Moments from a festival: Galway wraps with a new way of bringing it back HomeGeoff Sobelle’s show one of the many highlights of this year’s vibrant, audience-engaging festivalMon Jul 25 2022 - 18:13
Galway is hot and hopping as the international arts festival returns with a bangAfter two years of restricted programmes, there’s a real sense of the festival’s proud presence on the streetsTue Jul 19 2022 - 12:34
Bog villages after peat production ended: ‘What grew afterwards was amazing: the wildlife, the biodiversity’ 'People came from different parts of the country to work for Bord na Mona. They knitted together, and became standalone communities, and friends for life’Sat Jul 16 2022 - 05:00
Alan Stanford asked to step aside from post at Pittsburgh theatreActor, writer and director reportedly removed from position as artistic and executive director after board meetingWed Jul 13 2022 - 00:15
Back to the regular rhythm of a Kilkenny Arts Festival, with some ‘gateway drugs’ to open it upFestival director Olga Barry, announcing 2022′s line-up, talks about how the festival is of the city, as well as using it as a canvasThu Jun 23 2022 - 09:00
Abbey Theatre’s €7.5m funding for 2022 comes with conditions attachedArts Council says it is seeking to safeguard expenditure of public moniesTue Jun 14 2022 - 15:13
Strokestown House home to time capsule of the Great Hunger: The National Famine Museum reopens Visitors get a three-pronged window into the lives of those who lived and worked thereSat Jun 11 2022 - 06:00
Youth theatre voices: ‘It gave me a sense of myself when things felt very chaotic as a teenager’Youth theatre voicesTue Jun 07 2022 - 05:00
‘More people see Irish music live in venues than ever hear it on Irish radio’It’s the old chestnut – why don’t we hear a wider range of Irish music on Irish radio? – and it seems to be getting worseThu May 26 2022 - 00:00
Dance the night away, then get rid of the overload in a quiet sensory spaceAfter her ADHD diagnosis in adulthood, Natasha Duffy decided to curate spaces for neurodivergent peopleMon May 23 2022 - 06:01
‘Van Gogh Dublin – An Immersive Journey’ is like having a very busy dreamVan Gogh’s expressive work is ideal for digital manipulation, but would he approve?Thu May 19 2022 - 06:00
Galway Arts Festival: ‘We’re back. (We never really went away)’Galway International Arts Festival returns to full scale with international and Irish work across the citySat May 14 2022 - 05:00
‘Beacon for change’: The Gate Theatre announces new leadership teamRóisín McBrinn takes over as artistic director and Colm O’Callaghan as executive directorThu May 05 2022 - 14:50
Anything Goes comes to Dublin: ‘It’s a chance to see something big and noisy and joyous’Kathleen Marshall and Simon Callow on eye-popping new production of classic musicalTue May 03 2022 - 00:00
This Dublin tenement life: No electricity, no running water and seven to a bed14 Henrietta Street is setting out to look for more memories of life in Dublin’s tenementsSat Apr 30 2022 - 06:00
Grafton Architects win European prize for contemporary architectureThe Mies Van der Rohe is awarded to the firm led by Shelley McNamara and Yvonne FarrellWed Apr 27 2022 - 13:15
Delia Ephron’s second chance at life after lossAuthor’s new memoir covers a brief rollercoaster from age 72 with the pace of a film scriptSat Apr 16 2022 - 06:00
Elaine Murphy on adapting Circle of Friends: ‘They call it the Normal People of its day’The stage version of Maeve Binchy’s novel is finally premiering after a two-year delaySat Apr 09 2022 - 00:00
Basic income scheme unveiled to support artists: ‘This means the world’Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Minister for Arts line up to trumpet groundbreaking projectTue Apr 05 2022 - 22:11
Dear Future Ireland ... A message from 2022The census invites you to write a message to future generations. A selection of people share theirsSat Mar 26 2022 - 06:00
Deirdre O’Kane: ‘Being one of the lads was my survival mechanism’‘For 20 years in comedy, I was the only woman in the room. It was how society was’Sat Mar 19 2022 - 06:00
Back in showbiz: St Patrick’s Festival marches Ireland back to normalEntertainment industry says audiences are returning but skill shortages pose challengesSat Mar 12 2022 - 06:00
Musicians bound for SXSW blow Covid cobwebs out of US ambassador’s residenceArtists, academics and NGO staff gather at Deerfield to mark International Women’s DayTue Mar 08 2022 - 21:32
The waiters who took on the Ivy restaurant – and wonLabour Court finds the pair were unfairly dismissed due to their trade union activitiesSat Feb 26 2022 - 06:00
