‘This is very, very potent work. It’s got an incredible energy’The painter and activist Felim Egan, who was aboard the Irish boat ‘Saoirse’ when it was boarded by Israeli commandos, is bringing art from Gaza around IrelandSat Apr 26 2014 - 01:00
Ross Kemp: ‘There are people who thought I would take sides in Northern Ireland’Kemp feels the depiction of Belfast’s marching season in his new series is balanced, but is he as neutral as he believes?Tue Jan 21 2014 - 01:00
The long road to a green light for ‘Amber’A four-part miniseries about a teenager’s disappearance, made in 2011, is finally being aired on RTÉ from Sunday. Its creators, Rob Cawley and Paul Duane, are glad we won’t be missing itFri Jan 17 2014 - 01:00
Christmas gift. Unwanted. Yours for a few euroFrom Gibson Les Paul electric guitars and Playboy robes to Orla Kiely bags, online ads at this time of year are a litany of our most abject festive flopsSat Jan 11 2014 - 01:00
The 2,154-word house-share adMinda, a radical vegan activist, says his demands for a new housemate, which include fines for ignoring the spiritual side of life, are about harmony, not controlSat Dec 21 2013 - 01:00
Wright night: ‘The dance floor for the local Tesco’The recession made us realise that staying at home was no bad thing. And we got a taste for paying supermarket prices for our drinks. So Ireland’s biggest nightclub has been working out how to keep drawing the crowdsSat Dec 07 2013 - 01:00
A trove of playthings at Dublin Toy Fair – but where’s the one toy to rule them all?The event’s organisers hope to sell a lot of Furbys and One Direction figures – and to welcome Barbie for a ‘personal appearance’Sat Nov 30 2013 - 01:00
Competitive eating: ‘Randy squeezes his chips into paste, then gulps it down’The American ‘sport’ of competitive eating came to Newbridge, Co Kildare, recently. It wasn’t a meal, it was a bloodbathTue Nov 26 2013 - 01:00
My first opera: a lot of fuss over a straw hatIt’s opening night at Wexford Festival Opera, and there is much for a novice to learn: don’t touch the intermission drinks, tiny binoculars are not the done thing, and don’t mess with an Italian’s headwearMon Oct 28 2013 - 01:00
Dad’s grave decked in Mayo colours for the All-IrelandDad mightn’t have lived to see it, but Uncle George says this is definitely Mayo’s year . . . maybeFri Sept 20 2013 - 01:00
Galway joins global high stakes circuit as poker players vie for €1m in prize moneyPoker is not about hi-jinks and having fun. Poker is serious businessSat Aug 10 2013 - 01:00
Cancer: the toughest journeyFor cancer patients in the North West, treatment involves a very long road trip. Some will travel 600km in a week to get to the nearest cancer care centre and back. Eoin Butler boards a charity cancer bus in Letterkenny and talks to patients bound for treatment in GalwaySun Mar 10 2013 - 16:18
Q & ATOM CANTON talks about the challenge of bringing Oscar Wilde’s ‘Dorian Gray’ to the stageSat Sept 08 2012 - 01:00
The sad reality of lifestyle televisionA note to programme-makers: could you please feature people, situations and ideas that are more interesting and inspiring than…Sat Aug 25 2012 - 01:00
Straw men and women for all seasonsTHERE ARE synchronised swimmers in the Erkina river. At the courthouse, a convict is fleeing across the roofTue Jul 31 2012 - 01:00
Surf, sounds and Michael D by the seaThe wind picked up as the President fulfilled a campaign promise and returned to join revellers at Bundoran’s Sea Sessions festival…Mon Jul 02 2012 - 01:00
The race goes on: a tight community rallies roundThe deaths of two spectators in Cavan last month shook the Irish rallying communityFri Jun 15 2012 - 01:00
Torres scores the winner? You're having a laughI FELT I HAD A MINOR personal stake in Champions League: Barcelona v Chelsea (TV3 and Sky Sports 2) on Tuesday nightSat Apr 28 2012 - 01:00
Beware road users: there's a Butler on the looseEARLIER THIS week, I chronicled my own multiple failed attempts to pass the driving testFri Mar 02 2012 - 00:00
MIA and the digital saluteSMALL PRINT: When MIA “gave the finger” to America during the US Superbowl on Sunday night, the rapper and provocateur joined…Tue Feb 07 2012 - 00:00
The Ticket Gig of the WeekWith one bound, Friendly Fires' frontman Ed Macfarlane was free of the stage - swinging his hips down among the great unwashed…Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
Q&ATERRY PRONE discusses her new book, the presidential race and how Facebook may come back to haunt youSat Nov 12 2011 - 00:00
