Taylor Swift and Dermot Kennedy going head-to-head on Official Irish Singles and Albums Charts

It will surely be an exciting 2021 for Sinead Kennedy.

2020 is the year we’ll never forget and although it was certainly momentous, its fair to say we couldn’t wait to see the back of it.

Ed Sheeran had the second-most Number 1 hits of the 2010s decade, so you could say he's pretty popular in Ireland.

Dermot Kennedy claims a new chart record on this week’s Official Irish Albums Chart with Without Fear, and takes out more pages in the history books on the Official Irish Singles Chart as Paradise returns to Number 1.

If there’s one thing we know for sure about this year, it’s that we’ll never forget Christmas 2020 which held a whole new meaning after a difficult year that kept families apart.

Dermot Kennedy rounds off 2020 in style, claiming Ireland’s Christmas Number 1 single and album with Giants and Without Fear.

Courteney Cox has finally reunited with her Irish fiancé Johnny McDaid after spending the last nine months apart.

Courteney Cox and Johnny McDaid have finally reunited after spending over half a year apart due to the coronavirus pandemic. 

Nicola Coughlan shot to fame as the ‘wee lesbian’ Clare Devlin in Derry Girls. She’ll be introduced to a whole new audience when Bridgerton arrives on Netflix on Christmas Day.

U2‘s Bono and The Edge dusted off their rendition of ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)’ on a special edition of the Irish Late Late Show.The pair shared their cover of the song, playing alongside Irish musician Glen Hansard and others, as well as a stripped-down version of their 2000 hit ‘Walk On’.In an annual tradition to raise money for homeless charities, Hansard typically recruits a number of musicians to busk on Dublin’s Grafton Street on Christmas Eve.

It has been a whirlwind few weeks for Dermot Kennedy who today (Dec. 18) makes more Official Irish Chart history.

Congratulations to Taylor Swift who claims this week’s highest new entries on both the Official Irish Albums and Singles Charts.

Dermot Kennedy claims the Official Chart Double for a second week, topping the Official Irish Singles Chart with Giants, while ruling the Official Irish Albums Chart with Without Fear.

Dermot Kennedy isn’t the only musical talent in his family as his aunt Mary Kennedy has released her own charity single with her sister Deirdre.