‘What we’re doing is different. It’s just who we are: we are black and Irish’Young Irish artist Monjola is releasing music, throwing parties and developing a community built on positivity and camaraderieMon Jun 10 2024 - 05:00
Sinn Féin is starting to look like the political establishmentSinn Féin tried to fight a general election campaign in a local and European election, and it didn’t workSun Jun 09 2024 - 21:20
Drop Everything: how a tiny arts festival parties for Ireland Galwegian Mary Nally is the driving force of Drop Everything, which has taken place on the smallest of the Aran Islands since 2012Tue Jun 04 2024 - 05:00
Una Mullally: If there was no housing crisis, racists couldn’t weaponise itHow could anyone frame the fundamental issue in Irish society in terms of policy as the fault of anyone but those who designed and implemented that policy?Mon Jun 03 2024 - 07:00
Jennifer Zamparelli would have been worth fighting for. But if The 2 Johnnies ‘were never ours’, why hire them?The station needs to stop trying to import the latest quick-fix from a podcast or Instagram or TikTokMon May 27 2024 - 06:00
From farmhouse to arts house: ‘There are a lot with a bit of land ... We’re showing what’s possible’Carl Giffney is turning a Kilkenny farmhouse into an artist-run space offering residencies and studiosMon May 27 2024 - 05:15
Una Mullally: They say ‘Dublin 1 is for the far-right’ but Ireland is ignoring the rise of racist violenceThe majority of people are absolutely appalled by attacks on politicians, yet there is a sense of inertiaMon May 20 2024 - 06:00
Fighting mould monsters, running from Garda vans: Ireland’s housing crisis is now a video gameWhat’s Next For?: After Mega Dreoilín, Han Hogan and Donal Fullam plan Tenantgotchi and a Grand Canal Dock demolition derbyMon May 20 2024 - 05:00
Girls Aloud review: The last great manufactured pop band make a triumphant return that is tinged with sadnessGirls Aloud was last – and best – of a particular breed of pop group from early naughtiesSat May 18 2024 - 10:53
‘I never had dreams of making lots of money ... I knew what made me happy, and that was nature’The ornithologist and wildlife sound recordist is the subject of a remarkable new feature-length documentary, BirdsongSat May 18 2024 - 05:00
Why is it beyond those in power to use empty buildings to house people in an emergency situation?Why does the Government not establish emergency accommodation centres in empty office blocks until alternative accommodation can be sourced?Mon May 13 2024 - 06:00
Osaro Azams: ‘I keep looking for a regular-shmegular job, but I keep getting a yes for a creative job’What’s Next For ... the poet, singer, performer and one half of electro-beat duo 7of9?Mon May 13 2024 - 05:00
Oisín McKenna on his intoxicating debut novel: ‘I thought of it as writing in a big key, the way a pop song might be’The Drogheda native, who is based in London, is excited but reticent about being launched into the hot-new-author category on the back of his book, Evenings and WeekendsTue May 07 2024 - 05:00
Una Mullally: That They May Face the Rising Sun is an exercise in memory and a reminder to cherish the natural worldPhilip King believes the film may have touched people 'because everything is so virtual, augmented and artificial now, whereas this is tactile, human, visceral'Mon May 06 2024 - 06:30
‘We wanted to make the best underground electronic music club in Ireland’: Fernando Martin of District 8 on their big gambleThe Index nightclub promoters sold 20,000 tickets in 24 hours for District X, their new festival. Going big was a risk that looks to be paying offFri May 03 2024 - 05:00
Sloucho video artist Aisling Phelan: I’m very competitive, constantly in competition with myself’The Irish artist capitalised on virtual-reality technology during the painstaking 18-month processTue Apr 30 2024 - 05:00
Hozier’s Too Sweet tops US charts: ‘Fans started making videos with it on TikTok ... it snowballed’Leaving it to fans turned out to be incredibly smart decision as singer becomes fourth Irish artist to achieve US number oneThu Apr 25 2024 - 08:51
An Taobh Tuathail presenter Cian Ó Cíobháin: ‘You meet people who are very passionate about the show. That’s mind-blowing’ The DJ is celebrating 25 years’ broadcasting his alternative-music show on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, and recalls nerve-racking first showTue Apr 23 2024 - 05:00
It’s funny how ‘unintended consequences’ always benefit landlordsWhy isn’t the price of rental accommodation linked to the size of a property?Mon Apr 15 2024 - 06:00
Smut Press’s goal? To ‘champion work that might not get published elsewhere – maybe a bit risqué or provocative’What’s Next For?: Jack Scollard and Jordan Hearns on their publications that showcase queer artistsMon Apr 15 2024 - 05:00
Why independent coffee shops in Ireland are in trouble: ‘Big chains can weather these increases. We can’t’Big, booming hotels are paying the same VAT rate as small cafes. That’s not fair, say smaller operatorsMon Apr 08 2024 - 06:00
Scoil Scairte: Manchán Magan and Kathy Scott’s home hedge school could plug you back into the Irish languageWhat’s Next For?: Pair’s new 22-hour course features Kneecap, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Úna-Minh Kavanagh, Ola Majekodunmi and Louis de Paor, among othersMon Apr 08 2024 - 05:00
Spend money locally, fix our water and tackle vacancy: Five priorities for local politiciansLocal elections are mostly about local concerns but that does not mean they should only be about small thinkingMon Apr 01 2024 - 06:32
‘A lot of local leaders lost patience with Dublin’: Give Us The Night campaign renews the fight for a level playing fieldA nighttime economy that has cultural worth is needed now more than ever, say advocates Sunil Sharpe and Robbie KittSat Mar 30 2024 - 05:00
