State putting money where mouth is with culture planCreative Ireland plan is ambitious and got kick-started with art community’s approvalFri Dec 09 2016 - 01:00
Government’s ‘Creative Ireland’ plan outlinedTaoiseach launches five-year programme to promote culture as part of everyday livesThu Dec 08 2016 - 19:50
Restored version of first Irish sound film ‘The Dawn’ to be screened‘The Dawn’ was made by Killarney garage owner Tom Cooper in 1936Thu Dec 08 2016 - 17:31
State’s five-year creativity plan includes children’s music skillsStrategy will place creative and cultural infrastructure ‘at the centre of Irish life’Thu Dec 08 2016 - 05:00
Media literacy drive launched by broadcasting authorityBAI initiative to help people identify ‘fake news’ and challenge extremist viewsTue Dec 06 2016 - 00:01
Will we miss RTÉ’s kids’ TV?After 55 years RTÉ is hoping to get out of making programmes for children. But will it make any difference in a world of always-on digital?Sat Dec 03 2016 - 06:00
Inequality cannot be blamed for ‘driving’ populism, conference hearsProfessor says narrative has resonance in US but there are differences in other countriesWed Nov 30 2016 - 01:00
Boom, bust and balls: How rugby reflects our economic timesAcademic paper says fortunes of Ireland’s rugby team mirrored Celtic Tiger yearsFri Nov 25 2016 - 20:16
Many ‘were in tears’: Abrupt end to RTÉ programmes for youngJobs lost as broadcaster to commission all young people’s TV from independent sectorThu Nov 24 2016 - 17:07
Why Gay Byrne is Ireland’s greatest broadcasterHe combines a natural genius for broadcasting with ferocious professionalismMon Nov 21 2016 - 16:13
Facebook under fire for spreading fake US election ‘news’Users engaged more with false stories than legitimate ones before going to pollsThu Nov 17 2016 - 16:52
From extreme fringe to centre stage: the rise of Breitbart News‘Alt-right’ site accused of anti-semitism and racism could now become ‘Trump Pravda’Tue Nov 15 2016 - 18:32
Why are we still changing our clocks back?On the centenary of the introduction of Daylight Saving, is it time for a review?Sun Oct 30 2016 - 07:53
UFOs, magic priests, and the gems of the RTÉ archiveBroadcaster releases series of ‘weird and wonderful’ videos dating back to 1960sWed Oct 26 2016 - 11:33
Jim Sheridan short film to go online ahead of US electionScripted by journalist Lise Hand and starring Salma Hayek, ‘11th Hour’ is set on 9/11Mon Oct 24 2016 - 18:32
Selina Cartmell named as new Gate Theatre artistic directorThe TCD graduate will succeed Michael Colgan, Ireland’s best-paid arts executive, in JanuaryFri Oct 14 2016 - 17:29
Social media set to play pivotal role in Repeal the Eighth campaignWar of words and hashtags part of building awareness ahead of potential referendumFri Oct 14 2016 - 01:00
Bob Dylan’s Nobel win rekindles debate over ‘high’ v ‘low’ cultureSwedish Academy defends award for ‘poetic expressions within the American song tradition’Thu Oct 13 2016 - 18:53
Budget 2017: Arts groups welcome increase in fundingHumphreys announces boost to range of bodies including €5m for Arts CouncilTue Oct 11 2016 - 19:36
Pat Kenny receives Ifta award for lifetime achievementWinning TV shows include ‘Daniel & Majella’s B&B Road Trip’ and ‘The Day Henry Met’Fri Oct 07 2016 - 21:57
Brexit vote should have required 55%, says author HarrisBest selling author believes democratic institutions are under pressure from ‘unbridled populism’Wed Oct 05 2016 - 13:15
Red Mass marks the start of legal term with a dash of religious traditionName derived from red robes worn to symbolise Holy Spirit’s tongues of fireTue Oct 04 2016 - 01:01
Mozart and the Bard headline 59th Dublin Theatre Festival‘Don Giovanni’, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and ‘The Seagull’ on the bill for 2016Thu Sept 29 2016 - 05:00
Strategy to create broader cultural vision for DublinDublin City Council allocates €1m this year from ‘very constrained economic situation’Tue Sept 27 2016 - 01:01
‘For my generation, men were men and women were women’How to be a Man: In a new ‘Irish Times’ series, seven Irish men discuss the changing world around themSat Sept 24 2016 - 06:00
