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22 Jun 2024

The best Irish songs of all time — ranked: the definitive top 50 independent.ie/entertainment…

The best Irish songs of all time — ranked: the definitive top 50

Thin Lizzy, Sinéad O’Connor, U2, the Undertones: these are the greatest Irish songs, as voted in an extensive poll of more than 50 critics and experts

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Irish Independent Review

12 Jul 2024

Around the world in 10 great reads, featuring Bill Bryson, Elizabeth Bowen, Jan Morris and more independent.ie/entertainment…

The best books about travel: around the world in 10 great reads

Whether you’re heading abroad or staying at home this summer, prepare to be transported  by our writers’ favourite books about travel

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5 Jul 2024

When Keir Starmer put his hat in the ring to be leader of the Labour party in 2020 the Sun described him as a ‘stone cold loser’ - and suggested the party would be 'insane' to choose him. #generalection2024 independent.ie/world-news/br…

The ruthless rise of Keir Starmer: from ‘stone cold loser’ to British prime minister

Cautious, meticulous, focused: the new British PM has a staid image but he is also a man who used to dress in ‘dead man’s coats’, wears Donegal GAA jerseys and used to advocate a united Ireland

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26 Jun 2024

**New episode of the TPOE podcast** TPOE 315: @johnmeaghermuso on 'The best Irish songs of all time — ranked: the definitive top 50' Listen/subscribe: tr.ee/io_73Tkbxc

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24 Jun 2024

I chatted with Sean Moncrieff about our Top 50 Irish songs feature. @Independent_ie @ReviewIndo @NewstalkFM link.goloudplayer.com/s/pGSk…

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24 Jun 2024

A follow-up to our Top 50 Irish songs feature from the weekend. Here’s an alternative list I compiled — all were chosen by our 50 judges, none made the original 50 list. Rules: one song per year, one song per artist, no artist who appeared in original list

24 Jun 2024

Never mind the Undertones: an alternative top 50 great Irish songs independent.ie/entertainment…

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Irish Independent Review

24 Jun 2024

Never mind the Undertones: an alternative top 50 great Irish songs independent.ie/entertainment…

Never mind the Undertones: an alternative top 50 great Irish songs

Following the announcement of the top 50 Irish songs of all time, chosen by our judges, here’s a list of outstanding tracks that didn’t make the original half-century

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John Meagher

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22 Jun 2024

My interview with John O’Neill of the Undertones, writer of Teenage Kicks - the greatest Irish song of all time. Online here and in print ⁦@Independent_ie⁩ independent.ie/entertainment…

‘When I wrote Teenage Kicks I thought it was lame… Now I see there’s a magic to it’

John O’Neill of the Undertones on writing the winner of our top Irish songs poll — and which songs he thinks are mor

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Irish Independent Review

22 Jun 2024

The top 50 Irish songs of all time - Spotify playlist open.spotify.com/playlist/4e…

Top 50 Irish Songs of All Time

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John Meagher

Irish Independent Review retweeted

22 Jun 2024

Today’s the day. I asked 50 people in the music biz (musicians, producers, DJs, promoters, broadcasters, critics…) to nominate their 10 best Irish songs ever. Using weighted scores, I came up with a top 50. Online and in glorious print ⁦⁦@ReviewIndo⁩

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Irish Independent Review

21 Jun 2024

Saturday's @ReviewIndo

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Irish Independent Review

21 Jun 2024

The best Irish songs of all time, numbers 30-21: featuring Lankum, Clannad, the Blades, U2... and Jack Charlton independent.ie/entertainment…

The best Irish songs of all time, numbers 30-21: featuring Lankum, Clannad, the Blades and U2

Selecting Ireland’s 50 best songs was no easy task, but this list chosen by the country’s top music experts showcases our songcraft at its finest. Here are numbers 30-21

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Irish Independent Review

20 Jun 2024

The best Irish songs of all time, numbers 40-31: featuring Fontaines DC, Denise Chaila, Aslan and the Cranberries independent.ie/entertainment…

The best Irish songs of all time, numbers 40-31: featuring Fontaines DC, Denise Chaila, Aslan and...

Selecting Ireland’s 50 best songs was no easy task, but this list chosen by the country’s top music experts showcases our songcraft at its finest. Here are numbers 40-31

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John Meagher

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19 Jun 2024

After last year’s special on the best Irish albums ever, we’re doing the same for homegrown songs. Our Top 50 is compiled with the input of 50 people in the music biz. First batch here. Must-read, multi-page spread in this Saturday’s ⁦@ReviewIndo⁩ independent.ie/entertainment…

The best Irish songs of all time, numbers 50-41: featuring Gemma Dunleavy, CMAT, Van Morrison and...

Selecting Ireland’s 50 best songs was no easy task, but this list chosen by the country’s top music experts showcases our songcraft at its finest

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19 Jun 2024

The countdown begins independent.ie/entertainment…

The best Irish songs of all time, numbers 50-41: featuring Gemma Dunleavy, CMAT, Van Morrison and...

Selecting Ireland’s 50 best songs was no easy task, but this list chosen by the country’s top music experts showcases our songcraft at its finest

Eithne Shortall @eithneshortall

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15 Jun 2024

Was delighted to be asked to join three fellow writers, who I greatly admire, in following in the footsteps of Ulysses's protagonists - and the original, boozier Bloomsday crew. A very fun day out. In the Irish Independent today independent.ie/entertainment…

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Irish Independent Review

15 Jun 2024

‘The campaign was a disaster’: Is Mary Lou McDonald’s leadership of Sinn Féin now under threat? @johnmeaghermuso independent.ie/irish-news/th…

‘The campaign was a disaster’: Is Mary Lou McDonald’s leadership of Sinn Féin now under threat?

After riding high in polls for several years, Sinn Féin suffered a bruising disappointment at the recent local and European elections. Inside the party, flip-flopping, lack of clarity and poor...

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Irish Independent Review

15 Jun 2024

In the footsteps of the first Bloomsday: four writers retrace the infamous drunken literary pilgrimage of 70 years ago @AkaPaulHoward , @eithneshortall , Christine Dwyer Hickey and Dermot Bolger independent.ie/entertainment…

In the footsteps of the first Bloomsday: four writers retrace the infamous drunken literary...

Paul Howard, Christine Dwyer Hickey, Dermot Bolger and Eithne Shortall don their straw boaters and recreate the ‘jaunt’ enjoyed by Patrick Kavanagh, Brian O’Nolan, Anthony Cronin and company in 1954...

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30 May 2024

Thanks to @ReviewIndo for asking me to contribute to this, even though it'll surely lead to a dip in my stock value as an arts journalist. I am as god made me. independent.ie/entertainment…

When Ronan Keating sang ‘don’t fighd-it’, I obeyed: culture writers reveal their guilty pleasures

Our critics set aside their highbrow inclinations and admit which uncool songs, movies, TV shows and books they just can’t resist

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John Meagher

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27 May 2024

My long-read interview with Arthur Mathews. We covered a lot of ground ⁦@Independent_ie⁩ ⁦@ReviewIndo⁩ independent.ie/entertainment…

Arthur Mathews opens up about his rift with Graham Linehan: ‘I wasn’t joining him in the trans...

The Father Ted co-creator talks about cancel culture, facing rejection for new comedy ideas and why his latest project is delving into the turbulent life of a Free State politician who ordered the...