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Paddy Cosgrave, CEO of Irish tech company Web Summit, spoke about his support for the anti-corruption bill, his relationship with Leo Varadkar, ...

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Hugh Bonneville, who starred in the popular drama Downton Abbey, will front a new RTE documentary called Countdown to Calvary. ...

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Also starring his dad... Loveable funnyman Jack Whitehall sets out on the trip of a lifetime with his father in tow in a new series on Netflix. Jack ...

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The film is released on Netflix this Friday. Navan boy made good Pierce Brosnan is coming back to our screens with a thriler making its Netflix debut on August 25. In I.T., ...

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Everything Everything dish the dirt on their Brexit-inspired new album, tell us why it’s more important than ever to make art and offer their ...

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Uneven live album from US rockers. From the raw, twitching energy and bratty cockiness of their self-titled debut, to this rather classily staged live album, Cage The Elephant have ...

Shit-kickin' heaven. Although he hails from the wilds of Kentucky, Tyler Childers’ heart, on this debut album, would appear to be as much in Bakersfield as it is in neighbouring ...

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I think I must be stupid. Over the past week or two I have been trying to understand something – and for the life of me, I just can’t crack it. ...

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The One Direction star appears to be planning to spend more time in Ireland after forking out just under half a million euro on a palatial pad on the outskirts of his hometown in Mullingar, ...

One of the kings of comedy has passed away at the grand old age of 91. The slapstick comic will be best remembered to movies fans for his roles in the likes of 'The Bellboy', his series of ...

SON recorded the song in the bedroom of her Dublin home – and it is now taking the world by storm Following on from her exclusive hotpress.com cover of U2's 'Exit' last March, Hot Press' ...

Chief of staff John Kelly may have said "It's me or him" – but the world is a slightly better place now that the noxious Bannon has been shown the White House door It is true. Steve Bannon ...

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First and only UK show at London’s Nells Jazz & Blues on Friday, 24th November, 2017 Brian Downey, known to millions of rock fans as the original ...

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The Irish actress plays the doomed catholic queen in an upcoming biopic. Ireland's own Saoirse Ronan will play the the titular Mary in the upcoming ...

The Bash For Philo is the official birthday party celebration for the charismatic front man of Thin Lizzy, Mr Philip Parris Lynott. It is a three-day annual festival that takes place ...

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Irish fight fans will be thrilled to learn that a Dublin cinema will be showing the Notorious One's fight with Mayweather live on the big screen. Vue in Liffey Valley will show the Conor ...

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The track also features guest vocals from Fearghal McKee (Whipping Boy). Irish electronic artist Slow Place Like Home has released a new song called 'Echoes'. It's fizzling drone ...

Radiohead drummer Philip Selway's new album Let Me Go is the soundtrack for the film of the same name. The record is due out in hard copy October ...

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It's the third single off of their upcoming album Antisocialites Alvvays have released a new track called 'Plimsoll Punk'. While it still retains the airy, reverberated ...

Mitchell and Webb make a return in a new sitcom called Back, airing on Channel 4. Stephen (Mitchell) is lined up to take over the family business ...

Memphis indie-folk musician Julien Baker officially has a second album on the way. Turn Out The Lights is set to drop October 27, two years after her debut Sprained Ankle ...

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Lenny Kravitz' daughter stars in this female-centric Murder Mystery. What is it about Los Angeles and the neon lit landscapes in movies. In the ...

The popular music college has gone from strength to strength in recent years. BIMM Institute Dublin, part of the BIMM (British and Irish Modern ...

Step into a world of insanity The dystopian mobiletropolis of Trailer Park gathers up its rag-bag of makers and shakers, and heads for Cosby land – a hamlet of creations stuffed into ...

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As the north/south border becomes an ever-increasing sticking point for Brexit negotiations, the Minister for Foreign Affairs sought to clarify ...

His mother shared the album on Twitter, calling him "as talented as his father.” Jaime, the 21-year-old son of the late Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington, has released a new ...

The beloved troubador's Christmas gigs have become a fixture of Dublin's live calendar. Damien Dempsey does his usual Christmas thing in Vicar ...

