We may be one bounced cheque short of joining Iceland in the Bankrupt Small Countries Club, but there’s good reason to celebrate our Irishness on March 17 when The Simpsons’ Paddy’s Day special premieres in Ireland on Sky1.

16 Mar 2009 - Reports

Glen Hansard has confirmed rumours that he’s no longer romantically involved with his Swell Season partner Marketa Irglova.

26 Jan 2009 - News

Originally planned for last month, Glen and Marketa's Vicar Street show will now take place in February, with tickets on sale this week.

06 Jan 2009 - News

The Swell Season play their final gig of the year in Vicar Street on December 8, with special guests just announced including Mundy and Liam O'Maonlai.

02 Dec 2008 - News

In addition to their previously-announced Olympia Theatre sell-outs, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova have added a show at Vicar St.

12 Nov 2008 - News

Never mind winning an Oscar, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova are set to become really famous by appearing in an episode of The Simpsons.

03 Nov 2008 - News

Already confirmed to play Dublin and Belfast in the coming months, Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova's will now play extra dates in Letterkenny, Cork and Galway.

23 Sep 2008 - News

Academy Award-winners Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova stop being huge in America long enough to play the Dublin Olympia this December, with another date just added.

10 Jul 2008 - News

Check out our exclusive live gallery of The Swell Season & Martha Wainwright's performance at the Orpheum Theatre, Boston on November 21. Photos by Shawn Lynch.

27 May 2008 - Gallery

Live photos from the Swell Season's sold-out show in Radio City, New York.

27 May 2008 - Gallery

Thanks to a US website, fans can now view full live perfo​rmances from Glen and Marketa online.

06 May 2008 - News

In an exclusive interview, Once stars Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova talk about the love affair that sneaked up on them, recall their Oscar-winning adventures, give us the inside track on the movie's remarkable success and explain what it's like to hang out with the Coen brothers for an evening.

25 Mar 2008 - Interview

Things just keep getting better for Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova with the Once soundtrack jumping 24 places to number seven in this week’s Billboard American Album Chart.

13 Mar 2008 - News

Hot on the heels of their Oscar triumph, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova have signed a worldwide publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Music.

05 Mar 2008 - News

It was a well deserved triumph for bloody-minded independence when Glen Hansard lifted the Oscar for 'Best Original Song', with his Swell Season partner Marketa Irglova at his side.

04 Mar 2008 - Reports

There was much celebrating in Hollywood last night as Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova’s ‘Falling Slowly’ won the Oscar for Best Original Song.

25 Feb 2008 - News

President Mary McAleese has congratulated Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova on their 'Best Song' Oscar.

25 Feb 2008 - News

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova are to perform their Oscar-nominated song 'Falling Slowly' at the awards ceremony.

15 Feb 2008 - News

Once director John Carney has picked up yet another gong at the British Film Awards, while Armagh cinematographer Seamus McGarvey was honoured for his work on Atonement.

04 Feb 2008 - News

Good news from Los Angeles where the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have decided that Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova are okay to go in this year’s Oscars.

30 Jan 2008 - News

Questions have been raised over the eligibility of a song from John Carney's 'Once' for the Oscars.

28 Jan 2008 - News

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova's 'Once' has scooped the Los Angeles Film Critics' award for best soundtrack.

12 Dec 2007 - News

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova score another coup by supplying the theme for the new Bob Dylan inspired film, I’m Not There.

30 Jul 2007 - News

The Swell Season is, as I read it anyway, the sound of people breaking each other’s hearts (and balls) slowly, with no cutaways to spare us the graphic bits.

18 Apr 2006 - REVIEW

One of the highlights of The Frames recent showcase gigs in Vicar Street, ‘Sleeping’ is evidence enough of how great a songwriter Glen Hansard can be. As a moment of startling beauty, this collaborative effort with Irglova harks back to The Frames frontman’s For The Birds era. In particular his wounded evocative vocal brings to mind the opening minutes of ‘Santa Maria’ or ‘The Mighty Sword’. Irglova’s contribution is to paint a haunting almost cinematic backdrop to Hansard’s lovers lullaby leaving us with a stunning piece of music. Forthcoming album The Swell Season may well prove something of an unexpected career highpoint.

11 Apr 2006 - REVIEW

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