Maureen Kennelly’s Isolation Diary: Skipping, spuds and managing an arts crisisTaking over the Arts Council from her kitchen table, the new director faces an upended sectorWed May 13 2020 - 06:00
Covid-19 forces Kilkenny Arts Festival to cancels its August line-upKilkenny decision follows calling off of Galway International Arts Festival in JulyFri May 08 2020 - 15:15
MayDay: Snapshot of another extraordinary day of Ireland in Covid-19 lockdownTV review: RTÉ captures the pain and pleasure of 24 hours during the pandemicFri May 08 2020 - 14:53
Lenny Abrahamson to join new Arts Council group to combat Covid-19 fallout€6.4m and 19,000 days of paid work lost; 2.4m people miss out on artistic experiencesThu May 07 2020 - 16:19
‘Becoming Irish’ was always a waiting game. Now it’s on holdTV review: A beautifully crafted RTÉ documentary explores the lives of aspiring citizensMon May 04 2020 - 19:30
Lockdown ‘doortraits’: Dublin families step out for charity shotsPhotographers are using the lockdown to document the lives of people living within 2kmSat May 02 2020 - 06:00
Can’t face even more weeks of lockdown? Here are Trish Murphy’s 10 ways to copeFocus on the simple things, and be kind to yourself and others, says our advice columnistFri May 01 2020 - 06:00
Galway 2020 to run scaled down Capital of Culture lineup late this yearLocal and national partners to deliver ‘reimagined’ programme running into 2021Thu Apr 30 2020 - 20:31
Meryl Streep’s damn fine singing and drinking, and three other things lifting our spiritsActor toasts Stephen Sondheim; Abbey sends us a postcard; and socially distanced dancingTue Apr 28 2020 - 13:56
Abbey Theatre reveals Dear Ireland’s full line-up as plays begin onlineBlindboy and Brendan Gleeson kick off series of 50 pieces on theatre’s YouTube channelTue Apr 28 2020 - 09:25
How to make your Broadway debut from your bedroom back in IrelandZara Devlin, locked-down star of Sing Street, is to perform in its online Covid-19 fundraiserMon Apr 27 2020 - 16:20
Dear Ireland: The Abbey’s rapid response to a crisis that’s torn us apartThe theatre brought 100 writers and actors together online to make sense of the pandemicSat Apr 25 2020 - 05:00
Get naked, lash on a pillow, take a photo: pandemic pics, and four other things making us smileHalle Berry’s #PillowChallenge, Maser’s painting raffle, dancers’ spirit-lifting movesThu Apr 23 2020 - 15:35
Updated: Covid-19 shuts Irish culture – Your guide to cancelled eventsTickets may be valid for rescheduled events; refunds are available for cancellationsThu Apr 23 2020 - 08:52
Cúirt literary festival goes virtual with line-up of free online eventsAudiences can tune in to watch Anne Enright, Kevin Barry, Sara Baume and moreWed Apr 22 2020 - 13:43
Dalkey locals spin Matt Damon yarns: ‘Seen down the nudist swimming hangout’The New York Times was led up the garden path when it tried to track down the stranded actorMon Apr 20 2020 - 15:00
Get Jon Bon Jovi live in your classroom, plus five other things that lifted our spirits#applaudthefrontline, a Phoenix rises, and free cars for returning Irish medicsThu Apr 16 2020 - 11:40
Deirdre O’Kane’s Isolation Diary: ‘My son was expelled from home school today’The comedian on Zoom cheats, stand-up and ‘beating the s***’ out of a chicken breastThu Apr 16 2020 - 06:00
Nothing Compares 2U lip-sync challenge and four other things that lifted our spiritsComedians Rachel Parris and Marcus Brigstocke reign supreme on #LockdownLipsyncWed Apr 15 2020 - 14:29
Good news: Jacinda Ardern’s leadership masterclass and four other feel-good storiesU2’s €10m donation, a plastic-eating mutant enzymes and Good Friday good thingsFri Apr 10 2020 - 10:35
Open-air street movies and five other good news stories today‘Jaysus’ tweets trend, outdoor movies from your garden, and an Irish croque monsieurThu Apr 09 2020 - 12:50
Coronavirus: Galway 2020 suspends events, lays off staff and artistic leadersBoard says it hopes to run ‘vibrant but contracted’ programme later in the yearTue Apr 07 2020 - 15:28
Good news: a great tale of community support and five more things that made us happy todayGarda comes to aid of 84-year-old man, comedians' favoutite routines, Fleabag on stage and a simple soup to cookTue Apr 07 2020 - 13:06
Macnas: Magic, spectacle and joyful abandon on Ireland’s streetsIrish Times Irish Theatre Awards: Special tribute award for company with the big headsSat Apr 04 2020 - 05:00
Call to Shine Your Light at Easter as creative response to Covid-19Advocate group criticises lack of vision in €1m supports for artists during crisisFri Apr 03 2020 - 18:42
