Enduring British reggae band UB40 play at the INEC - Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney, on the back of their best album for years, Who You Fighting For?

Enduring British reggae band UB40 play at the RDS in Dublin, on the back of their best album for years, Who You Fighting For?

Black Uhuru and The Abyssinians make a top double-bill of conscious reggae at Dublin's Tripod.

New York quartet Interpol bring their tense and compelling guitar rock to the RDS in Dublin as part of a tour in support of new album, Our Love to Admire.

The Magic Numbers are on the road after the late summer release of their Undecided EP. This date is at Róisín Dubh in Galway City.

The Magic Numbers are on the road after the late summer release of their Undecided EP. This date is at Dolans Warehouse in Limerick.

Prompted by the release of a new greatest hits compilation, songwriters Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford lead Squeeze on a UK tour. This date is at Dublin's Olympia Theatre.

The Magic Numbers are on the road after the late summer release of their Undecided EP. This date is at the Button Factory in Dublin.

Legendary Irish band The Pogues perform at Dublin's RDS as part of a winter tour celebrating the group's 25th anniversary.

Part of the Christmas Festival, this annual race at Leopardstown Racecourse makes one horse the richest winter chase runner in Ireland.

Part of the Christmas Festival, the annual Lexus Chase at the Leopardstown Racecourse has been won by many of the great Irish three-mile chasers.

St Stephen's Day in Dublin (26 December) is the first day of Leopardstown's most famous race meeting, the Christmas Meeting, which lasts for four days.

Renowned avant-garde tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders performs with his quartet at Tripod in Dublin. His latest album, The Creator Has a Master Plan, was released in 2003.

Riotous rockers Queens of the Stone Age perform at Dublin's Ambassador Theatre for two nights as they tour in support of new album, Era Vulgaris. Expect monstrous metal riffs from the band…

Ireland face Scotland at Croke Park in this Six Nations rugby union international.

Ireland face Wales at Croke Park in this Six Nations rugby union international.

Dublin's St Patrick's Day Festival culminates with the Festival Parade - an impressive display of colour, noise and pageantry and the biggest street party in Ireland.

Mancunian quintet Elbow are on the road in support of new album, The Seldom Seen Kid, featuring the epic single Grounds for Divorce. This date is at the Dublin's Vicar Street.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band continue to tour their first new studio album together for five years - Magic. These dates are at the RDS Arena in Dublin.

Influential British jazz fusion guitarist John McLaughlin performs at Vicar Street in Dublin.