Can art change the world ... “We don’t like movements in Ireland for some reason,” he says, and yet it was a movement that gave rise to the Abbey Theatre, the oldest national theatre ...

There’s a magic to Ireland in the spring that not even an overcrowded EasyJet ... The term kunstkammer (literally, “art chamber”) refers to a cabinet of curiosity – proto-museums where aristocrats ...

In May 2004, three novels into my career, I published my first book review in The Irish Times ... I got a good line in about Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman in protest at it being published ...

John Power remembers his first meeting with Liam Gallagher. Power was on his way to see a gig by The La's, the band he had just left, when he was approached by a teenage Mancunian. "This lad came up ...

And as an U21 All-Ireland winner, the talent and confidence ... The boy wonder was deemed too small to be a centre forward by the great Art McRory. Switching from corner-forward to wing-forward ...

who rap in both English and Irish. The band's "shows and tracks flip between satirical performance art and rampageous raves," reads their Spotify biography. In 2025, their semi-autobiographical ...

Burn Them Out A History of Fascism and the Far Right in Ireland Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc ... who studiously avoided the front line, was an alcoholic who shot off one of his fingers while drunk.

This small island country in the North Atlantic has quite the global reputation for a country of just 5 milllion people. The ...

We round up the best arts festivals to see in Europe this year, from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the UK to Festival ...

Taking place at the stunning Glendalough Estate from June 13 to 15, the festival’s curated line-up of family-friendly ... For budding artists and activists, the Art of Protest workshop will ...

The full line ... Irish and international guests, including: Crazy P (DJ) (UK) | Susan O’Neill | God Knows | RÓIS | Negro Impacto | Ultan O’BrienDotts O’Connor | Perlee | Pearse Mc Glouglin ...

Self Esteem is due to perform at Glastonbury and said she thinks it is ‘important’ that the Irish band perform.