Dolly Parton was exploring an avatar show. Will we always love her as a hologram?
As the country star said before she died, it’s ‘just crazy’ what technology can do
Kanye West goes east for tour dates in Russia. Is that wise?
It’s safe to say the rapper’s special rehabilitation operation is on hold
Meg Mason: ‘It’s really warping, all these people who don’t know you, who feel like they do’
Meg Mason, the author of bestseller Sorrow and Bliss, returns with Sophie, Standing There, a meta novel about a lonely literary-festival worker’s parasocial relationship with a famous writer
Ruth Negga withdraws from Dublin Theatre Festival play at the Gaiety
Actor was scheduled to star in The Goat Exchange production of Radio Bette in September
New Arts Council chief takes on a troubled organisation in tough political climate
Shona McCarthy will need to retain support of an Arts Minister not reluctant to speak his mind
Broadcaster Sarah Mulkerrins: ‘When I left Ireland, I didn’t think I’d ever get to work on GAA, so it’s a bonus’
From Athenry to the BBC, sports broadcaster Mulkerrins talks ambition, freelance life and capturing the emotion of sport’s biggest moments
Bank holiday blues: Must we have more of these hellish festivals of stress?
Politicians love them, but the 19th century solution to the problem of monotonous, draining work is surely not the answer today
Comedian Alan Davies: ‘I talk about what my father did, and how I had him arrested’
In Think Ahead, the comic talks about being sexually abused as a child. ‘People laugh their heads off, then they go totally silent and listen’
Booker longlist speculation is foolish. But it’s also fun
New and overlooked authors are competing against several past winners and previously shortlisted writers. They can’t all make it
RTÉ crime drama Kin to return for third series in 2027
Broadcaster releases details about the much-awaited comeback of the hit Dublin gangster show as part of its upcoming drama slate
World Cup 2026 final: Spotlight on Chris Martin’s team and tactics for ‘halftime show’
Music extravaganza curated by the Coldplay frontman will feature support from Spanish and Argentinian footballers
Books set in summer: Sun, sea and... 10 of the best reads
From the French Riviera to Sag Harbor via faded English seaside resorts, fiction shows how long, hot days can be glorious but complicated
Claire Byrne: ‘I never really went into this game to be famous’
The broadcaster on the push and pull factors behind her move, her new podcast and turning 50
Indie Kylie Minogue is back thanks to Snow Patrol. Can we keep her for a little while?
‘No one willingly wants to be indie,’ Nick Cave says. The good news for Impossible Princess loyalists is that Minogue just might
Lily Allen Performs West End Girl in Dublin: This tour has elicited pushback for a reason
Lily Allen acts her way through her autofictional album West End Girl with humour and pathos, but this show is slight as well as startling