Dublin Fringe Festival 2023: 21 shows to catch, from comedy to cabaret, clubbing and wrestlingThere’s something for everyone this year, even children will have acts to choose from as part of this year’s eventMon Sept 04 2023 - 05:30
‘It’s like being on a roller coaster’: David Francis Moore’s first year as Dublin Fringe Festival directorAfter taking over the role from Ruth McGowan in May, Moore emphasises the importance of the festival for emerging artistsSat Sept 02 2023 - 05:00
Listowel Writers’ Week, the curator’s story: ‘It was an oppressive atmosphere’Stephen Connolly says he experienced hostility and anti-Northern bias from people angry at changes to Kerry festivalSat Aug 19 2023 - 06:00
Mother of All the Behans: Imelda May sings gloriously – and shows an eye for bringing characters to lifeTheatre: This revival of Rosaleen Linehan’s one-woman show throws the singer in at the deep end, but she delivers a highly entertaining eveningThu Aug 17 2023 - 12:23
Galway International Arts Festival 2023: 12 moments we’ll remember Including The Pulse, Colm Meaney’s Galway tribute, David Mach’s exploding installation, Luke Murphy’s explosive dance, and the epic DruidO’CaseyTue Aug 01 2023 - 05:00
You’ll See...: Ulysses for kids, with a star turn from the charming, funny, knowing Helen Gregg Theatre: Branar’s take on James Joyce is surprisingly simple for such a complicated novel – and a great introduction to its appealFri Jul 28 2023 - 07:04
Life & Times of Michael K: A magical staging of JM Coetzee’s sweeping, epic taleGalway International Arts Festival 2023: Handspring’s astonishing puppetry brings Michael K and his mother to lifeWed Jul 26 2023 - 11:45
Dublin Theatre Festival 2023: The best shows to book, and how to get bargain ticketsThis year’s festival blends stage with cinema, dance, installation and more – with lots of €10 admissionsTue Jul 25 2023 - 09:00
‘I’m waiting for somebody to say, I love Dublin – it needs a fantastic cultural infrastructure’Willie White of Dublin Theatre Festival holds forth on the current state of the capital’s nightlife, and its need for a new municipal venueTue Jul 25 2023 - 09:00
‘The fresh air is good for the head’: The joy and community to be found in city allotmentsClondalkin Global Garden Community is a sheltered haven that came about to help reconnect people with their cultures and as an outlet for localsSat Jul 22 2023 - 06:00
Dublin Fringe Festival 2023: 562 performances in 32 venues, including 45 world and 18 Irish premieresThis year’s festival, featuring everything from sound-and-light installations to wrestling, begins on September 9thWed Jul 19 2023 - 19:00
Every Brilliant Thing: An enjoyable, interactive and life-affirming monologue about mental healthGalway International Arts Festival 2023: Clare Barrett is vulnerable and utterly charming in managing the vagaries of improvised audience participationWed Jul 19 2023 - 16:20
Not a Word: An evocative, heartrending play about yearning and forgotten livesGalway International Arts Festival 2023: In the hour-long show there is physicality, mask and music, but there’s not a wordWed Jul 19 2023 - 16:08
Cloakroom: A gorgeous slice of adolescence about to blossom into new possibilitiesGalway International Arts Festival 2023: Zara Devlin provides the voice for a ballroom attendant in Enda Walsh’s latest Rooms installationTue Jul 18 2023 - 16:09
The Pulse: Jaw-dropping acrobatics, exquisite singing, ferocious skillGalway International Arts Festival 2023: Gravity & Other Myths’ outstanding show stretches the limits of what a human body can doTue Jul 18 2023 - 13:29
Galway International Arts Festival: 15 events you don’t want to missIncluding DruidO’Casey, The Saw Doctors, Bedbound and more, this year’s festival programme has heft and depthMon Jul 10 2023 - 06:30
Grazing in Lucan: Italian ambassador’s residence opens to public with herd of buffalo sculpturesDavide Rivalte’s outsized bronze lioness is already on show at Dublin Castle. Now a whole herd of his animal sculptures has landedThu Jun 29 2023 - 05:30
