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Behind the music - Kate Prendergast

Meath-based singer Kate Prendergast has released her third single, Lavender Country. We asked her the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 01 Feb

Angeline Ball on Angela Scanlon's Ask Me Anything, RTÉ One, Saturday night at 9:50pm

Ball on being catapulted to fame after The Commitments

Angeline Ball has opened up about being catapulted to fame after appearing in The Commitments, saying she didn't enjoy the overnight loss of anonymity.

Television • 13 Nov 21

The late Alan Parker (standing at the wall) and the cast of The Commitments

Surprises in store in Back to Barrytown on RTÉ One

Fans of The Commitments, The Snapper and The Van have been promised plenty of surprises and the best of memories when the new documentary series Back to Barrytown begins on RTÉ One tonight at 9:30pm.

Television • 16 May 21

Tonight's Late Late Show guests announced

Seth Rogen, relatives of the victims of the Ballymurphy Massacre, and the future generation sharing their innovative inventions are all guests on The Late Late Show tonight.

Television • 14 May 21

Colm Meaney returns to his old stomping ground in Back to Barrytown

New RTÉ show celebrates Commitments, Snapper & The Van

Fans of The Commitments, The Snapper and The Van are in for a treat this month when star Colm Meaney takes a trip down memory lane in a new RTÉ series celebrating author Roddy Doyle's Barrytown Trilogy.

Television • 15 May 21

Bronagh binding Derry community spirit through drama

Singer and actress Bronagh Gallagher has spoken of her efforts to build a sense of community in her native Derry through drama and the filming of her new movie, A Bump along the Way, which opens next Friday.

Movies • 07 Oct 19

The cast of The Commitments musical with writer Roddy Doyle

Cast excited to bring The Commitments home to Dublin

After a hugely successful two-year run on London's West End, the stage adaptation of The Commitments is coming home to Dublin, and the cast couldn't be more excited.

Entertainment • 07 Oct 16

Hansard - "I witnessed not only myself, but my dear friends, kind of go off their rocker a little bit after the experience"

Hansard felt 'burnt' after Commitments success

Glen Hansard has said that while the experience of making The Commitments was a joy, the success that came with the movie version of the Roddy Doyle book "did a number on a couple of us".

Headlines • 14 Sep 16

Tributes paid to Commitments star Johnny Murphy

Johnny Murphy, best known for his role as trumpet player Joey 'The Lips' Fagan in The Commitments, has died aged 71.

Entertainment • 24 Feb 16

Free Dublin screening of The Commitments

The Commitments, Alan Parker's controversial film about a struggling Dublin soul, band, will be given a free outdoor screening this Saturday (July 26) in Smithfield, Dublin as part of the Dublin on Screen series.

Entertainment • 25 Jul 14

The Commitments