1980s Ireland revisited in exhibition by top photographerMartin Parr’s evocative images recall rural life at pivotal time of changing valuesFri Aug 12 2016 - 01:00
Trump and Brexit among the ‘accidents’ as news shifts to social mediaIf the traditional news cycle is dead, what replaces it?Thu Aug 11 2016 - 01:03
Culture Night expands with Irish events in New York, Paris and LeedsSome 1,400 venues to throw open their doors to publicWed Aug 10 2016 - 21:06
Pádraig Duggan, founder member of Clannad, dies aged 67Multi-instrumentalist was part of group from its early days in DonegalTue Aug 09 2016 - 13:40
Challenging times ahead for newly appointed RTÉ chiefDee Forbes will be obliged to deploy her extensive experience on behalf of broadcasterFri Aug 05 2016 - 18:50
Family and friends gather in memory of Oliver HughesGreat Hall at Royal Hospital Kilmainham packed to overflowing for memorial serviceThu Aug 04 2016 - 17:26
Ireland’s role in peacekeeping in focus on ‘Casement Humanitarian Day’Trocaire and UNICEF represented at commemoration of humanitarian crusaderWed Aug 03 2016 - 19:11
Winners of funding in Making Great Art Work – Open CallThe Arts Council is handing out more than €800,000 in awards for seven projectsWed Aug 03 2016 - 01:01
Tree scheme in Dublin takes leaf out of ‘Ulysses’Project aims to revitalise an area in the city centre made infamous by James JoyceTue Aug 02 2016 - 01:01
Rio not so grand: Is it game over for the Olympics?Brazil’s political crisis, doping and Zika have dampened anticipation for this year’s GamesTue Aug 02 2016 - 01:00
Court cases show online abuse has serious consequencesDefamation and harassment cases show existing laws are working, say legal expertsMon Aug 01 2016 - 01:00
We are scaring ourselves to death over terrorismWhat comes through our screens does not necessarily represent realityFri Jul 29 2016 - 01:00
How Maser’s Repeal the 8th mural achieved its objective through being erasedImage on Project Arts Centre was removed as it violated planning regulationsTue Jul 26 2016 - 13:51
How can we build a better future? We ask three leadersFor Impact Journalism Day, three social leaders get together to talk about solutionsSat Jun 25 2016 - 05:45
Dalkey Book Festival a delicious cocktail of politics and cultureEclectic line-up of speakers tackled Turkey, Brexit, Trump and Donna SummerMon Jun 20 2016 - 01:00
EU like ‘Hotel California’, you can never leave - Yanis VaroufakisFormer Greek finance minister says his country is now being ‘run by email’Fri Jun 17 2016 - 10:58
Irish keenest digital news users in English-speaking statesReport reveals growing significance of Facebook and smartphonesThu Jun 16 2016 - 01:00
Imma gets grant to revamp building for Lucian Freud exhibitionIrish Museum of Modern Art to receive €371,000 for improvement worksThu Jun 16 2016 - 01:00
Arts Council director Orlaith McBride’s contract to be extendedMcBride’s is one of a number of high-profile culture contracts due to expireWed Jun 15 2016 - 01:07
Government to appeal High Court ruling on Moore StreetConsultative group will be set up to discuss ‘positive progress’ for historic 1916 siteWed Jun 15 2016 - 01:00
Cabinet to discuss implication of Moore Street decision on other projectsA number of State agencies have expressed concern over street’s national monument statusMon Jun 13 2016 - 16:37
Most Irish people proud of their communities, says new reportPeople in Dublin less likely to feel pride or sense of belonging compared to those in MunsterMon Jun 13 2016 - 13:45
Michael Colgan steps down after 33 years at the Gate TheatreArtistic director will hand over to successor – the fourth in theatre’s history – within a yearFri Jun 10 2016 - 20:31
Arts campaigners told to broaden audience to get message acrossMeeting discusses tactics following controversy over ‘downgrading’ of government departmentThu Jun 09 2016 - 22:26
EU to offer 180 jobs for Irish speakers by end of 2021Recruitment campaign launched for first 62 positions in Brussels and LuxembourgThu Jun 09 2016 - 22:25
