‘Each piece must be timeless, and bring joy’: Joanne Hynes on her 10-year collaboration with Dunnes Stores

The acclaimed fashion designer works on instinct rather than formula, exploring both newness and nostalgia

Fans on CMAT’s St Anne’s Park gig: ‘She speaks the language of love and the language of Ireland’

Some of the 20,000 people at the singer’s Dublin concert explain why they like her music, her positivity and her stance on Bertie Ahern

Spring into new-season style

Here are some of the hottest new looks for 2020

Forthcoming auctions: lots include Yeats typescript and African artefacts

Bonhams in London to auction signed draft of The Words upon the Window Pane

Irish crafts are ready for their close-up

Worldwide opportunities are opening up for Irish craftspeople

All my life when it comes to clothing I’ve just felt ‘wrong’ – well not anymore

Marian Keyes’s Sudden Wild Enthusiasm Number 4 is Joanne Hynes

Joe Biden ‘honoured’ by Mayo hospice link to his late son

Former US vice-president turns sod on Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation project

So what’s hot and what’s not this week?

Ruth Negga is a star to be reckoned with – real stars, not so much

Dunnes Stores €900 price tag no barrier as limited-edition collection sells out

Clothes by designer Joanne Hynes prove big hit with ‘cool’ older women

Pieces of me: Helen Steele, artist, fashion designer and printmaker

Helen Steele’s art, clothes and Monaghan home are all influenced by colour theory, graffiti art and the ‘joie de vivre of colour’

Fashion made in Ireland

Crafts Council exhibition shows fashion can be made at home

Around The Block: Design vibe continues at landmark Central St Martins apartments

Barbie and East End gangsters inspire Limerick fashion show

Designer Joanne Hynes among annual LSAD college showcase