Telefís – A hAon: Theocratic electropop from the Irish diaspora
Cathal Coughlan and Jacknife Lee release a surreal concept album of sorts
The Dublin International Film Festival gets off to an energetic start
After a fully online event last year, the city’s cinemas are open again for a festival stuffed with Irish and international features
Fintan O’Toole: Ireland’s crack cocaine epidemic has consequences far worse than any viral pandemic
Much of what was eventually achieved in the State’s drugs policy the 1990s is now being reversed
Cocooning from coronavirus: ‘The spring is coming out of my step’
One older woman is content in Blackrock, while ‘life stopped’ for a man in Inchicore
Cathal Coughlan: On My Cultural Radar
The Fatima Mansions and Microdisney singer on Gerhard Richter’s paintings, the cinematic works of Rainer Fassbinder, and Aidan Gillen’s ‘brooding menace’
Microdisney come full circle. Welcome back, you little rascals
Review: This was the first time the Cork band had played in 30 years
Driver who killed cyclist has sentence increased
Unlicenced driver Christopher Coleman (27) ‘ploughed into’ Eugene Maher (62)
Flanagan’s Fields: An inner city garden with heart and history
Rialto community group uses 21st-century growing methods and cutting-edge technology to grow delicious and nutritious food in the most sustainable way
‘In the transport hierarchy the bus is below the bicycle’
Do only losers take the bus, as Thatcher reputedly said? Loyal bus users June Shannon, Peter Murphy, David McWilliams and Bryan Dobson would all disagree
North Sea Scrolls
A clever conceit by Luke Haines and Cathal Coughlan makes for a show that is playful and serious at the same time
Marxist plotting an Irish revolution
In the wake of mass movements in Tunisia, Egypt and Turkey, a Dublin socialist tells Patrick Freyne that revolution here is possible
Water meters ‘should have been installed’ in homes built since 1997, says Dublin city manager
Outgoing city manager John Tierney defends record
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