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Trump rally shooting: ‘Anyone who wasn’t going to vote for him, will now’

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 assassination

Sun Jul 14 2024 - 20:31
Intervention by Emer Higgins is creating an artificial conflict between drivers and everyone else

Intervention by Emer Higgins is creating an artificial conflict between drivers and everyone else

Minister of State has taken a reactive punt on the Dublin city centre transport plan based on no data and favouring a few disgruntled business owners

Mon 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!’

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 more

Mon Jul 08 2024 - 05:00
Where is the pride in RTÉ? There doesn’t seem to be any ambition to make it special

Where is the pride in RTÉ? There doesn’t seem to be any ambition to make it special

If 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’

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 style

Mon 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 street

I had the luxury for a few years to not have to question holding my wife’s hand on the street

So much progress has been made, and yet ... The “and yet ...” is the painful part

Mon Jun 24 2024 - 06:00
Kettama on his first big DJ set: ‘Within 10 minutes the whole place filled up. My jaw dropped’

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 Festival

Mon Jun 24 2024 - 05:00
If Sinn Féin wants to embody ‘change’, it should present a left-wing coalition to the electorate

If Sinn Féin wants to embody ‘change’, it should present a left-wing coalition to the electorate

Sinn 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’

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 fast

Kneecap: Fine Art review – Intimidatingly brilliant tribute to hedonism, identity and the pure joy of living fast

The stars throughout this guest-heavy debut album are Kneecap themselves, who demonstrate shockingly intelligent lyrical dexterity

Thu Jun 13 2024 - 05:00
‘What we’re doing is different. It’s just who we are: we are black and Irish’

‘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 camaraderie

Mon Jun 10 2024 - 05:00
Sinn Féin is starting to look like the political establishment

Sinn Féin is starting to look like the political establishment

Sinn Féin tried to fight a general election campaign in a local and European election, and it didn’t work

Sun Jun 09 2024 - 21:20
Drop Everything: how a tiny arts festival parties for Ireland

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 2012

Tue Jun 04 2024 - 05:00
Una Mullally: If there was no housing crisis, racists couldn’t weaponise it

Una Mullally: If there was no housing crisis, racists couldn’t weaponise it

How 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?

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 TikTok

Mon 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’

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 studios

Mon May 27 2024 - 05:15
Una Mullally:  They say ‘Dublin 1 is for the far-right’ but Ireland is ignoring the rise of racist violence

Una Mullally: They say ‘Dublin 1 is for the far-right’ but Ireland is ignoring the rise of racist violence

The majority of people are absolutely appalled by attacks on politicians, yet there is a sense of inertia

Mon May 20 2024 - 06:00
Fighting mould monsters, running from Garda vans: Ireland’s housing crisis is now a video game

Fighting mould monsters, running from Garda vans: Ireland’s housing crisis is now a video game

What’s Next For?: After Mega Dreoilín, Han Hogan and Donal Fullam plan Tenantgotchi and a Grand Canal Dock demolition derby

Mon May 20 2024 - 05:00
Girls Aloud review: The last great manufactured pop band make a triumphant return that is tinged with sadness

Girls Aloud review: The last great manufactured pop band make a triumphant return that is tinged with sadness

Girls Aloud was last – and best – of a particular breed of pop group from early naughties

Sat May 18 2024 - 10:53
‘I never had dreams of making lots of money ... I knew what made me happy, and that was nature’

‘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, Birdsong

Sat May 18 2024 - 05:00
Why is it beyond those in power to use empty buildings to house people in an emergency situation?

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’

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’

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 Weekends

Tue 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 world

Una Mullally: That They May Face the Rising Sun is an exercise in memory and a reminder to cherish the natural world

Philip 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 gamble

‘We wanted to make the best underground electronic music club in Ireland’: Fernando Martin of District 8 on their big gamble

The 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 off

Fri May 03 2024 - 05:00
Sloucho video artist Aisling Phelan: I’m very competitive, constantly in competition with myself’

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 process

Tue Apr 30 2024 - 05:00
Hozier’s Too Sweet tops US charts: ‘Fans started making videos with it on TikTok ... it snowballed’

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 one

Thu 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’

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 show

Tue Apr 23 2024 - 05:00
It’s funny how ‘unintended consequences’ always benefit landlords

It’s funny how ‘unintended consequences’ always benefit landlords

Why 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’

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 artists

Mon Apr 15 2024 - 05:00
Why independent coffee shops in Ireland are in trouble: ‘Big chains can weather these increases. We can’t’

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 operators

Mon Apr 08 2024 - 06:00
Scoil Scairte: Manchán Magan and Kathy Scott’s home hedge school could plug you back into the Irish language

