If Dublin can pull out all the stops for the NFL, why not for the GAA?
Now that we’ve seen what can be done to welcome an American football event to town, let’s do it for homegrown sports
Katherine Zappone: ‘I didn’t really realise how crazy you can become with grief’
The former government minister’s memoir covers the pain of losing her wife and the joy of a new relationship, as well as various career controversies
Playwright Carys D Coburn on Bán: ‘Can we be real to one another and be family? Often the answer is no’
Dublin Theatre Festival 2025: Coburn’s prowess is in addressing the space between what we say and what we know
What can you buy for 50 cent these days? A one-way air fare to New York
Flights from Dublin to JFK hit a ‘rock-bottom’ price of €15 in May – last week they were on offer at 97% off
Féasta amharclannaíochta ar ardáin na hArdchathrach
Tá Féile Amharclannaíochta Bhaile Átha Cliath á reáchtáil ar fud na cathrach
“Déanaim cleachtadh laethúil as an gcruthaitheacht, ar nós mar a chuirim stocaí orm ar maidin, nó mar a ullmhaím béile san oíche.”
Seineann Jack Lawlor an dordghiotár sa bhanna Madra Salach. Eiseófar a gcéad singil, Blue & Gold, ar an 18ú Meán Fómhair
We need to learn the lessons from the US. We cannot accept political violence as inevitable
A Citizens’ Assembly could be one way to tackle the scourge of political and racist violence
Welcome to college in Ireland, with its long commutes, couch-surfing and four bunks to a room
Students have passed their exams, but Government has failed to act on housing them
10 things to make Dublin better, from public baths to scrapping gated communities
Open schoolyards at weekends, softer lighting and more places to sit down would help
“Tá ceol ag gach aon duine ach é a aimsiú”
Is ealaíontóir ildisciplíneach é Blue Niall. Trasnaíonn a chuid oibre an ceol rap, cultúr na méimeanna, craoladh raidió agus léirithe beo.
British commentators telling off Irish artists such as Sally Rooney or Kneecap is galling
It would be a bit much to suggest there is a coordinated anti-Irish conspiracy at play, especially when many British people also support these artists’ stance
Lisa Canny on Biird: ‘Irish people are looking for something more authentic’
Canny, who put the 11-strong ‘girlband’ together, on the soaring popularity of Irish trad, hitting it off with Ed Sheeran, and how her lilting side project became a hit with neurodivergent people
In Trump’s America, daily life goes on amid a sense of creeping foreboding
People say ‘who knows what will happen?’ while knowing exactly what is going to happen
A week with Kneecap: ‘Liam Óg doesn’t like much attention. This is quite a lot of heat for him’
Mo Chara has been back in court over a terror-related charge that Kneecap dismiss as political policing. It’s a pivotal week in the run-up to Electric Picnic
Ireland’s electricity infrastructure policy rewiring should be a matter of public debate
This nation is known as the data centre capital of the world - unfortunately, we are not the energy infrastructure capital too