Ireland is now so different from the begrudging country I grew up inThe self-assuredness to be found among so many creative Irish people – and sport is a creative endeavour – demonstrates a novel openness to excellenceMon Aug 05 2024 - 06:00
Skateboarder and artist Michael McMaster: ‘I’m not looking to blow up and be famous’What’s Next For?: McMaster is one of many skateboarders in Ireland whose visual art is making an impact in a local, DIY, community-building sceneMon Aug 05 2024 - 05:00
We can’t leave it to climate-conscious nuns to take a stand against data centresData centres gobble 21 per cent of Ireland’s electricity, more than twice as much as all rural dwellingsMon Jul 29 2024 - 06:15
Cabaret artist SexyTadhg: ‘Irish speakers are very rebellious. So a queer Irish speaker is welcomed’What’s Next For?: The musician, singer and performer is bringing their show Television to this year’s Dublin Fringe FestivalMon Jul 29 2024 - 05:00
Kneecap: ‘Paul Mescal was flirting with us. He was wearing Adidas shorts, not GAA shorts. It’s all a farce’Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvai are following up their acclaimed debut album with a whip-smart, moving, brilliantly entertaining filmSat Jul 27 2024 - 06:01
Being in the US right now is living in the pages of a burning history book‘All you scumbags... What are you going to do when the Trumpamaniacs run wild on you?’ Hulk Hogan asksMon Jul 22 2024 - 06:05
Vivienne Griffin: ‘I just went on a full art bender and never came back’What’s Next For..?: The Dublin-born artist conjures something totally original alongside occasionally familiar objectsMon Jul 22 2024 - 05:00
Rolling housing crisis has taken a morally unacceptable toll on small childrenFor years, as the number of homeless children climbed, people warned about the vast and severe health impact that creating and allowing a class of child destitution would causeMon Jul 15 2024 - 06:00
Film-maker Paul Rowley on exploring new creative territories: ‘Queer artists, we are queens of culture-jamming’Rowley, one of Ireland’s most interesting film-makers, is in the middle of finishing two big projects: Gays Against Guns and Never Stop the ActionMon Jul 15 2024 - 05:00
Trump supporters gather outside Trump Tower in New YorkSupporters of former US president Donald Trump gathered outside Trump Tower in New York after he survived an assassination attempt. Video: Una MullallySun Jul 14 2024 - 21:09
Trump rally shooting: ‘Anyone who wasn’t going to vote for him, will now’Supporters of former US president speak outside Trump Tower with their reaction to attempted assassinationSun Jul 14 2024 - 20:31
Intervention by Emer Higgins is creating an artificial conflict between drivers and everyone elseMinister of State has taken a reactive punt on the Dublin city centre transport plan based on no data and favouring a few disgruntled business ownersMon Jul 08 2024 - 06:18
Poet Erin Fornoff: ‘I was feeling sick and blaming the boat for a long time, and then I was like, oh wait! I’m knocked up!’ The dynamic proponent of spoken and written poetry discusses finding her creative footing in Ireland and missing a Dublin that may not be there any moreMon Jul 08 2024 - 05:00
Where is the pride in RTÉ? There doesn’t seem to be any ambition to make it specialIf RTÉ is moving away from its DNA, outsourcing key programmes and limiting what it makes in-house, then what is it for?Mon Jul 01 2024 - 06:00
Dublin rapper Curtisy: ‘I’m an emotional guy. I’m always trying to figure some stuff out’Balancing anxiety with humour, and self-deprecation with braggadocio, Curtisy serves up an incredibly satisfying styleMon Jul 01 2024 - 05:00
I had the luxury for a few years to not have to question holding my wife’s hand on the streetSo much progress has been made, and yet ... The “and yet ...” is the painful partMon Jun 24 2024 - 06:00
Kettama on his first big DJ set: ‘Within 10 minutes the whole place filled up. My jaw dropped’What’s Next For?: The producer returns to his home city for a colossal show in the Big Top at Galway International Arts FestivalMon Jun 24 2024 - 05:00