Centre celebrates Heaney’s life, from rural beginnings to world acclaimFamily will open HomePlace dedicated to late poet next week in Bellaghy, Co DerrySat Sept 24 2016 - 01:00
LGBT advocate Peter Tatchell honoured at ceremony in DublinVeteran campaigner honoured with James Joyce award and fellowship from UCDWed Sept 21 2016 - 17:00
Jadotville premiere a fitting finale to long campaign for recognition‘Siege of Jadotville’ based on true events forgotten for many years, veteran saysTue Sept 20 2016 - 01:02
Culture Night: It’s serendipity to just go with the flowHugh Linehan: A great chance for venues to get people in who have never been beforeFri Sept 16 2016 - 20:59
Culture Night not derailed by transport troublesOrganisers ‘forging ahead’ with over 3,000 events scheduled for natiowide celebrationFri Sept 16 2016 - 15:53
Hugh Linehan: What have the British ever done for us? Quite a lotIt is clear Ireland and Britain are totally different – except for our language, food, books, education, legal systems, humour and weatherWed Sept 14 2016 - 05:50
Ireland moves into European spotlight at animation forumEmployment in sector has increased to all-time high of 1,600 in IrelandMon Sept 12 2016 - 05:00
National Library ‘on our way back up’, says directorFive-year plan involves revamping building and connecting with a global audienceThu Sept 08 2016 - 01:00
Forget about ‘parenting’: think about what being a parent meansProf Alison Gopnik says US parents encouraged to think of their children as productsSat Sept 03 2016 - 01:00
Pat Kenny makes return to screens with new TV3 showBroadcaster expanding Irish-produced output and looking to put dent in competitors’ ratingsWed Aug 31 2016 - 16:43
TG4 launches autumn schedule ahead of 20th birthdayNew programmes include a comedy-drama described as ‘Spinal Tap with a bodhrán’Tue Aug 30 2016 - 18:20
WhatsApp to share user data with Facebook as part of policy updateMessaging service announces plans to share customers’ numbers with parent companyFri Aug 26 2016 - 09:06
Rose of Tralee TV viewing figures hit 10-year lowAudience for RTÉ’s broadcast of the final has declined by 33% over the past six yearsFri Aug 26 2016 - 01:00
Brendan O’Carroll: How Dubliner found UK public’s funnyboneMrs Brown’s Boys is voted Best Sitcom of the 21st Century by Radio Times readersWed Aug 24 2016 - 01:00
Jazz guitarist Louis Stewart brought joy to many, funeral toldMusician of international stature had played with greats including Benny GoodmanTue Aug 23 2016 - 17:50
RTÉ plays up Irishness in strong-looking television line-upTV schedule launch mixes razzmatazz with stern assertions of public service valuesTue Aug 23 2016 - 01:00
Home-grown shows central to RTÉ autumn-winter scheduleNew documentaries, entertainment and lifestyle shows announced at launch of TV seasonMon Aug 22 2016 - 20:24
17th-century plantation castle found hiding in plain sightPeople of Clones thought all that was left of the castle was subsurface remainsSat Aug 20 2016 - 01:02
Casino at Marino: Public’s first view of secret test-fire tunnelsThompson submachine guns tested underground by leaders in War of IndependenceFri Aug 19 2016 - 01:00
Can you sing the national anthem better than our hockey team?‘Shoving Connie around the field’ is no substitute for learning the real words in IrishSat Aug 13 2016 - 09:54
1980s Ireland revisited in exhibition by top photographerMartin Parr’s evocative images recall rural life at pivotal time of changing valuesFri Aug 12 2016 - 01:00
Trump and Brexit among the ‘accidents’ as news shifts to social mediaIf the traditional news cycle is dead, what replaces it?Thu Aug 11 2016 - 01:03
Culture Night expands with Irish events in New York, Paris and LeedsSome 1,400 venues to throw open their doors to publicWed Aug 10 2016 - 21:06
Pádraig Duggan, founder member of Clannad, dies aged 67Multi-instrumentalist was part of group from its early days in DonegalTue Aug 09 2016 - 13:40
Challenging times ahead for newly appointed RTÉ chiefDee Forbes will be obliged to deploy her extensive experience on behalf of broadcasterFri Aug 05 2016 - 18:50
