Hot Press 2021 Annual world cup • Thirty-two pages of brilliant

• Thirty-two pages of brilliant

Clare and James return in the third and final series of Derry Girls

• Side-seamed

father-and-son Paul and Luke Byrne on music and football

Plus – we take an in-depth look at the impact of Covid-19 on the Irish music industry

Hot Press 2021 Annual world cup • Thirty-two pages of brilliantThe Hot Press Annual: Irish Women Take A Stand Together A very special publication to end a thoroughly crazy year. 2020 has been the most extraordinary year since the end of the Second World War. With the Covid 19 pandemic raging, normal life was turned upside down. And musicians were faced with all sorts of new dilemmas. Against that backdrop, Irelands female artists decided to take a stand. Ruth Anne Cunningham brought them together for Women In