Abbey Theatre co-directors: ‘We want our artists to have a hand on the steering wheel’Caitríona McLaughlin and Mark O’Brien on the way forward for the national theatreThu Jan 20 2022 - 05:00
A guide to the best festivals in Ireland in 2022 (pandemic permitting)Artists and organisers are ready and waiting to stage a lavish array of events in 2022Sat Jan 15 2022 - 06:00
Fr Trendy, Charlie vs Garret and Save Wanderly Wagon: Irish TV’s unforgettable momentsAn exhibition at the National Photographic Archive marks 60 years of TV in IrelandThu Jan 06 2022 - 06:00
Christmas hit songs: How much money can you make from a Yuletide tune?Noddy Holder says it’s ‘like winning the lottery every December 25th for the rest of your life’Wed Dec 22 2021 - 06:00
Venues, producers scramble to manage 8pm Covid curfew on live showsMusicals, plays and gigs rescheduled or cancelled entirely in light of Covid surgeTue Dec 21 2021 - 06:00
Inside the new Dún Laoghaire Baths (spoiler: don’t expect baths)For years the derelict amenity was a blight on the seafront, a lost opportunity for a public facilityFri Dec 17 2021 - 06:00
‘Once in a generation’: Basic income pilot for artists to start in early 2022‘Landmark move’ to involve €325 weekly payment without means testingThu Dec 16 2021 - 06:00
Split gigs: How musicians are adapting to the 50% capacity ruleSome acts are performing two concerts on the same date rather than let fans downThu Dec 09 2021 - 06:00
Happy holidays, ya filthy animals: Home Alone mansion lands on AirbnbThe McCallister family home – ‘on the most boring street in the US’ – is taking bookingsFri Dec 03 2021 - 12:10
Ode to the Late Late Toy Show: ‘A country stops. Dead. In its tracks. On a drinking night’Rye Aker on the Toy Show: ‘A Masters Degree in/ soundness/ passed subliminally’Tue Nov 23 2021 - 14:03
Walk this way: On the trail with Dublin’s trekkers’ clubThe walking group for ‘activity, looking at nature, talking nonsense’ is almost 40 years oldSat Nov 20 2021 - 06:00
Why are there so few women chefs?Despite chef shortages, women make up just a third of chefs in Ireland and still occupy the lowest ranking rolesSat Nov 20 2021 - 06:00
It’s not endgame for Irish theatre, but it is a struggleTheatre has been resilient, but with the Gate in trouble, the sector is on a knife edgeSat Nov 20 2021 - 06:00
Gate Theatre unable to present full year of productions in 2022Dublin theatre grapples with ‘unsustainable’ financial model and Covid falloutWed Nov 17 2021 - 06:00
A ‘national brainstorm’ to make Ireland a better place to liveCreating our Future is asking citizens for ideas about future scientific researchSat Nov 06 2021 - 06:00
Appalling behaviour in the arts ‘a reality that has been hiding in plain sight’Limited opportunities and limited employers ‘create a fertile landscape for abuse’, report findsFri Oct 22 2021 - 06:00
Report finds ‘culture of harmful workplace behaviour across Ireland’s arts sector’Bullying, harassment, humiliation and sexual assault ‘likely to be accepted norms’Thu Oct 21 2021 - 12:30
‘It’s a game-changer for us’: Artists welcome guaranteed basic income planPilot scheme could see 2,000 creative workers get €325 a week from March 2022Wed Oct 13 2021 - 20:49
Basic income scheme for artists, art workers to be piloted in 2022Budget 2022: Arts Council funding remains at €130mTue Oct 12 2021 - 17:40
Paddy Moloney: President Higgins leads tributes to Chieftains founderThe musician, composer, arranger and producer has died at the age of 83Tue Oct 12 2021 - 15:09
Michelle Read: ‘We’re very good at masking how we’re feeling’Performer and playwright’s new work Bang! explores trans identity in a family settingTue Oct 12 2021 - 06:00
‘Very feasible’ seafront scheme would see plaza built over Dart line in Dublin suburbTerraced plaza would be raised over railway line to reach shore of Dublin suburbMon Oct 11 2021 - 06:00
How to avoid sexual assault: A quick and easy guide ... for perpetratorsAfter police victim-blaming in the Sarah Everard case, these tips hit the nail on the headTue Oct 05 2021 - 06:00
Purple Snowflakes and Titty Wanks: Sarah Hanly grabs you by the balls from the startDublin Theatre Festival: In her first play, Hanly describes sexual exploration and discovery in her convent-school oratoryMon Oct 04 2021 - 11:43
Gate Theatre reopens: ‘There’s a lovely sense of hysteria’Audience returns for first time since March 12th, 2020, to attend Once Before I GoFri Oct 01 2021 - 21:30
