Social media set to play pivotal role in Repeal the Eighth campaignWar of words and hashtags part of building awareness ahead of potential referendumFri Oct 14 2016 - 01:00
Bob Dylan’s Nobel win rekindles debate over ‘high’ v ‘low’ cultureSwedish Academy defends award for ‘poetic expressions within the American song tradition’Thu Oct 13 2016 - 18:53
Budget 2017: Arts groups welcome increase in fundingHumphreys announces boost to range of bodies including €5m for Arts CouncilTue Oct 11 2016 - 19:36
Pat Kenny receives Ifta award for lifetime achievementWinning TV shows include ‘Daniel & Majella’s B&B Road Trip’ and ‘The Day Henry Met’Fri Oct 07 2016 - 21:57
Brexit vote should have required 55%, says author HarrisBest selling author believes democratic institutions are under pressure from ‘unbridled populism’Wed Oct 05 2016 - 13:15
Red Mass marks the start of legal term with a dash of religious traditionName derived from red robes worn to symbolise Holy Spirit’s tongues of fireTue Oct 04 2016 - 01:01
Mozart and the Bard headline 59th Dublin Theatre Festival‘Don Giovanni’, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and ‘The Seagull’ on the bill for 2016Thu Sept 29 2016 - 05:00
Strategy to create broader cultural vision for DublinDublin City Council allocates €1m this year from ‘very constrained economic situation’Tue Sept 27 2016 - 01:01
‘For my generation, men were men and women were women’How to be a Man: In a new ‘Irish Times’ series, seven Irish men discuss the changing world around themSat Sept 24 2016 - 06:00
Centre celebrates Heaney’s life, from rural beginnings to world acclaimFamily will open HomePlace dedicated to late poet next week in Bellaghy, Co DerrySat Sept 24 2016 - 01:00
LGBT advocate Peter Tatchell honoured at ceremony in DublinVeteran campaigner honoured with James Joyce award and fellowship from UCDWed Sept 21 2016 - 17:00
Jadotville premiere a fitting finale to long campaign for recognition‘Siege of Jadotville’ based on true events forgotten for many years, veteran saysTue Sept 20 2016 - 01:02
Culture Night: It’s serendipity to just go with the flowHugh Linehan: A great chance for venues to get people in who have never been beforeFri Sept 16 2016 - 20:59
Culture Night not derailed by transport troublesOrganisers ‘forging ahead’ with over 3,000 events scheduled for natiowide celebrationFri Sept 16 2016 - 15:53
Hugh Linehan: What have the British ever done for us? Quite a lotIt is clear Ireland and Britain are totally different – except for our language, food, books, education, legal systems, humour and weatherWed Sept 14 2016 - 05:50
Ireland moves into European spotlight at animation forumEmployment in sector has increased to all-time high of 1,600 in IrelandMon Sept 12 2016 - 05:00
National Library ‘on our way back up’, says directorFive-year plan involves revamping building and connecting with a global audienceThu Sept 08 2016 - 01:00
Forget about ‘parenting’: think about what being a parent meansProf Alison Gopnik says US parents encouraged to think of their children as productsSat Sept 03 2016 - 01:00
Pat Kenny makes return to screens with new TV3 showBroadcaster expanding Irish-produced output and looking to put dent in competitors’ ratingsWed Aug 31 2016 - 16:43
TG4 launches autumn schedule ahead of 20th birthdayNew programmes include a comedy-drama described as ‘Spinal Tap with a bodhrán’Tue Aug 30 2016 - 18:20
WhatsApp to share user data with Facebook as part of policy updateMessaging service announces plans to share customers’ numbers with parent companyFri Aug 26 2016 - 09:06
Rose of Tralee TV viewing figures hit 10-year lowAudience for RTÉ’s broadcast of the final has declined by 33% over the past six yearsFri Aug 26 2016 - 01:00
Brendan O’Carroll: How Dubliner found UK public’s funnyboneMrs Brown’s Boys is voted Best Sitcom of the 21st Century by Radio Times readersWed Aug 24 2016 - 01:00
Jazz guitarist Louis Stewart brought joy to many, funeral toldMusician of international stature had played with greats including Benny GoodmanTue Aug 23 2016 - 17:50
