Festive breaks around Ireland for Christmas and the New Year
Celebrate, count yourself lucky, plan ahead and then settle down for some nice resolutions
The best art exhibitions of the week
Including Niamh O’Malley in Dublin, and Elva Mulchrone and Rosa Mäkelä in Galway
Shirley Temple Bar: On My Culture Radar
Declan Buckley, the man behind Shirley Temple Bar, on the paintings of Gabhann Dunne, Emma Dabiri’s Don’t Touch My Hair and why Madonna’s new album is worth repeated listens.
Ideas take flight: Gabhann Dunne on his new art show
‘I wanted Crossing the Salt to be about the things that come into this island’
RHA Annual: No wallflowers at this rowdy art party
With 600 pieces to fit in, famous names jostle for space with newcomers, but there’s no one at this party you wouldn’t be happy to go home with
How great thou art: Facebook embraces Irish creativity
Dublin HQ of the social media giant is a hotbed of artistic activity and dynamism
Visual Art: When the gallery becomes a disconcerting garden
Things resonate in Caoimhe Kilfeather’s work but usually confound your expectations
Visual art round-up: Pallas Projects bursts out of its gated community
The Coombe-based arts group’s periodical is a valuable exercise; and George Bolster takes on the delicate subject of depression
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