Easter holidays event guide: Alan Gilsenan Retrospective, David Kitt and the other best things to see in Ireland
April 4th-10th, 2026: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Alan Gilsenan
Film-maker
Brendan Behan’s family ‘extremely proud’ as plaque is unveiled outside his childhood home in Dublin
Plaque unveiled outside playwright’s former childhood home in a part of Dublin that inspired many of his ‘great characters’
Paul Brady and Áine Ní Ghlinn among new members elected to Aosdána
Creative artists’ group welcomes nine new members including Paul Mercier, Nuala O’Connor and Orla Barry
Des Geraghty: ‘The real problem in fascism is the people who are insecure’
Having produced a new film on his hero James Connolly, the former trade union leader reflects on his activism and idealism
Alan Gilsenan: ‘I would have had a dreamy, artsy-fartsy notion that a united Ireland would be great’
In The Irish Question, his new documentary, the film-maker asks what reunification of the island would really mean
Vortex wins best film at Dublin International Film Festival
Laura Samani wins best director for Small Body and Udo Kier takes best actor
Fighting words: Fragments of wonder from our younger generation
There is a hint of unease in these stories, a quiet nagging pulse of worry
Tom Hickey’s work ‘spoke to our private selves’, funeral hears
Son ‘overwhelmed’ by depth of feeling towards actor who died last week
Tom Hickey obituary: An actor with a vocation for his craft
‘In this country, where most of the population are play-actors ... it’s bound to yield players’
Actor Tom Hickey, star of The Riordans, has died
President Michael D Higgins leads tributes to ‘an artist of total commitment’
An Appreciation: Fiachra Ó Marcaigh
Pioneering journalist in new technology who was immersed in the Irish language
Dorothy Cross teams up with Lisa Hannigan for new Heartship art project
Live installation will be presented at the Sounds from a Safe Harbour festival in Cork
Bringing humanity to the study of bipolar
American psychiatrist and writer Kay Redfield Jamison has been open about sharing her experiences of mania and depression and wants other to do the same
The Meeting: Real-life rape story is uncomfortable viewing
Review: This unusual film is powerful and unsettling, but what are we watching?
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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