Form and function: What makes one object art and another ‘mere’ craft?
At Sara Flynn and Joseph Walsh’s collaborative new exhibition at the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris, the distinctions are in the eye of the beholder
Joe Hogan
Craftsman
How to be a basket weaver: Enthusiasm is very important
Gemma Tipton offers a beginner’s guide to taking up a new cultural pursuit
Fairytale castle where 21st century design is layered over ancient past
Portfolio judge Stori Liechtenstein says it is getting harder to pinpoint a national style than in the past
‘Currarevagh: The place I’ve dreamed of the most during lockdown’
Artist Fergal McCarthy on why, over the past few months, he has been imagining an escape to this hideaway on Lough Corrib
Irish tech company Openet acquired in €155m deal
The tech company, which was founded in 1999, employs more than 500 people
How a Galway 2020 mountain illumination managed to survive Covid-19 restrictions
Savage Beauty in Connemara had been billed as largest such artwork in the world
Can the arts come up with an alternative to capitalism?
Change is possible, and it can come from individual acts
Galway festival offers impressive art in occasionally underwhelming displays
Galway International Arts Festival 2019 largely overcomes issues with venues
Galway arts festival and painted poems: This week’s best visual arts shows
A collection of labourers’ cottages in Co Wexford is among the other highlights
A matter of life and death: the startling lifelike sculptures of Sam Jinks
Artist Sam Jinks’s exhibition gets to grips with life (the universe and everything)
A Brexit subtext woven into this craft show in Kilkenny
Home Front: what’s new in interiors, crafts and design
Irish crafts are having a moment in Venice
In the ‘Homo Faber’ show’s Best of Europe section, Ireland is better represented, given its size, than any other country
Openet settles patent infringement dispute with rival Amdocs
No details of agreement disclosed but Amdocs to license patents to Dublin tech firm
Irish crafts are ready for their close-up
Worldwide opportunities are opening up for Irish craftspeople
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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