Simon Harris’s vacuous ‘live, laugh, lead’ online persona leaves me coldFine Gael is making the same mistake with Harris it made with Varadkar, convincing itself that the personal ambitions of an individual are compatible with a strategy for the countryMon Mar 25 2024 - 06:00
Comic artist Debbie Jenkinson: ‘I like the idea that you’re looking over Dublin and could pick out anyone’s story’What’s Next For?: The author of Ghosting and Midlands on the appeal, and value, of Irish comics, graphic novels and zinesMon Mar 25 2024 - 05:00
Redesigned Temple Bar represents a failure of the imagination You don’t need to go to Berlin or Paris to see what could have been. You only need to get the Dart to Dún LaoghaireMon Mar 18 2024 - 06:00
Gig for Gaza’s Julie Fogarty: ‘You feel good you’re doing something, but it’s like a drop in the ocean’Inspired by events in Ireland, the Berlin-based artist has been helping to organise benefit concerts. Germany’s Gaza response has been shocking, she saysSat Mar 16 2024 - 05:00
‘It’s worth trying things. It’s worth trusting your gut. It’s worth going for it’What’s next for Project Arts Centre artistic director Cian O’Brien who is leaving to set up a production, touring and consultancy company?Wed Mar 13 2024 - 06:37
Five lessons from the referendum defeatsReasons for No votes are nuanced, but several things are now crystal clearMon Mar 11 2024 - 06:00
There has never been a sense that Catherine Martin was really on top of thingsMinister’s handling of RTÉ controversy has been as effective as trying to grab a wet bar of soapWed Mar 06 2024 - 06:41
Una Mullally: We all know RTÉ is a mess - but it’s not the only mess in town‘There cannot be one special level of scrutiny for our national broadcaster and a broad lack of scrutiny of others’Mon Mar 04 2024 - 06:00
‘I’ve seen her on the news a lot’: Teenage girls on Mary Lou McDonald, Holly Cairns and women who inspire themIn the lead-up to International Women’s Day, we asked students from St Louis High School in Rathmines, Co Dublin, to discuss the women who inspire themSun Mar 03 2024 - 05:00
‘Samia is in Rafah. She says there’s thousands of kids living in tents. They’re all starving and freezing’What’s Next For?: Street artist Emmalene Blake has been highlighting the suffering and hope of Palestinian peopleSat Mar 02 2024 - 05:00
Øxn at Vicar Street review: A spellbinding, bold and brilliant showMagic swirls in the band’s connection as they balance ancient sounds with fizzing excitement of innovationFri Mar 01 2024 - 09:07
Kerryming Sun: ‘When I think about the people who pour glass and colour, I picture them in wizard robes’Kerryming Sun’s playful stained glass has been winning fans for the emerging Irish artistMon Feb 26 2024 - 13:35
An anti-Government protest vote in the referendums would be a mistakeThe proposed amendments are important, and voting No just to stick it to the Government would be like kicking the cat of someone you want to get back atMon Feb 26 2024 - 06:00
Hiding behind legal advice will not cut it for RTÉ any moreWhy are we hearing only now that the director of strategy received an exit package? Have others received such payments?Mon Feb 19 2024 - 06:00
Lil Nas X illustrator Aaron Fahy: Creating collages for pop stars in a Waterford boxroomDungarvan artist started creating low-fi fan art for albums he loved. Now he is getting commissions from his idolsMon Feb 19 2024 - 05:00
The wheels have come off the Irish commercial property market. No one is shouting stopWhere are the workers to take up all the jobs required to fill all the empty office space supposed to live?Mon Feb 12 2024 - 06:00
‘The Vikings in Dublin had pet wolves. This isn’t fantasy’: A modern Irish scribe connecting the past to the presentThe artist John Flynn on the Viking Dublin Dogs project, how his line in painted hurls took off, and the importance of embracing cultureSun Feb 11 2024 - 05:00
Belfast rappers Kneecap accuse UK government of trying to ‘silence’ them by blocking funding Belfast punk-rap band at centre of a controversy around freedom of artistic expression and arts fundingThu Feb 08 2024 - 14:07
Five reasons support for Sinn Féin has slumped in the latest pollSinn Féin's support has fallen in rural Ireland and to a lesser extent in Dublin, where it should be gainingThu Feb 08 2024 - 13:30
Immigration keeps the country running. Why is it being framed as something to be ‘tackled’?Imagine how it feels for immigrants - people in our own families, our neighbours, our coworkers, our friends - to be seen as “an issue”Mon Feb 05 2024 - 00:00
Trad Rave: Expect to hear Lankum’s New York Trader blended with an industrial drone beatThis week they bring the event to the Róisín Dubh in Galway as part of the Tonnta festivalThu Feb 01 2024 - 05:15
With every journalist killed in Gaza, a window closesAt least 83 journalists and media workers are among the 27,000 who have been killed in Gaza since October 7thMon Jan 29 2024 - 06:00
Blindboy, Naoise Dolan, Bressie, Ailbhe Smyth and more on what’s giving them hope for the year aheadIt’s hard to feel hopeful about the world right now, but these writers, broadcasters, entertainers, entrepreneurs, activists and conservationists are reaching for the lightSat Jan 27 2024 - 06:05
Fanvid: The former hair salon in Dublin now hosting boundary-busting film nights DIY film-makers flock to Stoneybatter for a monthly showcase of new experimental films – and the audience is growingSat Jan 27 2024 - 05:05
Blindboy in Vicar Street: There is a plenty of charm but the show needs elevatingWhen guest and host riff well and bounce off each other, it’s an enlivening conversationTue Jan 23 2024 - 09:17
Una Mullally: Since 2005, nearly 2,000 Irish pubs have closed. It’s time to declare them a cultural assetThere’s a strong case for seeking Unesco recognition of the uniqueness of Irish pubsMon Jan 22 2024 - 00:00
