Arguing the case for the arts in this year’s budgetNew Arts Council chairman Kevin Rafter expects State will honour funding pledgeMon Oct 07 2019 - 15:00
Ireland’s citizens in waiting: 16,000 people now ‘in limbo’Ireland’s citizenship process was already slow. This year it came to a complete standstillSat Oct 05 2019 - 06:00
Trinity College’s new sculpture: 30 women to put on a pedestalFrom Markievicz to Maeve Binchy, there’s no shortage of candidates to join its 40 menWed Oct 02 2019 - 16:40
Behind the scenes at Krispy Kreme Dublin, the firm’s most profitable shop worldwideI count five layers of sugary decoration. There are 300 to 400 calories in a decorated shellSat Sept 28 2019 - 06:00
Krispy Kreme Blanchardstown sold 6.6m doughnuts to 600,000 customers in year oneThe Dublin outlet caused ‘Christmas-like’ traffic gridlock when it opened a year agoWed Sept 25 2019 - 11:30
Mould Into Shape review: Journey through plastic soundscapesDublin Fringe Festival: A mystery tour on the Dart brings the audience to confront relationship with plasticMon Sept 23 2019 - 11:51
Things We’ve Always Wanted to Tell You review: Thought-provoking look at the Irish class systemDublin Fringe Festival: Scottee directs a carefully choreographed and amusing discussion that upturns class assumptionsFri Sept 20 2019 - 15:47
Sandie Jones, Irish Eurovision singer, dies aged 68Jones, who was the only singer to perform a song in Irish at Eurovision, lived in the US since the 1980sFri Sept 20 2019 - 11:55
Culture Night: Your guide to the best events in Dublin and around IrelandOf the 4,000-plus events taking place on Friday 20th, here are the ones we want to go toThu Sept 19 2019 - 12:29
Galway 2020: After the fighting comes a leap in imaginationThe European Capital of Culture creative director avoided confirming how much of €39.7m budget has been raised privatelyThu Sept 19 2019 - 08:26
Year of culture: Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture line-up revealedSearch for 2,020 people for community cast for Olympics-style opening spectacleWed Sept 18 2019 - 18:34
Edinburgh Fringe: ‘We’re getting a city bus tour to make a show of ourselves!’Award-winners Gina Moxley and Pat Kinevane celebrate Edinburgh Fringe awardsMon Sept 16 2019 - 12:39
‘Everybody’s life deserves an orchestra’A Dublin breakfast club brings people together, helping to avoid social isolationMon Sept 16 2019 - 05:00
And the winner of this year’s Francis MacManus competition is...RTÉ announces short-story contest winners, all of which will be broadcast on Radio 1Tue Sept 10 2019 - 19:15
Taste of Dublin launches an indoor winter food festival at the RDS‘Festive edition’ of Iveagh Gardens food and drink event expected to draw 18,000 visitorsThu Sept 05 2019 - 12:57
DUP’s Jim Wells will no longer watch Strictly Come Dancing due to inclusion of gay couplesWells has been widely criticised for his remarks, characterised by many as homophobicMon Sept 02 2019 - 15:00
Gird your loins. It’s the FringeDublin’s 16-day festival showcases new voices, unusual venues and 54 world premieresSat Aug 31 2019 - 05:00
Two-thirds of published poets are male, so does poetry have a gender issue?A damning survey of the industry has caused publishers to reflect on their listsSat Aug 17 2019 - 05:00
Kinky Boots: ‘Two and a half feet of tubular, irresistible sex’A heartwarming tale about cross-dressers and how fetish footwear saved a factoryFri Aug 16 2019 - 06:00
Kilkenny Arts Festival brings light, dark, and a great sense of placeThomas Kilroy’s Callan tales, St Canice’s Cathedral and the rain take on starring rolesWed Aug 14 2019 - 05:00
Dublin Podcast Festival announces 2019 line-upGuilty Feminist, Gay and a NonGay, 2 Johnnies, It Galz, Blindboy, My Favorite MurderThu Aug 08 2019 - 09:38
Ah here. What made Ben Foden get hitched after a fortnight?Una Healy’s ex-husband has just married his girlfriend of two weeks. Can it work?Wed Aug 07 2019 - 14:37
Kilkenny Arts Festival organisers take flagship events outdoors this yearShakespeare comedy Much Ado About Nothing and multi-sensory spectacular fLux among highlights of festivalSat Aug 03 2019 - 05:00
A whole town is the set for a giant church-state battleThe Big Chapel X, an adaptation of Thomas Kilroy’s novel, sees the community of Callan, Co Kilkenny, revisiting a dark period of its pastSat Aug 03 2019 - 05:00
Galway International Arts Festival 2019: It has it lickedBurt Bacharach, Gravity & Other Myths, Reem Karssli and Dael OrlandersmithWed Jul 31 2019 - 11:15