Alan Kelly admits to being a dirty player on the football pitch, reveals that he’s been approached by Fine Gael to join them, criticises his party ...

Adam Matthews & Niamh Farrell are also on board for the Vicar St. ghouls night out in October Vicar St. is the venue on October 29 for Turning Vampire, a night of Music, Giggles and Ghouls. Joining ...

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The new track debuted on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show. LCD sound system have released 'tonite' their third single off of their upcoming album American Dream. Following ...

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American musician and founder of Electric Six Dick Valentine will appear at the East Side Tavern on August 29 for a solo, acoustic experience. It’s ...

Ireland's own Barry Keoghan also makes up the cast. The trailer for Cannes favorite The Killing of a Sacred Deer was released today and it ...

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After years of soaraway success, The Coronas hit the buffers when a move to Island Records failed to work out as promised. But the biggest Irish rock ...

Cavan singer/songwriter Lisa O’Neill will perform at Whelans on Saturday, October 7 as part of her solo Irish tour. O'Neill spent a few months last year and again this year as special ...

The singer songwriter will be playing an intimate headline performance in Dublin on December 6 2017. The soft singing guitarist and Irish success ...

Australian singer-songwriter Robert Forster released his new book Grant & I on Monday, August 14.

Randy Newman has confirmed a return to Dublin to play Vicar St in 2018 on Friday 9 & Saturday 10 March. After starting his songwriting career as a teenager, ...

He once famously quipped that he'd rather slash his wrists than reprise the role of James Bond, but Daniel Craig has now officially confirmed that he will be getting suited and booted ...

Almost 170 defendants under the age of 18 faced drug related offences in court during the first five months of this year alone, Hot Press ...

Half-light is the name of Rostam's debut album, which will be out on 8 September. “It wasn't until I had almost finished this album and ...

The Government needs to put plans in place now to deal with the prospect of a prolonged weak sterling currency vis-à-vis the euro. There is a real ...

The award-winning author brings readers on a walking tour of Ireland’s early famine years with his latest work. The novel begins with the titular 14-year-old’s mother – who ...

New York indie rockers Brand New have confirmed the release of a fifth studio album in October. The band posted a link on social media where fans can pre-order a "very limited" vinyl ...

Welcome to the corporate jungle. Gibson has announced that Slash, the famous Guns 'n' Roses guitarist, will be their first Global Brand Ambassador,

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The family drama is being released by Netflix worldwide on October 13. After appearing a number of low-brow raunchy comedies for Netflix, Adam ...

Irish author Eimear McBride has been named as one of the winners of the James Tait Black prize for her second novel The Lesser Bohemians. ...

As her new Amazon series The Last Tycoon debuts, Dubliner Dominique McElligott talks about achieving success on her own terms, while the ...

Muse will headline probably the best one-day rock line-up you're likely to see anywhere this year! The seminal English rock band will be joined by their neighbours from the north, ...

Rock ‘n’ roll picnics, iguana curry, Cork pop-ups and David Quinn’s deep displeasure are all on this fortnight’s menu. The Electric Picnic has confirmed the Saturday September ...

Written 10 years ago, the piece has found a new relevance. Plenty of celebrities have come out to condemn the white nationalist protests and violence ...

The toothy thespian has always been musical. Enzo from The Vampire Diaries has a full-blooded album on the way. Michael Malarkey, ...

The former One Direction singer has booked as many Irish bands as he can to support him on his 2017 Flicker Sessions tour. Horan made the announcement on Twitter, saying he wants to "show ...

Dubliner Gavin James made his first television appearance- reuniting two lovers on the Brazilian soap opera Pega Pega. The romantic scene ...

The 23 year old Irish songwriter has premiered his new video 'James Dean' with Hot Press. Stating that an obsession with words and melody ...

The new album Outrage! Is Now will be released September 8th. Death From Above (the band dropped the '1979' from their name on June 6th of ...

Already one of the songs of the new century, Brendan Graham’s ‘You Raise Me Up’ has been selected as the end title track in a 30-episode epic ...

As part of Hot Press’s 40th anniversary celebrations, we’ve lined up a number of interviews with some of the most legendary figures in music, ...