Patrick O’Donovan wants us to leave his health out of it. If only it were so simple
We shouldn’t ask if Patrick O’Donovan is right for his job but if the job is right for him
Arts Council
I’m part of the squeezed middle. A €325 weekly artist’s payment would be life-changing
The arts are dominated by the privileged because they come from backgrounds that support them financially
Ben Barnes: ‘I would extend the basic income scheme to all professionally trained working artists’
Theatre and opera director on his new book, Side Stage: Theatre Writing 1984-2025; his wariness of celebrity actors; and his admiration for John Cleese
Bad news for Dublin’s coolest neighbourhoods – there’s a plan to bring them tourists
Plus: the magical disappearing youth culture card, church vs popular music, and An Post goes electric
More than 50 people expressed interest in becoming new Arts Council director
Three people were shortlisted for high-profile role before Shona McCarthy secured job in August
Theatre director Patrick Sutton dies
Sutton was founder and ‘driving force’ behind restoration of Smock Alley Theatre
New Arts Council chief takes on a troubled organisation in tough political climate
Shona McCarthy will need to retain support of an Arts Minister not reluctant to speak his mind
Shona McCarthy named as new Arts Council director
Former Edinburgh Festival Fringe organiser appointed to role
Renowned Irish artist Vincent Browne dies aged 78
Vincent Browne – who produced the Anti-War Memorial in Limerick, ‘will be sorely missed’, says Arts Council
Culture Night returns with bell-ringing, shield-painting and an invitation to ‘play the paper bag’
Art and music workshops and demos are just some of the hundreds of events lined up for September 18th
The Last Tape: Beckett foray into opera comes to Kilkenny in hybrid form
Mark Padmore sings the role of Krapp and Conor Lovett speaks it in this Gare St Lazare Ireland adaptation, directed by Judy Hegarty Lovett
‘We had to bring a live rooster to the healer. She used its blood to make a poultice’
Kilkenny Arts Festival 2026: The Curing Line, Michael Gallen’s new opera, has grown out of his study of Irish folk cures
Pat Donlon, first female director of a national institution in Ireland, dies aged 83
Former National Library of Ireland chief ‘spearheaded’ a number of projects during her time in post, daughter says
The Irish Times view on State IT projects: a recurring problem
Lessons can and must be learned from Irish Rail and other State bodies’ failings
Amano De Londra Miura: Being Japanese-Irish is possibly the least interesting thing about me
Amano De Londra Miura, who has roots in Kerry and Japan, blends sean-nós with contemporary music and spoken word
Novelist Niamh Campbell: ‘The Dublin of 2015 was so full of optimism. Bit by bit it got harder to stay’
The award-winning author – whose new novel Make Strange is out now – on motherhood, publishing and making a living from fiction
Every time there’s a big change in my life - there’s one TV show I always return to
Some episodes are messy. Others extraordinary. Most are necessary. Which is what writing looks like. Not destiny. Not inspiration. Just turning up
I’ve been turned down for arts funding several times. There are unwritten rules
Making art is creating something out of nothing, which is expensive in terms of time and brain power
Fairness of basic income for arts scheme under scrutiny as new funding round opens
Artists unsuccessful in previous funding express frustration at nature of scheme and monitoring of recipients’ output
‘It was as if Louis Stewart and James Joyce were kindred spirits’
JoyceNotes was the great Irish guitarist’s only fully self-composed large-scale project. It’s finally being released, four decades after its first performance
Business to Arts awards open for nominations
Accenture-sponsored bursary for digital innovation in art and €5,000 prize on offer
Crowd raves in protest outside Dublin hotel seeking injunction against Yamamori Izakaya
Venue owners say they find it ‘extremely difficult’ to accept recent claims made by neighbouring Hoxton Hotel
Global computer shortage could affect civil service, hospitals and gardaí
Supercomputers used to train AI models are disrupting technology supply chains all over the world
Irish heritage meets Danish flair in Kerry designer’s debut collection
Caoimhe Dowling’s menswear collection Bedlam makes its debut at Copenhagen Fashion Week
Inside the Arts Council: A ‘blind’ board, ‘divided’ management and ignored staff concerns
An expert report into the council’s botched €6.7m IT project found ‘no one shouted stop’ in its boardroom
‘No one shouted stop’: Arts Council faces ‘robust’ oversight after botched IT system report
Mistakes by senior management largely blamed for waste of €5.3m and system ultimately being abandoned
The Complex arts centre to close after final meeting proves unsuccessful in finding solution
Lease on facility in privately owned Smithfield building expired at midnight on Wednesday
‘One lifeline left’: Last-minute breakthrough needed to save The Complex arts centre
Government intervention in form of multimillion euro acquisition required to prevent Dublin facility’s closure
Report into botched Arts Council IT project is ‘fairly stark’ in its findings, Minister says
Patrick O’Donovan commits to implementing 149 recommendations in expert group’s report ‘in their entirety’
Arts Council needs a more ‘fit for purpose’ board, says review of botched €5.3m IT project
Business case for initiative had understated costs and failed to include VAT or expense of streamlining
2025 in culture politics: Arts Council’s IT crisis, RTÉ’s financial strain and Trump’s assault on the BBC
One of the many negative effects of the housing crisis is making Ireland a cold place for culture in all its forms
‘A hug runs all the way through this’: How to Catch a Star, based on the Oliver Jeffers book, returns to the Ark
This puppet show, which has been a huge hit for Branar, draws similar reactions from children all over the world
‘We can’t let this happen’: Dozens of artists to lose studios with closure of The Complex
Venue had agreement with developer to buy site but this was dependent on State funding that has not materialised
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