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Protest in Dublin as Palestine Action hunger striker in UK prison passes 70 days14 January 2026
PALESTINE ACTION HUNGER striker Hiba Muraisi is in critical condition after refusing food for 73 days. The 31-year-old, held in New Hall Prison in northern England, has now bypassed then MP Bobby Sands who died after 66 days on republican hunger strike in 1981. In Ireland, protests are being held across the country today in… Read more: Protest in Dublin as Palestine Action hunger striker in UK prison passes 70 days
Government criticised for delaying powers forcing grocery sector to reveal costs14 January 2026
THE GOVERNMENT HAS pushed out the introduction of planned new powers for the Agri-Food Regulator by a year. In December, it was announced that the body was being granted increased powers to compel agri-food businesses to provide it with data around pricing, supply chains and salaries. The new powers will also give the body the… Read more: Government criticised for delaying powers forcing grocery sector to reveal costs
As Denmark ditches mail, An Post’s mail boss says Ireland won’t be following suit14 January 2026
AN POST SAY Ireland will be reliant on delivered post “into the next decade”. The reaction comes as the Danish postal service has wound down their service. On 30 December, ending a more than 400-year-old tradition PostNord said it would deliver its last letter, cut 1,500 jobs in Denmark and remove 1,500 red postboxes amid… Read more: As Denmark ditches mail, An Post’s mail boss says Ireland won’t be following suit
George Nkencho raised a knife above his head shortly before he was shot by gardaí, inquest hears14 January 2026
GEORGE NKENCHO TOOK out a knife and raised it above his head in his first interaction with gardaí a short time before he was shot dead by armed officers outside his family home in west Dublin five years ago, an inquest has heard. A local resident, Richard Desay, told a sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s… Read more: George Nkencho raised a knife above his head shortly before he was shot by gardaí, inquest hears

National Concert Hall announces winners of 2025 Bursary Awards14 January 2026
Via The Journal Of Music: The National Concert Hall has announced the winners of its three bursary awards for 2025. The €10,000 Young Musician Award for String Players will be shared between violinist Sam Monedero Egan, violinist Scarlett Xu and cellist Elizabeth Troup; mezzo-soprano Deirdre Arratoon has been awarded the €5,000 Bernadette Greevy Bursary Award… Read more: National Concert Hall announces winners of 2025 Bursary Awards
Other Voices Home at the Guinness Storehouse14 January 2026
A night at the Guinness Storehouse always carries a certain magic, but this edition of Other Voices: Home at Guinness felt like something rarer still, a gathering where music, poetry, and place intertwined in a way only Dublin can conjure. Across the evening, the iconic building became a living, breathing stage, its warm brick and… Read more: Other Voices Home at the Guinness Storehouse
The story of Green Day’s 1991 gig in a tiny Dublin venue14 January 2026
Analysis: The gig was organised by Hope Collective, music-loving youngsters whose not-for-profit collective helped up-and-coming, independent musicians According to the music industry’s official statistics, only 11 albums have outsold Green Day’s Dookie in the United States. Released in 1994, Dookie has sold more than iconic albums including The Bodyguard soundtrack, Guns N’ Roses’ Appetite for… Read more: The story of Green Day’s 1991 gig in a tiny Dublin venue
RIP Starman: how fans reacted to David Bowie’s death 10 years ago14 January 2026
Analysis: The multitude of ways in which fans responded said much about Bowie’s cultural significance, influence and reach David Bowie’s unexpected death on January 10th 2016 attracted widespread media coverage across the globe. Variously described as a chameleon, a creative genius, an ‘iconic figure’ and an ‘iconoclast’, much of the media’s commentary on Bowie’s life… Read more: RIP Starman: how fans reacted to David Bowie’s death 10 years ago
How Dickie Rock’s songs tell a story of Ireland’s musical history14 January 2026
Analysis: The showband and cabaret star was a versatile singer, but he selected the songs he wanted to record and perform with great care To his many fans Dickie Rock could sing anything. His vocal ability and personality meant that he could move effortlessly through different music genres from ballads to bubble-gum pop; from Elvis-style… Read more: How Dickie Rock’s songs tell a story of Ireland’s musical history

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Other Voices Home at the Guinness Storehouse

The story of Green Day’s 1991 gig in a tiny Dublin venue

RIP Starman: how fans reacted to David Bowie’s death 10 years ago

How Dickie Rock’s songs tell a story of Ireland’s musical history

Was Paschal Donohoe the hippest Minister for Finance ever?

Why Charli XCX might be gen Z’s answer to the Romantic poets

How fiddler Tommie Potts recorded a Irish traditional masterpiece

Why Patti Smith’s songs and poems have chimed with Irish artists

Ambient Orbit returns – enter RTÉ lyric fm’s chill out zone