Where Irish artists make their art: ‘There is inspiration everywhere here’
An outbuilding, a spare room and a purpose-built garden studio, these artists’ search for space of their own bears testament to Virgina Woolf’s creative philosophy
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Fashion’s future stars: Student designers create playful, sustainable collections
At NCAD and LSAD, the graduate show collections are inspired by family, heritage, craft, identity and sustainability
From a garda at prayer to Ireland’s first McDonald’s drive-through: Martin Parr’s revealing photographs of Irish life
Dublin Street Photography Festival 2025: The Magnum photographer has spent his career documenting everyday Ireland and Britain
Golden Fleece Award 2025: ‘I was skint last year, and it affected my head so badly. Winning this means a huge amount’
Sasha Sykes and Sarah Browne have won €10,000 each. What do prizes like this one do for artists’ creativity?
Gerard Byrne: The Struggle with the Angel – Global journeys hint at humanity’s precarious condition
The multimedia artist arranges 23 hand-printed photographs that recall Walter Benjamin’s evocative description of the angel of history
‘Young men aren’t just b****rds running around on their bikes ... everyone has their own dreams’
A Dublin project explores how the world shapes young men by helping some of them to create ‘boys’ as they really see them
Parents struggling to meet rising cost of student accommodation among complaints to Minister
Minister for Higher Education hears of burden of high cost of rental homes for students in letters of complaint at the start of the academic year
NCAD failed to support art student with Down syndrome during ‘chaotic’ first semester, mother claims
College’s lawyers have denied discrimination ‘in the strongest possible terms’
Open days at technological universities and other higher education institutions: everything you need to know
Key details about 2024-2025 open days for National College of Ireland, St Patrick’s University, IADT, NCAD, Munster Technological University and more
Campus chic: ‘Student dressing tends to be outside the norm’
Five college students on how they like to dress and what inspires them
NCAD denies discriminating against student with Down syndrome
Ellie Dunne (24) brought a complaint alleging failure to provide reasonable accommodation, the Workplace Relations Commission heard
‘The work ethic here is unbelievable’: Meet the Dublin fashion designer who has created the Irish Olympic team’s costumes
Working on Jill Biden’s presidential inauguration outfit resulted in a spike in Weber’s public profile and her business has thrived since
Campus couture: NCAD fashion students root collections in autobiography
From fear to femininity, final year fashion students are drawing inspiration from everywhere
The Art of MS: Putting us in the picture about a misunderstood condition
A new exhibition aims to show how the reality of the disease is different for everybody
‘What the hell are we doing?’ One Irish family’s gap year to travel the world
Fi O’Meara’s family rented out their Cork home, raided their life savings and hit the road
Sheelyn Browne: ‘Loss of Westport House was like somebody cut off my oxygen’
Despite the difficulty of moving on, the artist remains inspired by her famed ancestral home
Meet the designer who solves problems in St James’s Hospital
Research Lives: Máire Kane is designer in residence at the hospital
Ireland’s collector couple: 194 diverse artworks to go on sale
Jackie Stanley and her late husband, NCAD’s Campbell Bruce, were giants on art scene
Izzy Wheels founders named among top European women entrepreneurs
Company founded by sisters Ailbhe and Izzy Keane creates cool covers for wheelchairs
The suspension of Junior Cert exams in recent years is a cause for hope
The pandemic has opened a pathway to a more open and less prescriptive curriculum and assessment model at Junior Cycle
Disney x Izzy: Irish sisters team up with film studio to design wheelchair wheel covers
Izzy Wheels spokeguards include characters from Frozen, The Lion King and the Avengers
Back to the high street? The future of fashion after lockdown
As we get ready to go back into the world, what will we wear, and how will we shop?
After-school worker heard shots and found murder victim David Douglas, court hears
Witness said he instructed co-workers to lock the door and get the children ‘out of the way’
Business as usual in public sector during pandemic
Home working likely to become permanent feature of life for civil and public servants
It’s lit: Irish candlemakers boom through lockdown gloom
Scented candles are big business and small Irish makers are reaping the rewards
We are Solitary exhibition: The art of enforced loneliness
Final-year masters in fine arts students display stimulating works online at ruared.ie
Covid-19 in a cramped inner-city flat: ‘It felt like the walls were closing in’
The pandemic has exacerbated hardship and isolation for many in Dublin flat complexes
Cork student wins Dyson award for conservation beehive project
Niamh Damery hopes ‘Econooc’ hive will raise awareness of declining bee population
Two Irish entrepeneurs shortlisted for leading innovators prize
Dr Anita Finnegan of Nova Leah and Ailbhe Keane of Izzy Wheels among the finalists
When running a business is child’s play
Catering to the children’s market has provided lucrative business opportunities for these entrepreneurs
Blade runner: The knife maker with a nine month waiting list
Hugo Byrne became disillusioned after a stint in art school but now has the sharpest blade in the box
Inspiring educators: How coronavirus has given us a new appreciation of teachers
Many of us see the levels of patience, persistence and personal attention that goes into the role of an educator
Word perfect: The Irish county with its own typeface
Design team behind new Gaillimh typeface believes font captures Galway's essence
Irish women artists to show at $€X¥ in the snow
Swiss exhibition’s feminist curators highlighting gender imbalance in the art world
Chance to bag a bargain online from Whyte’s
Bank art with low estimates and paintings by David Clarke among items for sale from €100
Election 2020: Students look for alternatives to FF and FG
Young people see chance to redraw entire political system they inherited from their parents
Election 2020: 10 things you should ask your candidate but probably won’t
As funding for the arts continues to erode, here are the questions to ask on the doorstep
Sonja Landweer obituary: Visionary in craft and design in Ireland
Dutch artist drew, painted, made prints, jewellery, bronze works and pottery
Professional cookery courses: are they worth their salt?
Can crash courses in everything food-related set you up for a career of culinary greatness?
‘If you don’t have a keep cup you don’t get a coffee’: The rise of the no-cup cafe
Some pioneering outlets are refusing to serve customers who don’t have reusable cups
Open days at other educational institutions
No better way to weigh up your study options than by visiting the campuses and facilities
Nude Biblical images by Glenstal monk are banned by Facebook
‘We don’t allow ads with content that features sexually suggestive posturing ’
Scenes of everyday Irish life at affordable prices in deVere's auction
Sale includes lesser-known works by Patrick Leonard, George Campbell and May Guinness
Irish sisters collaborate on new wheelchair for Barbie
Barbie fans can now accessorise their Barbie’s wheelchair with an Izzy Wheels design
My PLC journey: Kate Stitt
A short segment on a TV programme led me to a course in costume design and I’m really excited about the future
Dublin Castle ceramics show throws some new shapes
Exhibition showcases 250 pieces from established and up-and-coming artists
The ultimate guide to college life in Ireland
Just what is student life like in and around our main third-level campuses?
Kinvara goes Banksy in effort to highlight plastic pollution
‘We share a love of this place. We need to stand together if we’re going to save it’
Time for the RDS to flex its cultural muscles
Society should go back to its roots, as scattergun use of venue is not helping it fulfill its potential
The Irish Times view on the creative sector: art for art’s sake
An art college does not produce artists, but nurtures the talents of those showing promise
Facebook foray into cryptocurrency sets off alarm bells
A digital wallet to rival state-backed money systems, Libra will need clear regulation
RDS gives big tech a run for its money in the innovation stakes
The society, founded in 1731, has always had innovation as its central focus
‘Schools are doing students a huge disservice by ignoring art’
NCAD director says creativity may be more vital than Stem subjects for jobs of tomorrow
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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