Des Geraghty: ‘The real problem in fascism is the people who are insecure’
Having produced a new film on his hero James Connolly, the former trade union leader reflects on his activism and idealism
Alan Gilsenan
Film-maker
Alan Gilsenan: ‘I would have had a dreamy, artsy-fartsy notion that a united Ireland would be great’
In The Irish Question, his new documentary, the film-maker asks what reunification of the island would really mean
Vortex wins best film at Dublin International Film Festival
Laura Samani wins best director for Small Body and Udo Kier takes best actor
Fighting words: Fragments of wonder from our younger generation
There is a hint of unease in these stories, a quiet nagging pulse of worry
Tom Hickey’s work ‘spoke to our private selves’, funeral hears
Son ‘overwhelmed’ by depth of feeling towards actor who died last week
Tom Hickey obituary: An actor with a vocation for his craft
‘In this country, where most of the population are play-actors ... it’s bound to yield players’
Actor Tom Hickey, star of The Riordans, has died
President Michael D Higgins leads tributes to ‘an artist of total commitment’
An Appreciation: Fiachra Ó Marcaigh
Pioneering journalist in new technology who was immersed in the Irish language
Dorothy Cross teams up with Lisa Hannigan for new Heartship art project
Live installation will be presented at the Sounds from a Safe Harbour festival in Cork
Bringing humanity to the study of bipolar
American psychiatrist and writer Kay Redfield Jamison has been open about sharing her experiences of mania and depression and wants other to do the same
The Meeting: Real-life rape story is uncomfortable viewing
Review: This unusual film is powerful and unsettling, but what are we watching?
President pays tribute to ‘courageous being’ Tom Murphy
Over 600, including big cross-section from theatre and arts , attend humanist service
Catherine Keener: ‘I did not know about Harvey Weinstein at all’
Onetime queen of indie flicks on her good Catholic upbringing, the #MeToo movement and her latest role in Irish director Alan Gilsenan’s adaptation of a Carol Shields novel
Unless: Alan Gilsenan’s gallant effort never finds its rhythm
Review: Brief, heartfelt and well acted, the film never goes entirely off the rails
Dublin International Film Festival: the must-see movies
Films you should see at the tri-located 2018 Audi Dublin International Film Festival
‘It's a romantic attempt to describe how we are as humans to an extra-terrestrial audience'
Emer Reynolds's new film ‘The Farthest’ looks at the extraordinary, humbling story the Voyager space project
Meetings With Ivor review: a tie-dyed in the wool, almost mystical guru
This documentary about Prof Ivor Browne portrays a divisive figure in a playful way, and is alive to his flaws as his far-out ideas
Audi Dublin International Film Festival launches its programme for 2017
Festival guests this year include Vanessa Redgrave, Kerry Fox, Anna Friel, Jack Reynor, Cillian Murphy and Aiden Gillen
‘The Siege of Jadotville’ to receive limited cinema release
Richie Smyth’s film depicts the Irish soldiers who fought in UN’s 1961 Congo intervention
A lost New York rescued from the bunker of William Burroughs
Aaron Brookner’s film Uncle Howard is about his late film-maker uncle – but it is also about Aids, a disappeared New York and the dangerous Burroughs
Literary listings: Merriman Summer School, Yeats in Dublin, and Rebellion at Stinging Fly
A round-up of upcoming events in the books world
A dance that bears Seamus Heaney’s ‘strain of being in two places at once’
A North-South co-production by Liz Roche and Nicola Curry is inspired by Heaney’s ideas about displacement
Empty chairs around another boardroom table
Election of Aengus Mac Grianna means State broadcaster’s boardroom is looking a little less bare
RTÉ board set for dramatic overhaul as Savage’s term ends
Minister for Communications Alex White must appoint six new members this month
Fighting words: a story in every child
Fighting Words is growing up. 5th birthday in January and now able to stand on one foot for 10 seconds. Without swaying.
A magnificent tribute to Seamus Heaney
The fearless beauty of his poetry shone out of every aspect of the National Concert Hall celebration
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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