Perhaps Gay Byrne said it best. Back in 1987 he was fond of playing a song called Town to Town by Cork band Microdisney on his morning show on RTÉ Radio 1. The track, an upbeat tale of the daily grind ...

Singer celebrated for versatile, sometimes confrontational songcraft had suffered a long illness Cathal Coughlan, frontman with acclaimed indie bands Fatima Mansions and Microdisney, has died aged 61.

Irish group Microdisney were only together for a few years in the mid-1980s, but for a time were critical darlings with their mix of biting lyrics (courtesy Cathal Coughlan) and smooth, shimmering ...

SINGER Cathal Coughlan of Microdisney has sadly passed away at the age of 61. The Cork native died peacefully in hospital following a long illness. Cathal found fame alongside Sean O’Hagan in the ...

Cathal Coughlan, who fronted Irish cult band Microdisney in the ’80s and Fatima Mansions in the ’90s, is set to release new solo album Song Of Co-Aklan on March 26 via Dimple Discs. (Preorder.) It’s ...

Colm works in RTÉ Television and writes regularly for The Blackpool Sentinel. Ahead of their forthcoming reunion gig at Dublin's National Concert Hall, Colm O'Callaghan looks back at the career of ...

To their fans, Microdisney were one of the greatest bands of all time. But most people have never heard of them. This is the story of a huge talent that went largely unrecognised. Show more In 1980, ...

In advance of Paul McDermott's radio documentary on the Sultans Of Ping, he talks about his efforts to pay tribute to the music of his home town Clockwise from left: music journalist and historian ...