RTÉ plays up Irishness in strong-looking television line-upTV schedule launch mixes razzmatazz with stern assertions of public service valuesTue Aug 23 2016 - 01:00
Home-grown shows central to RTÉ autumn-winter scheduleNew documentaries, entertainment and lifestyle shows announced at launch of TV seasonMon Aug 22 2016 - 20:24
17th-century plantation castle found hiding in plain sightPeople of Clones thought all that was left of the castle was subsurface remainsSat Aug 20 2016 - 01:02
Casino at Marino: Public’s first view of secret test-fire tunnelsThompson submachine guns tested underground by leaders in War of IndependenceFri Aug 19 2016 - 01:00
Can you sing the national anthem better than our hockey team?‘Shoving Connie around the field’ is no substitute for learning the real words in IrishSat Aug 13 2016 - 09:54
1980s Ireland revisited in exhibition by top photographerMartin Parr’s evocative images recall rural life at pivotal time of changing valuesFri Aug 12 2016 - 01:00
Trump and Brexit among the ‘accidents’ as news shifts to social mediaIf the traditional news cycle is dead, what replaces it?Thu Aug 11 2016 - 01:03
Culture Night expands with Irish events in New York, Paris and LeedsSome 1,400 venues to throw open their doors to publicWed Aug 10 2016 - 21:06
Pádraig Duggan, founder member of Clannad, dies aged 67Multi-instrumentalist was part of group from its early days in DonegalTue Aug 09 2016 - 13:40
Challenging times ahead for newly appointed RTÉ chiefDee Forbes will be obliged to deploy her extensive experience on behalf of broadcasterFri Aug 05 2016 - 18:50
Family and friends gather in memory of Oliver HughesGreat Hall at Royal Hospital Kilmainham packed to overflowing for memorial serviceThu Aug 04 2016 - 17:26
Ireland’s role in peacekeeping in focus on ‘Casement Humanitarian Day’Trocaire and UNICEF represented at commemoration of humanitarian crusaderWed Aug 03 2016 - 19:11
Winners of funding in Making Great Art Work – Open CallThe Arts Council is handing out more than €800,000 in awards for seven projectsWed Aug 03 2016 - 01:01
Tree scheme in Dublin takes leaf out of ‘Ulysses’Project aims to revitalise an area in the city centre made infamous by James JoyceTue Aug 02 2016 - 01:01
Rio not so grand: Is it game over for the Olympics?Brazil’s political crisis, doping and Zika have dampened anticipation for this year’s GamesTue Aug 02 2016 - 01:00
Court cases show online abuse has serious consequencesDefamation and harassment cases show existing laws are working, say legal expertsMon Aug 01 2016 - 01:00
We are scaring ourselves to death over terrorismWhat comes through our screens does not necessarily represent realityFri Jul 29 2016 - 01:00
How Maser’s Repeal the 8th mural achieved its objective through being erasedImage on Project Arts Centre was removed as it violated planning regulationsTue Jul 26 2016 - 13:51
How can we build a better future? We ask three leadersFor Impact Journalism Day, three social leaders get together to talk about solutionsSat Jun 25 2016 - 05:45
Dalkey Book Festival a delicious cocktail of politics and cultureEclectic line-up of speakers tackled Turkey, Brexit, Trump and Donna SummerMon Jun 20 2016 - 01:00
EU like ‘Hotel California’, you can never leave - Yanis VaroufakisFormer Greek finance minister says his country is now being ‘run by email’Fri Jun 17 2016 - 10:58
Imma gets grant to revamp building for Lucian Freud exhibitionIrish Museum of Modern Art to receive €371,000 for improvement worksThu Jun 16 2016 - 01:00
Irish keenest digital news users in English-speaking statesReport reveals growing significance of Facebook and smartphonesThu Jun 16 2016 - 01:00
Arts Council director Orlaith McBride’s contract to be extendedMcBride’s is one of a number of high-profile culture contracts due to expireWed Jun 15 2016 - 01:07
Government to appeal High Court ruling on Moore StreetConsultative group will be set up to discuss ‘positive progress’ for historic 1916 siteWed Jun 15 2016 - 01:00