Irish ambassador to US to become professor in Irish studies at New York University
Mulhall to take up role in autumn on his retirement for Department of Foreign Affairs
Get a musical fix with 20 Shots of Opera
Irish National Opera commissioned 20 short operas that were composed and quickly produced for video
Tourists heading west will put strain on local health services, says GP
Clifden doctor says face masks should be mandatory as Covid-19 restrictions lift
Feelings ramp up in Fianna Fáil in debate about coalition
‘I think there is a disconnect between the leadership and the people on the ground’
‘It’s time to bury Civil War politics’: Veteran party members react to FG-FF coalition
Fianna Fáiler Murt McInerney (82) says he will take Fine Gael over Sinn Féin
Coronavirus: Organic fruit and veg supplier sees orders rise sharply
Warning over looming challenge facing firms employing foreign vegetable pickers
Galway development could transform skyline with 21-storey tower
Augustine Hill streets-in-the-sky scheme beside train station to house 1,000 people
Putting Irish-language songs centre stage
The Irish Language Art Song Project: its promotion of Irish music is nonpareil
The best classical music to see this week
The Irish Language Art Song Project , the next in NSO’s Bruckner series and pianist Simon Trpceski
RIC commemoration not appropriate - victims' descendant
Cyril Jones agrees with Clare mayor Cathal Crowe’s boycotting of RIC commemoration
Priest’s plea fails to stop protests over Leitrim asylum seeker centre plan
Cleric concerned protests and attack on TD’s car could give Ballinamore a negative image
Saoirse McHugh: ‘I don’t care who did what in the Civil War’
Green Party’s rising star will back a coalition with commitments and wants a new type of politician
High-speed hubs are drawing start-ups to Ireland’s wildest parts
Centres are springing up in Connemara, Gweedore and other remote places
Irish nurse receives Florence Nightingale Medal for humanitarian work in Iraq
Vivien Lusted: ‘There is no hospital . . . no medicine – where do you start?’
NCH’s chamber music series offers flexibility amid closure uncertainty
Collaboration part of long tradition of composers coming together with mixed results
Mother contacts every Clare hotel in search of missing son
Sean Ryan was last seen near the Cliffs of Moher in September, 1998
Composer Siobhán Cleary opens Arts Council can of worms
Council scheme is set up in a way that cannot deal with idea of ‘equal pay for equal work’
Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra at the NCH: the best classical music this week
Choirland, a collection of 15 pieces for unaccompanied choir, goes on tour
Farmers were ‘trying to extort’ billionaire brothers, High Court hears
Farmers alleged they were ‘bullied, intimidated and threatened’ by agents for brothers
Feast of Russian miniatures: This week’s classical music highlights
Elisaveta Blumina in Dublin, RTÉ Contempo Quartet on tour and Irish Baroque Orchestra
‘Putting on art music in a concert hall is not good enough any more’
The ‘Crashlands’ series of concerts will see Crash Ensemble perform in beautiful, remote locations around the country
‘Ford is a Cork company; it just has a large American branch’
As the motor company marks its centenary in Ireland this year, we look back at the life of founder Henry Ford
Musical taste: There’s no accounting for it, especially new stuff
Last weekend’s New Music festival finally delivered on its celebratory promise
Lundin sells Clare site to new mining company
Hannan Ltd says high-grade zinc has been discovered in deep veins at the site
Sophisticated burglary at Cliffs of Moher visitor centre investigated
Gang thought to have cut power and stolen in region of €20,000 at Co Clare tourist site
‘Composing music is almost like trying to remember a dream’
‘Composing the Island’ celebrates 100 years of music by Irish composers, written between 1916 and 2016. What do composers think about Irish music now?
Oxford University to appoint first woman vice-chancellor
Nomination of Prof Louise Richardson hailed as momentous event in institution’s history
Diabelli’s Variations and the Hugh Lane’s mysterious moving piano
The original theme lacked grandeur, but such portmanteaus can be a source of creativity
What? . . . Wow: not much new about David Lang’s festival of minimalism
Why this year’s festival turned to the US for a curator is hard to fathom
Inside Track: Andrew Hamilton on his wide-ranging Auction Xchange
Auction Xchange operates online as well as from its Sandyford base
The low-down on Lang Lang and how China will change music
The most frequently quoted number for piano students in China is 50 million. The implications are huge
Paul Hillier’s ‘weird and wonderful’ blueprint for Chamber Choir Ireland
Playing it safe doesn’t get you anywhere, says the choir’s artistic director – audiences prefer a cutting edge
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