If Sinn Féin wants to embody ‘change’, it should present a left-wing coalition to the electorateSinn Féin must present voters with a left-wing coalition option to stay true to its message of ‘change’Mon Jun 17 2024 - 06:00
Aoife Cawley: ‘I hope to make a living from all this weird art about saints. It’s bold, bright, crazy, funny’What’s Next For?: Being introduced to the work of Harry Clarke led her on to iconography. ‘It’s all very bling’Mon Jun 17 2024 - 05:00
Kneecap: Fine Art review – Intimidatingly brilliant tribute to hedonism, identity and the pure joy of living fastThe stars throughout this guest-heavy debut album are Kneecap themselves, who demonstrate shockingly intelligent lyrical dexterityThu Jun 13 2024 - 05:00
‘What we’re doing is different. It’s just who we are: we are black and Irish’Young Irish artist Monjola is releasing music, throwing parties and developing a community built on positivity and camaraderieMon Jun 10 2024 - 05:00
Sinn Féin is starting to look like the political establishmentSinn Féin tried to fight a general election campaign in a local and European election, and it didn’t workSun Jun 09 2024 - 21:20
Drop Everything: how a tiny arts festival parties for Ireland Galwegian Mary Nally is the driving force of Drop Everything, which has taken place on the smallest of the Aran Islands since 2012Tue Jun 04 2024 - 05:00
Una Mullally: If there was no housing crisis, racists couldn’t weaponise itHow could anyone frame the fundamental issue in Irish society in terms of policy as the fault of anyone but those who designed and implemented that policy?Mon Jun 03 2024 - 07:00
Jennifer Zamparelli would have been worth fighting for. But if The 2 Johnnies ‘were never ours’, why hire them?The station needs to stop trying to import the latest quick-fix from a podcast or Instagram or TikTokMon May 27 2024 - 06:00
From farmhouse to arts house: ‘There are a lot with a bit of land ... We’re showing what’s possible’Carl Giffney is turning a Kilkenny farmhouse into an artist-run space offering residencies and studiosMon May 27 2024 - 05:15
Una Mullally: They say ‘Dublin 1 is for the far-right’ but Ireland is ignoring the rise of racist violenceThe majority of people are absolutely appalled by attacks on politicians, yet there is a sense of inertiaMon May 20 2024 - 06:00
Fighting mould monsters, running from Garda vans: Ireland’s housing crisis is now a video gameWhat’s Next For?: After Mega Dreoilín, Han Hogan and Donal Fullam plan Tenantgotchi and a Grand Canal Dock demolition derbyMon May 20 2024 - 05:00
Girls Aloud review: The last great manufactured pop band make a triumphant return that is tinged with sadnessGirls Aloud was last – and best – of a particular breed of pop group from early naughtiesSat May 18 2024 - 10:53
‘I never had dreams of making lots of money ... I knew what made me happy, and that was nature’The ornithologist and wildlife sound recordist is the subject of a remarkable new feature-length documentary, BirdsongSat May 18 2024 - 05:00
Why is it beyond those in power to use empty buildings to house people in an emergency situation?Why does the Government not establish emergency accommodation centres in empty office blocks until alternative accommodation can be sourced?Mon May 13 2024 - 06:00
Osaro Azams: ‘I keep looking for a regular-shmegular job, but I keep getting a yes for a creative job’What’s Next For ... the poet, singer, performer and one half of electro-beat duo 7of9?Mon May 13 2024 - 05:00
Oisín McKenna on his intoxicating debut novel: ‘I thought of it as writing in a big key, the way a pop song might be’The Drogheda native, who is based in London, is excited but reticent about being launched into the hot-new-author category on the back of his book, Evenings and WeekendsTue May 07 2024 - 05:00
Una Mullally: That They May Face the Rising Sun is an exercise in memory and a reminder to cherish the natural worldPhilip King believes the film may have touched people 'because everything is so virtual, augmented and artificial now, whereas this is tactile, human, visceral'Mon May 06 2024 - 06:30
