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Irish Albums Celebrating 5 to 50 years in 2026

With 2026 under way, 2fm's Dan Hegarty takes a look at some of the Irish albums turning five to 50 years old this year.

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RTÉ Choice Music Prize: Breakthrough Artist of The Year shortlist

RTÉ Choice Music Prize

Ailbhe Reddy by Su Mustecaplioglu

Sealed with a kiss - Ailbhe Reddy performs live for RTÉ Arena

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RTÉ Choice Music Prize reveals Irish Artist of the Year shortlist

The RTÉ Choice Music Prize

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RTÉ Choice Music Prize 2025 - listen to the shortlisted albums

RTÉ Choice Music Prize

Legend Peggy Seeger pictured on the Late Late Show Trad Special

Folk legend Peggy Seeger talks to Arena

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RIP Starman: how fans reacted to David Bowie's death 10 years ago

SPRINTS Other Voices 25 by Leah Carroll

Other Voices Home at the Guinness Storehouse

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Great albums that you might have missed this year

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When rave culture hit Ireland - Donegal days to Berghain nights

Flyer for Green Day, The Attic, Dublin 1991

The story of Green Day's 1991 gig in a tiny Dublin venue

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Why did Guns N' Roses take 14 years to make Chinese Democracy?

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Something for the Weekend: David Keenan's cultural picks

Something For The Weekend

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National Concert Hall announces winners of 2025 Bursary Awards

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How Fred Again.. brought the gig of the year to Dublin

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Three young women, two of whom are wearing Taylor Swift tshirts

Watch: University of Galway Swifties review new album

Taylor Swift's The Life Of A Showgirl is utterly joyful

image shows the main stage of the All Together Now festival

Why do all good things come to an end? All Together Now reviewed

This is a Bonologue that obeys all the conventions of a stage production, but this being Bono, it is also a folk mass and a sermon

Bono: Stories of Surrender

Masked and majestic, Sleep Token juxtapose crushing riffage with moments of what-just-happened? beauty Photo: Andy Ford

Wide awake in Arcadia as Sleep Token rouse jaded ears

Nihilistic but romantic, poetic and tender: Fontaines D.C. Photo credit: SImon Wheatley

Review: Fontaines D.C.: weirder, darker, poppier

Kneecap: Not since the heady early nineties days of wayward Dublin crew Scary Eire has an Irish hip-hop act sounded so vital and energetic. Photo credit: Sarah Ellis

Kneecap make an exhibition of themselves on Fine Art

Hackney diamond geezers. Photo credit: Mark Seliger

Review: The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds

The Mary Wallopers. Phtoo credit: Sorcha Frances Ryder

The Mary Wallopers back with more DIY diddley aye

Soda Blonde: ambition fulfilled

Soda Blonde dream bigger and bolder on new album