The Druid founder has a reputation as a demanding director. But she has mellowed – and theatre is a consolation after her wife was ‘taken from me in the blink of an eye’
Galway International Arts Festival 2025: Interface’s This Too Will Pass, at the Carrolls salmon hatchery, and Funeral for Ashes, by Conor Maloney and John Conneely
Council asked to cease any further expenditure on legal cases, Oireachtas committee hears
The botched IT project abandoned at a loss of €5.3m effectively cost Maureen Kennelly her job. She believes the Government has unfairly discredited her reputation
Chair also declared conflict of interest over grant to publisher of husband’s work
The Irish pavilion is a standout in an otherwise patchy 19th biennale
Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: AIB buys back all its shares, while politicians tear strips off Children’s Health Ireland representatives in front of an Oireachtas committee
Failed Arts Council IT project one of two issues brought to Cabinet ‘under the arm’, senior official said
Rebrand to the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport is an artless move that speaks volumes
Council told to stop spending money on legal cases aimed at recouping some of €6.75m lost on project, Oireachtas committee hears
Minister decides against appointing Maureen Kennelly for further five years
For promoters, there are risks, tight margins and pinch points. Still, as the summer season begins, optimism prevails
Governing body taking legal action to try to recoup €4m, Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee told
Department of Arts ‘should have called it out earlier’, Public Accounts Committee told over Arts Council’s €6.7m botched IT system
Council is due to appear before Public Accounts Committee on Thursday concerning failed €6.7m project
Fury erupted in Government in February when it emerged the council had scrapped plans for a programme joining five existing systems
Being a poet was all consuming for him. His main pursuit in life, it defined his everyday interactions
Committed socialist and feminist lived through a time when attitudes to women in Irish society were decidedly narrow
Broadcaster says problem with project to revamp finance and HR systems ‘an outlier’ in context of operations
Sinn Féin’s John Brady says Public Accounts Committee will examine many of the recent controversies surrounding spending by State bodies
The Curing Line, which is due to premiere at Kilkenny Arts Festival in 2026, has scooped one of the world’s largest opera awards
Artistic director Liz Roche has programmed Chora, a triple bill. ‘The dancers are constantly shifting focus and vocabularies, which really requires agility’
Dispute over speaking time for Independent TDs had held up decisions to hand out key roles with €10,880 salary top-up
Sasha Sykes and Sarah Browne have won €10,000 each. What do prizes like this one do for artists’ creativity?
After 35 years of nonstop work, this ardent advocate for the arts is about to catch her breath
Living in Ireland for a decade, the compulsive liar - now in prison for social welfare fraud - deceived almost everyone she met
Cookes secured €36,250 in Arts Council grants between 2021 and 2022
None of these cases casts the individuals or organisations involved in a flattering light.
X-ray scanner at centre of controversy is piece of equipment that an ambitious art gallery should have
The future of Irish theatre looks bleak. It’s time to overhaul the way the sector works – including where the money goes, says Rough Magic’s artistic director
Prof Niamh Brennan will lead the review, while a parallel review will be conducted of the Department of Arts and Culture itself
Fidget Feet has received more than €1.15 million from the Arts Council since 2022
IT firms have extensive work with government departments
Differences emerge between council and department over timing of warning about botched IT project
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