Michael Flatley at 52 returns this week to the stage in Belfast as Lord of the Dance.
As he opens the show’s latest tour, with himself as the lead, Flatley says he’s not in the least bit worried that age has slowed him down, and that fans will be as thrilled as they always have with [...]

Galway accordionist Máirtín O’Connor was confirmed a master yesterday when NUI Galway awarded him an honorary degree.
The celebrated musician, who was accompanied by his parents, wife Sietske and family, struck up a few tunes on his accordion after the ceremony. Two of his three daughters, Ciara and Sinéad, played the [...]

Co Sligo flute and fiddle player Peter Horan died on October 17, 2010, in the North West Hospice, Sligo.
Peter Horan was born on June 25, 1926, in Bunnanadden, Killavil, in Co Sligo. Killavil lies near Ballymote in that musical part of south Sligo which also gave birth to Michael Coleman, James Morrison, Paddy Killoran, Lad [...]

Martin O’Grady, has given more than 400 young Irish musicians, artists and their teachers in the Bronx the free use of a house so they can excel in their area of interest – for free.
Martin, who is aged 79 and emigrated to New York from Co Roscommon in 1959, “saw a gap” [...]

When Mark Pottinger signed up for Irish dance lessons at the age of 44,  he had never taken any kind of dance training. After watching Irish dancers on St. Patrick’s Day, he signed his then seven-year old daughter up for lessons at the Bennett School of Irish Dance in Denver, Colorado.
When he [...]

Singer Paul Brady confronted Communications Minister Eamon Ryan at a music seminar in Dublin over what he perceives as the Government’s failure to protect the livelihoods and rights of Irish recording artists.
Paul Brady said he didn’t believe the Government was taking a strong enough line when it came to banning and blocking [...]