From Joyce’s Bloomsday to Joy: This week’s online cultural eventsHighlights include Bloomsday, Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, Cork film fest and a virtual quarantine visitTue Jun 16 2020 - 05:00
Bloomsday goes online, and it’s an offal-y good line-upVirtual kidneys, readings, music: a wealth of online events based on James Joyce’s UlyssesMon Jun 15 2020 - 19:46
Bloomsday: new Ulysses short film streches across continents and multiple languagesIn New Day Will Be: A Short Film for Bloomsday 2020 actors and others worldwide, including Pete Buttigieg and Beto O’Rourke, draw solace from UlyssesSat Jun 13 2020 - 06:00
The ultimate parents’ survival guide to summer 2020Activities are curbed due to Covid-19, but there’s plenty of ways to keep kids occupiedSat Jun 13 2020 - 06:00
I May Destroy You: Smart, sexy, electrifying – and very funny – televisionTV review: Michaela Coel tackles a harrowing, complex theme with the lightest touchWed Jun 10 2020 - 12:33
Samantha Barry: A smart, sussed Ballincollig woman and her brilliant international careerTV review: RTÉ’s documentary tracks the rise of the journalist from Cork to New YorkTue Jun 09 2020 - 10:22
Cruinniú na nÓg: A dizzying array of free, creative activities for children on SaturdayThis week’s cultural events, online and offline, include Cruinniú na nÓg and Midsummer MomentsTue Jun 09 2020 - 05:00
Back to Daniel and Majella’s Dermot Bannon-designed house of many loosIn TG4’s new series Daniel and Majella conduct a chat show sa bhaile in DonegalMon Jun 08 2020 - 11:00
Bookshops and Covid-19: ‘We can’t say to people you can’t look at the books’Retailers try to chart safe path to reopening without losing what makes them specialSat Jun 06 2020 - 05:00
Dublin Fringe Festival puts live indoor performances into the mix for SeptemberReimagined line-up sees experimental work outdoors, plus landmarks as performance spacesFri Jun 05 2020 - 06:00
Live entertainment from your couch: What’s on this weekLockdown sees Carlow Arts Festival move online while INO’s Friday Opera Session streams on YouTubeWed Jun 03 2020 - 05:00
An Irish festival returns – with live events back in the real worldCork Midsummer Festival’s 12-day programme includes theatre from your gardenThu May 28 2020 - 09:05
Culture sector needs Government help to survive, arts group says in 13-point recovery planNational Campaign for the Arts launches ‘comprehensive and achievable’ proposalsWed May 27 2020 - 14:25
Irish artists join international call for Israel to end siege of Gaza amid coronavirusMore than 200 artists back Amnesty International’s call for military embargoThu May 14 2020 - 12:00
Cathy Belton’s Isolation Diary: ‘Sourdough is like looking after a Tamagotchi’The actor on baking, her favourite podcasts and getting upstaged by Dame DaisyThu May 14 2020 - 08:53
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