Scoil Scairte: Manchán Magan and Kathy Scott’s home hedge school could plug you back into the Irish language

What’s Next For?: Pair’s new 22-hour course features Kneecap, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Úna-Minh Kavanagh, Ola Majekodunmi and Louis de Paor, among others

Mon Apr 08 2024 - 05:00
Spend money locally, fix our water and tackle vacancy: Five priorities for local politicians

Spend money locally, fix our water and tackle vacancy: Five priorities for local politicians

Local elections are mostly about local concerns but that does not mean they should only be about small thinking

Mon 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 field

‘A lot of local leaders lost patience with Dublin’: Give Us The Night campaign renews the fight for a level playing field

A nighttime economy that has cultural worth is needed now more than ever, say advocates Sunil Sharpe and Robbie Kitt

Sat Mar 30 2024 - 05:00
Simon Harris’s vacuous ‘live, laugh, lead’ online persona leaves me cold

Simon Harris’s vacuous ‘live, laugh, lead’ online persona leaves me cold

Fine 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 country

Mon 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’

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 zines

Mon Mar 25 2024 - 05:00
Redesigned Temple Bar represents a failure of the imagination

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 Laoghaire

Mon 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’

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 says

Sat Mar 16 2024 - 05:00
‘It’s worth trying things. It’s worth trusting your gut. It’s worth going for it’

‘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 defeats

Five lessons from the referendum defeats

Reasons for No votes are nuanced, but several things are now crystal clear

Mon Mar 11 2024 - 06:00
There has never been a sense that Catherine Martin was really on top of things

There has never been a sense that Catherine Martin was really on top of things

Minister’s handling of RTÉ controversy has been as effective as trying to grab a wet bar of soap

Wed Mar 06 2024 - 06:41
Una Mullally: We all know RTÉ is a mess - but it’s not the only mess in town

Una Mullally: We all know RTÉ is a mess - but it’s not the only mess in town

‘There cannot be one special level of scrutiny for our national broadcaster and a broad lack of scrutiny of others’

Mon Mar 04 2024 - 06:00
‘I’ve seen her on the news a lot’: Teenage girls on Mary Lou McDonald, Holly Cairns and women who inspire them

‘I’ve seen her on the news a lot’: Teenage girls on Mary Lou McDonald, Holly Cairns and women who inspire them

In the lead-up to International Women’s Day, we asked students from St Louis High School in Rathmines, Co Dublin, to discuss the women who inspire them

Sun Mar 03 2024 - 05:00
‘Samia is in Rafah. She says there’s thousands of kids living in tents. They’re all starving and freezing’

‘Samia is in Rafah. She says there’s thousands of kids living in tents. They’re all starving and freezing’

What’s Next For?: Street artist Emmalene Blake has been highlighting the suffering and hope of Palestinian people

Sat Mar 02 2024 - 05:00
Øxn at Vicar Street review: A spellbinding, bold and brilliant show

Øxn at Vicar Street review: A spellbinding, bold and brilliant show

Magic swirls in the band’s connection as they balance ancient sounds with fizzing excitement of innovation

Fri Mar 01 2024 - 09:07
Kerryming Sun: ‘When I think about the people who pour glass and colour, I picture them in wizard robes’

Kerryming Sun: ‘When I think about the people who pour glass and colour, I picture them in wizard robes’

Kerryming Sun’s playful stained glass has been winning fans for the emerging Irish artist

Mon Feb 26 2024 - 13:35
An anti-Government protest vote in the referendums would be a mistake

An anti-Government protest vote in the referendums would be a mistake

The proposed amendments are important, and voting No just to stick it to the Government would be like kicking the cat of someone you want to get back at

Mon Feb 26 2024 - 06:00
Hiding behind legal advice will not cut it for RTÉ any more

Hiding behind legal advice will not cut it for RTÉ any more

Why are we hearing only now that the director of strategy received an exit package? Have others received such payments?

Mon Feb 19 2024 - 06:00
Lil Nas X illustrator Aaron Fahy: Creating collages for pop stars in a Waterford boxroom

Lil Nas X illustrator Aaron Fahy: Creating collages for pop stars in a Waterford boxroom

Dungarvan artist started creating low-fi fan art for albums he loved. Now he is getting commissions from his idols

Mon Feb 19 2024 - 05:00
The wheels have come off the Irish commercial property market. No one is shouting stop

The wheels have come off the Irish commercial property market. No one is shouting stop

Where are the workers to take up all the jobs required to fill all the empty office space supposed to live?

Mon Feb 12 2024 - 06:00
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