The best theatre of 2024: Blessed are the risk-takers
Gambling on longer runs of unfamiliar work paid off in a gratifying number of cases. But Irish theatre still isn’t as inclusive as it should be
John B Keane
Author Giles Foden: ‘Cromwell by Brendan Kennelly was a big influence on The Last King of Scotland’
The author on his Irish literary influences, Paul Muldoon’s tear-inducing poetry, and flat-capped gombeens
Limerick’s mayoral election will either be an embarrassing novelty or a brave new world
The vote - to be held four weeks from today - is an important experiment in extending local government. A lot rests on voters’ choice
‘I knew from a really early age my father was not an ordinary dad’: a tribute to Michael O’Regan
Michael O'Regan's daughter Deirdra gives an insight into the personal life of the political journalist who died on February 18th, 2024
Sive review: John B Keane’s dark tale struggles to get past the flaw at its heart
The Gaiety Theatre’s new production makes plain the limitations of a play that barely allows its title character an original thought
‘In a way, my old dream of becoming an astronaut sort of came true’
Jacinta Tobin has lived in California for 20 years and is on Silicon Valley’s list of the top 50 women in tech
On the latchiko – Frank McNally on the rise and fall of a mysterious Irish insult
An Irishman’s Diary
Original manuscript of John B Keane’s play Sive uncovered
Work found in house clearance in Cork city now on display at Kerry Writers’ Museum
That Guy: The actor everyone recognises but no one can name
John Carroll Lynch on life as an almost famous face, his Irish roots and his new Disney+ series
Galway races and social distancing just don’t mix on hollow opening day
Organisers of week-long festival prepare for seven-figure hit without the usual crowds
RTÉ has remade The Field. It is called Gardening Together with Diarmuid Gavin
Patrick Freyne: Gavin hasn’t had a land-hungry American visit yet, but it’s surely coming
Brian Dennehy obituary: A giant of American theatre who stayed loyal to his Irish heritage
On screen, tireless actor ranged from Rambo to Romeo + Juliet, with plenty of trips to old country
Morality of holding the Olympic Games now seriously open to question
Worldwide battle to contain coronavirus means organisers have a huge call to make
Seamus Mallon remembered: A man with ‘sharpest political antennae’
He would remind you from time to time that it was as a defender he played for Armagh
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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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