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The annual prize, which is celebrating its 20th year, celebrates the best in recorded Irish music

Live acts announced for RTÉ Choice Music Prize

A Lazarus Soul, Curtesy, Orla Gartland, NewDad and Niamh Regan are among the acts who will play this year's RTÉ Choice Music Prize live event in Dublin this March.

Music • 30 Jan

Ramper. Photo credit: Charlie Joe Doherty

Behind the music - Ramper

Donegal alt-folk artist Declan McClafferty, better known as Ramper, has released his new song, If You Want A Good Dream, and plays Ireland Music Week on 3 October at the Workman's Cellar. We asked him the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 02 Oct 24

UCC hosting Other Voices for a second time

University College Cork's riverside campus will again be the backdrop to the sounds of the best household names and emerging artists when it hosts Other Voices for a second time this September.

Music • 29 Aug 23

Behind the music - Niamh Bury

New Claddagh Records signing Niamh Bury has released her debut single, Beehive. We asked her the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 08 Jul 23

Ciaran Lavery: "Winter in Eden is a song about the quiet and content time in a relationship between two people." Photo credit: Jamie Neish

Behind the music - Ciaran Lavery

Antrim singer Ciaran Lavery has teamed up with Galway singer Niamh Regan for her new single, Winter in Eden, which features on Niamh's forthcoming EP In the Meantime. We asked Ciaran the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 24 Feb 22

Jack O'Rourke: "I couldn't be without my piano. It's another limb." Photo Credit Miki Barlok

Behind the music - Jack O'Rourke

Ahead of his new album, Wild Place, on November 5, Jack O'Rourke has released the song Sea Swimming. We asked him the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 22 Oct 21

All-Irish line-up for new Meadows Festival in Dublin

A Lazarus Soul, CMAT, Saint Sister, and David Keenan are among the acts playing the Meadows Festival, a new open-air socially distanced music even at Dublin's Royal Hospital Kilmainham this August.

Music • 19 Jul 21

Niamh Regan: "I'm itching to get out there and play in front of real audiences again."

Niamh Regan announces 2021 tour

Album of the Year RTÉ Choice Music Prize nominee Niamh Regan is upbeat about a quick return to live performances later this year and has announced a nine-venue national tour of Ireland for November.

Music • 17 Feb 21

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Tonight's Late Late Show line-up revealed

Author and women's health advocate Vicky Phelan, who has just undergone her first week of experimental cancer treatment in Maryland, will give an update on her progress on tonight's Late Late Show.

Television • 29 Jan 21

The award ceremony will be broadcast live online from Studio 5 in RTÉ on Thursday 4th March 4th and simulcast on the RTÉ Player and RTÉ 2FM

Female acts dominate RTÉ Choice Music Prize shortlist

The shortlist for this year's RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2020 has been unveiled, with female acts dominating the finalists with a total of six nominees.

Music • 06 Jan 21

Behind the music: Emma Langford

Limerick's Emma Langford is gearing up for the release of her album Sowing Acorns on September 18. We ask her the BIG questions.

Music • 23 Jun 20

Niamh Regan