Derek Ryan spoke to Rory O'Connor backstage at the St Patrick's Day festival in London. Watch: Hi Derek, how are you? I’m very well thank you. What a fantastic performance. The whole of London there jumping for you. Yeah, it was amazing really. You know, I lived here for a good few years. Did a lot …
Hi Sadiq, how are you? I’m having a great time! Look, I promised the biggest and best St Patrick’s Day celebrations London has ever seen… we’ve got it. What has been your favourite part so far? It’s this now, look at this now, they’re rappers… Irish rappers. We’ve had Dara being funny as usual, the …
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The four Dundalk siblings took to the blustery Epsom Downs Racecourse stage last night to cheers from die-hard Corrs fans, and those who came for the racing but stayed for the superb music. After many years of waiting, I finally got to see The Corrs perform live for the first time — and they did …
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MY earliest memory of The Corrs was sitting in the back of a people carrier on a rainy day winding back their cassette tape over and over to learn the words for ‘Runaway’. I was bravely entering my first winning talent contest aged around six years old. My favourite childhood band took a ten year …
IRISH Country music star Nathan Carter played to a sell out audience at the Hayes Beck Theatre last night. The Liverpudlian lad’s new record Stayin’ Up All Night is his fourth number one album in his adopted country of Ireland, and his success is now filtering to these shores. Nathan’s nan, famous for selling his CDs from …
Thousands of emerald-clad party-goers took to the streets of Green Park for the annual St Patrick’s Day parade and festival in London last week. Six marching bands, ten sports groups, six dance groups, a giant puppet and a wolfhound accompanied 45 floats adorned with flags from every county. The colourful procession of Irish marching bands, …
A spectacular procession of Irish marching bands, energetic dance troupes and colourful pageantry will launch London’s world-renowned St Patrick’s Day parade and festival on Sunday. This year’s event will include top Irish talent in Trafalgar Square and the Tube, a special movie premiere, a street food market with fine Irish fare and a huge Céilà …
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