Dublin cinemagoers on No Time to Die: ‘It was a good send-off for Daniel Craig’The much-delayed James Bond film is finally on the big screen. Is it 00-heaven or 00-hell?Thu Sept 30 2021 - 21:30
‘It’s a bit of fun, kind of kitsch’: Sculpture unveiled on Dublin City Hall’s O’Connell plinthAlan Phelan’s RGB Sconce, Hold Your Nose is first of six Sculpture Dublin commissionsWed Sept 29 2021 - 14:35
‘A tour de force’: Writer Kevin Donnellan wins RTÉ Short Story CompetitionWinning story to be broadcast followed by runners-up Sara Keating and Dónal MinihaneMon Sept 27 2021 - 19:55
End of an era as the Last Corner Shop closes: ‘I’m going to cry’John Hyland’s devotion to his customers made him a much-loved shopkeeperMon Sept 27 2021 - 15:49
Best Place to Live in Ireland 2021: Why Waterford city wonWhat makes Waterford the Irish Times contest’s winner? These 15 factors swung it for the citySat Sept 25 2021 - 06:00
Backwards Up a Rainbow: Rosaleen Linehan still knows how to put on a great showReview: The gutsy, saucy actor and comedian revisits her life with honesty and humourWed Sept 22 2021 - 12:30
Galway International Arts Festival: Plenty of high notesOrganisers pulled together significant festival from wreckage of CovidTue Sept 21 2021 - 05:00
The original feminist role model: Bringing Brigid out of St Patrick’s shadowShe inspired Grace O’Malley, Maud Gonne, Brigitte Bardot, UK suffragettes and Buy IrishSat Sept 11 2021 - 06:00
Back in the National Concert Hall: ‘I want to kneel down and kiss the ground’Dublin musical venue reopens 18 months after its last live audience on the main stageThu Sept 09 2021 - 21:29
‘Sally Rooney Day’: ‘You’d have to go back to JK Rowling for impact’Booksellers report brisk sales of Beautiful World, Where Are You, the writer’s new novelTue Sept 07 2021 - 18:00
Vicar Street on reopening: ‘We can’t start until we get exact information’Senior booker is ‘sick, sore and tired of rescheduling shows three, four or five times’Tue Aug 31 2021 - 20:00
Schoolbook scramble: How to change the system and reduce the cost to parentsEvery summer, families pay huge sums while the Department of Education looks onSat Aug 28 2021 - 06:00
Galway International Arts Festival gets out into the wild westPerformers put on shows in a bog, a former airport and on the Aran IslandsTue Aug 24 2021 - 05:00
Is that Sharon Horgan in the Forty Foot? ‘Swim to her!’The star’s production company plays dumb but appears to be filming around DublinWed Aug 11 2021 - 12:41
Kilkenny Arts Festival 2021 gives two fingers to adversity with a striking line-upRanging from opera to a skatepark installation, the programme marks an extraordinary balancing actMon Aug 09 2021 - 14:06
Hospitality staff: ‘Everywhere I have seen harassment... it’s all swept under the carpet’Behind well-publicised staff shortages lurks a story of poor working conditionsSat Jul 31 2021 - 06:00
Half of hospitality staff say Covid guidelines not followedUnite union members also report low pay, poor working practices and insecure contractsTue Jul 27 2021 - 12:09
Bikinigate: Fining women for not wearing skimpy outfits? Come on, lads, admit you only want to leerOpinion: The athletes of Norway’s handball team wore shorts instead. Just like the menWed Jul 21 2021 - 15:18
Dublin Fringe Festival 2021: 160 performances, 30 events, 16 venuesThe festival's 27th edition includes 26 world premieres plus three Dublin premieresWed Jul 21 2021 - 11:00
The inside story of a Covid cluster in an Irish restaurantAs indoor dining reopens, a cautionary tale of one restaurant’s experience in December 2020Sat Jul 17 2021 - 06:00
Care in the community: Galway cafe offers out-of-hours mental health supportInnovative service is a collaboration between HSE and Galway ForumTue Jul 06 2021 - 06:01
3,500 people to attend Ireland’s first big music festival for 16 monthsGavin James, Denise Chaila and more to perform at Royal Hospital Kilmainham on July 3rdTue Jun 22 2021 - 15:51
Deirdre Kinahan: ‘I had about six plays opening. Then I got fecking cancer’The Saviour, about warped Irish religiosity, is live-streaming during Cork MidsummerTue Jun 15 2021 - 05:00
Placing queerness at the heart of the Irish emigrant experienceA new exhibition celebrates the cultural and social impact of Ireland’s LGBTQ+ diasporaSat Jun 12 2021 - 06:00
How a Galway accountancy grad became Sr Colette of the Poor ClaresSr Colette of the Galway enclosed order on embracing a life unimaginable to manySun Jun 06 2021 - 06:15
