Siobhán McKenna

The Gate founder was also first artistic director of An Taibhdhearc, the national Irish-language theatre. A new play brings him on a ‘dreamlike journey’

Donnacha O’Dea’s Albert House is a two-storey five-bed with beautiful sea views

A year after his death, playwright Tom Murphy is being celebrated by actors keen to share their experience of working on his plays. His widow, actor Jane Brennan, talks about life with – and without – Murphy

South Africa’s Yaël Farber, who cast Ruth Negga, is accustomed to fresh perspectives

Mountaineering Ireland makes call ahead of scattering of Garech de Brún’s ashes at the site

The late playwright’s friends, colleagues and admirers remember the man and his work

Award-winning writer from Galway has died at age 83

Hurricane Charlie, Knock airport, Chernobyl and Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’

Ireland’s amateur drama season is an eccentric, ambitious concept, with 54 productions touring 37 festivals. And the stories are as good off the stage as on it

Gabrielle Reidy: July 23rd, 1960 - October 13th, 2014

Rehearsals for two Murphy plays begin in Galway

Memory is unreliable, but the theatre relies on that

As she takes the helm of the national theatre for the first language, Anne McCabe aims to preserve our heritage while being modern and inclusive