Please bring back the Rose of Tralee next year – with male contestantsA Rose can now be gay or a mother, but must be 18-28, unmarried, female and of Irish originMon Aug 24 2020 - 22:35
State confirms new limits on cultural events after widespread confusionLimit of six for indoor events and 15 outdoors but theatres, museums, cinemas can take 50Thu Aug 20 2020 - 15:49
Arts Council calls for clarity in communication on Covid-19 event restrictions‘Explicit guidelines’ needed to avoid confusion for public and those working in arts, says councilWed Aug 19 2020 - 21:56
Triumph and hope: Live performances at Kilkenny Arts Festival X in Covid eraA brave marker for continuity as the multi-arts festival adapts for online and socially distanced showsWed Aug 19 2020 - 06:00
Virtual culture to enjoy in the week aheadCamerata Ireland showcases Beethoven; Dave Flynn strikes a chord; theatre nightsTue Aug 18 2020 - 06:00
Maureen Kennelly: taking over the Arts Council in the midst of a crisisNew director of the Arts Council on the challenges the sector faces in age of Covid-19Sat Aug 15 2020 - 05:00
Galway 2020 reinvents itself in safe mode for Covid eraRevised European Capital of Culture year will run to March 2021Thu Aug 13 2020 - 06:00
This week’s arts roundup includes a Connemara drive-inElsewhere, interactive website Zoonosis offers a sideways look at how the pandemic is affecting usWed Aug 12 2020 - 06:00
Audiences need reassurance before attending live events – pollPandemic fallout: New research shows high levels of concern about indoor eventsMon Aug 10 2020 - 21:51
Your guide to live and virtual culture events over the next weekKilkenny summer festival reshaped,Bewley’s Cafe Theatre returns and Abbey Theatre’s Dear Ireland online projectWed Aug 05 2020 - 06:00
Gate Theatre to remain shut until 2021 as social distancing slashes potential incomeTheatre that hired more than 500 freelancers in 2019 depends on box office for 67% of incomeThu Jul 30 2020 - 13:30
Abbey Theatre does not plan to renew joint directors’ contractsNeil Murray and Graham McLaren due to leave in 2021, when their role will be splitWed Jul 29 2020 - 11:37
Online culture: What’s on in a time of Covid-19?Cahirciveen’s tenor voices, Carlow’s virtual reality and Irish National OperaWed Jul 29 2020 - 06:00
The Young Offenders: The original fecking eejits are backReview: The return of our soft-hearted, soft-headed Cork yobs is right on formFri Jul 24 2020 - 22:40
July Stimulus: €31m package for cultural sector hit by Covid-19Sector ‘will be among the last to recover’ from pandemic’s effects, says MinisterFri Jul 24 2020 - 15:39
‘This now is pretty hairy’: inside Ireland’s health care systemTV review: RTÉ Investigates: Future Health Care is not alarmist, but it is alarmingThu Jul 23 2020 - 11:13
From sean nós to new plays: the best of this week’s culture onlineMuseums and galleries are open with new exhibitions and showsWed Jul 22 2020 - 06:00
Cultural events online for curious young mindsPlenty of virtual amusement and projects for younger people over the next week, and beyondTue Jul 14 2020 - 06:00
First Look: Dig In, the Maser-curated ‘art diner’ that’s about to open in DublinThe Camden Street venue includes works by Banksy, Conor Harrington and Chloe EarlyMon Jul 13 2020 - 11:00
This week's best online culture: Galway Film Fleadh, Sligo arts and Irish Times Summer NightsThis week features several digital editions of Irish summer festivals, plus a new event from The Irish TimesTue Jul 07 2020 - 06:00
Irish theatre and dance festivals reimagined onlineClonmel Junction festival and Druid Debuts among arts events going virtual this monthTue Jun 30 2020 - 06:00
Performing from home: The strange new world of summer arts festivalsEvents from West Cork Chamber Music Festival to Friday Opera Sessions are migrating onlineTue Jun 23 2020 - 06:00
Christine Dwyer Hickey and Sinéad Gleeson win first Dalkey Literary AwardsTheir books The Narrow Land and Constellations win €20,000 and €10,000Sat Jun 20 2020 - 20:00
Irish poet wins Society of Authors’ Award and slice of £100,000 fundSusannah Dickey shares Eric Gregory prize for her collection Bloodthirsty for MarriageThu Jun 18 2020 - 12:30
Wexford Festival Opera defers 70th-anniversary plans until 2021 as it moves onlineWaiting for Shakespeare to feature performances by Lisette Oropesa and Celine ByrneTue Jun 16 2020 - 11:20
From Joyce’s Bloomsday to Joy: This week’s online cultural eventsHighlights include Bloomsday, Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, Cork film fest and a virtual quarantine visitTue Jun 16 2020 - 05:00