Covid-19: Ireland stops to give round of applause for front line workersGrateful nation unites in a show of solidarity with under pressure medical personnelFri Mar 27 2020 - 08:47
Do these pictures look oddly familiar? How an Irish artist’s re-creations are going viralTheatre designer Molly O’Cathain calls in her parents to help restage Klimt, Dalí and moreThu Mar 26 2020 - 11:00
Want to live like Dobbo? Tweak the Zoom app and you canIf you don’t want video callers to see how you live, download the backdrop you wish you hadWed Mar 25 2020 - 11:00
‘Significant contraction’ for Galway 2020 as coronavirus takes tollBoard meets remotely to discuss options in light of evolving Covid-19 situationTue Mar 24 2020 - 18:51
Covid-19: Galway Capital of Culture year may to extended into 2021Board meeting set for Tuesday to decide on way forward amid ban on public gatheringsMon Mar 23 2020 - 17:06
Is this the most beautiful social housing in Dublin?Respond, a not-for-profit housing body, has renovated three Georgian houses on Mountjoy Square and Upper Gardiner Street. Deirdre Falvey gets a tour insideSat Mar 21 2020 - 06:00
Bono’s Covid-19 song: ‘You can’t touch but you can sing across rooftops’U2 singer releases Let Your Love Be Known on Instagram, for those ‘in a tight spot and still singing’Thu Mar 19 2020 - 18:10
Irish music promoters hold nerve after Glastonbury cancellation in UKBody & Soul hopes to go ahead with festival as big names scrap or reschedule toursThu Mar 19 2020 - 16:46
‘Clap, shout, sing, bang pots’: Twitter rings with applause for medical staffAs videos spread, calls for citizens to show support across Europe at noon on FridayWed Mar 18 2020 - 15:09
How a Galway 2020 mountain illumination managed to survive Covid-19 restrictionsSavage Beauty in Connemara had been billed as largest such artwork in the worldSun Mar 15 2020 - 15:40
Black day for green arts: St Patrick’s, Galway 2020, Mountains to Sea and more cancelledThe pandemic has shut down Irish cultural life – with months of creativity up in smokeFri Mar 13 2020 - 15:30
Coronavirus: Irish coffee shops ban keep cups in effort to avoid disease3fe, Gourmet Food Parlour, Sprout & Co, and Busyfeet & Coco follow Starbucks’ leadThu Mar 12 2020 - 12:24
St Patrick’s weekend without the parade: The events that are still onThese events are still going ahead this weekend, inside and outside St Patrick’s FestivalTue Mar 10 2020 - 11:05
Will the coronavirus banish St Patrick’s Festival from Ireland?Event of the Week: There’s much more to the festival, should it proceed, than the paradeSat Mar 07 2020 - 05:00
Maureen Kennelly appointed director of Arts CouncilHighly regarded and widely experienced director of Poetry Ireland to take over at State agency for artsFri Mar 06 2020 - 10:14
International Women’s Day: 12 things to do around Ireland to celebrateMargaret Atwood in Galway; abseiling in Croke Park; rebels and revolutionaries at EpicWed Mar 04 2020 - 09:50
Build it and they will come: the story of the Irish language in a disused airportBranar’s Sruth na Teanga is an ambitious immersive month-long experience in GalwaySat Feb 29 2020 - 05:00
A peek inside Dublin's new €52m Hard Rock HotelDecor, original artwork and memorabilia centre on music with an Irish connectionFri Feb 28 2020 - 06:00
‘I joked about swapping bodies’: The story of a trans couple in SligoA new TG4 documentary follows Victoria and Max as they transitionSat Feb 22 2020 - 06:04
Tara Lynne O’Neill: 'I knew Derry Girls was something special'The actor best known as Ma Mary talks about hideous jumpers, being married to Tommy Tiernan on screen, and her new play about women footballersSat Feb 15 2020 - 06:05
Celebrating the ‘unloved’ at Dublin’s alternative Valentine’s eventA community-led exhibition explores homelessness and mental health in the context of loveFri Feb 14 2020 - 16:26
Theatre designer Monica Frawley has died aged 65Frawley was one of Ireland’s best known set and costume designersFri Feb 14 2020 - 11:45
‘Exposure doesn’t pay bills’: What artists say about freebie cultureJesse Jones and Emmet Kirwan speak out at Arts Council’s Paying the Artist launchWed Feb 12 2020 - 09:26
Stop exploiting artists with ‘freebie’ culture, Arts Council saysFinancial insecurity of artists in Ireland ‘causes long-term damage to our society’Tue Feb 11 2020 - 00:01
Galway 2020 opening ceremony cancelled due to weather warningsYear as European Capital of Culture had been due to start with fire spectacleSat Feb 08 2020 - 10:58