Stephen Murphy wins RCSI award for a sculpture of his premature newborn son‘Our baby, PJ, he’s a miracle – I’m not kidding. He had so many obstacles, he shouldn’t even exist’Wed Jun 28 2023 - 19:20
Kaleidoscope Festival 2023: Line-up, tickets, weather forecast and moreEverything you need to know about the family-friendly festival taking place at Russborough House, Co Wicklow from Friday, June 30th to Sunday, July 2ndWed Jun 28 2023 - 10:15
Mother-of-12 to start studying medicine: ‘I stopped worrying colleges were going to laugh at me’Dubliner Rosemary Murphy (40) says she fought hard for a college place and is determined to make her dream come trueSat Jun 24 2023 - 05:00
Kilkenny Arts Festival’s 2023 line-up: From Light Up the Castle to eavesdropping in the localIt’s been a year like no other for the festival team, who ‘had to find a couple of extra gears’ to get ready for AugustWed Jun 21 2023 - 10:00
Tom Hanks entertains Dalkey with accents, anecdotes and the Irish director who gave him a chanceUS actor was speaking at the Dalkey Book Festival and discussed his debut novel The Making of Another Major Motion Picture MasterpieceFri Jun 16 2023 - 20:54
Bloomsday, Dalkey Book Festival, Body & Soul, Borris, Sea Sessions, Beyond the Pale and more: here’s what you need to knowA blizzard of festivals hits this weekend. From stage times to getting there, here’s a lot of what you need to know if you’re heading to these eventsThu Jun 15 2023 - 21:01
15 kid-friendly festivals and cultural events for all the family this summerFrom arts festivals to gigs, dance shows to mini-raves, here’s our round up of cultural events for all ages over the coming monthsFri Jun 09 2023 - 05:00
‘A beast of a musician’: Video showing concertina master Cormac Begley goes viralOther Voices posts video of musician playing concertina garnering more than half a million viewsThu Jun 08 2023 - 15:11
First Look: Live like a student in new tourist accommodation at Trinity’s Printing House SquareVisitors can indulge their Normal People college-life fantasies as city centre student housing opens for summer bookings at competitive rates – by Dublin standards at leastWed Jun 07 2023 - 12:42
Jump into summer: 50 great days out around Ireland for all the familyThere’s something to suit all ages, interests, locations and budgets in our ultimate guide to keeping the whole family entertained this summerSat Jun 03 2023 - 05:00
Green & Blue review: The terror and brutality of the Troubles, but humour, understanding and empathy tooTheatre: James Doran and Vincent Higgins give strong, well-judged performances as a garda and an RUC man patrolling the Border in the 1990sWed May 31 2023 - 17:52
First Look: National Library of Ireland’s new director leads her first monthly tour of its historic Dublin homeDr Audrey Whitty wants to ‘showcase our beautiful building, introduce our national collections and meet visitors face to face’Wed May 31 2023 - 05:12
Exam stress is in the air. Could hypnosis, havening or CBT be the answer?With a Leaving Cert student at home, Deirdre Falvey is open to suggestions but sceptical about hypnotherapySat May 20 2023 - 05:00
The best Irish summer festivals in 2023: a handy guide to over 60 events around the countryFrom Dalkey Book Festival and All Together Now, to Electric Picnic and Clifden Arts Festival, there is no shortage of entertainment across the country this summerMon May 15 2023 - 10:50
First Paul Cézanne painting in Ireland unveiled by National GalleryAnonymous donor contributes ‘very generous’ sum for purchase of La Vie des ChampsFri May 12 2023 - 13:20
The Rose Tattoo: ‘There will be women in the audience cringing that these things are even talked about’An inspired new production of The Rose Tattoo moves the setting of Tennessee Williams’s play from Italian America to an Irish halting siteWed May 03 2023 - 05:15