Theatre festival director calls for diverse, creative city, and more venuesNew Playboy, bunch of world premieres lined up for this year’s Dublin Theatre FestivalTue Jul 30 2019 - 20:52
Loughinisland massacre documentary nominated for an EmmyNo Stone Unturned, which names suspect, nominated in investigative documentary categoryFri Jul 26 2019 - 10:41
Long, hot summer: How to beat the sweaty Betty bluesSo, how’s your glass box extension now? Not so hot on keeping us cool on these humid daysThu Jul 25 2019 - 06:00
Dublin rappers Versatile criticised over 'misogynist and racist' lyricsThe duo have been attacked on Twitter for their lyrics about black womenWed Jul 24 2019 - 15:50
Galway International Arts Festival: Apres le deluge - the show goes onThe festival hit high notes in its first week with high-profile shows, but it’s the other shows that flesh out a festivalWed Jul 24 2019 - 05:00
‘Make climate change personal in your life’, Mary Robinson urgesFormer president outlines three steps all can take to alter climate change directionSat Jul 20 2019 - 14:15
Going, going, gone: Buckley Galleries hosts final auctionThe hammer fell for the last time in legendary Buckleys of Sandycove this afternoon after 56 years in business and nearly a million lots soldSat Jul 20 2019 - 06:00
Festival director calls for dedicated visual arts space for GalwayPaul Fahy says it is ‘shocking’ that city is still without a proper cultural hub and galleryWed Jul 17 2019 - 10:16
Awry, synecdoche and vagina: The read-it-never-said-it words that people mispronouncePeople are sharing their mispronunciations of words they’ve never heard spokenTue Jul 16 2019 - 05:00
Dead Dog in a Suitcase: High-octane theatre for turbulent timesKneehigh’s reworking of The Beggar’s Opera tale of corruption, ineptitude and irresponsibility is coming to GalwaySat Jul 13 2019 - 06:00
Galway arts festival pop-up gallery: a cathedral of light, height and artAnnual festival has yet again pulled out all the stops to build a temporary galleryThu Jul 11 2019 - 05:00
Electric Picnic: Fine-dining comes to StradballyDerry Clarke and Mark Moriarty will cook for over 300 at this year’s festival banquet in aid of charityWed Jul 10 2019 - 12:25
‘And the animals looked from man to pig and pig to man’ – Readers’ favourite literary linesBook lovers share the bits of JK Rowling, George Orwell and Douglas Adams they love bestMon Jul 08 2019 - 17:13
Battle at the Ivy: Another controversy at the Dublin restaurantFirst, a row over tips. Now, it is claimed, a waiter has been dismissed for joining a unionSat Jul 06 2019 - 06:00
Off the grid but still plugged in: The extraordinary life of Margaret GallagherThe 77-year-old lives as generations before her did, without electricity or running waterSat Jun 29 2019 - 06:00
Six Irish writers on longlist for richest short-story prizeKevin Barry, Danielle McLaughlin in line-up for £30,000 Sunday Times Audible awardMon Jun 24 2019 - 12:20
Cork Midsummer Festival 2019: Daring work and delicious foodPlays for an audience of one and a Mick Flannery musical are among this year’s ambitious programmeWed Jun 19 2019 - 15:00
‘Just because it is legal for restaurants to keep tips does not make it right’A Bill to give waiters a legal right to keep tips reaches final stage in the Seanad this weekSat Jun 08 2019 - 06:00
Abortion row: Northern Ireland Screen backs actors who speak outUK government agency responds to calls for entertainment-industry boycott of NorthFri May 31 2019 - 16:38
From Beckett to A Christmas Carol, but not the Gate Theatre as we know itSelina Cartmell unveils a new season featuring collaborations with Colm Tóibín, Stanley Townsend, Garry Hynes, Anu and Dead CentreWed May 29 2019 - 17:07
National Concert Hall launches bumper programme for 2019-20Joyce DiDonato, Damon Albarn, Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson in wide-ranging line-upTue May 28 2019 - 15:40
‘I write stories to force adults to think about horrible topics’16-year-old Amy Cahill – author of the story My Mammy Lives in a Box – on writing about suicideTue May 28 2019 - 09:35
Inside Dublin’s Hendrick hotel – big on street art, small on spaceThe hotel in Smithfield, Dublin 7 has more than 270 pieces of art across six storeysMon May 27 2019 - 06:00
Opera about JFK’s tragic sister Rosemary to premiere in JulyIrish National Opera season to also feature new opera set in direct provisionMon May 20 2019 - 19:45
Old Dublin post office transformed into fine dining Chinese restaurantFirst look: Sea of cool blues and greys in €1.6m refurbishment overlooking the seaMon May 20 2019 - 06:00