Stand Up and Be AnalysedINTERVIEW: ‘IF YOU DON’T make me look nice,” purrs Pamela Stephenson, as she breezes into her suite in the Shelbourne hotel. “…Sat Jun 25 2011 - 01:00
Q&AMICHÉAL Ó MUIRCHEARTAIGH: The broadcasting luminary offers his predictions for this year’s All-Ireland football and hurling …Sat Jun 11 2011 - 01:00
Q&AWelsh composer Karl Jenkins talks about musical snobbery, imitating Marvin Gaye, and why the 1960s weren’t as rock’n’roll as …Sat Apr 02 2011 - 01:00
Hillen daleBorn in 1961 in a Catholic, working-class neighbourhood of Newry, photomontage artist Seán Hillen grew up an eyewitness to the…Sat Feb 05 2011 - 00:00
'It'll put a smile on your face and you might just spot one or two characters you recognise in your own life'Q&A: DAVID PEARSE, star of RTÉ's new comedy drama 'Trivia'Sat Jan 29 2011 - 00:00
'Having 50 odd people behind you, it's the best backing band in the world'Q&A: DUKE SPECIAL on honouring the life of forgotten Belfast pop star Ruby MurraySat Jan 15 2011 - 00:00
‘I had to be persuaded to go professional. These auld negative thoughts would be going through your mind. Thoughts about where you’re from, about being a member of the Travelling community’Q&A: WILLIE CASEY, newly crowned European Super Bantamweight Boxing ChampionSat Nov 20 2010 - 00:00
‘I see these people in the world with us who are barely viewed as human beings. And I think it’s weird that we’re okay with that’Q&A: GRACE DYAS Writer of ‘Heroin’ for TheatreClub companySat Nov 13 2010 - 00:00
'I was able to write half my book in Korea, attend a wedding in the Bahamas, and finish the book in Mexico'Q&A: CHRIS HAUGHTON Illustrator, fair trade activist and award-winning children's authorSat Oct 16 2010 - 01:00
'There are often special nights when the boundary comes down between an audience and a band. It becomes about people in a room creating a feeling together'Q&A: STUART A STAPLES , Tindersticks frontman and Beatle-basherSat Aug 14 2010 - 01:00
'The sight of two Gaelic footballers French kissing, on an enormous billboard in Kerry. That memory still gives me pleasure to this day'Q&A: JOHN RYAN, publisher of new satirical website Broadsheet.ie, talks to EOIN BUTLERSat Aug 07 2010 - 01:00
'People constantly underestimate the intelligence in social networks'Q&A: EOIN BUTLER talks to Will McInnes, social media guruSat Jul 24 2010 - 01:00
'A German audience will stare at you stony-faced for the entire gig and then buy every T-shirt you have'Q&A THE MIGHTY STEF Ireland's last true rock‘n’roll hero: he sings, he plays, he makes bedsSat Jul 17 2010 - 01:00
'That dark, Irish drunk Jimbo killed my friend Jim Morrison. I hate that Jimbo'Ray Manzarek the former Doors keyboardist talks to EOIN BUTLER recalls jamming with Jim - and Van - MorrisonSat Jul 10 2010 - 01:00
'Call yourself an artist, you can be whatever you want to be'EOIN BUTLER talks to Shrine, Californian artist and trash sculptorSat Jun 19 2010 - 01:00
Talk timePAUL GALVIN: The bad boy of Gaelic football reveals his interest in women's clothingSat May 15 2010 - 01:00
"I didn't know if I should address him as 'Prince' or 'The Artist Formerly Known As..."EOIN BUTLER'S Q&A: Singer-songwriter Simon Fagan...Sat Apr 24 2010 - 01:00
'You do your little songs behind the half door in Mayo and they find their way out'Q&A: EOIN BUTLER talks to Brendan Graham, songwriter, novelist and adopted MayomanSat Apr 17 2010 - 01:00
Songs of AfricaThe Kenyan Boys Choir was founded in Nairobi in 1998, but only came to worldwide attention last year when it took part in events…Sat Apr 17 2010 - 01:00
Calling all eggheadsEASTER QUIZ: Win two nights’ accommodation at Carton House in Maynooth, Co Kildare (including dinner for two) by answering these…Sat Apr 03 2010 - 01:00
'I'm a storyteller, that's what I'm going to sell'Q&A: Plan B, London rapper turned soulmanSat Apr 03 2010 - 01:00
'If people can't find decent books instore, it drives them online'TALK TIME: Ivan O'Brien, Managing director of the O'Brien PressSat Mar 20 2010 - 00:00
Right now I'm thinking, 'Ah, sure it's only Barack. It'll be grand!'TALKING IRISH LAURA IZIBORWed Mar 17 2010 - 00:00
'Henry should play out his days in the League of Ireland'TALKING IRISH: Ardal O’Hanlon on the fairest punishment for a certain French footballer, and the joy of a Carrickmacross Paddy…Tue Mar 16 2010 - 00:00
'Henry should play out his days in the League of Ireland'TALKING IRISH: Ardal O’Hanlon on the fairest punishment for a certain French footballer, and the joy of a Carrickmacross Paddy…Mon Mar 15 2010 - 00:00