Hamilton: ticket sales for Dublin shows break records as eager fans queue to secure seatsBord Gáis Energy Theatre will host award-winning musical for a nine-week run in 2024Fri Apr 28 2023 - 12:09
Neglected reputations: The forgotten Yeats sisters, Lily and ElizabethSomewhat overshadowed by brothers WB and Jack, the sisters were a key part of the Celtic Revival and powerhouses behind Dun Emer and Cuala, creative outlets for female writers and artistsSat Mar 18 2023 - 05:00
First Look – Dún Laoghaire’s new co-living development: is there room to swing a cat?How small are the one-person rooms? We had a look around the seven-storey residence for 204 people which will open at the end of the monthFri Mar 10 2023 - 05:00
From vibrators to Repeal jumpers, communion dresses and fake tan: A history of Irish women in 50 objectsWe’re objectifying Irish women but in an illuminating, celebratory way to mark International Women’s Day 2023Wed Mar 08 2023 - 06:00
The Irish woman seeking out freedom in world’s ‘second most dangerous sport’Claire Walsh can hold her breath underwater for five minutes 59 seconds and dives to a depth of 60mSat Mar 04 2023 - 05:00
Our Tethered Kin review: A beautifully staged, beautifully performed fairy tale for adultsTheatre: The story arc of this BrokenCrow production personifies a battle between dark and light, bad and goodFri Feb 10 2023 - 13:23
Iveagh Markets: Council seeks State help to preserve roof as dispute mediation failsEdward Guinness welcomes Dublin City Council move but condition of building continues to worsenThu Feb 02 2023 - 14:38
First Look: Royal Irish Academy of Music unveils €25m addition to its Georgian Dublin homeThe seven-year redesign ‘packs a lot into a city-centre site and gears us up for the future’, says the national conservatoire’s directorThu Feb 02 2023 - 05:00
St Brigid’s Day: Events celebrating our matron saint and Irish women around Ireland and the worldFrom Kildare to Dublin and London to Vancouver, there will be concerts, talks, light shows and so much moreWed Feb 01 2023 - 13:36
A town divided: What’s going on at Listowel Writers’ Week?Sadness and anger from some committee members at being ‘very arbitrarily dismissed’, while others say some volunteers ‘deemed more important than others’Sat Jan 28 2023 - 05:00
Dún Laoghaire Baths hit by accessibility problem weeks after €18m complex opensWheelchair users complain they’re unable to use steep ramps at the redeveloped seaside amenityFri Jan 20 2023 - 06:01
A handy guide to 99 of the best Irish festivals in 2023Cultural festivals are back in full force this year - and this guide doesn’t even include all of themSat Jan 14 2023 - 05:00
Ian McKellen: From Gandalf to goose“When you’ve played the Widow Twanky, can Mother Goose be far behind?” The Lord of the Rings star talks his next role as Mother Goose, preternatural occurrences in Ireland, making it up as he goes along, and men wearing frocksSat Dec 17 2022 - 05:00
Dún Laoghaire Baths finally reopen: ‘We’re here courtesy of people power’The great and the good of the borough – councillors, TDs, local businesses, community representatives – came out in weatherproof finery and thermals to mark the cutting of the ribbonTue Dec 13 2022 - 16:55
‘Once in a generation’ redevelopment of National Concert Hall to go for planningLargest ever revamp of a national cultural institution expected to proceed next year after being delayed by pandemicThu Dec 08 2022 - 15:45
First Look: Dún Laoghaire Baths are finally set to reopen. It’s a breathtaking sightAfter years of dereliction, then a seemingly never-ending build, the outdoor areas of the Co Dublin town’s renovated baths are due on December 13thFri Dec 02 2022 - 05:30
Campaign for service charges to be shared fairly reaches a tipping pointFrom Thursday diners should be able to see how tips are distributed to staffTue Nov 29 2022 - 09:45