Drama at the Abbey as Arts Council investigates finance and governancePayments to former directors have prompted independent audit by MazarsWed Feb 23 2022 - 05:00
‘Books are great medicine – for the mind, the heart and soul’‘Ireland Reads’ day aims to get everyone reading for their greater wellbeingTue Feb 22 2022 - 06:00
Small music venues ‘barely treading water’ awaiting promised Covid supportLive Music Collective calls for faster rollout of scheme as time runs out to use unspent fundsSat Feb 19 2022 - 07:00
Derbhle Crotty: ‘Waking The Feminists is having lasting consequence’Actor on her electric pandemic projects and returning to Portia Coughlan after 25 yearsSat Feb 12 2022 - 05:00
It’s time to tackle gendered inspirational guff on children’s clothesGirls are sweet, good and kind. Boys are strong, assertive and bold. Jesus wept.Wed Feb 09 2022 - 15:00
When is a restaurant tip not a tip? When it’s a service chargeA new Bill promises transparency around tipping – but service charges are excludedSat Feb 05 2022 - 06:00
Longitude tickets have gone on sale and I’m 25,085th in the queue (for €250 tickets)The three-day outdoor event – the first since 2019 – is in Marlay Park, Dublin, on July 1st-3rdFri Feb 04 2022 - 11:30
Fintan O’Toole: ‘I can’t vote for Sinn Féin because I remember too much’The Irish Times journalist spoke at the Winter Nights Festival about his long careerThu Jan 27 2022 - 09:30
David Baddiel: I ‘probably don’t agree completely’ with Sally Rooney on IsraelThe writer talked Joyce, Jewishness and boycotts at the Irish Times Winter Nights festivalTue Jan 25 2022 - 23:50
Abbey Theatre co-directors: ‘We want our artists to have a hand on the steering wheel’Caitríona McLaughlin and Mark O’Brien on the way forward for the national theatreThu Jan 20 2022 - 05:00
A guide to the best festivals in Ireland in 2022 (pandemic permitting)Artists and organisers are ready and waiting to stage a lavish array of events in 2022Sat Jan 15 2022 - 06:00
Fr Trendy, Charlie vs Garret and Save Wanderly Wagon: Irish TV’s unforgettable momentsAn exhibition at the National Photographic Archive marks 60 years of TV in IrelandThu Jan 06 2022 - 06:00
Christmas hit songs: How much money can you make from a Yuletide tune?Noddy Holder says it’s ‘like winning the lottery every December 25th for the rest of your life’Wed Dec 22 2021 - 06:00
Venues, producers scramble to manage 8pm Covid curfew on live showsMusicals, plays and gigs rescheduled or cancelled entirely in light of Covid surgeTue Dec 21 2021 - 06:00
Inside the new Dún Laoghaire Baths (spoiler: don’t expect baths)For years the derelict amenity was a blight on the seafront, a lost opportunity for a public facilityFri Dec 17 2021 - 06:00
‘Once in a generation’: Basic income pilot for artists to start in early 2022‘Landmark move’ to involve €325 weekly payment without means testingThu Dec 16 2021 - 06:00
Split gigs: How musicians are adapting to the 50% capacity ruleSome acts are performing two concerts on the same date rather than let fans downThu Dec 09 2021 - 06:00
Happy holidays, ya filthy animals: Home Alone mansion lands on AirbnbThe McCallister family home – ‘on the most boring street in the US’ – is taking bookingsFri Dec 03 2021 - 12:10
Ode to the Late Late Toy Show: ‘A country stops. Dead. In its tracks. On a drinking night’Rye Aker on the Toy Show: ‘A Masters Degree in/ soundness/ passed subliminally’Tue Nov 23 2021 - 14:03
Walk this way: On the trail with Dublin’s trekkers’ clubThe walking group for ‘activity, looking at nature, talking nonsense’ is almost 40 years oldSat Nov 20 2021 - 06:00
Why are there so few women chefs?Despite chef shortages, women make up just a third of chefs in Ireland and still occupy the lowest ranking rolesSat Nov 20 2021 - 06:00
It’s not endgame for Irish theatre, but it is a struggleTheatre has been resilient, but with the Gate in trouble, the sector is on a knife edgeSat Nov 20 2021 - 06:00
Gate Theatre unable to present full year of productions in 2022Dublin theatre grapples with ‘unsustainable’ financial model and Covid falloutWed Nov 17 2021 - 06:00
A ‘national brainstorm’ to make Ireland a better place to liveCreating our Future is asking citizens for ideas about future scientific researchSat Nov 06 2021 - 06:00
Appalling behaviour in the arts ‘a reality that has been hiding in plain sight’Limited opportunities and limited employers ‘create a fertile landscape for abuse’, report findsFri Oct 22 2021 - 06:00
Report finds ‘culture of harmful workplace behaviour across Ireland’s arts sector’Bullying, harassment, humiliation and sexual assault ‘likely to be accepted norms’Thu Oct 21 2021 - 12:30
