HOT PRESS 43-20: ANDREA CORR BUMPER XMAS / NEW YEAR SPECIAL Dolores O’Riordan

We’re sending you into the festive season in style, with our jam-packed final issue of the year!

Following the success of her award-winning memoir, Barefoot Pilgrimage, our cover star Andrea Corr sits down to discuss sexism in the music industry, coming to terms with the Catholic Church’s crimes without losing her faith, the importance of Billie Eilish, and the future of The Corrs.

In our annual Hot Press Roundtable, Stuart Clark presides over a selection box of Irish musos, including Louis Walsh, The Cranberries’ Noel Hogan, Vulpynes’ Molly McKernan, Tara Stewart and Beoga’s Niamh Dunne –discussing Ed Sheeran, Dolores O’Riordan, Fontaines D.C., the rebirth of trad and more.

Ahead of their headline set at NYF Dublin’s Countdown Concert, Walking On Cars reflect on their landmark year; while we celebrate Irish songwriters in a special feature, featuring Jape, The Late David Turpin and Wallis Bird.

In the Hot Press Interview, Irish soccer star Stephanie Roche discusses the ups and downs of her career, the Irish women’s team’s battles with the FAI, sexism in football and more.