Three Irish opera projects shortlisted for prestigious European prize
Michael Gallen’s Straymaker, Wexford Festival Opera and Irish National Opera make list
Get a musical fix with 20 Shots of Opera
Irish National Opera commissioned 20 short operas that were composed and quickly produced for video
Design and Destroy: Ireland’s entry at the Prague Quadrennial
An expressionistic form-bending film, giving an insight into the process and product of stage design
Carlow Arts Festival: Wide awake to the virtual and the real
Jo Mangan hopes to open public’s eyes to new ideas as well as offering the classics
A concert to send you to sleep? Max Richter epic gets Irish premiere
Eight-hour Sleep to be performed, for 200 slumbering listeners, at Carlow Arts Festival
An actor and a gentleman, with a gift for comedy and living well
Obituary: Stephen Swift was ‘an outstanding example of how to live’
Minister reaffirms ‘arm’s-length’ approach to arts funding
Arts Council chairwoman Sheila Pratschke says it must seek out and support artists of the future
Creative Ireland: artists respond
Creative professionals are cautiously optimistic but wary of a branding exercise
Budget 2017: Arts groups welcome increase in funding
Humphreys announces boost to range of bodies including €5m for Arts Council
Jo Mangan: ‘Most people who produce art earn less than €10,000 a year’
Arts campaigner and Carlow Festival of Arts director Jo Mangan has dedicated her life to challenging the idea that art is for the elite
Arts campaigners told to broaden audience to get message across
Meeting discusses tactics following controversy over ‘downgrading’ of government department
Artists threaten ‘strike’ action over funding cuts
Move comes after changes to the department viewed as a demotion by the sector
Wild Sky review: a rebellion of ideas
Deirdre Kinahan’s new play fits a love triangle over the forces of the Rising. But can it be contained?
James Joyce brought to life with the music of The Dead
The last story in The Dubliners is already full of song, but opera proved to be a great way of bringing out the ‘internal arias’ in characters’ heads
Cracking Christmas events from carols, to drama to drag
All the best in shows and festive entertainment
Salt Mountain review: A timely tale of displacement
Carmel Winters’ new play might make us look differently at the 50 million people now forcibly displaced by conflict or disaster
Politics and puppets: Limerick’s reign as culture king
After an unenviable start, Limerick rallied its foot soldiers to its City of Culture cause. Has it delivered on its promises?
Karl Wallace: ‘A very delicate balance’
The artistic director whose resignation sparked the Limerick City of Culture controversy explains his reasons for leaving the troubled festival
Fitzpatrick eager to move Limerick City of Culture project on
Interim head says controversies have ‘galvanised’ Limerick artistic community
Limerick City of Culture to seek replacement after CEO resigns
Project has lost both its CEO, artistic director and event programmers in its first week
City of Culture should be about lasting legacies
Limerick debacle will be used as a stick to beat the culture sector
City of Culture funding should have been announced sooner, admits Jimmy Deenihan
But Minister for Arts says the Government could not have pledged €6m for Limerick any earlier
Ryan resigns as head of City of Culture
CEO quits saying speculation and commentary “compromised” her authority
Limerick City of Culture’s Facebook page hacked
Unidentified protestors claim they ‘acted to ensure the people of Limerick and the cultural groups are heard’
Calls for resignation of board of Limerick City of Culture
Board chairman Pat Cox describes Wallace resignation as ‘bump in the road’
Resignation of city of culture’s artistic director followed performance review
Deep anxiety among arts community in Limerick after Wallace quits
City of Culture initiative continues to attract controversy
Karl Wallace’s resignation comes after row over chief executive job
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