Blogs »
- Future’s so bright I’ve gotta wear shadesHugh Linehan | Mechanical Turk »Behold Bertie Ahern watching his beloved Man U trashing the Gooners in glorious 3D yesterday,...
- George Lee resigns from Fine Gael and the DáilJim Carroll | On The Record »Well, that didn't last long, did it? George Lee heads for the hills and steps down as a TD and a...
- Get ready for Shutter Island with Isle of the Dead.Donald Clarke | Screenwriter »Last autumn, when the first of several release dates for Shutter Island loomed, Martin Scorsese...
- Free free free!Fiona | Pursued by a Bear »In case you'd forgotten, what with all the social activity about these days, tomorrow is Open Day...
- Music and lessonsPól Ó Muirí | Ultach »The Irish-language cultural centre in south Belfast, An Droichead, will host a series of concerts...
Stage »
At home in an alpha-male worldStarting out as a theatre director, Rachel O’Riordan worried her ballet background might work against her, but in fact it makes her style distinctive, writes JANE COYLE
HauntedGaiety Theatre, Dublin
Treibh »
- La burqa ag buaireamh na Fraince
BEOCHEIST: IS SCÉAL é atá ar bhéal gach duine sa Fhrainc le roinnt seachtaine anuas scéal an burqa. An ceart do rialtas Sarkozy dlí a thabhairt isteach a chuirfeadh cosc ar mhná an chaille iomlán, an burqa nó an niqab, a chaitheamh sa láthair phoiblí?
- Útamáil
CROBHINGNE: TÁ SIAD chugainn arís, na hútamálaithe. Ní útamáil go dtí iad. B’fhéidir nach cás le daoine beart nua an Rialtais chun súile an phobail a bhaint den phraiseach airgid, ach is sampla é den mhaorlathú maoth a thagann idir lá oibre ar fónamh agus lá cabaireachta gan dealramh.
Books »
- Fascinating insight from defectors into blighted lives in a benighted country
BOOK OF THE DAY: Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea By Barbara Demick. Granta. 314 pp. £14.99
- Vital textbook for policymakers warns of folly in ignoring the past
PASCHAL DONOHOE reviews ‘This Time is Different, Eight Centuries of Financial Folly’ By Carmen M Reinhart and Kenneth S Rogoff, Princeton University Press
Film »
A right Freudian carry onArts : The debut feature by Cork director Margaret Corkery, with its elements of the Oedipus complex, borrows from Europe’s master directors but also nods towards Carry On films
- Weekly Movie Quiz
DONALD CLARKE asks the questions...
Music »
North stages opera revampThe latest reshaping of opera companies, this time in Northern Ireland, fuels the transformation of this art form here
When the Chips are upAmid cries of ‘Have Hot Chip gone soft?’, guitarist Owen Clarke describes why the band are happy juxtaposing their trademark electropop with something a little sentimental
Art & Design »
- Spring show
An exhibition that's wall-to-wall with spring-themed artwork is a welcome reminder that a new season began less than a week ago and it's time to start shaking off the dark days of winter.
- £65m bid puts art back on the market
A sale of a Giacometti sculpture has set a new record – is the ‘big money’ on its way back to art?
Comment & Media »
Government policy on archive is at odds with its own historyCULTURE SHOCK : While Official Ireland fiddles with legislation to amalgamate national repositories of priceless information, thousands of documents sit on pallets in unsuitable warehouses, writes FINTAN O'TOOLE
The cap fits, but tax appeal is the problemARTSCAPE: WHAT’S UP with the artists’ tax exemption? Actually, what’s down is its cap, from €250,000 to €125,000, along with a range of other “specified reliefs” in this week’s Finance Bill, and as indicated in December’s Budget. Mind you, the adjusted cap is unlikely to have much impact on most artists – figures from 2008 show 50 per cent of artists earn less than €10,000, 70 per cent earn less than €20,000 and 92 per cent earn less than €50,000.
