Manchán Magan’s ability to fuse present and past defined a rich year in the arts
There were ghosts of our past everywhere - in music, literature, fashion, dance and theatre
Man found dead in Phoenix Park was unidentified for a year, despite ID in pocket
Body of James O’Neill remained in a Dublin morgue from November 2023 until December 2024, when documents were found in his coat
Found dead in the Phoenix Park in 2023. Despite IDs on him, he wasn’t identified for a year
Belfast man’s body found in Phoenix Park in 2023 but not identified for a year as nine forms of identification in his pocket went undetected
“…nuair a fhaigheann muid píosa aitheantais ón dream thall i Sasana bíonn meas ag chuile dhuine anseo orainn. Is é an rud ceannann céanna atá i gceist le Sraith na hÉireann…”
Is DJ, craoltóir, comhúinéir ar an siopa bearbóra Poblacht i nGaillimh, agus comhbhunaitheoir G-Town Records agus Freak Magazine é Cóilí Collins, aka Shampain.
United left can’t wait for the next election. It needs to build a housing movement
We know the Government is failing on housing. But so is the Opposition
“Is draíocht de chineál é an ceol domsa agus tá mé ag iarraidh a bheith i mo dhraíodóir.”
Is údar í Eithne Shortall a scríobh The Lodgers, It Could Never Happen Here, Three Little Truths, Grace After Henry, agus Love In Row 27.
The Complex is ‘the only place that does it all’: Dublin can’t let another arts venue vanish
Dublin city is used to this cycle: a cultural space is threatened and people immediately organise to save it. Now it’s the turn of The Complex
CMAT at 3Arena review: One of the best gigs of 2025 by an artist at the peak of her powers
Having conquered an arena, the immediate feeling now is that a stadium awaits her
“Ba bhreá liom a bheith ar ais sa Gleneagle ag an Oireachtas ag a cúig a chlog ar maidin nuair a bhí mé 18, ag béiceacht suas ar Phádraig Ó Sé ar an mbosca ceoil.”
Is scannánóir, grianghrafadóir agus stiúrthóir cruthaitheach é Peadar Ó Goill a bhíonn ag obair le Kneecap, Kiasmos, Lankum, John Francis Flynn, agus le tuilleadh lena gcois.
Artists and musicians are constantly hustling. They need more State support
Independent musicians in Ireland have created the most exciting and genre-diverse indie scene in the world
“Tá sé fíorthábhachtach dom a bheith mar chuid de ghnó teaghlaigh - éiríonn libh le chéile agus teipeann oraibh le chéile - ní bhíonn tú riamh leat féin.”
Tá Molly King ina Ceannasaí Forbraíochta ar Other Voices, an fhéile, sraith theilifíse, agus sraith ceolchoirmeacha.
Ireland can’t compete in the race to build AI data centres, and we shouldn’t try
Our capacity to emulate massive developments happening elsewhere is not currently realistic
Megan Nolan: ‘How can you think it’s so terrifying in the US and not feel that way about the UK?’
The 35-year-old Waterford writer on writing, life in New York and America under Donald Trump
“Bíonn am ag teastáil uaim chun smaoineamh, le bheith in ann brionglóidí agus aislingí a dhéanamh agus ligean do mo scailéathan teacht orm.”
Is veidhleadóir as Baile Átha Cliath í Aoife Ní Bhriain.
Why is the State selling a beautiful building on Baggot Street instead of using it?
Baggot Street Hospital could be reinvented as key worker housing or student accommodation. Instead, it’ll probably end up as a hotel












