Dolores O'Riordan has died in London. She had been recording some new material. A native of Limerick she is best know as the lead singer of rock band The Cranberries. Her publist announced the sudden death and has said \\\\

The RTɠChoice Music Awards have announced their nominees for best Irish Album of 2017. Best Song nominations will be announced on Wednesday the 31st of January. The nominees for best album are:- Come On Live Long's In The Still (self released), Marlene Enright's Placemats and Second Cuts (self released), Fangclub's Fangclub (Universal), Lankum's Beneath the Earth and Sky (Rough Trade), James Vincent McMorrow's True Care (Faction Records), New Jackson's From Night to Night (All City), Otherkin's OK (Rubyworks), Fionn Regan's The Meetings of the Waters (Abbey Records), Ships's Precession (Ships Music) and Talos's Wild Alee (Feel Good Lost).

Stradbally, Co. Laois is gearing up to rock like its never rocked before, and any other cliché you can think of to start this epic account of the Electric Picnic line up 2014. The headline acts at this years EP include Portishead, Outkast, Beck, Foals, Pet Shop Boys, Paolo Nutini, Chic ft Nile Rodgers and Lily Allen.