My interview with the Staves, who play several dates in Ireland soon. Online ⁦Irish Independent⁩ now and in print on Saturday in ⁦Irish Independent Review⁩ independent.ie/entertainment/…

Eamonn Sweeney: Cork were superb but Tipperary’s capitulation was such an insult to their proud history | Irish Independent independent.ie/sport/gaelic-g…

I’d seen enough by this point. As bleak a day for Tipp hurling as we’ve ever seen

Tipp-Cork at Semple is going to be special tomorrow. Effectively a knock-out match in front of a sell-out crowd. Was trying to recall the year the two met in a Munster Final last — hard to believe it was 18 years ago. And it will be at least 19 years before that happens again.

Fifty years ago today — Friday, May 17, 1974 — Dublin and Monaghan experienced the single worst day of the Troubles. Here’s my long-read on how the horror unfolded ⁦Irish Independent⁩ ⁦Irish Independent Review⁩ independent.ie/irish-news/bod…

RTÉ News Crime Correspondent Paul Reynolds reports on the chaotic accidental gangland killing of Josh Itseli and the changing face of organised crime in Ireland with the rise of street gangs
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Hurling, bloody hell!!!

Have you ever seen anything like that Cork win over Limerick?! Amazing stuff from both teams

Cannot wait for Semple tomorrow week

Utterly sensational match in Pairc Ui Chaoimh — first time I’ve ever cheered for Cork

Cork v Limerick: Rebels off to a flyer against Treaty with Championship survival on line
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In today’s Irish Independent Review I look back at one of our darkest days, May 17, 1974. Online Irish Independent

I’m on album reviewing duty on RTE Arena shortly. Up for discussion: Kings of Leon, Villagers and Angus & Julia Stone

Conor O’Brien of Villagers: ‘We’re seeing extremely tribalistic thinking from all sides’
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Conor O’Brien of Villagers: ‘We’re seeing extremely tribalistic thinking from all sides’ | Irish Independent ⁦Villagers⁩ ⁦Faber Music Publications⁩ ⁦Irish Independent⁩ ⁦John Meagher⁩ independent.ie/entertainment/…

In today’s ⁦Irish Independent Review⁩ I chat to Conor O’Briens/Villagers. Free to read on ⁦Irish Independent⁩

Martina Devlin: Failure to get to grips with migration has allowed the far right to infect our politics buff.ly/3wq251m

My ⁦Irish Independent⁩ review of a fascinating new book on the shifting sands of Irish culture in the 1980s
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Delighted to welcome Minister Paschal Donohoe to The Grey Lake Cafe on Loughrea Community Radio tonight at 10.00pm, my first guest on the “Music That Moves”, a series of interviews with people who are passionate about music. Listen on lcrfm.ie or on app; apps.apple.com/ie/app/lcrfm-1…

My ⁦Irish Independent⁩ travel feature on Los Angeles. Spent the best part of a week there last month as a guest of LA Tourism and Aer Lingus independent.ie/life/travel/wo…

My long-read interview with Caio Benicio, who came to national attention after intervening in the Parnell Street attack. Put some questions to him on video also ⁦Irish Independent⁩ ⁦Irish Independent Review⁩ independent.ie/irish-news/is-…