Legendary showband crooner Dickie Rock died in December ... RTÉ presenter Joe Duffy said he "brought colour, joy and music to a grey Ireland." President Michael D Higgins called Ms O'Brien ...

Two ubiquitous Irish showmen died towards the end of the year within weeks of one another. D’Unbelievables linchpin and actor Jon Kenny was 66, while showband ... with flying colours, as was ...

Here are some of the well-known people who died in 2024. January: – Glynis Johns, best known as the suffragette mother Mrs Banks in the 1964 film Mary Poppins, died at the age of 100. Johns won ...

Pictures were still in black and white but the masthead was in colour. Exciting, indeed ... Dan Carmody, who went on to better thing with the Irish Press and later returned to head the PMPA-owned ...

President Michael D Higgins paid tribute to the musician, saying: “The loss of Paddy Cole is the loss of one of the founding icons of the great period of the Irish showbands. “From the Capitol ...

Red wine gets its colour from a pigment known as anthocyanin that is found in grape skins. Hence it is possible to make white wine from red grapes by separating the juice from skins as soon as the ...

Blue has become one of the top three most popular colours for new cars for the first time since 2010. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said 291,928 new cars registered last ...

Legendary Irish saxophone player and singer Paddy Cole has passed away at the age of 85. The musician and radio presenter had been battling incurable lung cancer since 2022 and had been receiving ...

SHOWBAND legend Paddy Cole is being remembered ... was one of the leaders of Irish showbusiness for the last 70 years. He was receiving hospice care at the time of his death.

The Avenue Ladies' Boots comes in two colours: Black and Andorra ... The chain began to focus on expanding its range of Irish-made products and supporting local producers. In 2023, Aldi had ...

Jiving is a way of life for some and something that every young Irish rural person will have to learn one way or another but how did it become so popular in Ireland?