‘The system for sharing tips is grossly unfair’: Fresh flashpoint at The Ivy in Dublin
Restaurant documents shows tens of thousands of euro in tips for wait staff but kitchen workers see only a fraction of that
In pictures: A tour of the Tate Kenmare, better known as the Park Hotel
The five-star Kerry hotel is transformed by the owners’ extensive collection of Irish and international art
I Fall Down, at Dublin Theatre Festival, is joyful, considered and very funny
Dublin Theatre Festival 2025: Gina Moxley’s ‘restoration comedy’ frankly contemplates women’s erasure in the official history of art
‘This was not the way my parents grew up. People were not proud of their deaf children’
Dublin Theatre Festival 2025: Her Father’s Voice, Shane O’Reilly’s new play, tackles cochlear implants and attitudes to the deaf community
Graham Knuttel’s widow: ‘I think he may have been the most unwoke person I ever met’
Artist’s widow Ruth Mathers recalls his illness, death, irrepressible sense of fun and the relationship that changed both their lives
Dublin Fringe Festival 2025: Alison Spittle, FeliSpeaks and 21 other attention-grabbing shows to keep an eye out for
This year’s festival is a great opportunity to sample the huge range of theatre, comedy, spoken word, dance, music and more being made in Ireland – plus some international treats too
Jane O’Leary: ‘I never say I’m a composer. I make music and I listen to it. I’m part of a community. That’s what matters to me’
Jane O’Leary, recipient of the National Concert Hall’s lifetime-achievement award, on her half-century of musical innovation
Kilkenny Arts Festival review: Sinews strain as daylight fades in uplifting Neon Dusk
Theatre: Intimate setting lends new dimension to high-intensity acrobatic performance
Kilkenny Arts Festival review: Spellbinding drama about first woman accused of witchcraft in Ireland
Theatre: The Alice Project tells the legend of Dame Alice Kyteler and her unfortunate servant Petronella
What Are You Afraid Of? at Kilkenny Arts Festival: Peter Hanly’s stage-fright journey is provoking, enlightening and enriching
Lynne Parker directs her Rough Magic colleague with sensitivity and sureness and nuance, as well as a deft comic touch
A US couple in Clonmel: ‘America is me-me-me-me. Ireland still has that community feeling’
Barrie Peterson and Bea Conner moved from upstate New York to Clonmel in June 2024
Dublin Theatre Festival programme revealed
Róise Goan announces her first programme as artistic director and CEO
Why the Moon Travels review: Eye-opening show is not just a retelling of Traveller folktales
Galway International Arts Festival: For the audience, there are hints of things we want to hear more about
Story of a Day – Scéal Lae review: Nothing special is pretty special
Galway International Arts Festival: This show has the high production values children’s theatre deserves
A US animal lawyer in Wexford: ‘There’s a real social cost here: if you’re not fun, you’re gonna pay’
Peter Brandt moved from Portland, Oregon to Wexford in 2021