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The social side of Ireland and abroad — creators and influencers, entertainment, the red-carpet moments worth knowing, and the money behind all of it.

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King Harald V, 1937–2026: The King Who Would Not Marry Anyone Else

He died at 6.35 on Friday morning, one day short of his fifty-eighth wedding anniversary. Europe's oldest monarch waited nine years for a businessman's daughter, and let his father understand he would rather end the dynasty than give her up.

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Yayoi Kusama, 1929–2026: The Dots Were Never Decoration

She died on 14 August. The world was told on the 26th. Between the tablecloth that obliterated her at ten and the shop window on the rue du Pont Neuf lies the strangest career in modern art — and Ireland saw it exactly once.

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Peter Cullen, smiling, photographed in front of a Transformers logo wall at a film premiere.
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Peter Cullen, 1941–2026: The Voice Was His Brother's

He was Optimus Prime for four decades, and Eeyore, and the clicking of the creature in Predator. But the voice that made him belonged to a Marine who came home from Vietnam quieter than he left — and who told him, before the audition, to be strong enough to be gentle.

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Tim Curry, seated, photographed against a black background at a 50th anniversary event for The Rocky Horror Picture Show in 2025.
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Tim Curry, 1946–2026: The Man Who Played It Absolutely Straight

He put on a corset and heels in a room above a theatre in Chelsea and refused to treat it as a joke. The film flopped, then never left cinemas again. Tim Curry has died at 80 — with one Emmy, for a cartoon pirate, and no Tony at all.

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Electric Picnic 2026: the line-up, the money, and what Stradbally gets out of it

Eighty thousand people a day, sold out in under two hours before a headliner was announced, and a county council that collects €22,500 for the privilege. Everything you need for the weekend, and a few things the festival would rather you skipped.

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Dolly Parton, in a floor-length fuchsia sequinned dress, crosses a darkened concert stage at Wolf Trap in 2011.
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Dolly Parton, 1946–2026: The Woman Who Knew Exactly What She Was Doing

She refused Elvis, kept her copyrights, built an industry in the county she was born in, and let the world underestimate her for sixty years. Dolly Parton has died at 80 — and the free books are still going out in Tallaght and Cork this month.

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The Top 18 Irish Creators, Ranked on What Can Actually Be Proved

We read every follower count off the profile ourselves, then tried to verify what these people have actually built. Two thirds of it did not survive. The result is a ranking in which the biggest account finishes fourth.

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Influencer or UGC Creator? The Reclassification Changing Everything

The fastest-growing job in Irish social media is the one where nobody knows your name - and an Irish influencer agency has already built a business selling content without influencers attached. Part five of our series.

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Does Any of It Actually Work?

The industry's favourite statistic traces back to nowhere in particular, not one published Irish campaign result reports a sale, and only 10 per cent of Irish consumers trust a word of it. Part four of our series.

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The Agencies: Who Represents Irish Creators, and What They Take

Five Irish agencies, one published fee model between them, and the question nobody in Dublin enjoys: is it still about who you know? Part three of our series on the Irish influencer scene.

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What Irish Creators Actually Get Paid

Locked out of TikTok's payout scheme while British and German creators are not. Taxed at 52 per cent on the gift bag. A third of deals not paid in money at all. Part two of our series on the Irish influencer scene.

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Ireland Doesn't Trust Its Influencers. It Buys From Them Anyway.

One in ten of us believes a word they say. Two thirds of their followers have bought something on their say-so. Part one of a five-part look at who Ireland is actually listening to - and who is paying for it.

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Platinum VIP Style Awards 2026: All Ten Winners

Laura Fox, Dáithí Ó Sé and a Best Dressed win for Celia Holman Lee — the full list from Ireland's most glamorous night, at the InterContinental Dublin.

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Ireland Fashion Week Awards 2026: All the Winners

Sasha Donnellan, Marwa Ali and a Lifetime Achievement Award for William Costelloe — the inaugural Ireland Fashion Week Awards treated Irish design with the seriousness it has always deserved.

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Why Irish Fame Feels Like Family

In a small country with a long memory, celebrity works differently. On the peculiar intimacy of being famous in Ireland.

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The Anatomy of an Irish Red Carpet

It isn't the Oscars — and that's exactly why it works. A look at what makes the Irish style event its own glorious, slightly chaotic genre.

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