'The arts need leadership now more than ever'ORLAITH MCBRIDE was appointed director of the Arts Council in June, and took up her position at Merrion Square in SeptemberFri Dec 02 2011 - 00:00
Travellers on TravellersTHE FIRST THING I notice about John McCarthy, as we shake hands, is that the 50-year-old’s fingers are badly misshapen and shortened…Sat Nov 26 2011 - 00:00
New lady of the ÁrasPROFILE: SABINA COYNE As a performer who likes to be close to nature, Sabina Coyne may find herself in an ideal role when she…Sat Nov 05 2011 - 00:00
Unstinting support from start to finish helps carry the weary over the lineTHERE IS no one way to run a race, and yesterday, I ran the 32nd National Lottery Dublin Marathon on a busTue Nov 01 2011 - 00:00
A new-model creche and other designs for lifeFrom a new centre for the Cliffs of Moher to a new centre for the kids of Tuamgraney, Clare County Council’s architectural awards…Tue Oct 25 2011 - 01:00
Viewed from the inside: 50 years at RTÉIt is nearly half a century since John Bowman started working at RTÉ, just as its television station was coming on airSat Oct 22 2011 - 01:00
Protesters say they plan to stay despite weather“LIBERTY PLAZA” is written on a piece of cardboard that is currently propped up on the pavement outside the Central Bank on Dublin…Wed Oct 19 2011 - 01:00
People urged to think ahead on deathTAOISEACH ENDA Kenny urged delegates at a forum yesterday to think about, prepare for, and discuss their eventual death.Thu Oct 13 2011 - 01:00
A gothic tale of weakness and betrayalThe Wild Bride tells the tale of a child won by the devil in a drunken pact with her fatherWed Oct 12 2011 - 01:00
Dubliners seize chance to take a grand tour of €60m houseTHE GROUP of people waiting outside 53 Ailesbury Road on Saturday were discussing the price it had been on sale for in 2008, …Mon Oct 10 2011 - 01:00
Next week you need to know about . . . the final of 'MasterChef'Next week is the Irish final of the TV programme that looks for people who believe their culinary talents deserve to be recognised…Sat Oct 08 2011 - 01:00
Come on in, the door's openTHIS WEEKEND marks the one time this year when the public can go through doors they can’t usually accessThu Oct 06 2011 - 01:00
Historic outlaw still one step aheadPROFILE: NED KELLY: A MAN WHO has been dead for 131 years made headlines around the world this weekSat Sept 03 2011 - 01:00
Child's bedroom signals 'the wolf has finally moved in'ON WEDNESDAY night, MP Mac Domhnaill of Tralee, Co Kerry, sat down to write a letter to this newspaper, which was published yesterday…Sat Aug 27 2011 - 01:00
Barking up the the wrong tree about man's best friendDogs may share 99.6 per cent of their DNA with wolves, but they are far from the pack animal we once thought they were, according…Sat Aug 13 2011 - 01:00
'Carmen' hits operatic high notes as picnicking masses join the chorus“YOU’RE WELCOME to sing alongFri Aug 05 2011 - 01:00
Access all beach areasAll-terrain wheelchair opens up the pleasures of spending time at the seaside to people with walking difficultiesTue Jul 26 2011 - 01:00
A breathtaking spin around GalwayThere’s plenty to get excited about at the Galway Arts Festival this year, as theatre triumphs and audience participation is …Fri Jul 15 2011 - 01:00
'Marvellous and multicultural' Balbriggan growsPOPULATION INCREASE: THE ELECTORAL area of Balbriggan Rural has had the highest population increase in the State since 2006, …Fri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
Ordinary decent writer still up for a scrapAs Gerry Stembridge publishes his new novel, which looks back at a time before even ‘Scrap Saturday’, he says he still gets into…Mon Jun 27 2011 - 01:00
Las Vegas comes to Co TipperaryA casino, a racecourse, a hotel, a heliport, golf, greyhounds – all, it seems, are on their way to Two Mile BorrisSat Jun 18 2011 - 01:00
Listowel Writers' Week, 40 years laterListowel Writers’ Week Festival turned 40 this year, celebrating with a line-up that included Alice Sebold, David Sedaris and…Wed Jun 08 2011 - 01:00
Playwright-director's love of theatre to fore during moving funeral MassDIRECTOR AND playwright Tomás Mac Anna’s long life was defined by his love of theatre, so it was fitting that his funeral Mass…Sat May 21 2011 - 01:00