‘We wanted to make the best underground electronic music club in Ireland’: Fernando Martin of District 8 on their big gambleThe Index nightclub promoters sold 20,000 tickets in 24 hours for District X, their new festival. Going big was a risk that looks to be paying offFri May 03 2024 - 05:00
Sloucho video artist Aisling Phelan: I’m very competitive, constantly in competition with myself’The Irish artist capitalised on virtual-reality technology during the painstaking 18-month processTue Apr 30 2024 - 05:00
Hozier’s Too Sweet tops US charts: ‘Fans started making videos with it on TikTok ... it snowballed’Leaving it to fans turned out to be incredibly smart decision as singer becomes fourth Irish artist to achieve US number oneThu Apr 25 2024 - 08:51
An Taobh Tuathail presenter Cian Ó Cíobháin: ‘You meet people who are very passionate about the show. That’s mind-blowing’ The DJ is celebrating 25 years’ broadcasting his alternative-music show on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, and recalls nerve-racking first showTue Apr 23 2024 - 05:00
It’s funny how ‘unintended consequences’ always benefit landlordsWhy isn’t the price of rental accommodation linked to the size of a property?Mon Apr 15 2024 - 06:00
Smut Press’s goal? To ‘champion work that might not get published elsewhere – maybe a bit risqué or provocative’What’s Next For?: Jack Scollard and Jordan Hearns on their publications that showcase queer artistsMon Apr 15 2024 - 05:00
Why independent coffee shops in Ireland are in trouble: ‘Big chains can weather these increases. We can’t’Big, booming hotels are paying the same VAT rate as small cafes. That’s not fair, say smaller operatorsMon Apr 08 2024 - 06:00
Scoil Scairte: Manchán Magan and Kathy Scott’s home hedge school could plug you back into the Irish languageWhat’s Next For?: Pair’s new 22-hour course features Kneecap, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Úna-Minh Kavanagh, Ola Majekodunmi and Louis de Paor, among othersMon Apr 08 2024 - 05:00
Spend money locally, fix our water and tackle vacancy: Five priorities for local politiciansLocal elections are mostly about local concerns but that does not mean they should only be about small thinkingMon Apr 01 2024 - 06:32
‘A lot of local leaders lost patience with Dublin’: Give Us The Night campaign renews the fight for a level playing fieldA nighttime economy that has cultural worth is needed now more than ever, say advocates Sunil Sharpe and Robbie KittSat Mar 30 2024 - 05:00
Simon Harris’s vacuous ‘live, laugh, lead’ online persona leaves me coldFine Gael is making the same mistake with Harris it made with Varadkar, convincing itself that the personal ambitions of an individual are compatible with a strategy for the countryMon Mar 25 2024 - 06:00
Comic artist Debbie Jenkinson: ‘I like the idea that you’re looking over Dublin and could pick out anyone’s story’What’s Next For?: The author of Ghosting and Midlands on the appeal, and value, of Irish comics, graphic novels and zinesMon Mar 25 2024 - 05:00
Redesigned Temple Bar represents a failure of the imagination You don’t need to go to Berlin or Paris to see what could have been. You only need to get the Dart to Dún LaoghaireMon Mar 18 2024 - 06:00
Gig for Gaza’s Julie Fogarty: ‘You feel good you’re doing something, but it’s like a drop in the ocean’Inspired by events in Ireland, the Berlin-based artist has been helping to organise benefit concerts. Germany’s Gaza response has been shocking, she saysSat Mar 16 2024 - 05:00
‘It’s worth trying things. It’s worth trusting your gut. It’s worth going for it’What’s next for Project Arts Centre artistic director Cian O’Brien who is leaving to set up a production, touring and consultancy company?Wed Mar 13 2024 - 06:37
Five lessons from the referendum defeatsReasons for No votes are nuanced, but several things are now crystal clearMon Mar 11 2024 - 06:00
