Lucy O'Toole

Lucy O'Toole

Articles by Lucy O'Toole

Youngiz: "When it’s time to step up, I want to step correctly – and do everything in my power to make a name for myself"
  • Music
  • 26 Nov 25

Youngiz: "When it’s time to step up, I want to step correctly – and do everything in my power to make a name for myself"

Talking Bollox Podcast's Calvin O'Brien: "If you give ordinary people a chance in the media, ordinary people will enjoy it – and there’s more ordinary than extraordinary people in the world"
  • Lifestyle & Sports
  • 25 Nov 25

Talking Bollox Podcast's Calvin O'Brien: "If you give ordinary people a chance in the media, ordinary people will enjoy it – and there’s more ordinary than extraordinary people in the world"

Just Mustard: "We listen to a lot of traditional Irish music and ballads, and English folk as well – so I think it definitely bleeds into it"
  • Music
  • 06 Nov 25

Just Mustard: "We listen to a lot of traditional Irish music and ballads, and English folk as well – so I think it definitely bleeds into it"

Exclusive - Pale Waves cover The Cranberries’ ‘Zombie’: “Dolores was this strong, bold woman, who was so talented. And she was gone way too soon"
  • Music
  • 24 Oct 25

Exclusive - Pale Waves cover The Cranberries’ ‘Zombie’: “Dolores was this strong, bold woman, who was so talented. And she was gone way too soon"

Brògeal: "We really wanted to be as fucking Scottish as we could be. We shove it down folks’ throats – and we’ve always done that"
  • Music
  • 19 Oct 25

Brògeal: "We really wanted to be as fucking Scottish as we could be. We shove it down folks’ throats – and we’ve always done that"

NewDad: "To be able to tour in a place off the back of a viral image is fucking crazy”
  • Music
  • 16 Oct 25

NewDad: "To be able to tour in a place off the back of a viral image is fucking crazy”

Palestinian poet and activist Shahd Karaeen: "I've been quiet for many years. At least now I know I'm done with being quiet"
  • Opinion
  • 13 Oct 25

Palestinian poet and activist Shahd Karaeen: "I've been quiet for many years. At least now I know I'm done with being quiet"

The Fynches: "That’s what we’re interested in – a live feel. That’s what gets us going"
  • Music
  • 08 Oct 25

The Fynches: "That’s what we’re interested in – a live feel. That’s what gets us going"

DUG: "There’s an appreciation in Ireland for American music that doesn’t even exist in a lot of America"
  • Music
  • 22 Sep 25

DUG: "There’s an appreciation in Ireland for American music that doesn’t even exist in a lot of America"

Shame: "When has music not been political?"
  • Music
  • 10 Sep 25

Shame: "When has music not been political?"

Orla Gartland: “This will, by far, be my biggest Irish festival moment ever”
  • Music
  • 26 Aug 25

Orla Gartland: “This will, by far, be my biggest Irish festival moment ever”

NOFUN!’s Levi Evans: "LA, and the whole of America right now, is pretty scary. Right before we left there was the ICE stuff..."
  • Music
  • 21 Aug 25

NOFUN!’s Levi Evans: "LA, and the whole of America right now, is pretty scary. Right before we left there was the ICE stuff..."

Remembering Frank Harte: "It’s really important that it stays current, and that the songs are sung – for the tradition, and for everybody"
  • Music
  • 24 Jul 25

Remembering Frank Harte: "It’s really important that it stays current, and that the songs are sung – for the tradition, and for everybody"

Keelin Moncrieff: "The online community wasn’t cutting it for me anymore"
  • Lifestyle & Sports
  • 30 Jun 25

Keelin Moncrieff: "The online community wasn’t cutting it for me anymore"

Ruth Clinton of Landless: "Irish music has been getting international attention for a very long time. This particular batch of musicians aren’t the first – and won’t be the last, I’m sure.”
  • Music
  • 23 Jun 25

Ruth Clinton of Landless: "Irish music has been getting international attention for a very long time. This particular batch of musicians aren’t the first – and won’t be the last, I’m sure.”

VARO: "I couldn’t play, and I wanted to learn, but I had no money. So I went to The Cobblestone to learn, watch, and listen..."
  • Music
  • 21 May 25

VARO: "I couldn’t play, and I wanted to learn, but I had no money. So I went to The Cobblestone to learn, watch, and listen..."

Self Esteem: "On the edge of putting <i>Prioritise Pleasure</i> out, I’d looked into training to become a keep-fit instructor..."
  • Music
  • 06 May 25

Self Esteem: "On the edge of putting Prioritise Pleasure out, I’d looked into training to become a keep-fit instructor..."

Gareth: "I try to keep that unique aspect in my music. My songs aren’t Americanised"
  • Music
  • 23 Apr 25

Gareth: "I try to keep that unique aspect in my music. My songs aren’t Americanised"

Cathy Jordan: "You can push the boundaries a bit, without bursting the tradition. It’s malleable. It can twist and turn"
  • Music
  • 26 Mar 25

Cathy Jordan: "You can push the boundaries a bit, without bursting the tradition. It’s malleable. It can twist and turn"

The Murder Capital: "This is music I’ve wanted to make with this band for a long time"
  • Music
  • 05 Mar 25

The Murder Capital: "This is music I’ve wanted to make with this band for a long time"

Bren Berry on <i>In Hope Our Stars Align:</i> "It’s very much about rediscovering – not just music, but something in myself"
  • Music
  • 27 Feb 25

Bren Berry on In Hope Our Stars Align: "It’s very much about rediscovering – not just music, but something in myself"

Biig Piig: “I love the idea that, even through the painful moments, we dance”
  • Music
  • 25 Feb 25

Biig Piig: “I love the idea that, even through the painful moments, we dance”

Dublin Night-Time Economy Advisor Ray O'Donoghue: "We need Dubliners and residents to start being proud of their city again"
  • Opinion
  • 24 Feb 25

Dublin Night-Time Economy Advisor Ray O'Donoghue: "We need Dubliners and residents to start being proud of their city again"

Best of Dublin - Rachel Galvo
  • Lifestyle & Sports
  • 14 Jan 25

Best of Dublin - Rachel Galvo

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