Yoke, eejit, yer man: Can my expat drama group bring Irish culture to Slovakia?
A glossary of two dozen terms will be given to the Bratislava audience for Cultúr Slovensko’s inaugural play, John B Keane’s Moll
John B Keane
Dublin pubs: The Royal Oak, The Yacht, Barney Kiernan’s - a celebration of the city’s finest bars
The approaching centenary of Con Houlihan helped spur my decision to write a new book about pubs in the city and beyond
Not raising hell: An insight into Limerick-born actor Richard Harris’s lesser known life
His career included playing the part of Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter movies
Our plan to skip hotel breakfast to avoid our 1am gin buddies ended up a chaotic movie musical-esque fiasco
Lit festivals are one of the great perks - My Complete Aisling co-author and I have travelled all over Ireland
The bodhrán: Ireland’s oldest instrument – or its newest?
What you thought you knew about the Irish drum’s history is almost certainly wrong
The best theatre of 2024: Blessed are the risk-takers
Gambling on longer runs of unfamiliar work paid off in a gratifying number of cases. But Irish theatre still isn’t as inclusive as it should be
Author Giles Foden: ‘Cromwell by Brendan Kennelly was a big influence on The Last King of Scotland’
The author on his Irish literary influences, Paul Muldoon’s tear-inducing poetry, and flat-capped gombeens
Limerick’s mayoral election will either be an embarrassing novelty or a brave new world
The vote - to be held four weeks from today - is an important experiment in extending local government. A lot rests on voters’ choice
‘I knew from a really early age my father was not an ordinary dad’: a tribute to Michael O’Regan
Michael O'Regan's daughter Deirdra gives an insight into the personal life of the political journalist who died on February 18th, 2024
Sive review: John B Keane’s dark tale struggles to get past the flaw at its heart
The Gaiety Theatre’s new production makes plain the limitations of a play that barely allows its title character an original thought
‘In a way, my old dream of becoming an astronaut sort of came true’
Jacinta Tobin has lived in California for 20 years and is on Silicon Valley’s list of the top 50 women in tech
On the latchiko – Frank McNally on the rise and fall of a mysterious Irish insult
An Irishman’s Diary
Original manuscript of John B Keane’s play Sive uncovered
Work found in house clearance in Cork city now on display at Kerry Writers’ Museum
That Guy: The actor everyone recognises but no one can name
John Carroll Lynch on life as an almost famous face, his Irish roots and his new Disney+ series
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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