Barry Egan

Leo Varadkar gives the good word: ‘It’s a great weekend for Dublin: we’ve got Pride and Taylor Swift’

Barry Egan: I went to Taylor Swift’s London show – fans in Dublin should expect the night of their lives

Loaded founder James Brown: ‘I was getting paid to get drunk while reviewing crisps’

Paloma Faith: ‘Women are still doing too much. We can’t have it all. And men are just lazy. Effing useless’

Gabriel Byrne on making Miller’s Crossing: ‘The Coen brothers absolutely loved Glenroe and wanted to know what was going to happen next’

The Pixies: ‘We have we have one thing in common with Kurt Cobain – he was a Beatles fan’

Caroline Downey: ‘Removing toxic people in all aspects of my life, both personal and business, is very freeing’

‘The landlord said: I don’t mind what you do as long as you don’t cut your wrists in the toilet’

On the road with the Wolfe Tones: How the divisive trio have been selling out gigs for the Electric Picnic generation

‘Maybe we took ourselves too seriously. Maybe we were miserable’ – Kings of Leon reflect as they return to form

Kate O’Toole: ‘My father didn’t get to see me in the play as he was too unwell to travel – he would have adored it’

‘Bruce Springsteen can write like Bob Dylan and entertain like James Brown’ – Irish celebs pick top tunes by The Boss

‘I was really uncomfortable in my skin when I was younger’ — Laura Whitmore on body confidence and exploring the dark side of life

‘It’s the first time I’ve had sex behind a bin’ – Ciarán Hinds on that scene with real-life wife Helene on RTÉ’s The Dry

Producer and composer Enda Gallery: ‘We didn’t know Normal People was going to be so big’

Samantha Barry: ‘Getting the keys to my New York apartment, I felt like a power bitch. I couldn’t dream that growing up in a council estate in Cork’

Brendan Graham: ‘It has become a song of both comfort and joy, equally sung at funerals and weddings’

‘Grief was a really heavy burden’ — singer Corinne Bailey Rae on loss, faith and celebrating black role models

Lyra: ‘I was sofa-surfing on my friends’ couches after my break-up – I felt extremely lonely’

Michael Flatley interview: 'I spent time on my own with Lisa.. And I am so happy I did. She opened her eyes just enough for me to know. It meant the f**king world to me'

New committee elected at Macra Wexford AGM

Former Louth and Armagh star Brian McCoy has never lost his Orchard identity despite strong Wee ties

Free book bag and library card for Wicklow children starting school in September

Award winning Wexford jewellery designer launches latest handmade ‘Sea of Stars’ collection

Nursing home and apartment plans for Kerry town appealed to An Bord Pleanála