Lucy O'Toole

Lucy O'Toole

Articles by Lucy O'Toole

Countdown to the Choice Prize: Lankum, <i>False Lankum</i>
  • Music
  • 06 Mar 24
Countdown to the Choice Prize: Lankum, False Lankum
Countdown to the Choice Prize: The Murder Capital on <i>Gigi's Recovery</i>
  • Music
  • 04 Mar 24
Countdown to the Choice Prize: The Murder Capital on Gigi's Recovery
The Last Dinner Party: "It’s such a blessing to do this with people that you love"
  • Music
  • 04 Mar 24
The Last Dinner Party: "It’s such a blessing to do this with people that you love"
Declan McKenna: "I don’t think stuff sticks around when it just plays it safe"
  • Music
  • 29 Feb 24
Declan McKenna: "I don’t think stuff sticks around when it just plays it safe"
Paloma Faith: "We live in a culture where women are either considered to be victims or bitches"
  • Music
  • 27 Feb 24
Paloma Faith: "We live in a culture where women are either considered to be victims or bitches"
Album Review: Royel Otis, <i>PRATTS & PAIN</i>
  • Music
  • 23 Feb 24
Album Review: Royel Otis, PRATTS & PAIN
NewDad: "I liked the idea of people thinking, 'If those Galway kids can play with Paolo, we can do it too'"
  • Music
  • 07 Feb 24
NewDad: "I liked the idea of people thinking, 'If those Galway kids can play with Paolo, we can do it too'"
SPRINTS: “Some people go to therapy, I shout it on stage to a couple of hundred people”
  • Music
  • 01 Feb 24
SPRINTS: “Some people go to therapy, I shout it on stage to a couple of hundred people”
Daniel Wiffen: "We’re going to see multiple Olympic medalists, and maybe gold medalists, for Ireland in 2024"
  • Lifestyle & Sports
  • 30 Jan 24
Daniel Wiffen: "We’re going to see multiple Olympic medalists, and maybe gold medalists, for Ireland in 2024"
12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: The Murder Capital on Grief, Hope and <i>Gigi's Recovery</i>
  • Music
  • 04 Jan 24
12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: The Murder Capital on Grief, Hope and Gigi's Recovery
12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Jazzy and Belters Only on Their Trailblazing Success
  • Music
  • 31 Dec 23
12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Jazzy and Belters Only on Their Trailblazing Success
12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Niall Horan on Irish Upbringings, the Homegrown Scene, Emigration Songs and <i>The Show</i>
  • Music
  • 29 Dec 23
12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Niall Horan on Irish Upbringings, the Homegrown Scene, Emigration Songs and The Show
12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: CMAT on the Church, Sinéad O'Connor, Transphobia, Irishness, and <i>Crazymad, For Me</i>
  • Music
  • 27 Dec 23
12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: CMAT on the Church, Sinéad O'Connor, Transphobia, Irishness, and Crazymad, For Me
Kiera Dignam: "It’s amazing that I finally got my album out. But it’s bittersweet – because he’s not here"
  • Music
  • 12 Dec 23
Kiera Dignam: "It’s amazing that I finally got my album out. But it’s bittersweet – because he’s not here"
Nealo: "One of the most beautiful things in life is being able to transmute that hurt into something, like a song"
  • Music
  • 01 Dec 23
Nealo: "One of the most beautiful things in life is being able to transmute that hurt into something, like a song"
Former Dunnes Stores strikers seek funds to bring a play based on their story to Ireland: "There’s a lot of people who genuinely don’t know it happened"
  • Opinion
  • 30 Nov 23
Former Dunnes Stores strikers seek funds to bring a play based on their story to Ireland: "There’s a lot of people who genuinely don’t know it happened"
Adam Rowe: "The internet hasn’t made it hard for comedians – it’s made it much easier. There’s ways around the gatekeepers now"
  • Culture
  • 15 Nov 23
Adam Rowe: "The internet hasn’t made it hard for comedians – it’s made it much easier. There’s ways around the gatekeepers now"
Fizz: "Music that’s inoffensive, and bland, and pleases everyone, is of so little interest to me now"
  • Music
  • 06 Nov 23
Fizz: "Music that’s inoffensive, and bland, and pleases everyone, is of so little interest to me now"
Jazzy: "I’d like to hope that someone will come after me who will want to be like Jazzy. That’s a nice thought!"
  • Music
  • 03 Nov 23
Jazzy: "I’d like to hope that someone will come after me who will want to be like Jazzy. That’s a nice thought!"
ØXN: "Why do people do the worst things to each other? It’s that fascination that makes murder ballads perpetually relevant"
  • Music
  • 01 Nov 23
ØXN: "Why do people do the worst things to each other? It’s that fascination that makes murder ballads perpetually relevant"
Offica: "I wasn’t meant to be doing this, but I’m here. That’s what makes me, me"
  • Music
  • 31 Oct 23
Offica: "I wasn’t meant to be doing this, but I’m here. That’s what makes me, me"
CMAT: "If Bertie Ahern goes for the presidency, I will actually make it my personal mission to make sure that he doesn’t win"
  • Opinion
  • 23 Oct 23
CMAT: "If Bertie Ahern goes for the presidency, I will actually make it my personal mission to make sure that he doesn’t win"
Album Review: The Mary Wallopers, <i>Irish Rock N Roll</i>
  • Opinion
  • 12 Oct 23
Album Review: The Mary Wallopers, Irish Rock N Roll
The War and Treaty: "Whatever you thought of as the perfect model of a country music star, you now have to consider that maybe that’s wrong. You have to broaden it"
  • Music
  • 02 Oct 23
The War and Treaty: "Whatever you thought of as the perfect model of a country music star, you now have to consider that maybe that’s wrong. You have to broaden it"
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