In 1991, a gritty Irish music film about an unlikely soul band became one of the most beloved rock movies of its era. Based on the novel by Roddy Doyle, the film follows a group of working-class ...

Cathal McGuinness is a recent college graduate from Dublin, Ireland. He has been writing short stories and articles from the age of 15. He was awarded the George Dempsey prize for English Prose ...

With Roddy Doyle's The Commitments opening at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre in October to coincide with the popular film, we look at where the cast are now. In 1991 the talented young cast had been ...

In 1991, a gritty Irish music film about an unlikely soul band became one of the most beloved rock movies of its era. The Commitments, directed by Alan Parker, was recently included in Consequence's ...