Unleash your creativity: Ways to get crafty at home

From jigsaws to art from your fridge, there are mental health benefits from make-and-do

Fair City actor lived his life ‘to the full’, funeral Mass told

Actor Karl Shiels, who died on Monday aged 47, played shady Robbie Quinn in the soap

Theatre: a new generation takes on the words of Flann O’Brien

‘Thirst (and Other Bits of Flann)’ draws from ‘The Dalkey Archive’ and other stories

President pays tribute to ‘courageous being’ Tom Murphy

Over 600, including big cross-section from theatre and arts , attend humanist service

Liam Cosgrave: My Part in His Downfall – An Irishman’s Diary about the 1977 general election

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Fintan O’Toole: How Liam Cosgrave embodied the State

Like the Ireland of his time, Cosgrave’s achievements were a function of his limitations

David Shanks: An Irishman’s Diary on the hard Border of the 1950s

‘The IRA did its best to blow away Border posts but it was the 1986 Single European Act, the Single Market, and the Belfast Agreement that ultimately have given us our soft Border’

Absurd Policeman – An Irishman’s Diary about Flann O’Brien and bicycles

Budget 2017: A slice of pie for the parties

Inside Politics: The configuration of Government makes for an undramatic budget

Ballymagash to Craggy Island: Five great Frank Kelly creations

Comedian played a range of memorable and lovable characters on television and radio

Review – You Never Can Tell: Excuses are hard to make for Shaw’s problematic play

The troubling aspects of Bernard Shaw’s dusty play are here hammered at with forced jollity – the result is not weightless fun

Mountains to Sea DLR Book Festival: Our pick of the best

What to check out at the book festival this weekend in Dún Laoghaire

Dún Laoghaire meeting told area has two sides: Monaco and Beirut

Central Library a recurring theme at Dalkey Book Festival debate on borough’s future

Irish personalities reveal moments that changed their lives in a new book

About 100 people attended the launch of ‘Life Is For Living’ book