Bouncy castles: leave it to the expertsThe tragic death of an eight-year-old last weekend highlighted the dangers of inflatable castlesSat May 21 2011 - 01:00
Iran releases journalist after international campaignDorothy Parvaz turned up in Qatar yesterday after two weeks of obfuscation by TehranThu May 19 2011 - 01:00
What's the fuss about? The frocks, the the hats, the jewels, the pageantryWatching the British royals is like looking at the inhabitants of a zoo of privileged humans It's a unique anthropological sector…Mon May 16 2011 - 01:00
Death of writer of 'Raggy Boy' trilogy Patrick Galvin at 83THE DEATH has occurred of writer Patrick Galvin, who had been ill since a stroke in 2003.Wed May 11 2011 - 01:00
'The fires didn't start on their own'Even allowing for dropped cigarette butts, 70 fires in Co Donegal in one day is a lotSat May 07 2011 - 01:00
'Passivity is not an option'The hugely successful National Campaign for the Arts is not about separate groups fighting for their share of the pie, says Tania…Fri May 06 2011 - 01:00
Literary footnotes: Dublin writers festival launchedONE NOBEL Laureate assessing the work of anotherWed Apr 27 2011 - 01:00
Six-figure deal for first novel by Irish authorTHERE ARE still some astonishingly big deals to be had in book publishing, as proved yesterday by the news that RTÉ reporter …Wed Apr 20 2011 - 01:00
'Less traffic, more McDonald's - no chuggers'“CAN YOU help us design a better Grafton Street quarter?” This was the question being asked yesterday at various locations in…Tue Apr 19 2011 - 01:00
The smallest schools in IrelandAlmost 600 schools with fewer than 50 pupils are under threat of closure because of budget cutsSat Apr 16 2011 - 01:00
'I was going to tapdance when her name was called, but I thought I'd better not'“I THINK you could use your nasals moreFri Apr 08 2011 - 01:00
O'Connor one of five new Aosdána membersWRITER AND broadcaster Joseph O’Connor, whose novel Ghost Light is Dublin’s One City, One Book choice this year, was one of the…Tue Apr 05 2011 - 01:00
An Irishwoman's DiaryLAST WEEK came the happily esoteric news that BBC 4 is going to start re-running old episodes from Top of the Pops, starting …Tue Apr 05 2011 - 01:00
Attack of the book-writing kidsNinety books written, designed and illustrated by Dublin children are on display at Trinity College as part of a project that…Tue Mar 29 2011 - 01:00
The great, mad art giveawayTHE NAME of the gallery is Mad Art, and in May, there will be a wonderfully mad event happening thereFri Mar 25 2011 - 00:00
My goodness, my Guinness flavoured sauceHP sauce and Guinness, together in a plastic bottle? Can this union of celebrity brands work, or is it a recipe doomed to failure…Sat Mar 19 2011 - 00:00
'The last thing I want is to be stereotyped as the gay TD'It shouldn’t be news that the Dáil now has two openly gay members, but it isSat Mar 05 2011 - 00:00
Has the crash changed the creche?Even during the boom the high price of childcare was a talking point among parents – how is the sector adapting now that parents…Sat Feb 26 2011 - 00:00
Patrons flock to pop-up chicken eatery“OPTIMISM IS the New Smack,” declared the words printed on waitress Sharon Greene’s T-shirt, as she ran round taking orders on…Tue Feb 22 2011 - 00:00
Chocolate was a bigger threat than drugsJonathan Franklin had a front-row seat at the Chilean miners’ rescue operation, and his book gets inside the world of the 33 …Sat Feb 19 2011 - 00:00
Arts hits the hustingsAt public meetings around the country yesterday the political parties offered their manifestos for the arts – but what are they…Tue Feb 15 2011 - 00:00
Tóibín on song as he pick up Irish Pen awardHAVE YOU ever wondered what people are saying at photocalls when being honoured? As writer Colm Tóibín was being photographed…Sat Feb 12 2011 - 00:00
For sale: the post-bubble rubble. €4,000 or nearest offerSMALL PRINT: ON TUESDAY, an intriguing notice appeared in the small ads section on the back page of this newspaperFri Feb 11 2011 - 00:00
Sexual exploitation of migrant womenTHERE ARE an estimated 1,000 women in Ireland who are being sexually exploited for money, most of them migrants, a Dublin conference…Tue Feb 08 2011 - 00:00
Answering Crosbie's callEntrepreneur Harry Crosbie believes people aged 55 to 65 are at their peak and are being wasted by societySat Jan 29 2011 - 00:00