Bloomsday goes online, and it’s an offal-y good line-upVirtual kidneys, readings, music: a wealth of online events based on James Joyce’s UlyssesMon Jun 15 2020 - 19:46
Bloomsday: new Ulysses short film streches across continents and multiple languagesIn New Day Will Be: A Short Film for Bloomsday 2020 actors and others worldwide, including Pete Buttigieg and Beto O’Rourke, draw solace from UlyssesSat Jun 13 2020 - 06:00
The ultimate parents’ survival guide to summer 2020Activities are curbed due to Covid-19, but there’s plenty of ways to keep kids occupiedSat Jun 13 2020 - 06:00
I May Destroy You: Smart, sexy, electrifying – and very funny – televisionTV review: Michaela Coel tackles a harrowing, complex theme with the lightest touchWed Jun 10 2020 - 12:33
Samantha Barry: A smart, sussed Ballincollig woman and her brilliant international careerTV review: RTÉ’s documentary tracks the rise of the journalist from Cork to New YorkTue Jun 09 2020 - 10:22
Cruinniú na nÓg: A dizzying array of free, creative activities for children on SaturdayThis week’s cultural events, online and offline, include Cruinniú na nÓg and Midsummer MomentsTue Jun 09 2020 - 05:00
Back to Daniel and Majella’s Dermot Bannon-designed house of many loosIn TG4’s new series Daniel and Majella conduct a chat show sa bhaile in DonegalMon Jun 08 2020 - 11:00
Bookshops and Covid-19: ‘We can’t say to people you can’t look at the books’Retailers try to chart safe path to reopening without losing what makes them specialSat Jun 06 2020 - 05:00
Dublin Fringe Festival puts live indoor performances into the mix for SeptemberReimagined line-up sees experimental work outdoors, plus landmarks as performance spacesFri Jun 05 2020 - 06:00
Live entertainment from your couch: What’s on this weekLockdown sees Carlow Arts Festival move online while INO’s Friday Opera Session streams on YouTubeWed Jun 03 2020 - 05:00
An Irish festival returns – with live events back in the real worldCork Midsummer Festival’s 12-day programme includes theatre from your gardenThu May 28 2020 - 09:05
Culture sector needs Government help to survive, arts group says in 13-point recovery planNational Campaign for the Arts launches ‘comprehensive and achievable’ proposalsWed May 27 2020 - 14:25
Irish artists join international call for Israel to end siege of Gaza amid coronavirusMore than 200 artists back Amnesty International’s call for military embargoThu May 14 2020 - 12:00
Cathy Belton’s Isolation Diary: ‘Sourdough is like looking after a Tamagotchi’The actor on baking, her favourite podcasts and getting upstaged by Dame DaisyThu May 14 2020 - 08:53
Maureen Kennelly’s Isolation Diary: Skipping, spuds and managing an arts crisisTaking over the Arts Council from her kitchen table, the new director faces an upended sectorWed May 13 2020 - 06:00
Covid-19 forces Kilkenny Arts Festival to cancels its August line-upKilkenny decision follows calling off of Galway International Arts Festival in JulyFri May 08 2020 - 15:15
MayDay: Snapshot of another extraordinary day of Ireland in Covid-19 lockdownTV review: RTÉ captures the pain and pleasure of 24 hours during the pandemicFri May 08 2020 - 14:53
Lenny Abrahamson to join new Arts Council group to combat Covid-19 fallout€6.4m and 19,000 days of paid work lost; 2.4m people miss out on artistic experiencesThu May 07 2020 - 16:19
‘Becoming Irish’ was always a waiting game. Now it’s on holdTV review: A beautifully crafted RTÉ documentary explores the lives of aspiring citizensMon May 04 2020 - 19:30
Lockdown ‘doortraits’: Dublin families step out for charity shotsPhotographers are using the lockdown to document the lives of people living within 2kmSat May 02 2020 - 06:00
Can’t face even more weeks of lockdown? Here are Trish Murphy’s 10 ways to copeFocus on the simple things, and be kind to yourself and others, says our advice columnistFri May 01 2020 - 06:00
Galway 2020 to run scaled down Capital of Culture lineup late this yearLocal and national partners to deliver ‘reimagined’ programme running into 2021Thu Apr 30 2020 - 20:31
Meryl Streep’s damn fine singing and drinking, and three other things lifting our spiritsActor toasts Stephen Sondheim; Abbey sends us a postcard; and socially distanced dancingTue Apr 28 2020 - 13:56
Abbey Theatre reveals Dear Ireland’s full line-up as plays begin onlineBlindboy and Brendan Gleeson kick off series of 50 pieces on theatre’s YouTube channelTue Apr 28 2020 - 09:25
