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Artist Niall Sweeney’s colourful and surreal exhibition, I Am The Cosmos, comprises eight prints and two silk scarves
The controversial French artist made West Cork his adopted home. His posthumous exhibition of mostly collages at the Centre Culturel Irlandais reveals his maverick brilliance
Bestselling author and illustrator Oliver Jeffers always had ‘a sense of curiosity about the world’. But his perspective changed with the arrival of his son
The towering star of ‘Alien’, ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Avatar’ deals with death in ‘A Monster Calls’
Paul Curley tuns a birthday party into something more chaotic with more than a hint of moral absurdity
Illustrations are a touchstone of children’s literature. Here is a potted guide to the artists behind some of the best-loved stories
The tribute to Heaney, which was paid for by a group of the poet’s admirers, including Paul Simon and Bono, is bringing colour to Dublin airport
Just in time for Valentine’s Day the ever-surprising Spike Jonze returns with his first film in four years – Her, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson. And it’s the perfect break-up movie. The goofy auteur on ripping out your heart and stomping on it forever ...
The children’s author and eroticist was vilified in the US and received death threats from French fringe groups before moving to Cork and gaining acceptance
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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