A Georgian jewel in west Cork’s coastal crown for €3.8mStone Hall on Glandore Harbour, once left to decay, has been restored to its former gloryThu Sept 19 2019 - 06:00
First look inside the new Museum of Literature IrelandMoLI in Newman House, Dublin opens this month featuring Joyce’s notebooks and moreSat Sept 14 2019 - 05:00
Insider art: finding release through creativity in Irish prisonsInmates at Midlands prison explain what making art means to themThu Sept 12 2019 - 05:00
One night only? Culture Night’s ambitions go much furtherWhat began in Dublin in 2006 is now a national behemoth on a cultural missionMon Sept 09 2019 - 05:00
Why does the heart want what it wants? Desire at ImmaA new exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art strips back to a primal forceSat Sept 07 2019 - 05:00
Racing cert at former jockey's Kildare riverside home for €3mCastlesize House in Sallins is the home of former champion jockey LIam Ward and sits on 37 acresWed Sept 04 2019 - 12:00
How can art be judged and valued?Public funding of the arts has become a nebulous and convoluted processSat Aug 24 2019 - 05:00
‘The answer is more’: Dublin Fringe director on choosing acts and supporting artistsRuth McGowan wants to transform lives, inspire change, and test her own limitsSat Aug 17 2019 - 05:00
Time for the RDS to flex its cultural musclesSociety should go back to its roots, as scattergun use of venue is not helping it fulfill its potentialSat Aug 03 2019 - 05:00
‘Developing appreciation can slow down the incredible race to consume’Master craftsman Joseph Walsh suggests a different and inspiring idea of cultureThu Aug 01 2019 - 05:00
Kim Gordon: ‘I never think of myself as famous – I’m barely famous’The Sonic Youth co-founder on her new exhibition at IMMA, her relationship with fame, the changing face of feminism and her strange fascination with AirbnbWed Jul 31 2019 - 05:00
Rough Magic theatre, 35 years on: ‘Dublin in those days was so bohemian’Company reflects on decades of casting spells and pushing the envelope with its productionsSat Jul 27 2019 - 05:00
Galway International Arts Festival: The must-see eventsThe best picks from this year’s selection of theatre, street spectacle and quirky surpriseSun Jul 14 2019 - 06:00
Why the ancient Greeks didn’t make a big deal of penis sizeA Cork gallery has removed the fig leaves from its statues, showing that small is beautifulSat Jul 13 2019 - 05:00
Jersey: An unusual little island that feels surprisingly familiarWhere immigration controls are incredibly strict and the tax laws favour the wealthy, it’s tempting to see it as a microcosm of post-Brexit BritainSun Jul 07 2019 - 06:00
A matter of life and death: the startling lifelike sculptures of Sam JinksArtist Sam Jinks’s exhibition gets to grips with life (the universe and everything)Sat Jul 06 2019 - 05:00
Toxic philanthropy: When arts sponsorships mask social illsWe must ensure the super rich don’t get a pass because they fling money at the artsSat Jul 06 2019 - 05:00
From Russia with music, love and a single suitcaseA peek at the schedule of one of Ireland’s most renowned pianists: Barry DouglasSat Jun 29 2019 - 06:00
Fès: Marrakesh’s quieter, timeless little sisterThe 1,200-year-old Moroccan city has that captivating sense of being at a crossroads: of cultures and of timeSat Jun 22 2019 - 06:00
The Small Things: Blood and violence and love, but no chemistryReview: Pauline McLynn and Peter Gowan work from an extraordinary script by Enda Walsh, but the setting leaves things out in the coldThu Jun 20 2019 - 06:12
What does perfection look like and why does it make us miserable?A new exhibition at Dublin’s Science Gallery delves into our fear of flawsSat Jun 15 2019 - 05:00
Limerick stud where Nixon stayed and champions were bred for €5.5mKilfrush on 286 acres has proved a fertile breeding ground for thoroughbred champions and in the 1970s the Georgian property even played host to former US president NixonThu Jun 06 2019 - 11:51
Georgian estate with Norman castle, mill and film star credentials for €2.65mAtmospheric estate was the setting for a Stanley Kubrick movie, while the mill boasts a firefighting friendly ghostThu Jun 06 2019 - 06:00
Librettos on the beach: Standouts at this year’s Venice BiennaleAlso known as the Art Olympics, this vast exhibition features works from 89 countriesThu Jun 06 2019 - 05:00
The Passion Equation: Why some think exploiting culture workers is okayStudy finds people think it’s acceptable to exploit those who are passionate about a jobSat Jun 01 2019 - 06:00
