Arts Council

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Ó Briain held many roles – he worked at RTÉ, in politics and led the Arts Council – and was ‘totally committed to public service’

Collaborative venture to be led by Liz Roche Company will involve Belfast-based Maiden Voyage Dance and the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick

From cinema and theatre to television, folk music and literature, Ireland is enjoying unprecedented creative boom

Photographer Deirdre Brennan travelled Ireland photographing Brieges, Bríds and Bridgeens, Bridies, Brigids and Brigit

Hugh Linehan: It took a crisis to create an opportunity. The resulting ‘fiscal gimmickry’ appears to be the Irish way of getting things done

Himself and yer man, from Cork to Dublin

Two investigations surrounding events at the theatre have cost over €200,000 between them, with an independent review of governance, in particular, incurring escalating costs

Gearóid O’Dea explains how the Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme has enabled him to worry less and concentrate more on developing his painting career

Across the capital, 500 traffic signal boxes have been transformed into pieces of public art

It’s almost 20 years since the first IMRAM festival and it’s back with a wildly diverse celebration of the Irish language in literature, including music and translations

Dublin Theatre Festival 2023: The children at the Ark are audibly delighted and amused, gasping and giggling throughout Mónica Muñoz’s production

Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright and Irish booksellers on the real difference the prestigious award makes as two Irish writers hit shortlist

The creative life isn’t the path to fame and fortune that people might think. Most artists need to rely on a second and even third income stream

Clockwork Door venue in Temple Bar cited concerns about ‘lawlessness’ in capital when it announced it would not be taking part in annual event

Do Culture Night at your own pace, equipped with tools including earplugs or headphones and good walking shoes. Try your best to be patient too

Dublin Fringe Festival 2023: Louisa Ní Éideáin has channelled her diagnosis into Dopa-Mean Girl, a ‘camped up, amped up’ account of her experience

New arts project promoting cultural diversity will hold exhibitions and workshops in Dublin, Cork and Galway over coming months

Growing up in Galway city, the author would look out of her bedroom window and imagine events that took place there in the past. ‘It was like a kind of time travel’ that shaped her imagination, she says

Annual nocturnal celebration of culture and creativity takes place on September 22nd across the country with more than 300 events