Alan Corr

Multimedia Journalist

Album review: Gurriers - Nobody's Coming to Save You

With protest back on the streets and the end getting nigher by the day, Dublin's Gurriers make a timely return with a triumphant second album where the political is very much personal and the new world is still waiting to be born

Features • 30 Sep

Liam Neeson, and Catherine Corless pictured at the Dublin Gala screening of The Lost Children of Tuam at the Lighthouse ,Cinema,Dublin.Pictures Brian McEvoyNo Repro fee for one use

'Catherine Corless will not be frightened'

The Lost Children of Tuam tells the story of how local woman and amateur historian Catherine Corless uncovered the dark truth about her hometown's mother and baby home and exposed one of the greatest scandals in the history of the Irish Catholic Church.

Movies • 28 Sep

Film review: The Lost Children of Tuam

Monica Dolan is mesmerising in Frank Berry's gripping and moving account of how Catherine Corless exposed the horrific history of the Bon Secours mother and baby home in Tuam

Movie Review • 27 Sep

Ed Sheeran performs during iHeartRadio KISS108's Jingle Ball 2025 at TD Garden on 14 December, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for for iHeartRadio)

Has Ireland fallen out of love with pop's Mr Nice Guy?

Ed Sheeran's week from hell just keeps getting worse - and he is largely to blame, says Alan Corr

Music • 25 Sep

Andy Irvine: Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, and me

Trad and folk great Andy Irvine has released Devoted, a new album on which he covers the songs of Woody Guthrie. We spoke to him about his long distance friendship with the late singer and why Woody will never go out of fashion

Music • 18 Sep

"I nearly collapsed!" says Traitors Sam

After an emotional Sunday night in the castle, Sam has said that he was left reeling after one of his friends murdered him on The Traitors Ireland.

The Traitors Ireland • 14 Sep

Oasis to play two nights at Slane Castle next September

Oasis have announced that they will play Slane Castle on the 4 and 5 of September 2027 with registration to buy tickets open now.

Music • 15 Sep

New book about U2's first gig as U2 to be published

A new book telling the story of the night that a young fourpiece band from the north side of Dublin played their first official gig as U2 nearly fifty years ago is set for publication.

Music • 12 Sep

'We wanted to make a feelgood movie', say Oasis directors

The directors of the new documentary Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger have said that they set out to make a 'feelgood film' that didn't dwell on the past but aimed to capture the estranged band's bid to restore their legacy.

Music • 09 Sep

Why breaking up was the best thing Oasis ever did

Don't Look Back in Anger, the new film about the Oasis reunion, hits real emotional high notes as it tells the story of their miraculous comeback tour. As Noel says, "It turns out that the Oasis thing never went away . . . "

Movie Review • 09 Sep