Two Weeks to Live: Maisie Williams’ dark comedy is too much standard-assassinThe new drama series about a young misfit who leaves the wilds on a revenge missionThu Sept 03 2020 - 12:28
Martin McGuinness: Straight-talker and liar, peacemaker and ‘Devil incarnate’A new film explores the double life of the former Sinn Féin politician and IRA leaderWed Sept 02 2020 - 22:50
David McCullagh’s first Six One News falls on a slow day ... then Stephen Donnelly turns upMcCullagh’s eyebrows don’t move, even when the health minister utters an alarming statisticMon Aug 31 2020 - 20:00
I Hate Suzie: Billie Piper shines as a phone-hacked actor with a messy lifeTV Review: The new drama series about a 35-year-old self-absorbed, shallow and self-destructive singer and actor is disconcertingThu Aug 27 2020 - 21:45
Charlie Parker celebrated and awards for emerging musiciansCulture over the next week: Esker Festival Orchestra on its plansWed Aug 26 2020 - 00:00
The Unbelievable Story Of Carl Beech: Fascinating and stomach-churningReview The documentary examines the man behind the ‘mindblowing’ false sex abuse claimsTue Aug 25 2020 - 11:30
Please bring back the Rose of Tralee next year – with male contestantsA Rose can now be gay or a mother, but must be 18-28, unmarried, female and of Irish originMon Aug 24 2020 - 22:35
State confirms new limits on cultural events after widespread confusionLimit of six for indoor events and 15 outdoors but theatres, museums, cinemas can take 50Thu Aug 20 2020 - 15:49
Arts Council calls for clarity in communication on Covid-19 event restrictions‘Explicit guidelines’ needed to avoid confusion for public and those working in arts, says councilWed Aug 19 2020 - 21:56
Triumph and hope: Live performances at Kilkenny Arts Festival X in Covid eraA brave marker for continuity as the multi-arts festival adapts for online and socially distanced showsWed Aug 19 2020 - 06:00
Virtual culture to enjoy in the week aheadCamerata Ireland showcases Beethoven; Dave Flynn strikes a chord; theatre nightsTue Aug 18 2020 - 06:00
Maureen Kennelly: taking over the Arts Council in the midst of a crisisNew director of the Arts Council on the challenges the sector faces in age of Covid-19Sat Aug 15 2020 - 05:00
Galway 2020 reinvents itself in safe mode for Covid eraRevised European Capital of Culture year will run to March 2021Thu Aug 13 2020 - 06:00
This week’s arts roundup includes a Connemara drive-inElsewhere, interactive website Zoonosis offers a sideways look at how the pandemic is affecting usWed Aug 12 2020 - 06:00
Audiences need reassurance before attending live events – pollPandemic fallout: New research shows high levels of concern about indoor eventsMon Aug 10 2020 - 21:51
Your guide to live and virtual culture events over the next weekKilkenny summer festival reshaped,Bewley’s Cafe Theatre returns and Abbey Theatre’s Dear Ireland online projectWed Aug 05 2020 - 06:00
Gate Theatre to remain shut until 2021 as social distancing slashes potential incomeTheatre that hired more than 500 freelancers in 2019 depends on box office for 67% of incomeThu Jul 30 2020 - 13:30
Abbey Theatre does not plan to renew joint directors’ contractsNeil Murray and Graham McLaren due to leave in 2021, when their role will be splitWed Jul 29 2020 - 11:37
Online culture: What’s on in a time of Covid-19?Cahirciveen’s tenor voices, Carlow’s virtual reality and Irish National OperaWed Jul 29 2020 - 06:00
The Young Offenders: The original fecking eejits are backReview: The return of our soft-hearted, soft-headed Cork yobs is right on formFri Jul 24 2020 - 22:40
July Stimulus: €31m package for cultural sector hit by Covid-19Sector ‘will be among the last to recover’ from pandemic’s effects, says MinisterFri Jul 24 2020 - 15:39
‘This now is pretty hairy’: inside Ireland’s health care systemTV review: RTÉ Investigates: Future Health Care is not alarmist, but it is alarmingThu Jul 23 2020 - 11:13
From sean nós to new plays: the best of this week’s culture onlineMuseums and galleries are open with new exhibitions and showsWed Jul 22 2020 - 06:00
Cultural events online for curious young mindsPlenty of virtual amusement and projects for younger people over the next week, and beyondTue Jul 14 2020 - 06:00
First Look: Dig In, the Maser-curated ‘art diner’ that’s about to open in DublinThe Camden Street venue includes works by Banksy, Conor Harrington and Chloe EarlyMon Jul 13 2020 - 11:00
This week's best online culture: Galway Film Fleadh, Sligo arts and Irish Times Summer NightsThis week features several digital editions of Irish summer festivals, plus a new event from The Irish TimesTue Jul 07 2020 - 06:00
