Ariana Grande holds at Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Chart with Positions, claims highest new entry with POV

It's not often that an act can have two Number 1 albums in the same calendar year, but for a lucky dozen, that possibility has been a reality. Of the 12 artists and groups who have achieved this rare feat since modern chart records began in 1997, the latest occurring this past week.

It looks like Dermot Kennedy could replace himself at Number 1 on this week's Official Irish Singles Chart following his appearance on RTÉ One's The Late Late Toy Show.

Catholics.Call It Out vowed to take its complaint to the Scottish Government if East Dunbartonshire Council refuses to remove “Taig” from the names in Kirkintilloch, near Glasgow.The Oxford Dictionary lists the word as a “derogatory term for a Catholic or Irish nationalist”.But officials say Taig Road in Waterside was named after Councillor Nathaniel Taig in 1946 and is not an insult.

Congratulations to BTS who claim their second Number 1 on the Official Irish Albums Chart with BE.

Dermot Kennedy is officially the first Irish act to land a Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Chart in over five years.

Presenter Vogue Williams has a gorgeous and newly decorated £900,000 home in her native Ireland, but she is yet to set foot inside. Owing to the coronavirus pandemic, the sale of the stunning new abode was completed in March but the star has not been able to visit the mansion, which is located in the Howth.

Ireland’s cultural calendar, a television event that draws huge ratings, unites the diaspora and is parsed as a barometer for the mood of the nation.Expectation builds months in advance, rumours about the theme, leaks about participants, sometimes alarm that the formula may change.At 9.30pm on Friday the theme music will play and it will begin: the 2020 Late Late Toy Show – an annual institution built around a host, his jumpers, children, toys and some indefinable ingredient that has kept the

Jamie Dornan was in lockdown with his family when he received a fan letter that was more than a little creepy. The star of the “Fifty Shades of Grey” movies was sent “a collage of photographs of a kid,” with a note about his most famous role.

As the Grammy nominations began to trickle out on Tuesday evening there was much to celebrate for Irish band Fontaines D.C.

Fans of true crime have probably heard of The Nobody Zone, the Irish podcast which immediately captured listeners around the globe.

Chart battles don't get any closer than the one that is currently unfolding on the Official Irish Singles Chart between Ariana Grande and Dermot Kennedy.

AC/DC have stormed to Number 1 on the Official Irish Albums Chart with their new album Power Up.

Billie Eilish’s new single Therefore I Am has gone straight in at Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Chart.

All real fans of The Chase have a favourite chaser that they’d prefer to square off against should they ever find themselves in the hot seat.It might be The Governess, The Beast or perhaps The Dark Destroyer. Either way, now might the time for a rethink.Why? Because the show is introducing a new chaser and he just happens to be from Ireland.

The Pogues have sent a scathing message to actor Laurence Fox after he criticised the BBC for replacing the original lyrics to their famous song, Fairytale of New York. The Irish band took to Twitter to tell Fox, who recently started the Reclaim Party, to "f**k off" after he publicly hit out at the BBC 's decision to scrap some of their controversial lyrics.

Irish Women in Harmony have shared more details of their upcoming festive single, out later this week.

RTÉ One radio show on Sunday morning, telling her that the Irish support is ‘heartwarming’.He identifies as Irish-American with his grandparents coming from Connemara and he has cousins still living in Ireland.‘I grew up in an Irish Catholic neighbourhood in Boston,’ he told Miriam, explaining, that there were a lot of Irish traditions in his household growing up. ‘I’m 100 per cent Irish, I’m Irish America.

Congratulations to Little Mix who are Number 1 on the Official Irish Albums Chart for the third time in their career.

Dating Amber (★★★☆☆).It may be better to call it a “staying in the closet” story, considering that’s more how the film plays out, and where the script and deft editing really locate the comedy in Amber and Eddie’s incongruous romance.Feeling the eyes of the whole teen world watching them, the pair gradually escalate their convenient fiction with awkward attempts to convince friends and family that they can’t keep their hands off each other.While Fionn O’Shea, star of the 2016 coming-out drama