Following an ESB repair crew around Cavan on Thursday, as it laboured to reconnect power after last week’s storm, I found ...

The Irish rebels song of Kevin Barry ... Often, among those of poor education, it was the news. Street ballad singers would busk or play on the street for spare change, as they still do now.

In his 2004 autobiography Chronicles, Dylan wrote: "I got to be friends with Liam and began going after-hours to the White Horse Tavern on Hudson Street, which was mainly an Irish bar frequented ...