Belfast-born World of Hans Zimmer soloist blending trad music with ‘almost every other music style’ for Fleadh

All-Ireland champion Dawn Doherty has spent 14 years sharing Irish music and sean-nós singing with students in New York. Now the Castlebar native is bringing many of them to Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Belfast, where she will also return to competition herself

‘Culture need not divide us,’ says DUP Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly

It is the first time the annual music festival has been held in Belfast and only the second time it has been held in Northern Ireland.

Stormont’s First and deputy First Ministers also addressed the hundreds at Belfast City Hall to open the world’s largest celebration of Irish music.