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Bishop Casey's secrets - inside the controversial documentary

And yet, that sanction and the reason for it was never publicly disclosed by the Church in Bishop Ca...

Caravan Radio with Oisín Leech returns to RTÉ Radio 1

The show traces Oisin's lifelong passion for music and brings the listener on a melodic journey acro...

Monjola - why the Irish-Nigerian alt-R&B star is having a moment

Monjola is at the helm of a burgeoning wave of new sound and new culture. The Irish-Nigerian alt-R&a...

Culture 5 - your cultural highlights for the next seven days

FILM: KNEECAP Fresh from a trio of wins (Best Irish Film, Best Irish Language Feature Film and the A...

National Concert Hall announces Joe Csibi as new Head of Orchestra

Commenting on his new role at the NCH, Csibi said: "I am thrilled to be taking up this role at this ...

Electric Picnic announce star-studded comedy line-up for 2024

The countdown is well and truly on for Electric Picnic 2024, with festival goers crossing fingers an...

From WWI to Avatar, expanded – the latest video games reviewed

One of the most exciting things about video games is their diversity. They come in many different sh...

Sunday Miscellany: Sunday's with Dad, by Éamonn Ó Muircheartaigh

"Sunday mornings meant only one thing for our family, the Ó Muircheartaighs, and that was matches. O...

Sunday Miscellany:Clare, You've Come A Long Way, by Róisín Bugler

"Mention summer 1995, and the first thing most people remember is how long and hot and scorching a s...

Five poems from The Conversation by Emily Cooper and Jo Burns

We present a quintet of poems from The Conversation, the new collaborative poetry collection by Jo B...

Notes from Sheepland - meet the artist turned flock star

For Notes from Sheepland, a new Reel Art/Arts Council film coming to Irish cinemas this month, filmm...

Book Of The Day: Nuala O'Connor's Seaborne

A vast array of novels have carved their plots from the remnants of history. Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Ha...

The Grateful Water by Juliana Alderman - read an extract

We present an extract from The Grateful Water, the debut novel by Juliana Alderman. When a young but...

Hello, I'm Shelley Duvall: why her singular screen presence will shine on

With large expressive eyes and a big, slightly bucktoothed smile, she was few people's idea of a con...

Louis Lentin's legacy - an Irish documentary pioneer remembered

Ar Dover Fein ( 2001) Migrant stories His feature documentary Ar Dover Fein ( 2001) examined the pli...

Celebrating Kate Bush with The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever

Analysis: Ahead of this weekend's event in Dublin's Fairview Park, a look at the life, work and many...

Sunday Miscellany: Sediment, Snake, Paris Library, by Alice Rekab

Pourquoi le chat? Pourquoi? A large guardian of the library, confined to his Parisian apartments and...

Book Of The Day: The Heart In Winter by Kevin Barry

Perhaps there is something elemental about their attraction; about playing Adam and Eve—to borrow fr...

John Broderick at 100: a pioneering queer Irish writer celebrated

On Tuesday the 30th of July, the Arts Council in partnership with Westmeath County Council will pay ...

Tune Of The Week: I Want Desire by Pinhole

We need your consent to load this Spotify contentWe use Spotify to manage extra content that can set...

Dublin Fringe Festival: 10 must-see shows at this year's Fringe

For the past three decades, Dublin Fringe Festival has been driven by a love for the new, the now, t...

Sunday Miscellany: Affirmation, by Andrew Clancy

Near where we live, work has started on new apartments, in place of some abandoned buildings. Last w...

Lost in collaboration - Crash Ensemble take a trip to Musictown

Cellist Kate Ellis, Artistic Director of Crash Ensemble, introduces a series of unique collaboration...

Sunday Miscellany: A Wee French Air, by Cornelius Browne

I have never been to France. Our single holiday, during my childhood, was two weeks in Portnoo, a ha...

The Rattler: Jim Carroll on André 3000's pivot from rapper to flautist

The last time I saw André 3000, we were shooting the breeze about greyhounds. It was London 2006 dur...