The festival’s favoured production style is at the gag-rich, pantomime end of the spectrum

Great Escapes: Take in a night at the opera in Waterford or enjoy a Sicilian villa

Worldwide opportunities are opening up for Irish craftspeople

Patrick Pye, religious painter and stained-glass artist, died on Thursday

The art market is a piranha pool. Here’s how to safely dip your toes in the water

The a/political’s provocative art is setting up shop in Dublin for a year

Artists have a rich history of activism, using their talents to take their messages out of the gallery and into the street

It started small, but this year it will take in more than 3,000 events across Ireland

Unlike the monumentalism of some land art, a show on the Mizen peninsula scales things down so people can look more closely at the world around them

From Enda Walsh’s ‘Bathroom’ to Voyager’s deep space odyssey, there’s plenty to ponder

Every stage, every band, every slot for this weekend’s festival

Furniture from the home of the late interior designer will be auctioned by de Vere’s

Universal design aims to be accessible to everyone, whatever their age

The frame and glass you choose can make a huge difference to your artworks

DJ Shrem and partner artist Les Cullinan’s home zings with colour and curiosities

The owner has been here since 1970 and is glad she didn’t have the money to rip it up

Pantone says colour of 2017 gives us ‘reassurance we yearn for’ amid global tumult

It’s tempting to imitate what’s already popular but that’s not progress

From greeting cards to mugs to T-shirts, the mythical horned horse is turning up all over

It’s a convincing exhibition, exploring what it means to be from a place, how landscape affects us, and how we live in society

Pigments have a fascinating history and can come from some unexpected sources

Limerick graduate takes top prize and for the first time two others are highly commended

Time to make like pre-prince Cinderella and give your castle a really deep clean

I’m starting the Slow House movement where you can enjoy holiday bliss at home

Give them a blank canvas and one or two boundaries

Master florist Lamber de Bie will give a talk on Culture Night at the National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny

Running a website that sells beautiful things has made Jonathan Legge pretty picky about what he puts into his own home. He’s happiest in a room that has a window and a fire

Five-bed redbrick with scope to create a lovely family home

Are you washed up creatively at 40? Doomed to average ordinariness in all things?

The top five things hosehold things never to attempt, even in the presence of experts

Even the ultimate bloke’s pad can be made livable with a little aesthetic compromise

An industrial dishwasher, a vintage car and a “soggy-bottom” chair

Like tea towels with motivational slogans and anything resembling a pig, one piece per room will suffice

The metal is able to kill germs quietly, all on its own

From now until the end of June, art and design schools and colleges are setting up their diploma, degree and graduate shows

Galway, Limerick and the trio of Wexford, Waterford and Kilkenny are working on their final bids for 2020. But is it worth the mammoth effort?

The influential director of the Tate galleries still believes in what artists can do, and the public have backed his faith in their millions

Pick up tips and ideas at ‘The Irish Times’ events at the Ideal Home Show this weekend

A pretty holiday home on the Currabinny peninsula looks out over the sea to the yacht club, a view that inspired the owners in some of their decorating decisions

‘DruidShakespeare’ swept all before it at this year’s Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards