Mick O’Kelly’s powerful stained-glass art gives a view into the minds of people with cognitive impairment

At Mac’s Warehouse, Dublin’s oldest family-run salvage yard, nothing goes to waste

On Rapa Iti, in French Polynesia, visitors are rare, land is collectively owned, the fishing catch is shared, and bread is cooked in communal ovens. It’s an unforgettable experience

Echoes of the past haunt the year ahead. Are there lessons to be learned?

The artists, entrepreneurs, activists and musicians set to shake things up in the new year

Mainie Jellett and Evie Hone at the National Gallery of Ireland, Kunstkammer in Waterford and Lisa Fingleton in Tralee are among the highlights

Dealing with subjects such as our online existence, the housing crisis, and interior lives, these artists have emerged almost fully formed

Two books show that creating a museum with a clear conscience isn’t always straightforward; another shows how we do love a good historical mystery

The renowned Chilean artist, whose first Irish solo show is at Imma, on the inspiration for her work

Shelter from wild weather with a sojourn in famously snug settings around the country

Heneghan Peng beat stiff competition to design Cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum partly by luck, they say, but mostly by ‘looking’

Louise Lowe and Owen Boss of Anu are swapping intimate immersive theatre for this year’s Macnas parade, An Truen: The Summoning of the Lost

Don’t have your head turned by trends, but leave a little room for falling in love -you’ll spend upwards of €8,000 on a new kitchen, so think before you leap

A landmark National Gallery of Ireland exhibition tells the story of the artist’s life through the works he chose to keep

A newspaper on a Tube journey led Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey to work on the flagship East Bank project