
Ken Sweeney
Showbiz Editor at The Irish Sun
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1 week ago |
thesun.ie | Ken Sweeney
THE ex-husband of Imelda May has revealed how the two reunited on stage to support the pal who first brought them together. Dublin-born Imelda split with Darrel Higham back in 2015 — after being married for more than 13 years. However, Darrel, 55, and Imelda, 50, who have a daughter Violet together, reunited on stage last week in front of 10,000 punters at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly weekend in the US. Darrel told The Irish Sun: “I was delighted to be back up on stage playing with Imelda again.
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thesun.ie | Ken Sweeney
DEREK Mooney has told how he thought RTE bosses were away with the birds — when they asked him to go live on the Pope’s death. The Mooney Goes Wild host had been due to host a two-hour nature special on RTE Radio One on the Easter Bank Holiday. But tragedy struck minutes before they went on air on April 21 when it was announced , aged 88.
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1 week ago |
thesun.ie | Ken Sweeney |George Harrison
Find out below where you can see The Blades play live this summerTHE Blades member Brian Foley, aka Boy One, has teamed up with a top UK songwriter for his new single. A surefire radio hit, up-tempo song Midlove Crisis is a co-write with tunesmith Kevin Savigar. Songwriter Kevin is a long-time collaborator of Rod Stewart, who has also worked with legends Bob Dylan, George Harrison and Willie Nelson.
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2 weeks ago |
thesun.ie | Ken Sweeney
UK TERROR police are investigating Kneecap over videos allegedly showing the band calling for the deaths of MPs and shouting, “up Hamas, up Hezbollah”. The Irish hip hop trio have seen a number of gigs and appearances cancelled after footage emerged from a 2023 performance, when a member said: “The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP.”A video from another date last year appeared to show one of the embattled band shouting: “Up Hamas, up Hezbollah”.
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2 weeks ago |
thesun.ie | Ken Sweeney
GERRY Ryan’s daughter Bonnie has revealed she never got to say goodbye to her dad. And she also admitted she regrets not taking the chance to say “I love you” in her last conversation with the radio star. She joined her family on FaceTime today as they celebrated his life on the 15th anniversary of his death. Widow Morah Ryan was joined by Lottie, 39, Rex, 35, Elliot, 28, and Babette, 25, as they gathered for a private family meal.
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