Lisa Lambe: Juniper – Easy listening, but in a very good way
The Celtic Woman singer’s voice blends Natalie Merchant and Alison Krauss
Brendan Grace: Thanks for the Memories – ‘There won’t be a dry eye in the house . . . now f**k off’
Review: Poignant moments act as reminders to appreciate what you have when you can. Grace, ever the professional rascal, seems aware of it too
Tributes to ‘unique and wonderful’ actor Pat Laffan at funeral
Actor and director who appeared in Father Ted remembered as lovable curmudgeon
The Country Girls review: Subversion reimagined as sentimentality
The Abbey’s new take makes Edna O’Brien’s novel safe for any syllabus
St Brigid’s Day: Irish women to be celebrated around the world
Events celebrating female talent to take place from London to Warsaw to Washington
The Unmanageable Sisters review: A production that doesn’t quite stick
It’s hard to see what ground Deirdre Kinahan’s new Irish version of Michel Tremblay’s play can break
‘Jimmy’s Hall’ review: Movement presented as political dissent
Jimmy Gralton was infamously deported from his own country for giving his community a space for dancing and revolutionary ideas. There’s more room for the former than the latter in the Abbey’s handsome, musical and nostalgic telling of his tale
Five Lamps Arts Festival marks 10th anniversary
Dublin inner city event aims to showcase uniqueness of the area to residents and visitors
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
Man injured at Traveller wedding reception loses damages claim
Thomas Connors attacked during ‘stampede’ of people trying to escape function room row
Baboró and beyond: Irish kids’ theatre comes of age
It’s not unusual to find our best theatrical talent working in children’s theatre, and given the calibre of the work there’s little wonder why
Billie Barry funeral ‘perfectly-choreographed celebration’
Barry instilled ‘confidence, competence and creativity’ into generations of children
Review: Breaking Dad
The new Ross O’Carroll-Kelly play provides an evening of good, not-so-clean fun and unapologetically slapstick humour
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
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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