Colm O'Callaghan

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Colm O'Callaghan

Colm works in RTÉ Television and writes regularly for The Blackpool Sentinel.

Colm O'Callaghan works in RTÉ Television and writes regularly for The Blackpool Sentinel.

Cathal Coughlan (left) and Sean O'Hagan (right) of Microdisney

Cathal Coughlan remembered - the last word on a musical maverick

In Memoriam • 24 May 22

Meat Loaf onstage at Feile 1990 (Pic: Getty)

Meat Loaf and Ireland - to hell and back with a rock icon

Music • 26 Jan 22

Dolores O'Riordan - remembering The Cranberries' early days

During the first series of the RTÉ music show, No Disco, the presenter, Donal Dineen and myself travelled west to Limerick on a couple of …

Music • 15 Jan 22

The Game - how we made RTÉ's epic GAA series

Colm O'Callaghan, Head of Specialist Factual Programmes at RTÉ, writes about the inspiration behind RTÉ's epic new series The Game, celebrating the sport of hurling, …

Sport • 13 Aug 18

The triumph of Feile 1990 - the original Trip To Tipp

Almost 60,000 spectators fetched up at Semple Stadium in Thurles on September 2nd, 1984, for that year's All-Ireland hurling final between Cork and Offaly. It …

Music • 26 May 18

U2 pictured on the roof of the Cork Country Club Hotel, cira 1980. Picture: David Corio

U2's Arcadian Dream - how one Cork music venue made music history

A new RTÉ One documentary looks back at U2's early years in the late '70's, when the emerging Dublin band connected with a loyal audience …

Music • 23 Jan 18

Cathal Coughlan and Sean O'Hagan of Microdisney (Image courtesy of Ciarán Ó Tuama)

Microdisney and the village of Cork

Ahead of their forthcoming reunion gig at Dublin's National Concert Hall, Colm O'Callaghan looks back at the career of Corkonian cult heroes Microdisney.

Music • 23 Jan 18