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Bill Whelan
The Road to Riverdance by Bill Whelan: lively account of seismic changes in Irish society
A colourful testament to an extraordinary life that helped shape and soundtrack it
Gerald Barry: ‘I’ve had an energy in me that has not had an outlet’
The composer on sea bream, symbols, spies, Salome and his new Cello Concerto
Garech de Brún, Paddy Moloney and the reinvention of Claddagh Records
The dying wish of label’s founder was to revive a company known for trad records
New Ireland: New ideas by David Puttnam, Dermot Desmond, Catherine Motherway and more
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Riverdance the movie: Pierce Brosnan and Brendan Gleeson hoof it up on a screen near you
Michael Flatley becomes an impressively antlered elk in a new animated film based on the hit show
Still nervous: Those Nervous Animals release a debut album after 40 years together
The Mission Sessions is the first full-length album from Those Nervous Animals
Acclaimed Connemara writer Tim Robinson dies at 85 from coronavirus
President Higgins pays tribute to author and artist who died two weeks after his wife Mairéad
Colm Mac Con Iomaire: The River Holds Its Breath review – One beauty on top of another
Third album from The Frames’ man fuses traditional sources and contemporary music with ease
Royal Irish Academy of Music set for €20m transformation by 2021
Westland Row campus redevelopment involves €9m public funding and significant philanthropy
Late Late Toy Show: Applications for performers close this week
Aspiring stars must submit an audition tape by Friday for a chance to perform in the show
Michael Jackson at Lugalla: He asked for ‘the portrait of the freaky-looking man with the frizzy hair’ to be taken down
Portrait-painter Anthony Palliser on his friendship with Garech Browne, halcyon days at Luggala and his famous Irish subjects
Liam O’Flynn remembered as a ‘magical’ musician
Uileann piper ‘bristled’ at being called a purist, funeral told
U2, bad sex and Baileys: the biggest 2017 culture stories on irishtimes.com
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That’s entertainment: Enya on song as ‘Riverdance’ profits dip
Newly filed accounts also show rough year for Rough Magic as losses widen
Who is Kamaliya? The mysterious pop star who’s big in Ireland
She’s a former Mrs World, an opera singer, a film star, her husband is a billionaire
Ireland.ie website showcasing Irish creativity launched
Kenny highlights initiative on Irish culture while in Washington DC for St Patrick’s Day visit
UCD gets Connemara film and sound archive of artists and poets
Clifden Community Arts Festival donates 40-year ‘sociological record’ of the arts
Minister announces €2 million for Irish arts in the US
Heather Humphreys says €1m will go towards new Irish Arts Centre in Manhattan
Christmas story brings Wexford tenor back home from US
Q&A with Michael Londra: ‘When I left, it wasn’t to run away but to run toward something’
Bill Hughes ‘There was nothing good about being gay in the 1980s’
To mark the first anniversary of the marriage-equality referendum, Charlie Bird asks gay people, and their relatives, how Ireland has changed for them.
Aosdána criticises handling of ‘Star Wars’ filming
Group calls for new protections for heritage sites following Disney’s use of Skellig Michael
RTÉ takes a fresh approach to new music
Can the Music of Our Time series at the NCH remedy the weaknesses of the national broadcaster’s long-standing approach to new music?
Premiere of choral work with 1,000 voices at Rising commemoration
Paul Muldoon lyrics criticise many aspects of Irish society such as ‘gombeen financiers’
Paul Muldoon: ‘Pearse and his fellow rebels were not terrorists’
When asked to write the text for a choral piece for the centenary of the Rising, I was determined not to gloss over the past or present a bogusly upbeat future
Video: Cillian Murphy and the Gleesons lead tributes to producer Anne Clarke at Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards
The event also featured video tributes to Waking the Feminists and the year in theatre
Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards: And the nominees are . . .
After a year of theatre, hundreds of shows and days of deliberation, here are the nominees for the 2015 Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards
Friel remembered on Broadway with laughter and tears
Stars pay tribute as famous theatre district prepares to dim its lights for Irish playwright
DTF review | The Train: A theatrical manifesto, exuberantly played for laughs
This isn’t the most serious meditation on gender equality, but it’s definitely one of the most charming
The 'contraceptive train’ spawns a musical
The women who went to Belfast in May 1971 to bring back illegal ‘French Letters’ are looking forward to seeing themselves on stage
Out on a Lim: the crazy abandon of a Korean maverick
Classical music: The problem with HJ Lim’s in-your-face style is that, when nothing is normal, you can get to the point where nothing is abnormal either
Heavyweights and new voices brand Dublin Theatre Festival
The festival has shunned an obvious theme in favour of reaching a wider audience
Revamp of Rathgar’s Orwell Park continues
Original features remain in this renovated period property, on the market for €3.2m
Former U2 manager Paul McGuinness: Cracking crime on the Côte d’Azur
Paul McGuinness has turned to TV, joining forces with John Banville and Neil Jordan to make a crime series based on the French Riviera
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