Singles
- Below is a list of notable singles released by Irish artists in Ireland in 2008.
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| Issue date | Song title | Artist | Source | Sales | Notes |
| January 25 | "KeepsaKe" | Ham Sandwich | (Download only) | ||
| February | "Bullrun" | Travega | Released to radio on February 5. | ||
| February 8 | "Sing for Your Supper" | Cathy Davey | |||
| February 10 | "We People Who Are Darker Than Blue" | Republic of Loose & Sinéad O'Connor | (iTunes Download) | ||
| February 15 | "Ragdoll" | David Geraghty | |||
| February 22 | "Take Me Away" | Pugwash | |||
| February 29 | "Bite the Bullet" | The Kinetiks | (Download only) | ||
| March | "Already Sleeping" | Hooray For Humans | |||
| March | "Bruised from Kisses" | The Radio | |||
| March 7 | "The Cure" | Dirty Epics | |||
| April 4 | "I Like Music" | Republic of Loose | Video | iTunes and all other download platforms in Ireland | |
| April 4 | "Maybe This is not Love" | Joe Chester | Free Download | ||
| End of April | "Moving" | Cathy Davey | |||
| May | "Footprints" | Supermodel Twins | Reached #2 in the Download Chart | ||
| May 2 | "After All That's Happened" | Niall Colfer | Available from iTunes on May 9 | ||
| May 2 | "Out of Our Hands" | Gemma Hayes | Digital release | ||
| May 2 | "The Bodies Start to Move" | Joe Chester | Free Download | ||
| May 2 | "Waking Up in America" | The Guggenheim Grotto | Guggenheim Grotto » home | Available from iTunes | |
| May 2 | "Shed a Little Light" | Foy Vance | Available for download | ||
| May 9 | "Harmonic" | The Minutes | Digital release date | ||
| May 15 | "Skyscrapers" | Fred | Available to download from 7Digital (www.7digitalmedia.com) | ||
| May 16 | "Out Tonight" | The Flaws | Video | Download only | |
| May 30 | "Rainy Night in Soho" | Damien Dempsey | Pogues cover | ||
| End of May | "Congratulations" | Kanyu Tree | |||
| June 16 | "Breakaway" | Joe Echo | |||
| June 20 | "The Steady Song" | Republic of Loose | |||
| July 1 | "Chocolate Factory" | The Pale | Paired with "Lady Gregory" on CD and also available for free digital download on iTunes | ||
| July 11 | "Something Global" | Fight Like Apes | Taken from forthcoming debut album | ||
| July 15 | "Atom Bomb" | Juno Falls | * From the album Weightless * Available free for download from downloadmusic.ie until July 28. |
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| August 1 | "I'm Gonna Be" | Nicole Maguire | |||
| August 1 | "This Time Next Summer" | Supermodel Twins | |||
| August 8 | "Running" | Fred | |||
| August 15 | "Japanese Toy" | Cowboy X | |||
| August 15 | "Back to Front" | The Infomatics | Second single by the hip hop act | ||
| August 25 | "Lille" | Lisa Hannigan | Free lisahannigan.com download | ||
| August 29 | "Trust Me I'm a Doctor" | The Blizzards | |||
| September 5 | "Tin Tin" | Peakin’ Trippers | Reached #45 in the Irish Singles Chart | ||
| September 19 | "Easy As It Flows" | Carosel | Taken from their forthcoming album Kaleidoscope and available in both digital and CD formats. | ||
| September 19 | "Jake Summers" | Fight Like Apes | * Originally on the How Am I Supposed To Kill You If You Have All The Guns EP. * "Snore Bore Whore" (Spherical mix) features as the b-side to the CD version, while the 7" is accompanied by "Corey Pop" and a matching hand-stamped bag. |
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| September 19 | "Enough Is Enough" | Myp et Jeep | Taken from their debut album Blood is Not Enough, due in January 2009 on Reekus Records. | ||
| October 3 | "Megaphone Man" | Messiah J and the Expert | Video | Released on Inaudible Records (Cavallerro) (RMG Digital) | |
| October 10 | "Guided by Ghosts" | Codes | Recorded with producer Greg Haver and released on both hard copy (HMV) and download (via iTunes and downloadmusic.ie) | ||
| October 10 | "Coming Back Around" | DC Tempest | Winners of the Hot Press/Sennheiser competition to play the Live Stage at The Music Show | ||
| October 10 | "Way Too Pretty" | Dirty Epics | |||
| October 13 | "Take Back the City" | Snow Patrol | |||
| October 17 | "Sweet Sweet Kisses" | Duke Special | |||
| October | "About You Now" | The Saw Doctors | Cover of Sugababes hit as performed on The Podge and Rodge Show. Reached #1 in the Irish Singles Chart - week ending 17 October 2008. Proceeds – €10,000 on that date – given to Galway's Salerno Cystic Fibrosis Fund. | ||
| October | "Broken Glass" | Fight Like Apes | Seventh single by the band. Hot Press proclaim them veterans. | ||
| October 31 | "You Feel the Fire!" | Le Galaxie | |||
| November | "The Reason" | The Blizzards | |||
| November 7 | "From My Heart to Yours" | Laura Izibor | Taken from her debut album Let The Truth Be Told, due for international release by Atlantic Records in January 2009. | ||
| November 10 | "The Things"" | The Things | Taken from the album Some Kind of a Kick. | ||
| November 14 | "The Lights" | Fred | |||
| November 28 | "The Reason" | The Blizzards | |||
| December 12 | "Crack the Shutters" | Snow Patrol | |||
| December 19 | "Phil Lynott" | Jape | Taken from the album Ritual |
Unknown
- "Idolise" - The Flaws
- "I Was a Man" - Jape
- "Minsk" - Concerto For Constantine (offered as free download by Phantom FM)
- "Bring It on Home" - John Strong
- "We Bleed the Blood of Androids" - Le Galaxie (Summer 2008)
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