Glen Hansard is the lead singer and a founding member of Irish band The Frames. He is one half of folk duo The Swell Season, along with Czech pianist and vocalist Markéta Irglová. Together, they share an Academy Award for Best Original Song for ‘Falling Slowly,’ from the film Once, in which they both starred. He has released five solo … Read More

Fiona Shaw is one of Britain’s most prized actors. She is a Bafta winner and three-time Emmy nominee for her work in Fleabag and Killing Eve, and recently appeared in Bad Sisters. She has worked with many international directors, and lately starred in Hot Milk directed by Rebecca Lankawitz and Gaby Dellal’s Park Avenue. Onstage, her wide range of roles … Read More

Ferdia Lennon was born and raised in Dublin. He holds a BA in History and Classics from University College Dublin and an MA in Prose Fiction from the University of East Anglia. Glorious Exploits is his first novel. A Sunday Times bestseller, it was adapted for BBC Radio 4 and won the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2024, the Everyman Wodehouse … Read More

Eimear McBride is the author of four novels: A Girl is a Half-formed Thing, The Lesser Bohemians, Strange Hotel and The City Changes Its Face. She held the inaugural Creative Fellowship at the Beckett Research Centre, University of Reading and is the recipient of the Women’s Prize for Fiction, Goldsmiths Prize, Kerry Prize, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.

Eileen Walsh is an actor. Her recent film work includes Small Things Like These (Enda Walsh) with Cillian Murphy, Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keeffe), Small Town Big Story (Chris O Dowd), and theatre work includes The Crucible (Lyndsey Turner), Absolute Hell, (Joe Hill-Gibbons), Liola (Richard Eyre) at National Theatre of Great Britain. She is currently preparing for a 24hr performance … Read More

DUG is the new musical venture of songwriter New York County resident Lorkin O’Reilly and California banjo player Jonny Pickett, now both living in Ireland. Drawing inspiration from both Irish and American traditional music, DUG aims to create a transatlantic blend that reflects the musical heritages of both its members. Their first single ‘Jubilee’ was shortlisted for two Grammy Nominations … Read More

Dominic Sandbrook is a historian, broadcaster and columnist, and co-presenter of the world’s most popular history podcast, The Rest is History. He is known for his best-selling series of books on post-war Britain and Adventures in Time for younger readers, and has written and presented several television series. He has been a book critic for the Sunday Times for almost … Read More

Irish actress Denise Gough’s plethora of theatre work has won her two Olivier Awards (for People Places and Things and Angels in America). Her film credits include Monday, The Other Lamb, Colette, The Kid Who Would be King, Juliet Naked, Robin Hood, Jimmy’s Hall and ’71. Her TV work includes Andor, Under the Banner of Heaven, Too Close (for (BAFTA … Read More

A former teacher, broadcaster, barrister and mediator, Cynthia Ní Mhurchú was elected to the European Parliament in 2024. She is a member of the liberal Renew Europe group. Prior to her election, Cynthia worked for 27 years as a self-employed barrister in the Irish Courts at all levels, representing private clients as well as legally aided clients, in the areas … Read More

Conor O’Brien, aka Villagers, is a singer-songwriter-instrumentalist with a rich and diverse body of work and an unwavering commitment to a uniquely nuanced, literate and melodic fusion of folk, pop and rock that has won awards and accolades from peers such as Paul Weller, Elvis Costello, Damon Albarn, Guy Garvey and The National. His albums include Becoming A Jackal (2010), … Read More