Ireland can make the world a better place. But first it must look in the mirror
We can’t exonerate ourselves from colonialism and warfare if we ignore sinister forces in our own society
50 people to watch in 2025: From film and music to arts, activism, sport and more
As a new year gets into gear, here are the artists, entrepreneurs, activists and musicians set to shake things up
From Paul Mescal to Bad Sisters to Claire Keegan, the green wave keeps rolling
Unfortunately, the lived experience of creatives working in Ireland is often a struggle
Emigration to Australia is at its highest level for a decade. We need to ask why
Those being pummelled by the cost of rent are living through a form of austerity, their take-home wages and disposable incomes decimated
The Pogues at 3Arena: Applause rang out into the night, the crowd singing their way out on to the quays
A stacked line-up including members of Fontaines DC, Lankum and The Mary Wallopers delivers a brilliantly infectious performance
Oscars 2025: Kneecap shortlisted for best international feature film and best original song
Two Irish films, TJ O’Grady-Peyton’s Room Taken and Portia A Buckley’s Clodagh, land spots in the shortlist for best live-action short
Ireland still brims with creativity, from Kneecap to Haus of Wig. Here’s how to keep the artistry flowing
The housing crisis is artists’ biggest obstacle. Clear that hurdle and it will help keep Irish culture being felt around the world
Do you cry for a dead health-insurance boss, or for the victims of his industry?
Social media commentary around the killing of Brian Thompson was almost universal in its lack of empathy
Five strategies to get more people voting in elections
For people who care deeply about the democratic process, low voter turnout figures can be depressing
Terra dance artist Alessandra Azeviche: ‘What I connect with in Ireland is the oppression from the church within our bodies’
The Afro-Brazilian performer and teacher staged one of the hits of this year’s Dublin Fringe Festival. It’s part of a cultural journey
Fontaines DC at 3Arena: Masterly, compelling display as ‘the gall of Fine Gael and the fail of Fianna Fáil’ fills the air
How good can Fontaines DC get? At first of two Dublin concerts they answer that question with aplomb
Other Voices 2024: Laura Marling enraptures, Kojaque surprises. It can only be Dingle’s essential festival
What audiences are told before gigs at St James’ Church says it all: turn off your phone and just be in the moment
Politics is an attention economy and Gerry Hutch garnered plenty of it
Hutch’s candidacy candidacy was met with an almost giggling immaturity, as though it was not serious, but sort of “gas”
Brian Teeling: ‘Every time I see someone wearing one of my T-shirts, even one of the old ones, it makes me happy’
The multidisciplinary Dublin artist is part of the exhibition Skin/Deep: Perspectives on the Body, at Photo Museum Ireland and has designed three new T-shirts for Medical Aid for Palestinians
Kneecap win legal action over UK funding refusal: ‘This was never about £14,250. The motivation was equality’
Irish rap group plans to donate award to two youth groups in Belfast after grant was blocked on grounds that Kneecap ‘oppose the United Kingdom itself’