Aosdána names five newly elected members
Writer Anne Enright and visual artist Amanda Coogan among association’s new members
Dublin film-maker David Shaw-Smith has died
‘As a nation, we owe him a debt of gratitude for his work,’ says Michael D Higgins
Helping Ireland’s old conservatories to shine in all their glory
The Great Palm House in the National Botanic Gardens and the restored conservatory in Woodstock Gardens form part of our ornate heritage
Television: A three hanky job in John Hinde country
A programme about the decline of traditional craft, ‘In Good Hands’, was poignant, a comedy about suffragettes was funny, but the childcare exposé ‘Breach of Trust’ was plain shocking
Old hands at film-making
David and Sally Shaw-Smith, who made RTÉ’s acclaimed Hands films, documenting Ireland’s waning craft and farming traditions from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, are retracing their steps for a new series
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