs in What's On such as Richard Thompson in Galway International Arts Festival, All Together Now in Waterford and Onóir official in Donegal.

Spain’s tomatoes are elite 🍅✨ Sun-soaked fields and generations of care make every bite bursting with flavor. That’s why Spanish tomatoes are simply unbeatable.🌞 👉 travelspain.info/4nwASzK 📸 @pacocastanares on IG #VisitSpain #ThinkyouknowSpain #SpainGastronomy

Until I went to live and work in Spain in 1984, I hated tomatoes. Then I discovered Spanish tomatoes -- it was like winning the lottery -- and now I love them (but only big tasty Spanish ones, with extra virgen olive oil and black pepper). Mmmmm!

Genius. What else can you call someone who sang the periodic table and made it funny?

There are no ‘Tourists go home’ signs in this ‘secret’ capital city in northern Spain independent.ie/life/travel/eu…

This is Sir Roger the Asian elephant who was shot by firing squad for being trunk and disorderly, and he's one of the main attractions in Glasgow's Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. I'm writing about #Glasgow in today's (Saturday) travel pages in The Herald.