Irish theatre and dance festivals reimagined onlineClonmel Junction festival and Druid Debuts among arts events going virtual this monthTue Jun 30 2020 - 06:00
Performing from home: The strange new world of summer arts festivalsEvents from West Cork Chamber Music Festival to Friday Opera Sessions are migrating onlineTue Jun 23 2020 - 06:00
Christine Dwyer Hickey and Sinéad Gleeson win first Dalkey Literary AwardsTheir books The Narrow Land and Constellations win €20,000 and €10,000Sat Jun 20 2020 - 20:00
Irish poet wins Society of Authors’ Award and slice of £100,000 fundSusannah Dickey shares Eric Gregory prize for her collection Bloodthirsty for MarriageThu Jun 18 2020 - 12:30
Wexford Festival Opera defers 70th-anniversary plans until 2021 as it moves onlineWaiting for Shakespeare to feature performances by Lisette Oropesa and Celine ByrneTue Jun 16 2020 - 11:20
From Joyce’s Bloomsday to Joy: This week’s online cultural eventsHighlights include Bloomsday, Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, Cork film fest and a virtual quarantine visitTue Jun 16 2020 - 05:00
Bloomsday goes online, and it’s an offal-y good line-upVirtual kidneys, readings, music: a wealth of online events based on James Joyce’s UlyssesMon Jun 15 2020 - 19:46
Bloomsday: new Ulysses short film streches across continents and multiple languagesIn New Day Will Be: A Short Film for Bloomsday 2020 actors and others worldwide, including Pete Buttigieg and Beto O’Rourke, draw solace from UlyssesSat Jun 13 2020 - 06:00
The ultimate parents’ survival guide to summer 2020Activities are curbed due to Covid-19, but there’s plenty of ways to keep kids occupiedSat Jun 13 2020 - 06:00
I May Destroy You: Smart, sexy, electrifying – and very funny – televisionTV review: Michaela Coel tackles a harrowing, complex theme with the lightest touchWed Jun 10 2020 - 12:33
Samantha Barry: A smart, sussed Ballincollig woman and her brilliant international careerTV review: RTÉ’s documentary tracks the rise of the journalist from Cork to New YorkTue Jun 09 2020 - 10:22
Cruinniú na nÓg: A dizzying array of free, creative activities for children on SaturdayThis week’s cultural events, online and offline, include Cruinniú na nÓg and Midsummer MomentsTue Jun 09 2020 - 05:00
Back to Daniel and Majella’s Dermot Bannon-designed house of many loosIn TG4’s new series Daniel and Majella conduct a chat show sa bhaile in DonegalMon Jun 08 2020 - 11:00
Bookshops and Covid-19: ‘We can’t say to people you can’t look at the books’Retailers try to chart safe path to reopening without losing what makes them specialSat Jun 06 2020 - 05:00
Dublin Fringe Festival puts live indoor performances into the mix for SeptemberReimagined line-up sees experimental work outdoors, plus landmarks as performance spacesFri Jun 05 2020 - 06:00
Live entertainment from your couch: What’s on this weekLockdown sees Carlow Arts Festival move online while INO’s Friday Opera Session streams on YouTubeWed Jun 03 2020 - 05:00
An Irish festival returns – with live events back in the real worldCork Midsummer Festival’s 12-day programme includes theatre from your gardenThu May 28 2020 - 09:05
Culture sector needs Government help to survive, arts group says in 13-point recovery planNational Campaign for the Arts launches ‘comprehensive and achievable’ proposalsWed May 27 2020 - 14:25
Irish artists join international call for Israel to end siege of Gaza amid coronavirusMore than 200 artists back Amnesty International’s call for military embargoThu May 14 2020 - 12:00
Cathy Belton’s Isolation Diary: ‘Sourdough is like looking after a Tamagotchi’The actor on baking, her favourite podcasts and getting upstaged by Dame DaisyThu May 14 2020 - 08:53
Maureen Kennelly’s Isolation Diary: Skipping, spuds and managing an arts crisisTaking over the Arts Council from her kitchen table, the new director faces an upended sectorWed May 13 2020 - 06:00
Covid-19 forces Kilkenny Arts Festival to cancels its August line-upKilkenny decision follows calling off of Galway International Arts Festival in JulyFri May 08 2020 - 15:15
MayDay: Snapshot of another extraordinary day of Ireland in Covid-19 lockdownTV review: RTÉ captures the pain and pleasure of 24 hours during the pandemicFri May 08 2020 - 14:53
Lenny Abrahamson to join new Arts Council group to combat Covid-19 fallout€6.4m and 19,000 days of paid work lost; 2.4m people miss out on artistic experiencesThu May 07 2020 - 16:19