Analysis: Broadcasting charge finally shelved after five yearsBroadcasters seek urgent improvements to ‘inefficient’ television licence fee systemWed Jun 08 2016 - 01:00
RTÉ calls for licence fee reform as broadcast charge scrappedIndependent broadcasters say ‘efficient and cost effective’ method of collection neededTue Jun 07 2016 - 14:02
Hugh Linehan: Ali’s gift of wordplay shaped rap generationBoxer’s influence was felt from the Black Power movement to the literary worldMon Jun 06 2016 - 06:00
INM coverage of Moriarty focused less on O’Brien than LowryResearch explores correlation between media ownership and coverage of certain issuesSat Jun 04 2016 - 14:46
Irish director John Carney apologises for ‘hurtful’ Keira Knightley comments‘Sing Street’ and ’Once’ director had said ‘I’ll never make a film with supermodels again’Thu Jun 02 2016 - 15:08
‘Christ the King’ exhibition launches in Dún LaoghaireRestored sculpture’s long journey from back garden to seafront recalled in new exhibitionWed Jun 01 2016 - 11:07
RTÉ archive a treasure trove of faces, voices and memoriesFootage includes de Valera, Heaney, Pope John Paul II, JFK, the Beatles and BonoMon May 30 2016 - 01:00
Culture Shock: Shh . . . something strange is going on in the libraryFuturologists predicted that libraries would have closed by now, but they have a key role to play in the knowledge economyFri May 27 2016 - 17:40
Nothing radical: the rebuilding of DublinAfter the 1916 Rising it took just 11 years to reconstruct O’Connell Street – a year less than the Luas Cross City line – but the architecture was safe and unimaginativeFri May 27 2016 - 14:45
RTÉ to co-host international audio-visual conference‘Urgent intervention’ required to preserve the world’s film and sound recordingsThu May 19 2016 - 16:10
€5m centre dedicated to Seamus Heaney to open in SeptemberInitiative in Bellaghy celebrates Nobel laureate in town where he spent formative yearsTue May 17 2016 - 21:27
Voters do not feel the Byrne, as ‘Sunlight’ fades from memoryFrom Georgian rockers to Norwegian ice queens, plenty of variety in second semi-finalThu May 12 2016 - 22:54
Gate Theatre’s multimedia archive to be digitised by NUIGProject includes hundreds of videos, scripts and programmesThu May 12 2016 - 17:00
Sinn Féin not allowing facts derail good ‘Irish slaves’ yarnUnderstanding of 17th century history is inaccurate and fuels racist agenda, say criticsThu May 12 2016 - 10:43
Heather Humphreys says Government commitment to arts not diminishedMore than 5,000 sign online petition protesting new ministerial briefThu May 12 2016 - 01:00
Rise in access to social media at work, survey findsMen spend more time than women on social media at workThu May 12 2016 - 01:00
Eurovision 2016: Old stereotypes persist in song contest semi-finalHugh Linehan: Swedish hosts show Common European Sense of Humour show has failedTue May 10 2016 - 22:30
Adams line on nationalism and slavery wide of markSinn Féin president’s retreat from incendiary tweets exposes an underlying anxietyTue May 03 2016 - 01:00
WB Yeats’s Nobel medal donated to National LibraryPoet was awarded literature prize in 1923 for ‘giving expression to spirit of a whole nation’Thu Apr 28 2016 - 17:10
Aosdána criticises handling of ‘Star Wars’ filmingGroup calls for new protections for heritage sites following Disney’s use of Skellig MichaelWed Apr 27 2016 - 19:42
World’s most pirated TV drama returns for sixth seriesMillions of people will watch ’Game of Thrones’ on Sky, but many more will stream or download it illegallySat Apr 23 2016 - 13:38
Purple reign comes to an end as Prince dies aged 57The US singer was a driven perfectionist whose creative output was staggeringFri Apr 22 2016 - 01:07
Viking project aims to get everyone involvedWorld-Tree Project aims to assemble world’s biggest digital archive of Norse cultureFri Apr 22 2016 - 01:00
Prince leaves canon of brilliant, individual pop songsDeath of tiny collossus at aged 57 leaves music world and industry in shockFri Apr 22 2016 - 01:00
