Wolfe Tones

'If you don't like a song then don't listen to it but don't try to stop others from listening to it,' Wolfe Tones frontman Brian Warfield said.

Let The People Sing!! We can guess at least one of the songs they'll be performing... "Let this be the answer to those who try to control what we sing and we cannot sing... The Wolfe Tones man adds. If you don't like a song then don't listen to it but don't try to stop others from listening to it. [October 12, 2022]

Members of the team appeared to sing the controversial song in the dressing room after their 1-0 win over Scotland guaranteed a World Cup spot.

Both UEFA and Police Scotland have launched investigations into the singing of the song. The song was originally released way back in 1987 as part of the centenary anniversary for Celtic football club. I started way back in 1963 and ever since then, Irish music and Irish song and Irish ballads – Irish historical songs you might say – have been blackened all over the place and it goes back years. "This is a free Ireland. "I've been talking with the CEO and the president. I take full responsibility for what happened and we will address it further."

After the Ireland WNT were criticised for referencing the IRA during their celebrations, the song they were singing by the Wolfe Tones is number 1 on ...

It's not the first time that The Wolfe Tones have seen their songs return to the top of the charts in recent years. Last night, The Wolfe Tones tweeted this, showing that they had returned to the top of the charts again and also supporting the Girls in Green. The famous rebel song by The Wolfe Tones has returned to top spot in the Irish iTunes Top 40, just two years after they were last there.

The Taoiseach has tried to take some heat out of the ongoing row over a song sung by the Irish Women's football team after their historic win over Scotland ...

However, European football's governing body UEFA has said at lunchtime today that they will be looking into the incident. I don't believe any malice was intended here at all, these things can happen." The Taoiseach praised the “magnificent” achievements of the team in their World Cup run that culminated in the Irish women’s football team beating Scotland in a dramatic playoff on Tuesday night.

"If you don't like a song then don't listen," The Wolfe Tones said after the Irish soccer team faced controversy for singing "up the 'Ra," a lyric from the ...

The song references graffiti he saw in Glasgow which said: "We're magic, up the Celts, ooh, ahh up the Ra". "It is the Irish Republican Army. Let The People Sing!!— The Wolfe Tones 🇮🇪 (@wolfetones) The manager, players and FAI have subsequently apologised— RTÉ Soccer (@RTEsoccer) Let The People Sing!" On Thursday, as "Celtic Symphony" surged to the top of iTunes charts in both Ireland and the UK, The Wolfe Tones said: "Let this be the answer to those who try to control what we sing and we cannot sing …

Celtic Symphony by Dublin band The Wolfe Tones has had an unlikely revival after the 'Ooh aah up the Ra' controversy and is now at number six in the UK.

The song was originally released ahead of Celtic FC's centenary in 1988 and it includes the offending line repeated six times. Don't give the argument that Land of Hope and Glory isn’t a rebel song. The ageing Irish rebels are one place ahead of Beyonce in the UK and just behind Ed Sheeran and Lewis Capaldi. Don't tell that you can't sing Celtic Symphony but you can sing God Save the King? It has also gone in at number six in the UK iTunes chart. Jubilant players chanted 'Ooh aah up the Ra' in a reference to the IRA following the victory over Scotland on Tuesday.

Evening headlines: 'Tiger kidnapper' appeals conviction for robbery where women were tied up; Wolfe Tones reach number one after football chant controversy.

[Notorious 'tiger kidnapper' and gangland criminal Paschal Kelly has opened an appeal against his conviction](https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/notorious-tiger-kidnapper-appeals-conviction-for-post-office-robbery-where-women-were-tied-up-and-abducted-42064974.html) and 18-year sentence for a €92,000 post office robbery, during which three women were tied up and abducted. [was assaulted in the Main Street area of Finglas](https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/crime/man-40s-rushed-to-hospital-after-broad-daylight-attack-in-finglas-north-dublin-42064665.html) at approximately 10.30am this morning. [who tragically lost his life in a car crash on Wednesday night.](https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerryman/news/tributes-to-young-kerry-man-who-died-in-fatal-kenmare-crash-sincere-loyal-and-a-pure-gentleman-42064268.html) [legislation governing the sale, supply and advertising of dogs.](https://www.independent.ie/news/dogs-trust-ireland-calls-for-improved-legislation-on-puppy-farms-and-abhorrent-practices-42064588.html) [has re-entered Ireland’s music charts in the wake of controversy](https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/wolfe-tones-celtic-symphony-hits-number-one-after-ireland-womens-team-ira-chant-controversy-42064404.html) involving the Republic of Ireland’s women’s football team. [being hit with a €60 annual price increase](https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/vodafone-ireland-customers-hit-with-60-increase-in-home-broadband-tv-and-phone-plans-42064307.html) for their home broadband, TV and voice service plans from November. [which is not generally possible when the item is a paper and plastic mix.](https://www.independent.ie/news/environment/coffee-cup-confusion-as-recycle-and-compost-labels-clash-with-plastic-warnings-42062733.html) [Thousands of third-level students walked out of lecture halls and classrooms across Ireland today](https://www.independent.ie/news/thousands-of-third-level-students-walk-out-of-lectures-in-protest-at-cost-of-living-crisis-42063224.html) in protest of the student accommodation crisis and cost of going to college. [after it launched a campaign to show where its revenue goes.](https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/national-lottery-faces-down-complaints-over-ads-touting-community-spending-42064940.html) [when he made comments yesterday about why RTÉ did not air an interview with Shane Ross](https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/taoiseach-admits-he-got-it-wrong-about-why-shane-ross-rte-interview-was-pulled-42064691.html) about his new biography about Sinn Fein leader, Mary Lou McDonald. [a fall to the ground off his bicycle before he was struck shortly afterwards by a Luas tram](https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/student-politician-struck-by-luas-was-already-dead-due-to-fall-from-his-bike-inquest-hears-42064936.html) near Dublin city centre, an inquest has heard. The National Lottery was the target of an unusually high number of complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland (ASAI) [The funeral of a 14-year-old girl killed in the Creeslough tragedy was today told she was her parents’ “little miracle”.](https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/a-precious-gem-who-shone-brightly-and-beautifully-leona-harper-14-laid-to-rest-after-creeslough-tragedy-42064453.html) Leona Harper had gone to the Applegreen shop in the Donegal village last Friday afternoon to buy an ice cream before a sleepover at her friend’s house.

THE Wolfe Tones track Celtic Symphony has re-entered both the Irish and UK music charts in the wake of controversy involving the Republic of Ireland's ...

The singer added: “Don’t tell that you can’t sing Celtic Symphony but you can sing God Save the King? Don’t give the argument that Land of Hope and Glory isn’t a rebel song. “What the hell is wrong with IRA?

The Wolfe Tones song Celtic Symphony has topped the Irish charts following the controversial video of the Ireland women's soccer team.

It said: 'The FAI notes that UEFA is to conduct an investigation around the Scotland v Republic of Ireland 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying play-off at Hampden Park on Tuesday night. They have the right to sing a song of their choice and no crank should be on there telling them what to sing and how to sing it. We are Irish people and we have suffered terribly over the years.

On Friday's Morning Focus, Alan spoke to Derek Warfield who is the Founding member of the Wolfe Tones. David shared his views amongst a week of mixed views ...

The Wolfe Tones track Celtic Symphony has re-entered Ireland's music charts in the wake of controversy involving the Republic of Ireland's women's football ...

It is the people who put us here and gave us some hope when we had no hope.” It is the Irish Republican Army. Written in 1987, the song was created for the centenary anniversary of Celtic Football club, which occurred a year later.