Carlow Arts Festival: Wide awake to the virtual and the realJo Mangan hopes to open public’s eyes to new ideas as well as offering the classicsThu May 30 2019 - 05:00
Escape to this contemporary seaside haven for €3.1mEvery comfort has been considered at this unique luxury home with panoramic views outside KinsaleThu May 23 2019 - 06:00
The arts board: a way to give something back that pays biscuitsCultural institutions need board members, and it can be rewarding (just not financially)Sat May 04 2019 - 05:00
Leonardo da Vinci remains a very modern geniusFive hundred years after his death, the original Renaissance Man's creative brilliance is still astonishingThu May 02 2019 - 05:00
Fancy a share of your own racehorse? Here’s how to get in on the actionRunning in Heels is an all-female syndicate, named after their first horseSat Apr 27 2019 - 06:00
Upcoming art auctions all in a good causeWorks by cutting edge contemporary artists will go under the hammer in coming weeksWed Apr 24 2019 - 17:21
Live Collision international festival: Everything you need to knowDitch your idea of categories and preconceptions about the live art exhibition at ProjectMon Apr 22 2019 - 05:00
How one Luke Kelly statue for Dublin city became twoThe story of ‘two Lukes’ being unveiled on the same day in the capital is the subject of a new documentarySat Apr 20 2019 - 05:00
Love in a modern climate: is romance just an antidote to loneliness?David Eldridge investigates matters of the heart in Beginning at The Gate TheatreWed Apr 03 2019 - 05:00
Tomi Ungerer: Layers of genius in a beautiful, busy mindThe controversial French artist made West Cork his adopted home. His posthumous exhibition of mostly collages at the Centre Culturel Irlandais reveals his maverick brillianceSat Mar 30 2019 - 05:00
‘Newly arrived in Ireland, I learned a new skill – when to shut my mouth’Gemma Tipton recalls childhood experience of moving from England during the TroublesSat Mar 16 2019 - 06:00
Body and Soul: ‘It was a twinkle in my eye when I was 21’Before yoga was cool, founder Avril Stanley was dreaming of a different kind of festival. This year, the party in the midlands marks its 10th anniversaryThu Mar 14 2019 - 05:00
A new map of Ireland: Honouring some of our outstanding womenWe propose sites for new street names, sculptures for International Women’s DaySat Mar 02 2019 - 06:00
Wish you were there: postcards as art and communicationA new book and exhibition demonstrate the wit, and power of the postcardWed Feb 27 2019 - 06:00
‘Time Tries All Things’: magical physics and the nature of chronologyGrace Weir’s new film just might explain the nature of life, the universe and everythingSat Feb 16 2019 - 05:00
Queensland coast: Where the everyday and the strange come togetherExperience the beauty and ugliness of nature, a rich indigenous culture and adventureSat Feb 09 2019 - 06:00
Bauhaus: design and ideas of utopiaAs Bauhaus school celebrates its centenary, a conference looks at its conceptual legacyTue Feb 05 2019 - 05:00
Ugly, dated Dublin: Learning to love our concrete jungleEllen Rowley is rediscovering the beauty of some of the city’s once-disliked buildingsSat Feb 02 2019 - 05:00
How a digital art project offers an outlet for autistic studentsArtists Anne Cleary and Denis Connolly mix art and science with the School of LookingTue Jan 29 2019 - 05:00
2019 cultural highlights: You’ll laugh, you’ll picnic, you’ll ploughThe best music, theatre, comedy, film and spoken word in the coming yearThu Dec 27 2018 - 05:00
Not a shamrock in sight: Building a new vision of Ireland in New YorkThe city’s Irish Arts Center is changing perceptions of Ireland and Irish AmericaSat Dec 22 2018 - 05:00
Hungry for art: food has always been a tasty subject for artistsFeast and famine: food grows, gives life, rots – no wonder artists see its power to reveal life’s truthsTue Nov 27 2018 - 05:00
Costa living: ‘Move home to Ireland? I’d hate it’Thousands of Irish people live on the Costa del Sol – and they're ‘more Irish than anyone at home’Sat Nov 24 2018 - 05:50
A matter of taste: when art and food collideFood is central to our lives, so how do artists engage with its symbolism and meaning?Wed Nov 21 2018 - 05:00
From Damien Hirst to Marcel Duchamp, what makes artists tick?Sarah Thornton has been asking artists about myths, muses and their ‘less normal’ livesTue Nov 13 2018 - 05:00
